It seems like girls have a built in get out of jail free card when it comes to pms. It's like they're in a bitchy mood and they say something they know is not okay and then blame it on pms. When guys are assholes, they're assholes, no excuses, no way to take it back or minimize it. I think girls use pms when they just feel like being bitchy- it sucks, and you should have more self control and not blame your hormones.
Posted by Anonymous on February 25, 2009 4:21 PM
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spoken like a true male who has never had to deal with PMS.
Agreed so much^
...and maybe we're actually stating the truth; it's just something we normally would have thought and not said out loud.
Or maybe it's not PMS, and it's the other "excuse". Which happens to be perfectly valid given that one has to watch something excruciatingly painful every day.
Oh, and,
I've never been as bitchy to anyone in my life (except for maybe my parents) as I have been to you.
So
I'm sorry.
I am very sorry.
And maybe I have to work on that?
But, even though I know I have no right to treat other people (aka you) badly, maybe I'm not the only one to blame.
Um. Does anyone know what is going on here?
Ok, I'm a girl, and I definitely agree with op. I would keep this opinion to the blog though, because I get the feeling some girls would not take this well if you said it to their faces. I completely agree that girls will say really mean things when their pms-ing, and they don't have an excuse. I guess you're allowed to be sullen if you want, but don't take it out on people who haven't done anything wrong!
Well, I think it is difficult to understand pms if you've never had it or don't get it very bad. When I pms I just get depressed. Not bitchy, just really, really, sad. I know my body and now I can tell that it is just my hormones but even so, knowing that I am pms-ing doesn't make it go away.
It's easy to say that when someone is pms-ing they should just keep to themselves, but I don't think that actually works.
I don't really understand why people are mad. I you say something mean, isn't the right thing to do apologize and explain your actions? Maybe the reason why it happens a lot is because most of the, *ahem*, women in high school have periods?
umm.....i currently am having all hormones removed from my body before i start hormone therapy to transition....hormone levels REALLY effect your mood. I already know what PMS feels like....but this is a million times worse, but yeah....hormone levels are very important in effecting emotions and behavior.
guys even have spikes in testosterone that can effect moods, so...in away guys have their own PMS....soo....yeah.
Okay, from another girl's point of view. I definitely understand how bitchy I can get when I'm PMS-ing and I can completely control it now. Just because you want to say something rude outlooud doesn't mean you have to. You really can keep it to yourself. I hate it when girls do annoying things and blame it on their periods. There's no excuse for being rude to people.
PMS is code for "I have no self-control", come up with a real reason, seriously. (This IS coming from a girl)
Personally the girls I know have never blamed moods or anything on pms, so I don't really see the problem here
ok well some girls use PMS as an excuse, but other times it's really an explanation that essentially means "I'm sorry I said that/ am acting like a bitch, I am not in control of myself at present and would never say this were I sane"
That being said, I think if the girl uses PMS as an excuse, she should then try her very very best to keep her mouth shut until said PMS ceases.
For the record though, I've had guys blame my bad moods on PMS, and I wasn't. So I don't know...it kinda goes both ways.
As a representative of the woman variety I would agree with the op in not-so-strongly worded terms.
Yes, girls do use pms as an excuse. You are always in control of what you do. So control yourself.
Just because you feel like a depressed bitch of frightening doom in your mind doesn't mean you need to make this a reality. If you are so out of control of your behavior it would probably be better to lock yourself up somewhere.
I have horrible pms that makes me feel exactly like these girls are describing and yet I just suck it up and don't say much for a couple of days every month. No one gets hurt.
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