As a Gen X "peri" phaser I felt all of this. The focus/more open discussion of perimenopause feels like we are all wading in together, chilling in the shallow end of the pool, knowing we have to go in the deep end eventually, but not having nearly as much prep as we could have as you say our own mothers didn't really discuss it. It feels lighter/less scary, but I still feel largely clueless. I need to dip my toe in the deep end more I guess. I love that we have spaces like Middle Pause and elsewhere to help us navigate this together!