Gentlemen, is your lady’s time of the month such a fearsome whirlwind of negative energy that you need advance preparation to deal with it? New website PMSBuddy is betting that it is, and they’re willing to warn you—for free—when the volatile period (no pun intended) is approaching.
Granted, your girlfriend might herself be keeping track online , but she’s doing it so she doesn’t wear white pants on the wrong day. You’re doing it because you apparently subscribe to the irritating and antiquated belief that women turn into psychopathic monsters at the drop of an egg. (The crappy thing about this site is that if a guy’s girlfriend does discover that he’s been using it, and is understandably creeped out, he’s bound to blame it on her period rather than the fact that he’s being totally weird.)
I thought everyone was savvy to the fact that male PMS-related gripes are often a transparent way to dismiss any/every woman’s feelings as hysterical, unfounded, and, therefore, unimportant. Plainly put, it’s sort-of bad form to endorse the old cliche that women go crazy once a month. But here’s what I don’t understand: what’s wrong with taking a sincere, transparent interest in your girlfriend’s fertility? In other words, why can’t you just, you know, ask her about her cycle? After all, management of her mighty period does have some impact on your future parenthood (or lack thereof) and an honest conversation is far less likely to make her feel spied upon than a sketchy email service.
[Via Asylum, photo by artisandhu]
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Thats right. Just ask. I ask my girlfriend simply when we can not be that intimate. Well usually we do it anyway but asking is no big deal.
October 27th, 2008 at 10:11 amWhat about the fact that some of us do go crazy during our periods? I turn in to a salt and chocolate craving machine who’s pissed off because I’m full of weepy hormones and start crying at the drop of a hat. For real. I can read a tender moment in a fucking comic strip and start crying.
October 27th, 2008 at 11:59 amHormones are hormones, theres no sin in admitting their quite real influence on cycled psyques.
Luckily for guys PMS gals tend to also to have cuddly testosterone associated peri ovulation sex drive hypes.
It would all be much easier if we used a mayan based calendar.
October 27th, 2008 at 12:04 pmYeah, that’s a good way to get yourself an Ex girlfriend.
October 27th, 2008 at 1:53 pmI’m not denying that some women are emotional during their periods but that doesn’t mean all of them are. Everyone’s different. I’m an angel before my period. I will cut you if you say otherwise!
I still think the premise of this site seems to be poor communication within a relationship. There’s also weird text on the front page reading: “women, this is a great way to give people in your life a heads-up of when you might be feeling a bit irritable without having an awkward conversation.” Like sending your boss an “I’m about to go menstrual” email is not embarrassing? I just think the concept is weird and based on outdated gender ideas, including the notion that women should be mild-mannered and pleasant. Should men have to send their girlfriend an email when they’re “a bit irritable” because their sports team lost a game? (Actually, I may be on to something there….)
October 27th, 2008 at 8:09 pmI actually signed up for this service and think it’s great. I even showed it to my wife and she agreed. I agree some women are not affected, but for those who get PMS really bad - and it affects their relationship - I’m all for a little heads up so I dont take things so seriously or let little things escalate into a fight, when she may be more on edge than normal due to her hormones. As for this service being mysogonistic, I think you need to mellow out and relax… I, for one, think it’s useful. Also, my wife doesn’t particularly want to talk about her menstral cycle at this time of the month…
October 28th, 2008 at 3:38 pmBut how can I relax? I am about to get my period!!!
Opinions: we all haz them. I’m not writing letters to congress about it, I just think it’s a weird site. I guess I am freakishly lucky in that I’ve never a) felt uncomfortable talking about my period and b)never had a menstrual cycle that disrupted my entire life.
October 28th, 2008 at 4:47 pmCan they send text alerts to phones? The new Krave (motorola.com/krave) is a clear top flip phone that is touch sensitive. I would probably always be checking it…
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