# Cycle synchronization between men and women. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [December 28, 2012, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cycle-synchronization-between-men-and-women/645435 "2012-12-28T22:43:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cycle-synchronization-between-men-and-women/645435/1 "2012-12-28T22:43:56Z")
In this column: [Does a guy’s mood synchronize with his girlfriend’s menstrual cycle? - The Straight Dope](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/3086/does-a-guy-s-mood-synchronize-with-his-girlfriend-s-menstrual-cycle) …Cecil addresses the idea of men’s cycles synchronizing with the women their with (in the case of the question asker, he seemed to become more moody around his girlfriend’s time of the month). As someone who’s spent the last two and a half years living with his girlfriend, I seem to have my own synchronicity with her cycle. And it’s not a moody thing, because she doesn’t get any extra moody, and neither do I. However, I find that the few days leading up to the beginning of her period, the amount of acne I have increases noticeably. (On a side note, I kind of wish at 36 my body would realize that it has long passed the age where I should still be having breakouts.) I mean, this is certainly far from a scientifically controlled example, but it does seem that there is more to it than just a sympathetic reaction, at least in this admittedly anecdotal situation. On a side note, when she was in high school she used to go on 40 day canoe trips through Canada. Apparently by the end of those a lot of the girls would be synced to her cycle. Maybe my gf is just one of those irresistible forces or something. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cycle-synchronization-between-men-and-women/645435/2 "2012-12-29T03:07:52Z")
I know my mother and I synced when I was in my teens (and for about a year of that, I was living with my grandfather rather than my mother). My husband’s only reaction to my cycle relates to my symptoms, especially the mood issues. My (spayed female) cat seems to react to my cycle, too, where her predecessor (neutered male) didn’t. As for middle-age acne, I have a lot more trouble with that (yeah, right before my period) at 43 than I ever did in my teens. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cycle-synchronization-between-men-and-women/645435/3 "2012-12-29T03:16:37Z")
Sorry, I double-posted. Reported to mods asking for deletion of this one. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cycle-synchronization-between-men-and-women/645435/4 "2012-12-29T03:29:43Z")
I read somewhere that the phenomenon of women syncing was unremarkable because of basic math/biology. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cycle-synchronization-between-men-and-women/645435/5 "2012-12-29T03:36:52Z")
> [@Seanette](#): > > I know my mother and I synced when I was in my teens (and for about a year of that, I was living with my grandfather rather than my mother). Sorry, this is badly written. I meant that for about a year in my teens, I was with my grandfather, and when I moved back in with my mother, we synced up. About the only time I ever felt any sort of sympathy for my then-stepfather (we never got along) was when my mother and I were PMSing at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2012, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cycle-synchronization-between-men-and-women/645435/6 "2012-12-30T04:00:41Z")
Umm… No comment on the content itself but the art is a new benchmark. > **[Does a guy’s mood synchronize with his girlfriend’s menstrual cycle?](https://www.straightdope.com/21344174/does-a-guy-s-mood-synchronize-with-his-girlfriend-s-menstrual-cycle)** ---
**Author:** ![gamerunknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6bbea6/32.png) [@gamerunknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gamerunknown)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2012, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cycle-synchronization-between-men-and-women/645435/7 "2012-12-30T13:46:06Z")
Is that Ron Paul? ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2012, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cycle-synchronization-between-men-and-women/645435/8 "2012-12-30T14:12:36Z")
Moderator Note: **PlainJain** , I’ve merged your comment into a prior thread, just to try to keep things together.