My girlfriend won't stop talking about her period

[awesomeClaw]

Disgusting. Dump her. Right on.

No women should never talk about that(With people that don´t want to hear it). Never.

NEVER EVER NEVER

 

[Unspeakable]

It can get pretty bad. I think it's the hardest on girls who are either out of shape, or really skinny. No matter what though, there's very little that can help. Some girls don't want to be touched at all, because they feel oozy-disgusting or are wracked by terrible pains. I'm one of the lucky ones that actually find hardcore intercourse helps. Although it usually hurts more later.

 

[MassiveGeek]

Yes, and I find it... utterly disgusting.

I have already shown how much I don't want her to talk about stuff like that, but she does it now to toy with me for she loves seeing me miserable XD

The whole conversation at lunch was about how much pain she's in/ she was fine in the morning/ talking to her other feminine friend about tampons/ asking ME if I use tampons, etc.

I don't want it to be like that tomorrow or any other day, so what should I do?

By the way, for bonus discussion, how bad IS it really?

Oh, man, you motherfuckers should be damn happy you don't have to suffer through it. :/

Imagine those discs they throw in the Olympics? You know, the frisbee like things?

Yeah, now imagine having that nailed through your lower torso unremovable for at least two to three days, all you want to do is curl into a ball and whine.

Something like that. Or knives being stabbed at you from the inside. Tell her honestly, in a respectful manner that you really don't like it when she talks about it, but if you ask me, you need to get over it a little, your girlfriend's not gonna stop having her period once a month for many, many years ahead. It is a natural process, but I do understand that you feel uncomfortable, but try to be more understanding when she talks about how much it hurts.

EDIT: Also this:

By the way, for bonus discussion, how bad IS it really?

It varies from person to person. Some women don't even realise they're on; others (like me) are in excruciating agony from day one. And it's not just pain - it can interfere with your sleep cycle, emotions, appetite and influence headaches and migraines.

Imagine somebody sticks a bicycle pump into your belly button and starts pumping. That's the bloated feeling. Now imagine a hot, searing pain stretching from hip to hip. That's the pain. Now imagine that you can't sleep at night. At all. That's the insomnia. And finally, imagine that no matter what you do, you feel angry, frustrated and sad all at once, and you can't break out of it. That's the emotional disturbance. Unlucky gals like me get all four of these symptoms for a week to 12 days, every single month.

Next time your girlfriend complains, give her a hug and ask if she wants some chocolates. I promise, you will be her hero.

 

[Daveman]

Or, just visibly adjust your balls thoroughly and then attempt to stroke her face.

Okay, thread won. I just fell out of my chair. Nothing can top that.

For you:

EDIT: Okay, I don't really have much to contribute to this topic, but I will say I have the same problem with my sister (which I think is arguably worse). I just got desensitized to it after awhile.I think you just gotta grin and bear it for awhile.

Or, just visibly adjust your balls thoroughly and then attempt to stroke her face.

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner.

Do this, seriously.

Or, just visibly adjust your balls thoroughly and then attempt to stroke her face.

That's the hardest i've laughed all day, well done.

I'm a girl and talking about it weirds me out, some things are just better not shared.

Well it's nice to be conclusively right. *adjusts balls*

Seriously though, a coupon? Just give me cash value! *readjusts balls... thoroughly*

 

[nothinghere]

By the way, for bonus discussion, how bad IS it really?

I'm gonna skip all the above and just answer this question: it depends on the girl. Basically, when a girl is on her period her body is practicing giving birth. And yes, just like giving birth to an actual baby, it's extremely bloody and disgusting. The hormones swing, you can get really bloated, you often feel really disgusting, you can get morning sickness (throwing up), and then there's the cramps (which is your body going through mock preparations of spitting out a baby). I had a friend once who got so sick on her period that she had to stay in bed all day. I've had days where I couldn't make it to class and just feel like shouting, screaming, and rolling all over the floor because it hurt so badly. I'd describe it (at it's worst) like being kneed in the groin for hours. (Boys never believe me when I say that though and I have been kneed in the groin. Shocker, girls have lots of nerve endings there too boys. Just not as many.)

But instead of nine months, it's at most a week.

Seriously though, it sounds like she's doing it just to gross you out and if it's really bothering you just tell her to stop. If she cares about you she'll respect that. If she doesn't, go with the flow (accidental pun) and talk about something that she finds really disgusting. After all, fair's fair.

And if the above grossed you out, then tough, you wanted to know.

That is not what a period is... when a women is menstruating an egg is released so it can unite with the sperm and become fertilized, if it doesn't unite with the sperm its then pushed out and disposed of with bodily liquids. Technically its not even that blood, there is only a small amount of blood mixed with other liquids.

Just a question, Where did you learn about periods?

 

[Apollo45]

Deal with it? If you're going to be dating a girl, you're going to have to hear about it every now and then. Either get used to it or become a monk, because you really don't have a choice.

And, on the bright side of it (with my girlfriend anyway), after the first day or two they tend to become rather horny. You might not want to have actual intercourse until after the whole thing's run its course, but it's a good opportunity to get some 'other stuff' in. It's also an excellent opportunity to earn brownie points. "What, you're just started? Well, I just happen to have some chocolates sitting around here somewhere, and I can give you a back rub if it would help at all..." tends to work wonders, although it'll vary a bit from girl to girl.

There are other perks to it too. Live with it long enough and you'll start to be able to recognize when it's going on with other women. Then you get to know what to say (and not say), how to act, and so on around them, which can lead to other good things. Trust me on that one.

 

[Slash Dementia]

Say 'Yeah, I hate getting them too' and see how she reacts.

1. Strange look
2. ??? 3. PROFIT

2. crazy laughter with hyperventilated gasps

3. other friend poking her in the side to get her to calm down, which just makes her jump and let out this weird suprised noise

4. her head meets the desk.

5. "go away" XD

Strange thing is, that is EXACTLY what would happen.....

You're exactly right...

Anyway, just go with it. If it's something she wants to talk about, just listen--even if it grosses you out. The more you fight it, the more she'll tell you..well...the more you listen, the more she'll tell you, too, but at least she'll be happy knowing that she can talk to you about it.

 

[tharglet]

Sounds like she's found your trigger and milking it for all it's worth. Ignore her and she'll probably shut up about it, as it'll be no fun.
The other way of dealing with it... is realising it's just a natural process and not really that scary.

Bonus discussion: Depends on the individual, and certain environmental factors. For some, it can be a really terrible time (been there, had that), or it can be pretty much ignored, barring the fact of having to regularly go to the bathroom. Being on "the pill" you don't exactly have a period, so it tends to be not as bad. Before I was on the pill, ibuprofen tended to work well when I was having a bad time of the month. (tho the person that recommended it to me, it didn't work much if at all for her lol)

 

[tharglet]

Maybe you should pay attention and humour her. After all, girls are very horny during their periods. Just sayin'...

Lol, heard that from several people, including females.... for me it's my least "excitable" time ><.

 

[nightwolf667]

By the way, for bonus discussion, how bad IS it really?

I'm gonna skip all the above and just answer this question: it depends on the girl. Basically, when a girl is on her period her body is practicing giving birth. And yes, just like giving birth to an actual baby, it's extremely bloody and disgusting. The hormones swing, you can get really bloated, you often feel really disgusting, you can get morning sickness (throwing up), and then there's the cramps (which is your body going through mock preparations of spitting out a baby). I had a friend once who got so sick on her period that she had to stay in bed all day. I've had days where I couldn't make it to class and just feel like shouting, screaming, and rolling all over the floor because it hurt so badly. I'd describe it (at it's worst) like being kneed in the groin for hours. (Boys never believe me when I say that though and I have been kneed in the groin. Shocker, girls have lots of nerve endings there too boys. Just not as many.)

But instead of nine months, it's at most a week.

Seriously though, it sounds like she's doing it just to gross you out and if it's really bothering you just tell her to stop. If she cares about you she'll respect that. If she doesn't, go with the flow (accidental pun) and talk about something that she finds really disgusting. After all, fair's fair.

And if the above grossed you out, then tough, you wanted to know.

That is not what a period is... when a women is menstruating an egg is released so it can unite with the sperm and become fertilized, if it doesn't unite with the sperm its then pushed out and disposed of with bodily liquids. Technically its not even that blood, there is only a small amount of blood mixed with other liquids.

Just a question, Where did you learn about periods?

I was describing the symptoms of what can happen to a girl on her period. That is the technical definition, but really doesn't cover what the OP really wanted to know. (The cramps can and do simulate contractions to a much lesser degree than the birthing process but I was being facetious). However, it should probably be noted that a girl can experience a range of symptoms while on her period that are very similar to what she will experience when she's pregnant. Hormone swings, general moodiness, bloating i.e really gassy, depression, swollen ankles, morning sickness, the cramps are the notorious one, aching muscles, wanting strange foods, etc. Which is why I joke about it being like "your body practicing giving birth". Though, when you sterilize it like it doesn't sound like that much of a bother. (Maybe it's not for you.) Yes, I learned the scientific definition like everyone else in the fifth grade. There were videos, the boys and girls went "EWWW!".

I call it blood because it's convenient, because it's red, and because it gushes out for seven days along with other pieces of the wall that haven't completely dissolved. You're right it's not blood, but for the sake of convenience (and it being somewhere around 1 to 3 in the goddamn morning when I wrote that) lets just call it that.

Where did I learn about periods? In science class, from a book my parents gave me, and by experiencing them every goddamn month.

And yes, it's still like being kicked in the ovaries by a mule.

 

[Chefodeath]

Tell her Edward Cullen would probably be doubly interested in going down on her. It'll tickle her pink.


On that thought, I wonder how this thread would have turned out if the title read "My Girlfriend won't stop talking about getting raped."

 

[EeveeElectro]

She's probably looking for sympathy but going about it all the wrong way.
Maybe once or twice might be funny, but constantly talking about it is going too far.
There's some stuff you don't want to talk to your boyfriend about. I moan to my boyfriend when it's my time of the month so he can make me cups of teas and get me a hot water bottle.

It depends on the girl. Supposedly the heavier the girl, the heavier her periods because apparently when a girl is overweight her body releases more of the hormones that are responsible for periods (can't remember the name of it).
When it's my time of the month, I'm usually really irritable and easily annoyed, but I think my boyfriend likes winding me up at that time.
It's difficult to explain the pain, it can be variable. Sometimes it's a little uncomfortable, sometimes it feels like someone is ripping out your intestines through your private parts.

 

[nothinghere]

By the way, for bonus discussion, how bad IS it really?

I'm gonna skip all the above and just answer this question: it depends on the girl. Basically, when a girl is on her period her body is practicing giving birth. And yes, just like giving birth to an actual baby, it's extremely bloody and disgusting. The hormones swing, you can get really bloated, you often feel really disgusting, you can get morning sickness (throwing up), and then there's the cramps (which is your body going through mock preparations of spitting out a baby). I had a friend once who got so sick on her period that she had to stay in bed all day. I've had days where I couldn't make it to class and just feel like shouting, screaming, and rolling all over the floor because it hurt so badly. I'd describe it (at it's worst) like being kneed in the groin for hours. (Boys never believe me when I say that though and I have been kneed in the groin. Shocker, girls have lots of nerve endings there too boys. Just not as many.)

But instead of nine months, it's at most a week.

Seriously though, it sounds like she's doing it just to gross you out and if it's really bothering you just tell her to stop. If she cares about you she'll respect that. If she doesn't, go with the flow (accidental pun) and talk about something that she finds really disgusting. After all, fair's fair.

And if the above grossed you out, then tough, you wanted to know.

That is not what a period is... when a women is menstruating an egg is released so it can unite with the sperm and become fertilized, if it doesn't unite with the sperm its then pushed out and disposed of with bodily liquids. Technically its not even that blood, there is only a small amount of blood mixed with other liquids.

Just a question, Where did you learn about periods?

I was describing the symptoms of what can happen to a girl on her period. That is the technical definition, but really doesn't cover what the OP really wanted to know. (The cramps can and do simulate contractions to a much lesser degree than the birthing process but I was being facetious). However, it should probably be noted that a girl can experience a range of symptoms while on her period that are very similar to what she will experience when she's pregnant. Hormone swings, general moodiness, bloating i.e really gassy, depression, swollen ankles, morning sickness, the cramps are the notorious one, aching muscles, wanting strange foods, etc. Which is why I joke about it being like "your body practicing giving birth". Though, when you sterilize it like it doesn't sound like that much of a bother. (Maybe it's not for you.) Yes, I learned the scientific definition like everyone else in the fifth grade. There were videos, the boys and girls went "EWWW!".

I call it blood because it's convenient, because it's red, and because it gushes out for seven days along with other pieces of the wall that haven't completely dissolved. You're right it's not blood, but for the sake of convenience (and it being somewhere around 1 to 3 in the goddamn morning when I wrote that) lets just call it that.

Where did I learn about periods? In science class, from a book my parents gave me, and by experiencing them every goddamn month.

And yes, it's still like being kicked in the ovaries by a mule.

fifth grade? Guess our schools trying to shelter us or something, they only started teaching it in the ninth

 

[Rascarin]

Why are periods so disgusting? I mean, if she showed you her sanitary towels and stuff, then yes, that is gross, but talking about it? Big deal. It's a natural part of life, and for women, a part that dominates about a quarter or more of the year. We're going to talk about them, especially if they're bad. Hell, my facebook gets updated when my period pains are bad, and I live with two guys who have to deal with my griping and moods. And you know what? They deal with it.

Fun fact - after you were fertilised you spent a large part of your embryonic development swimming in your mothers period. Think about that.

As for how bad they are - imagine being punched repeatdely in the stomach, feeling nauseous and like you want to curl up and cry for about a week. While you're bleeding constantly. Then imagine doing that every month.

(Boys never believe me when I say that though and I have been kneed in the groin. Shocker, girls have lots of nerve endings there too boys. Just not as many.)

Actually, there are as many nerve endings in the clitoris alone as there are in the entire penis (or is it just the head of the penis...?) Either way, we girls are JUST as sensitive, if not more so - just in a smaller target. It hurts us just as much when we get hit there - I hate it when men don't realise this.

*snip*... all the bloody time. *snip*

HA. It's funny because we're talking about periods.

That is not what a period is... when a women is menstruating an egg is released so it can unite with the sperm and become fertilized, if it doesn't unite with the sperm its then pushed out and disposed of with bodily liquids. Technically its not even that blood, there is only a small amount of blood mixed with other liquids.

Just a question, Where did you learn about periods?

Actually, that's not exactly right either. The egg is released earlier in the cycle, about halfway through. The woman is fertile for about three days after ovulation, and then, about a week later, if fertilisation has not occurred, THEN the uterine lining is shed. The end of the period marks the end of the cycle, whic, on average, lasts 28 days.

Spoiler: Handy Diagram

 

[emeraldrafael]

You could always get her pregnant.

And if not that, just tell her you odnt want o know about it, and if it persists, ust start telling her about everytme you do something she finds disgusting.

 

[ham and red bull]

I love some of the answers here, you guys rock.
I know it's natural, but most guys don't want to hear about it. I grew up in an akwardly open household (aka my mom) who would always tell us about her lovers, and how they couldn't get it up... -.- I think that's worse.

 

[dex-dex]

what kind of girlfriend do you have?
I would never talk to a guy (or any girl for that matter)about that "special" time. No guy wants to hear about it.
conversations like that only popped up in my waxing class and it went like this usually
"are you on it? "
(yes) ok we won't do it this week
(no) excellent get ready!

 

[lacktheknack]

Well, if blood came out of your cock, you wouldn't be very quite about it to your girlfriend, would you?

Oh yes I would, because A. that's not normal, and B. I'd go to the hospital immediately.

 

[Wintermoot]

maybe you should talk about your dingleberry,s or turds and maybe she gets the clue that its disgusting to talk about stuff from places the sun doesnt shine
about menstruation I,m happy I dont bleed from my cratch every 30 days