Speaking your mind is not always good.

I find that as I get older I tend to open my mouth when it should stay firmly closed! Why is it that I can't just sit quietly anymore? I have such a low tolerance for bullshit now that when I'm listening to someone go on and on about something that I think is total crap I just tell them! Yikes, not a good way to keep friends. I think I spent most of the last 20 years smiling and being agreeable that the check points in my brain have shut down. I know all through my 20's and most of my 30's I always kept the really bad comments to myself, always tried to please people, just your total yes man. I'm not saying that is such a bad thing but I think I got to the point where I looked around and realized it didn't get me anywhere and a lot of times at the end of the day I would have such a stomach ache from keeping all the crap bottled up inside. Maybe it's the lack of hormones that make it easier to speak up when you need to, because I see a lot of women my age going through the same thing. I think that's what I'm going to start blaming it on, that's if anyone has the guts to tell a middle age, menopausal women she's out of line LOL!