Is this really necessary?

[hel_ana]

::blink::

PMS Alert 1.0

Easily synchronize PMS Alert with her natural monthly cycle. Read a simple scale of five colors to get the likelihood of mood swings. Get a real-time estimation of fertility. Pick a date off the calendar to get a quick forecast of what's to come. Store custom notes to go along with each day in the cycle. Get reminders when conditions are changing. Even get reminders of her next birthday and anniversary. PMS Alert runs hidden in the system tray, but can be expanded to a control panel offering more options. Ladies love PMS Alert because it helps foster a better understanding of what they are going through. He will be much better equipped to help, because you can store notes that go along with each day in the cycle. Absolutely no ads or nagging e-mail, ever.

buh?

Comments

[the-nita.livejournal.com]

Respectfully, I disagree. P could have used this tool. As I said, it took him several years of living with me to understand that the mood changes (swing is such a mild word for some of it) were pretty predictable and there was a reason for it. He just thought I periodically became a raving bitch for no reason.

And trust me, me on PMS does in fact equal raving bitch queen. I spend most of my time wanting the rest of the planet to get the hell out of my way, if I'm not actively planning on helping them.

[hel_ana]

I think we're talking about two different things here.

The fact that the tool can actually be useful to some men to become more enlightened is not mutually exclusive with the fact that there is a societal assumption "all women become raving bitches once a month and if a woman is a raving bitch, it's because she's PMSing" that I suspect is behind the tool.

[the-nita.livejournal.com]

I recognise they're not mutually exclusive. I would also hate to assume I knew what the maker of the tool had in mind.

I guess I am enough of a raving bitch even when I'm not PMS-ing that I rarely run into the problem you're describing. And have been known to verbally flay alive anyone who was foolish enough to voice such an opinion out loud.

[hel_ana]

Whereas I'm quite cheerfully assuming what's behind the tool. ;)

I'm generally not ever enough of a raving bitch to be accused of it, so I don't generally get people calling me out on PMSing. However, I've seen it happen and it makes me annoyed.