# Hey Ladies, Thanks for being so biologically high-maintenance!

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 6, 2008, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-ladies-thanks-for-being-so-biologically-high-maintenance/475944 "2008-12-06T03:28:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![InterestedObserver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@InterestedObserver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InterestedObserver)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-ladies-thanks-for-being-so-biologically-high-maintenance/475944/41 "2008-12-08T23:59:20Z")

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> [@Unintentionally\_Blank](#):
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> The period, pregnancy, hot flashes, cramps, mood swings, childbirth, stalkers, high heels, broken nails, hair dye, fat clothes for ‘those days’.
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> You really got the short end of the deal, and you sure have to put up with a LOT as a result. Good thing. If guys had any of that, the species would die out.
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> So…thanks for keeping the species going!

S’ok. We get a hell of a payback when it comes to our orgasmic abilities. 😃 (Cecil agrees, as I recall )

Wow, I seem to be in the minority here, in that I’ve never found having a uterus or being a “girl” in any way a major struggle, at least not to any bitchable degree.

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**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2008, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-ladies-thanks-for-being-so-biologically-high-maintenance/475944/42 "2008-12-09T03:37:53Z")

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> [@Mama\_Tiger](#):
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> You guys (and gals) haven’t even gotten to the _really_ fun part about being a woman – menopause! You get all the previous stuff except the periods (although one of the joys of menopause is that for several years you still have them, you just never know when, for how long, or whether there’s any menstrual supplies in the universe that can cope with how heavy they can be), and added to that you have the delightful addition of:
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> - insane mood swings
> - hot flashes from hell (I once had that lasted for _eight hours_)

I work with one of my mother’s friends, and she’s a few years past menopause. A few weeks back she complained that my hands were cold when she took something from me, and I told her that I’m _always_ cold this time of year. She smiled at me and said, “You know, when you get older you might enjoy the hotflashes!”😃 She could be on to something there!

Today I decided that I’m never going to get what - or who - I want, and since I’m bound to continue not to live up to my potential I’ll end up old, alone, and still struggling with the bills. That reminded me that I need to hit the drugstore tomorrow…PMS is mean.

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