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So here's the thing. Yes. I get mildly homicidal around that time. I have crying fits (more than usual), and I have a harder time thinking rationally. I will sometimes snap at someone who really doesn't deserve it.
And then I will apologize and explain.
Stress, illness, pain, there are lots of things that make us more difficult to deal with, male and female alike.
I have nasty mood swings much of the time, and as such have had to learn how to manage them. That doesn't mean making them not happen, that's a trick I've yet to figure out. It means owning my feelings and my actions. For people who want to be close to me, it means being forgiving.
When I'm bleeding out of my crotch (screw euphemisms) or my uterus seems to be trying to turn itself inside out, it is not helpful for my boyfriend or anyone to treat me like glass, or hide in a corner. Or make patronizing gestures like throwing me a pity party, or assert sexual dominance. I would rather people just treat me as a normal person who is under more-than-usual stress. I'll try not to snap at them and they in turn can try not to treat me like a fracking werewolf.
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REASON By IAN FRANCIS @ 6/27/10 8:42:46 AM
I WISH my (possibly, after last night, ex-) fiancee was like you; it is impossible to have a relationship for only half a month; I have tried SO hard to be more careful around this PMS time, but since at 40 she has 'never had a problem' and refuses to admit there even IS one, unlike YOUR lucky partner, I can do nothing :-(
same as By Me @ 9/8/10 7:26:59 AM
Dont worry ian I dont think I have ever met a woman who will openly admit to having a problem. Its always the blokes fault. Maybe gay blokes have the answer and they are prob reading this site laughing at us straight blokes.