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The Bitch Thread

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Goodness Gracious Meme

17:21 / 18.07.04

ugh. May, the only reason i'm not disembowelling you for that gag is that i'm hormone-lethargy so can't ... be ... arsed....

Papess

17:31 / 18.07.04

promises, promises...

*searches frantically for some Black Cohosh for Plums*

alas

20:10 / 18.07.04

It's like my panic factor goes up 150%

mee tooooo!

btw, re: black cohosh. I've heard that it's great for many menopausal symptoms, didn't know it could work for regular menstrual ills, BUT I've also read that in the US we have to be very careful about the source: German brands were specifically recommended because they are very scrupulous about purity and consistency, etc., so the results are more likely to be consistent. I have no idea where I read this, but I remember it seeming reputable.

Mazarine

22:26 / 18.07.04

I've always wondered why women who manage to pull other people to their cycles don't brag about it, like men with their dicks. "I have dragged you to my x's on the calendar! I AM ALPHA FEMALE PRIME!!"

pomegranate

23:33 / 18.07.04

oh, my sister does brag about it. she claims to be the alpha female when it happens.

i was just sitting around normally today, bleeding, yes, but no big deal, when WHAM! i got assaulted by some severe cramps, the likes of which i am lucky to almost never see. the kind that reverb through yr labia. the kind that go down yr legs, making them weak. the kind that make yr feet cramp. that make you nauseated and shaky. i'm really glad i'm not at work. bleaargh!!! i took some pepto-bismol and some ibuprofen and sat w/a heating pad and am a little better. i'm trying to eat a little something so i can take some more ibuprofen. i asked my sister to give me a menstrual extraction, but not only do we not have a turkey baster, but she is unwilling (i don't know ~why~!).

Tryphena Absent

23:50 / 18.07.04

Grrgghh, I hate it when they're so bad you feel sick. I got that on the bus the other day but luckily only in a number of short sharp bursts. I had to walk home from the stop all hunched over.

Papess

01:50 / 19.07.04

My phermones are more powerful than yours!

Sounds like a deodorant advert.

Goodness Gracious Meme

03:13 / 19.07.04

oh, and to be entirely informational and serious for a second, you do all know that orgasms, if achievable, work wonders for the womb cramps/body aches?

on this:

i asked my sister to give me a menstrual extraction, but not only do we not have a turkey baster, but she is unwilling (i don't know ~why~!).

darling, that's what we're here for.

*wanders off to find speculum and pliers...*

Goodness Gracious Meme

03:42 / 19.07.04

may pointed me in the direction of this, which I felt was well worth sharing:

ring any bells?

Papess

04:22 / 19.07.04

*opens Shiraz and decants*

Would any of you ladies like a glass?
(That means you guys, as well.)

Cheers Plums. I find it soothing.
It has quite the mood to it.

Papess

04:45 / 19.07.04

Oh, mentstral motif!

Maybe we should add "[PICS]" to the title? Mods?

Papess

05:09 / 19.07.04

Damn! Let's try this one:

Hungry? A little tapas?

"Just imagine what would happen at your typical office if menstruating women were allowed to walk around at large. They would go around touching photocopiers and fax machines and pens and things, making them all "filthy" and "unclean" in the words of Leviticus chapter 15. It would be chaos."

People actually still think like this? I am so naïve, sometimes! Someone pass me a fork!

Kit-Cat Club

07:15 / 19.07.04

Oh how apposite this thread seems... (are we synching? Never heard of it happening over the web before). I just get very miserable and self-pitying (tho' I know perfectly well why, this doesn't seem to make it any better), cannot cope with crowds, etc.

Tryphena Absent

12:58 / 19.07.04

That's what I was wondering... we all seem to be rather close together. It must be the influence of George Morrison- he can do anything you know. Unless one of you has very frightening cyber pheromones?

Papess

13:07 / 19.07.04

Dammit! Who the hell is George Morrison?

pointless and uncalled for

13:26 / 19.07.04

One wonders if it is worth the pain to have an unquestionable reason to scream at idiots for on week out of every month.

Goodness Gracious Meme

18:02 / 19.07.04

Fffuuuuuuuuuuckkkkkkkkkkkkkkooooooooooofff.

Na, still isn't worth it...

The idea that we're cyber-synching is deeply frightening. Oddly compelling, tho.

Papess

18:29 / 19.07.04

Who says I only have to scream at idiots one week out of the month?

Less searchable M0rd4nt

19:07 / 19.07.04

I actually enjoy my PMS these days. Once I finally worked out that I'm (probably) not going to kill anyone, I was free to enjoy the rush. I still go completely Ginger Snaps for a few days, of course, but now I put it to positive use.

('Course, as soon as I go on the rag I snivel like a three-year-old. But them's the breaks.)

Goodness Gracious Meme

06:33 / 20.07.04

free to enjoy the rush.

Heh, thought this was just me. That's kind of how I've been feeling, the last few days.... hence my enthusiastic participation in this thread....

Heading slowly back to baseline, I think...

wembley can change in 28 days

07:32 / 20.07.04

Jesus - I'm not due for another 10 days and I've got empathy cramps for you all. And if my cramps can't beat up your cramps, they at least make me throw up and pass out on occasion. I used to get anaprox, but now I'm on lots and lots of ibuprofen. Okay, actually I'm on codeine and the pill too, but that's only because my cramps combine with the wondertwin powers of "mild" endometriosis to render me completely incapacitated.

Anyone else drink camomile tea on those days? I'm serious, it actually helps and it helps a lot. Coffee makes me worse. And with PMS I have to wear 2 bras! Am I in the club yet?

Papess

19:43 / 20.07.04

Oh wembley, take off your cervical cap and come on inside.

Sekhmet

18:37 / 06.10.04

(*sniffles and wipes eyes*)

Sorry to resurrect yet another thread, but as it's all the rage lately (no pun intended) and I have the most godawful PMS since around about the late 80's... somebody please tell me it's only temporary and soon I'll be sane and rational again...

(*doubles over from cramps*)

Mrrrgh! Must kill EVERYONE!!!

(*stamps feet and howls*)

Why, in the name of all that is holy, do we have to DO this?... Evolutionarily speaking, is the benefit of being "breedable" year-round really worth walking around in pain and stinking of blood four days every month? Surely this would attract predators in the wild? Someone please explain...

(*starts sniffling and weeping again*)

pomegranate

19:44 / 06.10.04

evolutionarily speaking, we didn't get our periods that much, really. first off we didn't start until much later, we were probably more irregular when we did have them due to poorer health back when we were nomads, and finally we spent most of our time pregnant and/or seriously breastfeeding, and thus not ovulating.

i'm not hormonal, but i will be soon...off to take the morning after pill. whee! extreme nausea ahoy!

HCE

20:23 / 06.10.04

I have a movie to recommend. "Anatomy of Hell" perhaps you've heard of it.

Goodness Gracious Meme

00:14 / 08.10.04

Excellent timing.

As I'm once again idly pondering:

Why on earth I have have womb ache that seems to reverberate thourought my entire body and have my brain's higher functions totally disappear WHEN I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO DESIRE TO EVER BREED....

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