Have a Happy Period!

[shootingstar]

But that's just it!- they presume to speak for us! The women you hear from most are the ones who talk about 'women' (and they usually do refer to women as a group, not just referring to themselves) becoming homicidal maniacs, etc. during their periods. They make it sound like all women are like this, that's my only beef. When they say things like "Have YOU ever had a period?" to men it sounds like it includes all of us.

One of my daughters has to literally spend the day in bed once a month, in terrible pain. I feel so bad for her! Yet this is not typical.
I personally feel it's not so hilarious anymore to overdo the homicidal maniac school of menstrual humor about women, no whether the comedian is a man or a woman. It's become a cliche about women and is not very accurate. They can speak for themselves, but I just don't enjoy being lumped in with it. Let them talk about their own horrific periods, not mine as well.
That's all i'm saying. (are we 'allowed' to post anymore?)
I feel this is still on topic for the "Happy Period" theme. It's always interested me in fact, and I'm glad to be able to express my longtime feelings about it. I have no great malice about it.

P.s. In fact, I just had a happy one!

I'm trying to get out of calm period..it's just hanging around too long this time. It annoys no one but...myself and my partner. And that's all in this world who needs to know my happy period status on a regular basis.

It is annoying the presumption by some people, especially some men who think that periods always that disrupt women in a major way each month. All is takes is a few women who want to do expresss (frequently) to others who wish to hear..men or women..that they are not feeling well, their hot flashes. I used to hear it all the time from our receptionist at a former workplace with her hot flashes. Everyone knew about them every month.

I have a close, long-time friend who had disabling periods that put her in bed once a month. Once, she nearly fainted as we walked along on a hot summer day. She refused to see a doctor (she was conservative Mennonite) until..it got to a point she had surgery. Long story, some unpleasant details which I will skip. I sympathize the small group of women like her. I did everything to convince her that she had to see a doctor.

Until I started to hear about some menstruation and menopause jokes later in life, I thought menstruation was the most normal and calm thing every month. Why should I not think this way? I have 4 other sisters and mother who never went beserk, never in pain and probably rarely crawled into bed for relief. So I got indoctrinated right at home.... Dear father and brother who saw enough boxes of sanitary napkins stocked up in the closets. But no big deal. This probably all stemmed from my mother's attitude how she raised her daughters... menstruation is not a big deal, just to be dealt with. And her attitude probably came from being with 5 other sisters..we have heavily female-dominant families.

I agree with you Bleekerstgirl.