Hell no.
(Am I alone in looking at the topic name and thinking “What a guy sort of question”?..)
I’m not through menopause, but have been period-free since surgery about 18 months ago. I did have some flashes of wistfulness that I absolutely and unequivocally will not be having another child.
But I get absolutely giddy sauntering past the "feminine hygiene"aisle without ever turning in.
Don’t miss it. Nope. Not even a little bit.
I’m 49, and have had irregular periods for several years. The hot flashes started in February, and then stopped a couple months later. The trade off? Aunt Flo x2. :rolleyes: They started up again, and then stopped, and earlier this week, I felt my period coming on, but had a couple days of spotting and that was it. Hope I don’t make up for it next month.
I do take black cohosh and vitamin E. IDK if it’s helping, but it can’t hurt.
Do I miss my periods? Are you out of your freaking mind? No, I do not miss my periods. I had to have a hysterectomy at the age of 36. One of the best things that ever, EVER happened to me.
I am reminded of an article I read years ago in which the author, a woman in her late 20s, reported that her husband couldn’t understand why she got so “weird” during her periods, weird defined as worrying about leakage, not wanting to have sex, not wanted to participate in stenuous physical activity, etc. I will never forget her response to him:
“Dear, please imagine something for me. Imagine that one morning, you wake up with blood dripping from your penis. Your back hurts, you feel like crap, your skin is breaking out, and blood is dripping from your penis. Nothing will make it stop for seven full days. It flows day and night. It soaks through everything you wear. Now imagine that you get to have that lovely experience every month – every month – for approximately 45 years. Now you know why I get ‘weird.’”
This.
ROFLMAO, I love that explanation.
Heh, I still have a half-full box of tampons underneath the bathroom sink. Every so often I’ll notice it and try to think back to the last time I used them :boggle:
Not having periods is wonderful for all the reasons everyone else has described. OTOH there’s a whole other bunch of crap that comes with menopause…
You are a man, aren’t you? 
I’m surprised that nobody has yet mentioned one of the most awesome side effects of menstruation: Diarrhea! Yes, a lot of women experience diarrhea with their periods because the hormones that influence your uterus also influence other smooth muscle in your body. Mother nature is beautiful, isn’t it?
In fact, that might be the best way for men to imagine what it would be like to be a menstruating woman. Just imagine you had to wear a diaper for 5-7 days of every months because every month like clockwork you had to deal with relentless anal leakage as if you had just eaten chips made from Olestra. Even though it’s not exactly the same as having blood leak from your vagina, it’s probably comparably pleasant.
Um…let me think about this one. OK, done. HELL NO!
I’m so not missing my period that next month I’m going to buy myself one of those pretty cupcakes with the big frosting rose on it, stick a candle in it, light the candle, blow it out and celebrate the second anniversary of my being totally period-free. Heck, I’ll get some confetti and toss it in the air, too. Woohoo!
Does that answer your question?
I was responding to the OP, “nostalgia…as a sign of youth and fertility.”
Christ no. 
See above. Also, I never had any problems, period-wise, so while I don’t miss the bleeding (and that’s all I had, really) I’d have no problem putting up with it for the (illusion of) youth and fertility.
This right here.
As a man (and a gay one at that), one of the things that I (figuratively) get down on my knees and thank Og-almighty for every time I think about it or it comes up as a topic of conversation, is that I don’t get periods and never have to deal with them in any way whatsoever.
I can’t imagine how anyone could possibly be nostalgic about their periods, but I see at least one poster so far is. The mind boggles.
Any time I ever wonder if I’d be happier as a straight female, as sex with men would be much easier, much cleaner, etc, my mind instantly goes to having to deal with periods and I say, “thank OG I’m not a woman!”
This.
Ha. This sounds like fun. I might start doing this, too. And I’ll get those little poppers that you use on New Year’s, as well. Life without periods is just SO much more fun.
I love buying nice pretty panties, and being able to wear them just about any time of the month that I want to, without having to worry about getting blood out of them. Because I used to have some pretty heavy spotting. No more, no more, no more! I don’t have to worry about keeping a stash of pads or tampons in the house.
I had to have all my baby-making parts removed when I was 35. Apart from being sad about not being able to have another child, I’ve never missed my periods ever at all no way!!!
So girls, what do you say? Should I get my hat or not? She says she doesn’t miss the bleeding, which could be taken to mean she doesn’t miss the PERIOD itself, but then she says she has no trouble putting up with it, either.
I get cramps, but they are relatively mild compared to other people. I bleed for four days exactly and it’s always exactly 28 days. You could set a clock by it. I also bleed pretty lightly. And I don’t have any other problems.
And I STILL hate my period.
I’m not sure. Maybe if I had an easy, mostly-stress-free kind of period, I’d miss it someday, too. But I am in the ragey-crampy-messy sector, so I can’t imagine it.
I say you eat, like, a fascinator or something. Not a full hat, but maybe just the brim?
What the heck is a fascinator?
: googles :
Oh. Those are adorable! I wouldn’t mind eating one of those!
Get a Carmen Miranda hat and make a picnic out of it.
I’m going to be 49 in two weeks and I am SOOOOO ready for it to be over and I’m certain I’ll still feel like a woman even though I cannot bear children anymore, maybe even more so, as other have brought up, wearing cute lingerie without worry anytime I want.
Right now though it’s worst than 10 years ago, being irregular and being hot all the time, I’m really not enjoying it, but I know at least I hope it will get better soon!
If my only claim to being a woman is the potential to have children, then I think we have failed as a species somehow. I am a woman even if I am infertile or sterile. I am a woman regardless of my child-bearing status.
I am pre menopausal and I am thrilled about it. Not thrilled with the hot flashes and mood swings, but the thought that I will never have another period again is so wonderful I am willing to tolerate some discomfort.