malinoisvol
Pick up your Balls and Rattle your Cannons!
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My ex always suffered twice as much as me. If my back hurt, oh, his had been hurting too. Bad headache, oh, his thought he had a migraine coming on. The day I sprained my ankle and suddenly he could barely walk, I told him my ovaries hurt.Back when a guy (*cough* DXH *cough*) would try that, I told him that the physical symptoms made it much harder to ignore his daily crap, so perhaps he could try to be a bit less obnoxious a few days a month. (Behavioral crap, not tying-up-the-bathroom crap.)
My Psychology Professor (a man) told us that, during that time of month, a women's hormones almost mirror that of a man's. Therefore, we men now know what we are like everyday of the month. Made me rethink my outlook on things.Back when a guy (*cough* DXH *cough*) would try that, I told him that the physical symptoms made it much harder to ignore his daily crap, so perhaps he could try to be a bit less obnoxious a few days a month. (Behavioral crap, not tying-up-the-bathroom crap.)
That’s terrible, but I can top this!!!My ex always suffered twice as much as me. If my back hurt, oh, his had been hurting too. Bad headache, oh, his thought he had a migraine coming on. The day I sprained my ankle and suddenly he could barely walk, I told him my ovaries hurt.
That’s terrible, but I can top this!!!
With my first kid, I started labor on a Tuesday. Contractions every 8-10 minutes for 21 hours, stopped for 3, then started up again. I went to the hospital on Friday and told them I wasn’t leaving until I had a kid in my arms. Two units of pitocin, a tear in my cervix, and one hour of transition (back-to-back contractions) later, he was born a little after 1am on Saturday with a 1-minute Apgar of 3, floppy, grey, and not breathing, without a neonatal staffer present. The first and only time I’ve heard a non-TV doctor say “stat.” (They hustled a nurse up from the NICU who resuscitated him.)
So about noon that day, DXH stomps into my room empty-handed, collapses into the chair, and proceeds to tell me how exhausted and terrible he feels. I stared at him and told him, “Get your ass downstairs and don’t come back up until you have some flowers in your hand and a smile on your face, at least for your newborn son.”
First time I’d ever talked to him like that. That was the day I started wondering about whether our marriage would last. Divorce was final not quite 27 years later.
The current DH is a definite upgrade! View attachment 256453
Ouchies! Mine wasn’t nearly that bad. (Only one - the next two were with midwives, who know how to avoid them.)Episiotomy... HBPW required 180 stitches after first child. Doctor asked me "what blood type is she?" Me: "I don't know!" "Isn't in her records!"
I learned to just stay outside, or in my room when one of mine are having momentsMy Psychology Professor (a man) told us that, during that time of month, a women's hormones almost mirror that of a man's. Therefore, we men now know what we are like everyday of the month. Made me rethink my outlook on things.