“You know,” Dr. Pinkerton told me, “we tell people who are grieving not to make major changes for a year. I don’t think anybody’s ever said, ‘Don’t make a major decision when you’re perimenopausal.’” Good idea, I think. We can just take it easy until perimenopause ends. “How long is that, anyway?” I asked Dr. Pinkerton. A year, I thought she’d say. Maybe two. “Anywhere from a few months to ten to thirteen years,” Dr. Pinkerton said.
