Dr. Barensfield: But why is your life over?
Blanche: Because it is. Because it means I'm old. It means I'm not a real woman anymore.
Dr. Barensfield: All it really means is that you're no longer able to bear children.
Blanche: Oh, it means much more than that. I just don't know how it happened. You know, only yesterday, I was Magnolia Queen. I remember my Aunt Lynette going crazy about that time, my mother saying in a hushed voice, "Oh, she's going through the change." I thought, "Poor Aunt Lynette having to go through this change thing." I had no idea what it was, but I knew one thing for certain, it was never going to happen to me. Now here I am. I'm Aunt Lynette.