“Ohhh…this is the big one.”
No, but the OP indicated that she was, at the very least, highly miffed. Therefore my comment was sage advice as opposed to a cheap joke.
The fact that she’s feeling sorta unpleasant doesn’t mean she’s not in control of her mental facilities. I don’t like the implication that women are expected to become completely irrational every time their uteri happen to leak. It’s a tad sexist. After all, the OP shows no signs of violence or irrationality. Just annoyance.
From what I remember of my wisdom teeth coming out, you got some good stuff coming your way in the manner of anesthetics.
I was about 15 and t’was before my descent into addiction, but man that stuff made me feel goooood. Beforehand anyway.
Never got the chipmunk cheeks or any bad side effects that were memorable.
Good luck – and relax!
She was whining about feeling bad. WOOKINAPUB basically says “Who cares? Shut up” to her. If I was in a bad mood, feeling poorly and somebody said that to me, I’d go ballistic. “Expected” to be irrational…no. Are a number of women on a shorter fuse at that time?..yes. Common sense and basic politeness says you don’t shake up something that might be a bomb.
Sexist? Maybe. If so, I wear the badge with honor. I wonder if it will help me get women? 
Am I the only one who thought this was a pitting of Aunt Flow?
I don’t want to further any sexist stereotypes, but many, many women *are * overly sensitive to downright bitchy when they have their periods. I know I sometimes am (and no, to all of you would-be comedians I don’t have mine now 
) and I’ve been around enough women to know it’s not some dumb myth thought up by The Man to keep a sister down.
I totally snickered at Silenus’s comment because it is based in part on truth.
On the other hand, if I were mad or upset about something at any given time and my SO said something like “are you on the rag?”, I would kick his ever loving ass. I think it’s a real sign of ignorance when men automatically blame any negative behavior on hormones. Aknowledging the homocidal impulses some of us get every month is a-ok in my book, though.
For what it’s worth silenus, I’m a woman, it’s that time of the month for me,and your post made me laugh. It was obvious to me that it wasn’t meant to be sexist or mean spirited.
I think you mean more irrational.
::ducks and runs for cover::
Are there really guys who get squeamish about hearing about periods?
Weird.
My daughter is 14 and has no trouble using the word “period” around her guy friends. When I was her age I never would’ve discussed that with my male friends.
But I don’t think grown men should have a problem with it.
My female students have absolutely zero problems talking about their periods around the guys. When I was in high school, oh so many years ago, a girl would be mortified to even hint at such a thing. Times have changed, and for the better.
Honey, thank you.
Nope. 
Shit, I’m squeamish about mine and it’s been 25 years of it so far. It’s the clumps.
I’m baaaack.
I really liked the nitrous. It made me smile. I wanted more but they said no. Then they knocked me out. Next thing I know they’re waking me up and sticking me in a wheelchair and rolling me out to the car and hubby. I’ve got oxycodone. I like oxycodone. I took one a half hour ago, and I’m supposed to take another one 2 hours after that and another one 3 hours after that and another one 4 hours after that and then every 4 hours thereafter but I’ll probably be in bed by then so pltthhppp.
My face is swollen. I look like I’m storing linguini for the winter. I think the bleeding’s finally stopped and I’m really really hungry so I’m very carefully trying to eat pudding. I like pudding. I’d rather have a pizza but my husband’s being a great big poopyhead nazi so no pizza for me. But I’ve got ice cream.
My period is still here. Oxycodone kills cramps. Good. Stupid cramps.
If you want to make a cop run away really fast, when he says he’s enroute to do a security walkthrough at walmart, tell him, “Good. Bring me back some tampons.” And he’ll run away really fast.
I can’t believe it’s 2006 and we’re still making dumbass jokes about men being afraid of tampons and periods and plumping pillows for growling hissing women on their period.
Yeah, I get cramps, they suck, and then I take two to four advil and they fade away.
I have to go with the original reply…complaining about your period is definitely pissing into the wind…what are you going to do? Rip out your uterus?
I just hate the ‘sensitive new age guy’ act and the “I’m raggin ,get out of my way” attitude
I do, however, love oxycodone…purely in a mythical sense. Tell us more about it.
I LOVE this post. ~grins~ Glad to see you are doing better.
WOOKINPANUB, different women do have very different cycles. I understand why you would sometimes be frustrated if one of your friends bitched about it EVERY single month without fail, as if it were the end of her days when really she just has a light three day cycle with a teeny tiny cramp right before she starts. Some women’s periods are hell compared to that. Now, I personally think that many women do overdramatize it, but I’ve also known women who had serious complications because of their cycle. And going to the doctor doesn’t always accomplish anything. What’s the doctor going to do?
The point is that we all (women) have it, mild or massive, and bitching about cramps is a rant as old as time. I’m sure someone will drag up a post where I did it, sometime five years ago, but the stereotypes of staying away from crabby women or offering them pillows and chocolate are so fucking tired.
Except it’s not just “one of my friends”. Women in general do this all the time. Take the very OP that started this for example (and I know, ** Marlitharn** that you were just speaking about the timing, bless your little drugged up heart ). You (generic you) go through the same natural, universally experienced phenomenom every month of your life and still think it isn’t ridiculous to comment, much less whine about it? Even though the members of your captive audience endure the same damn thing (unless you’re complaining to a bunch of dudes) every month themselves ?Sorry, but I think it’s immature and somewhat selfabsorbed.
I’m not speaking to the degree of symptoms that some women have. I’m speaking to the fact that NOBODY BUT THEM REALLY CARES, and they should concentrate on doing the best they can for themselves to ease their physical or emotional pain. It’s a complaint best lodged to one’s mother or doctor or better yet, kept inside one’s own head.
People also complain about:
Bad weather
Daylight Saving Time
Bad bosses, coworkers, or customers
High gas prices
Politicians saying or doing something stupid
TV commercials
Annoying family members
Other people complaining
Those things also happen quite regularly to a lot of people. Complaining about them isn’t going to change them. And most people probably don’t care what effect those things have on you.
But writing a rant about them can be quite cathartic, and a well-written rant can be entertaining.
You’re not a captive audience here. If you don’t like rants about periods, how about not reading them?
Because the things you listed are topical and / or neutral issues that anyone can weigh in on, and usually brought up to invite conversation. They are not specifically about the speaker and are generally presented in a way that promotes mutual commiseration, as opposed to pathetic self indulgence about a personal bodily function that one should have learned to deal with after, oh, around the third or fourth time they experienced it.
Your comment about the catharsis (though why menstruation requires some profound release is beyond me) and entertainment value isn’t really relevant in this case, since we’ve already established that **Marlitharn ** wasn’t really going for that angle and I am not directing my comments at her.
The "if you don’t like it don’t read it " response is lame coming from anyone, but especially you, since I know from what I’ve read of your contributions that you’re much smarter than that. Really, what’s the point of any of the discussions here then? Certainly we have no need for this forum if we’re restricted to only respond if we agree with the OP. We can rename it the “Puppies and Daffodils Sanctuary” and trip over our own feet rushing to kiss each other’s asses.
I’m guessing from your heated reply that I’ve offended you; if that’s the case, I apologize. It’s just a commentary on something that I find puzzling and annoying. If I’ve not offended you directly, why do I get the old “don’t read it if you don’t like it” when the Pit, by it’s very nature, is the place where people come to voice their opinion, be they popular or not?