Yup.
Ta-da!
Well, it definitely puts perspective on the last week.
And once again, it totally surprised me.
I know, right?
Considering that I have been doing this monthly for a good TWO DECADES of my life, you would THINK that I would realize that there just MIGHT be a physiological contributing factor behind the EMO, mood-swinging pile of WENCH-BUCKET-SUCKIT-NESS that I can sometimes turn into for a good week of the month, wouldn’t you?
And yet? It’s almost always a damn surprise.
“So THAT is why I suddenly spouted 4 heads and cried and argued with everything from my husband to that lamp post the other day!”
(What?! I’ll have you know that lamp post was standing there very aggressively and FLICKERING AT ME!!!! )
Duh.
And?
My true apologies to y’all-that-have-been-smited-by-my-aforementioned-wench-bucket-suckit-ness.
I owe you big time.
xo.
P.S. Sorry, peeps (and mom). I know you are still recovering from my repeated use of the term “Brazilian Wax” on my blog. I pinky swear that I will refrain posting about ANYTHING descriptive of girl bits and their functions for a really, really long time.
:)
I completely understand!! Last month my PMS was the worst it’s been a long time!! In fact it was so bad my hubby commented how he’d never seen it that bad and he’s known me for 15 years!!
Luckily, it’s not ALWAYS awful, but man…ugh.
“I pinky swear that I will refrain posting about ANYTHING descriptive of girl bits and their functions for a really, really long time.”
Damn. There goes Biology class.
She is telling a fib. Loralee can’t refrain! Her mother is going to be disappointed.
SNORT!
See, a full-on blog will bring out stuff like Brazilian Wax… Well, that and usually a whole lot more. Mom’s should know that before reading, or at least expect it. I am terrified of what I’d read if my daughter had one.
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Indeed. My poor mom. :)
I have totally been there before. I will blow my husbands head off and cry every 30 seconds and be like “What the hell is wrong with me?” and then a day later my friend arrives.
It’s like everything is timed by 100.
And your ability to refrain from reaction is decreased by 100.
It. freaking. sucks.
My mom once told me that until I grew up, she’d never believed in PMS.
Oh yes, I’ve made that much of an impression – I’ve changed her menstrual belief system.
That makes up for not going to an Ivy League, right?
I actually seem more affected by it since I hit 30, which seems odd to me. Or, maybe I am just noticing it more.
And?
HA!
I do that every. single. month. I turn into a beast. I get angry, cry & get my feelings hurt, all within .5 seconds and can’t figure it out until…..yeah. Don’t feel bad about being surprised, you are not alone in doing that.
I’m not super angry, more emo and hurty. Still, doesn’t matter–it’s all sucky drama that I could really do without. (as could everyone around me).
*snorting a lot* And that is one reason why I like being on the pill. I know that when I get to a certain one to watch out for potential head spinning and head biting off. XD
I can’t be on the pill, which is annoying. Darn those blood clotting disorders!!!! Grrrr!
Awh, not cool at all. Do you chart other things? Are you regular?
Man caves, golf courses, and bars with ESPN on big screen were made for such weeks.
And all of it because of some silly damned apple. Sheesh!
HAHAHAHAHAHA!
There is apparently an iPhone app for men to chart the “weeks of caution” in their mates. I about died. :)
Been there! and the only thing that makes it worse is when the man you love asks you “do you have pms?” He better duck, quick!
You know, I would actually LOVE it if he would point that out to me…only because there might be a small chance I could recognize and do something about it before it gets too out-of-hand. For some reason, when I go, “DUH” it puts everything into perspective. Might help to know that things are not *really* as bad as I’m feeling them, you know?
With complete respect, Loralee, I saw this commercial, and immediately thought of some of your posts:
LOL!, you have pretty much described it to a freaking T.
I TOTALLY got emails (and thought, “yeeeeah…that is me.” when this commercial came out.
I am so much less alluring when you realize what a klutzy dork I am. Ha! :)
But, some of us like it when you describe your girly bits. At least in the amusing fashion you usually do.
I try. :)
I am the same… every month.
Let’s just hope we aren’t this way before BlogHer. THAT would make for an interesting suite, no???? :)
I do the EXACT same thing. I have started to chart (more cause I want another baby than anything) so I make sure to mention to my husband – “heads up this could be a pms week”….later I forget it but my husband says, “Ya I mentally noted it to just walk easy and smile lots”
The only time I didn’t deal with it was when charting for little Butterlump. (I don’t chart it normally.)
The really amazing thing is we didn’t read headlines “HOMESCHOOLING BLOGGER MOM STRANGLES CHILD ON FIRST DAY OF HOME SCHOOL” this morning.
I’m so glad to here I’m not the only one out there who is ALWAYS caught completely by surprise! My husband usually notices it first, asks if my period is coming, and gets a pillow thrown at him. Then I cry. Then I get my period. Then I apologize to husband, who (at least this time) was right all along.
Mirena IUD kept me like that, permanently, for nearly a year. I finally started doing that thing you describe here, like hmmmm, maybe I haven’t completely altered my personality into a hateful nagging rage machine… I can change back!
I’m up to three weeks without it. Have had two periods since it came out. WTF mirena.
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