Friends during menopause

My mother's generation has friends who came into their lives after marriage. School and college friends hardly existed. Thanks to social media my generation rocks. We have searched and brought our friends back into or lives.
Today my college mates and I had met up over lunch. The lunch stretched into tea time. We are all at a wonderful stage of life, some of us single, some grandparents, some remarried and some parents to University children or just about to be married. We giggled, laughed uproariously so much so that we felt sad to part. Yet when we had to part we parted with promises of having more meetings and chats.
Over so many topics that we shared the topmost discussed was our menopause. It was a relief that we were going through most of the common symptoms like hot flushes, sweating, raging anger etc. Today we felt more bonded.
I also realised how important it is for women to have women friends. We are lucky to have our school/college friends for we can truly let our hair down.
We are going through so many changes as we hit the golden number. It is wise to stay in touch. It is healthy to laugh our guts out. So do not hesitate to call your friend and bond over coffee/tea or a chat.