Coming from the only lady in the house with all boys and hubby…
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I did feel more this way once up on a time. But then I learned more about my cycle (not women’s cycle but MY cycle).
Before learning it was like I was being tossed around by waves.
After learning it’s much more like I’m riding the 🌊 waves! Riding my highs and not fighting my lows.
Yeah my husband doesn’t have to have any waves but my waves are beautiful and help me be better. He is just flat 🤭!

Even with knowing my cycle it’s annoying because having progesterone sensitivity, and dealing with pms is awful. No matter how i change my diet, exercise regularly or how much I know my entire cycle, it never changes things. The hormones are what they are and our bodies respond to them the way they do. Nothing changes that, and while I believe men also have their own cycles, they pale in comparison. I have met women who never have pms or progesterone sensitivity but it’s life for many women, & no there is no way to get rid of it- tried everything and I have been a regular bodybuilder with a strict diet for years without seeing any changes when it comes to my menstrual cycle. The period part of it stays regular unfortunately that’s for sure!

This is why they should make birth control for men

Meh, we're all out here just existing separately together lol. I've never had to deal with being a man and all that could entail. I do know some fellas who wish they could experience what we are able to as women and i know for damn sure i wouldnt mind having some of the luxuries of being a man in a society dominated by men but I really don't look at them and think it's unfair that we're different on a biological scale. I do be getting bent out of shape over injustice though lmao. Regardless!! Woman to woman, I feel you. Our bodies really do go through a hell of a lot lol

I think we're all dealing with different pressures.
I do get where you're coming from but if my partner had a period and also experienced postpartum the way that I do we'd be in a hell of a place 😅 I'm grateful to be able to rely on him, he's stable in every sense and this is more helpful to me than fairness in burdens.
The fact that significantly more men unalive themselves than women, says something about the struggles men face.

That’s why we put men to work lol so we can relax from all our symptoms of being a woman.

Yes. So unfair. I used to be up breastfeeding and just look at my sleeping husband and give him the finger. Like you’re so useless. Some days I wish we were seahorses so he could carry the babies sometimes.

Unfair? No. Stupid? Yes 🤣

I would hate to be a man

Honestly, no. Im in peri myself & have been for 6yrs. I see my symptoms in my hubs every time forgetfulness hits him, especially in the tears when that forgetfulness had him worried it wasn’t normal. I see my symptoms in my teen son struggling w/breakouts, hair growth & funky BO that smells like he’s a pizza delivery driver, I remember the 1st time I was looking for the spilt vinegar & realized it was my boobs.😭
I see my symptoms in my toddler when he has trouble regulating & throws a tantrum, can’t even tell you how many times I’ve told my family I just want to crawl in a dark hole & sleep it off, yet my toddler quite literally goes to his room w/ the lights off when he can’t manage to stop for breaths. Maybe they’ll never know exactly, but they know enough to support me & that’s why I never run out of Midol or my preferred Always underwear, it’s why my heating pad was replaced immediately when it quit, my hubs w/teen help, does that bc he has an idea of what I go through.