When I'm bitchy . . .
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When I'm bitchy . . .
| Mon, 05-30-2005 - 3:52pm |
OK, ladies. When you're bitchy (and you know it happens!), how do you like to be treated?
Like a queen? Leave me alone? Give me a good pounding? What?
It seems that no matter how hard I try to get through the week without getting yelled at, I fail. So, how 'bout giving some advice to the 50% of the world population that doesn't have a clue what you go through every month.
When you're bitchy, how do you want to be handled?
krn :o|

I only get bitchy when I have something to bitch about.
First, krntrn2, You have asked a very important and controvercial question. You've got guts!! LOL I would love to hear the answers, however I think that the way to treat a woman during those times will change as rapidly and unexpectedly and the emotional moods.
Please, ladies, take no offense. We(men) simply do not and can not understand. I can only correlate it to having something like a nagging cramping pain that wont let up and imagine what my mood and temper would be like.
My mother taught me, when I started dating, to track my SO's cycles. It does seem to help even if she's not regular, just to know a few days ahead of time to start...uh...laying low...LOL. With my exwife there was nothing I could do right.
My present SO is totally different. She has cramping and mood swings, but the general mood a few days before is that of an increased libido....Yes, there is a God. I track her cycles to know when I need to be rested up and take my vitamins. LOL
Anxious to hear the answers on this one.
Elaine,
Do you have a secret, lost twin sister? I think I found her.
krn
Well, first I reject the term "bitchy" being applied to women only because women aren't the only ones who can have a bad day! So, why do we label cranky women "bitchy" and cranky men just cranky? They're one and the same, aren't they? Whether it occurs once a month or daily for some people I know!
Personally, I only experience irritability or crankiness premenstrually, starting usually 4-5 days before the flow begins. Generally though, I'm pretty even tempered. And when I'm not, I just like to be understood and forgiven by my patient DH. No special treatment needed. Well....maybe just some space, as I allow HIM on a bad day.
Kat,
Don't get me wrong. I have my moments too! They're just not as predictable :o| I'm just looking for a good way to handle my wife. She knows how to handle me when I'm bitchy.
krn
I understand but after all our years together, I can predict when my DH's sour moods will appear as well as he can mine. I think for most people, SPACE is important when dealing with an irritable person.
Be like the perfect salesperson....around and available if needed, but not hovering!