The PMS Monster

This might be a TMI kind of entry for a first blog post, but I'm okay with that.

Not too long ago, there were some articles out there about how PMS isn't a real thing, that women expect it so they make it happen by thinking about it.

Normally I believe in scientific things and tend to trust science over anything else. This, however, pissed me off.

Here's the thing, science - thought can cause symptoms to manifest, yes. I know that. But why would I want to have cramps and horrible mood swings for at least one week out of every month? Even if I knew that was coming, I would try to think it away. That doesn't work, by the way... don't think I haven't tried.

Sometimes I forget that I'm about to get it and then the cramps start and I cry at the most random things and then want to murder someone two seconds later. If I'm not thinking about it, how am I making it happen? And sometimes I don't even have any symptoms.

I have a feeling this study was done by men. They don't get it. They think it's a little pain and a little bitchiness and a little crying and we do it to get out of things. They don't understand that sometimes it feels like the angriest washer-woman in the world is wringing out your uterus or that Godzilla is destroying Tokyo inside of your abdomen.

Men don't understand why you will grind your teeth in anger over things that on pretty much any other day might go by without more than a mildly annoyed feeling, if that.  They don't get how you acan be so irritated at every single thing that they do. They don't understand how you can start crying at the drop of a hat. Movies that normally make me a little teary will reduce me to a blubbering mess on the couch. When I pet my dogs, all I can think about is how they're going to die someday and how much I will miss them and then sob over that. I was flipping through channels today and started bawling over freaking Lilo & Stitch. When that little alien started in with the whole "ohana means family" thing, I couldn't contain myself. I mean, come on! Normally I'd  just be impressed that the little guy learned to speak English.

If I could affect these things with a thought, wouldn't I try to make them stop happening to me?

Ladies,  I think you know what I'm talking about.

Guys, when your wife/girlfriend/fiance/whatever says she's got PMS going on, just be nice to her. And if she starts crying, just know there's a good chance that there's not a damn thing you can do.