A few weeks ago, while The Girl was away on yet another business trip, I was watching some mindless TV & I suddenly felt myself get really sad. It was a weird feeling, because I wasn’t really sad & it felt like I was watching my mind being taken over (fans of Harry Potter might say there were Dementors in the room) by some unstoppable force. My brain was saying, “Huh?! But there’s nothing to be sad about.” But the heart was all, “Help! The Sadness is overpowering me!”. A couple of days later I had my period, which explained a lot. Sometimes I hate being a woman. Whoever designed our bodies was a fucking asshole. Not only do we have to bleed about every month, we also get aches & pains, get bloated & feel ugly & then to top it all – we get mood swings & depression. What the fuck was this designer thinking? Was there any vetting process when this idiot was hired?
Anyway, I bring this up because, The Girl is away again today & I have my period & my back has been hurting for 3 days now & I feel fat & just 10 minutes ago I cried while watching this video:
allytude (@allytude) Said:
on January 26, 2012 at 1:28 am
Three words- Hot Water Bottle- Nothing is better for period blues. Or any blues in general.
Broom Said:
on January 26, 2012 at 10:16 am
Word!
Nags Said:
on January 26, 2012 at 1:54 am
it’s so amazing seeing this here because I did the exact same thing last night. my in-laws are in town which means i get to speak to the husband 1:1 only at night when we go to bed (which i really don’t mind) i was talking about something very generic and random and suddenly this sadness overpowered me and i started crying. he thought his mom said something to upset me, which she did not. i kept telling myself to stop and there’s nothing to cry about but i just couldn’t. periods are right around the corner, btw. the end.
Broom Said:
on January 26, 2012 at 10:18 am
Sometimes I feel a little sorry for men who have to deal with this because no matter how empathetic they might be they’ll never quite understand this!
MinCat Said:
on January 26, 2012 at 4:12 am
oh GOD tell me about it! only for me there was a time it would start TWO WEEKS before the damn thing came. now if i’m randomly overpoweringly heartbrokenly sad i think about why for a second and then do some maths. eureka!
hugs.
Broom Said:
on January 26, 2012 at 10:20 am
See? Who thought this would be a good thing to put women through on a regular basis? What happened to evolution?
eeprikka Said:
on January 26, 2012 at 6:08 am
My cousin’s been staying with us for a few weeks… Thanks to pheromones or whatever , our cycles are in sync.. last night, we were talking to each other about random this and that, and then she started crying and then i started crying and we kept talking as if it’s perfectly normal, and then laughing and then crying again..
my poor husband…
Broom Said:
on January 26, 2012 at 10:20 am
Yes, poor husbands!
Sig Said:
on January 26, 2012 at 6:12 am
I get it. I do. I’ve been like that for the last couple of days and it just hit me why I was feeling so shitty.
Broom Said:
on January 26, 2012 at 10:22 am
You’re also denying yourself Nutella! You deserve a medal.
No Woman No Cry | Gaysi Said:
on January 26, 2012 at 7:14 pm
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Chinty Said:
on January 26, 2012 at 7:32 pm
I have a secret… and it is called “Mefenamic Acid Tablet – 500mg”. Just one in the morning and you are good for the whole day. Ask your doctor to prescribe it. Now I just need to find a way to stop myself from feeling my back everytime I get up from a seat during those days!! Does anyone else do that???
Broom Said:
on February 1, 2012 at 8:00 am
Yeah! I do the back thing too. And then I feel like an old woman.
Rohini Said:
on January 27, 2012 at 5:20 am
*hugs*
That video make me teary-eyed too and I can’t even blame PMS
Broom Said:
on February 1, 2012 at 8:01 am
Thanks.
I wondered if I’d have the same reaction minus the PMS. It is such a moving video.
The Week End Blogger Said:
on January 27, 2012 at 8:08 am
I am an absolute horror….I am either extremely sentimental or in a terrible mood. Actually I cry at the drop of a hat…be it a line in a book/paper that I am reading or a scene from a movie or something that I see around me…its enough to set me sniffling. Do I need help ? Or are there others out there like me ?
Broom Said:
on February 1, 2012 at 8:02 am
There are plenty of us out here like that! Maybe we all need help.
Childwoman Said:
on January 31, 2012 at 10:02 am
I get very sad too, when I am about to get my periods. The first day is the worst. I feel as if I am sinking. I just go off to sleep for an hour and get up feeling better…yesterday was my mother’s second death annivarsy.. and I felt like shit. I usually keep my self together..but while talking to dad I just broke down..and i kept saying to myself, stop stop.but I couldnt. and dont even start about the fat days, they just make me give up eating, but I eat more on those days… the pain in the belly and legs is too much…and then the back starts., and I always worry if I have stained myself…i keep checking the place i have sat down at…
sorry a long comment..but the floodgates just opened with your post!!!
Broom Said:
on February 1, 2012 at 8:02 am
Hugs. Hope you’re feeling better now.
Amrita Said:
on February 1, 2012 at 7:18 am
Broom! You’re a hard woman to get a hold of. Shoot me an email, will ya?
Broom Said:
on February 1, 2012 at 8:03 am
Done!
Orange Jammies Said:
on February 22, 2012 at 9:56 pm
I heard you on Women’s Web! Haw, you sound so grown-up!
Broom Said:
on February 23, 2012 at 7:59 am
Thanks for the reminder! I’d been meaning to post a link to it and completely forgot.
And even I was surprised at how adult I sound! It’s all an illusion.