Comments on: When PMS Stands for “Pigheaded Male Syndrome”

By: Jenny

Jenny — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:11:56 +0000

@ maisnon – That is exactly what I was thinking! Mine is super irregular – most of the time, I don’t even know when to expect my little red friend.

And usually I’m not irritable anyway – just far more affectionate than normal

By: maisnon

maisnon — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:07:26 +0000

Also, not every woman’s cycle is superregular. So, unless you’re checking in with the “subject” frequently (which would defeat the purpose), you probably aren’t tracking anything. GIGO, as they say.

By: sarah.of.a.lesser.god

sarah.of.a.lesser.god — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:10:31 +0000

@ShinyObjects: I’m so glad I never know how my man feels unless he gives me ill-fitting scraps of lace that are advertised on airbrushed supermodels!

@JessMess and funnyface: Every time a woman laughs off justifiable emotions as being PMS, a unicorn dies.

By: braak

braak — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:10:24 +0000

I never understood this. If someone is irritable, they’re irritable. There are lots of reasons to be irritable. I get irritable all the time, no one asks me if I’m having some kind of hormone thing.

I don’t know if guys get hormone things. I know we have hormones, though.

Whatever. The point is, a person that is in a bad mood for one reason doesn’t seem to be demonstrably different from a person who is in a bad mood for any reason.

By: ShinyObjects

ShinyObjects — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:56:05 +0000

@funnyface: But he’s a _helpful_ asshole – this is a public service for all the bros out there. With important tips like this:
“During PMS women can feel bloated and unattractive. Show her how you really feel with some sexy lingerie.”

Geesh. Women’s emotions are valid because we have them, hormone-influenced or not. We shouldn’t have to make excuses.

By: JessMess

JessMess — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:52:56 +0000

@Funnyface: THIS.

PMS has gotten to be so distorted by women, too (grammar, I know).

They *do* use it as an excuse, and I definitely don’t support that. Oh, I have a headache, oh, I’m being a bitch for no reason, but HA it’s okay, I’m PMSing…

Stabby.

By: PhDork

PhDork — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:47:11 +0000

Yeah, s.o.a.l.g, you out-Ridged Ridge. I salute thee! With a bright red flag, of course.

Any dude who would use this is as asshole, if not an aberration, funnyface. More bullshit that Women are erratic and scary and dangerous and in need of special handling like rabid animals or hothouse flowers, rather than just human fucking beings who don’t wanna put up with BS.

By: funnyface

funnyface — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:50:49 +0000

With the exception of a few horrible women I have known who used PMS as an excuse to behave badly, I have never known anyone with PMS so horrible that you’d need a tracking system or something. Nor have I much experience with men who would respond to a tearful, hurting partner with anything but normal human concern. So, I choose to believe that the kind of asshole who would create or use this website to track PMS is an asshole aberration.

By: Nepenthe

Nepenthe — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:50:50 +0000

@laughingrat

I also do not advocate setting people on fire.

Human flesh is damn hard to burn. Clearly I found this out during THAT TIME OF THE MONTH!

By: Laughingrat

Laughingrat — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:45:41 +0000

Wow. Better or worse than the mind-control drug–excuse me, psychiatric medication–marketed a few years ago expressly for “PMS sufferers”? How to choose, how to choose… No, to hell with it, let’s just set the inventors of both on fire and call it a day.

I feel obliged to point out that despite my anger, I’m not anywhere near my “special time.”

Note: I do not actually advocate setting people on fire.