Should a good partner know their girlfriend's menstrual cycle?
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I know my gorlfriend's. She told me the first two times, as a heads up for behavior changes. I figured it out.
Well, even my girlfriend doesn't really "Know" it anymore it's that sporadic and she's on the pill and that messes it around, but if it's a serious relationship it's good to be understanding etc, it doesn't fuss me to be honest.
At one point or another, any girl I'm friends with lets me know when it's that time, so I don't have to learn. I get told.
To be quite honest though, none of said friends really act differently during menstruation. All they do is occasionally complain about cramps and whatnot.
To be quite honest though, none of said friends really act differently during menstruation. All they do is occasionally complain about cramps and whatnot.
After much discussion with a few girl friends (that space there is important), I have decided that being straight is too much effort, and being a woman is totally not worth it.gibboss28 said:
But hey, another plus for being a gay guy- I don't have to worry about this stuff. Pizza and videogames every night!
Good to know? Absolutely. Everything is good to know. If you care about your particular lady, it indicates a time to be particularly accommodating - as you would be for any friend who's suffering. I get irritable during the Red Time not because hormones are turning me into a life-consuming banshee, but because I'm in constant, nauseating pain, and that tends to counteract the joy and smiles.
My girlfriend couldn't care any less if I knew it or not. I don't change my behavior accordingly because my girlfriend is the same on/off of it, so there is no point. I've never made it my mission to know and she's never made it her expectation for me to do so. She'll simply just let me know, and then life moves on as it does everyday.
I'm...trying really hard not to be offended by this post. I don't think there was any misogynistic intent behind it, but the idea that you need to know your partner's menstrual cycle just rubs me the wrong way. :\
Personally I don't like the idea of my partner knowing when my periods are, especially if it's just to know when to act a certain way so as not to piss me off. It just feels...patronizing. I can't think of any parallels in male physiology though, so I'm having a hard time putting it into a reverse-context.
I guess I should just say, I don't think a partner needs to know a woman's menstrual cycle in order to be a good one.
Personally I don't like the idea of my partner knowing when my periods are, especially if it's just to know when to act a certain way so as not to piss me off. It just feels...patronizing. I can't think of any parallels in male physiology though, so I'm having a hard time putting it into a reverse-context.
I guess I should just say, I don't think a partner needs to know a woman's menstrual cycle in order to be a good one.
I'd say the answer is yes. It helps me better judge the relative merit of any comment I might make. It reduces the chance of awkward interruption of an intimate moment. There are other examples, certainly, but knowing your partner's physical and emotional state is important regardless of cause.
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What the fucking fuck of fucking fuck-fuck of fuckery? That mental image isn't going to leave, but unfortunately, neither is my curiosity. Is that like a movie or one of those special school videos? It sounds like a fetish hentai of some kind. The more I think about it, the more I have to know about such a thing but I don't want to know either. ARGH!
OT: My girlfriend's angry and miserable all the time. That's half the reason I'm going out with her. The only thing we have mentioned that is anyway related to that is when I joked that, while supervising a computer room of noisy kids, that a bear would come in and maul everyone with me the sole survivor. She joked that if the bear was on it's period I'd be dead first. Wasn't sure how to take that.
Calumon: Let me in! Why'd you throw me out the room? I WANT IN!
Jack: It's best you're out there than in here with this topic!
Nope, it wasn't one of those special films. It even got an academy award nomination.Jack and Calumon said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Other_Side_of_Sunday
Set in Norway during the 1950s, this dark comedy chronicles the coming-of-age of a rebellious daughter of a rural priest who was born and raised in a repressive tiny village. The problem is that moody Maria is terribly aware of her burgeoning sexuality. At times not succumbing to the insistent thrumming of her adolescent hormones makes life unbearable. Her only balm comes from lonely walks and her secret readings of the racy parts of the Song of Solomon in the Old Testament. The other kids sense the change in her and she's the butt of many unkind jokes and comments. One day while strolling alone through the forest, Maria encounters the church caretaker Mrs. Tunheim. Surprisingly, it is she who encourages Maria to test her sexual wings and savor life as it was meant to be enjoyed. But that for the reclusive Maria is easier said than done. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
I have been talking to a buddy from elementary school, and we can't seem to find out if we saw it in seventh grade, or if it was in 8th/9th grade. I doubt it was in ninth grade though.
And on second though, I'm not entirely sure if she was supposed to be 13. Definitely younger than 17 though (or so I think).
Lovely, no?
My boyfriend knows my menstrual cycle better than me sometimes. Lol
I just make sure he is aware if I'm having any mood swings though, got to warn my babie for his protection. Lol. I don't always get moody so when I am I make sure he knows. He adjusts to it quite well too.
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I just make sure he is aware if I'm having any mood swings though, got to warn my babie for his protection. Lol. I don't always get moody so when I am I make sure he knows. He adjusts to it quite well too.
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I don't think it's so important to know the schedule exactly as it is to know how to act when your partner is on her period. Some women don't want to be treated differently, some like a little consideration. For some it can be very painful, which can make them irritable.
In my experience, my girlfriend gets heightened emotionally and generally wants a cuddle. Other female friends get weepy, or have bigger mood swings. One you wouldn't know anything was wrong, though she does get IBS apparently.
In my experience, my girlfriend gets heightened emotionally and generally wants a cuddle. Other female friends get weepy, or have bigger mood swings. One you wouldn't know anything was wrong, though she does get IBS apparently.