Of Graphic Gutsiness March 16, 2008
Posted by Jen in : Journal , trackbackHurrumph (as they used to say in the olden days). Lovely bf is going through another one of his phases of thinking he’s funny. Take Friday evening for instance.
Me, sighing: ‘Ugh, I feel grotty. A bit bleurgh. Hormones, probably.’
Him, rolling his eyes: ‘Again? Surely you just mean grumpy? Bad tempered. Your usual self. Hormones only happen once a month, don’t they?’
I scowl a bit, as you can imagine, and bang some doors. I have a little drink of wine and contemplate what it would be like to go out with someone nice. I have another glass of wine and think that it’s a good job lovely bf is keeping a low profile and wonder how long it will be before he dares to emerge from his study with a posy of apologies.
Eventually, he emerges from his study. He does not look sorry at all. In fact, he looks a bit smug.
‘I’ve emailed you,’ he smirks.
He’s brave, you’ve got to give him that.
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Lol, he is brave. The second graph looks remarkably like mine.
Whoops, I mean my moods! Jaysus I’d better take some more pills for my hurting brain.
I could say something … I really could. But I have a faint suspicion that I’d only get into trouble with both you and Hullabaerraticallymoody. So you’ll forgive me if I choose a long life expectancy instead.
PS: Shouldn’t the peaks on those graphs be a little less … err, predictable. … … Doh! I couldn’t just be the strong, silent, Lego-man type could I.
Hormones - I remember them. I’m sort of a eunuch after having it all whipped out. Drastic, I know, but I highly recommend it
Meanwhile, have some chocolate and evening primrose.
He likes to live dangerously then, your lovely bf? Kit was commenting on his English teacher the other day, saying how for two weeks of the month she’s absolutely fine and normal, then the other two weeks she turns into a screaming, crazed harridan. Mind you, I’d probably be like that if I had thirty 15 year old boys to deal with.
That really was very brave of him!! If Chris had done that I think he would have gone into hiding…..moody…..me?….Naaaaa
C x
Yvonne - There’s a fine line between bravery and being throttled. And I knew what you meant.
Bobo - Predictable? PREDICTABLE?? Grrrrrrr…
Fiona - having all the gubbins does indeed sound a bit drastic. Unless it’s something I could over the weekend with Henry the Hoover of course? And would I still be allowed the chocolate afterwards?
Maddie - It’s good for boys to see at an early age what it’s all about. I couldn’t teach a class of 15-year-olds with their booming voices and furry faces. Ugh. No wonder she’s crazed.
Carol - Don’ t they realise that it’s them that makes us cross? It would be extreme serenity all round if it weren’t for men. And kids. Oh, and hormones. And, um…
So it’s worse at the end of the month then? a real peak going on there. I think the second graph is really the male version of bad moods/hormones. My hubby is worse than any hormonal (or even pregnant) woman I know. So, it’s all fun and laughter over at our house! (***help me!***)
Like Fiona, I no longer have hormones either. Looking back it’s amazing how big a part they DO play in the old mood swings.
Time to get a new boyfriend??
Now if that chart was flat-lining, think how boring it would be for him.
All those peaks keep him on his toes. Mind you, he’d better watch out when you hit the top line:-)
At least the cycle is still going.
[hides behind sofa before getting coat and scarpering]
Brave man! I would hate for him to do mine!
Hope he stood well back after sending that email!
Pacha - I think he made it up. Seeing it on a graph like that rmakes it look like some sort of cosmic joke to make us all mental the same time. And men are far, far worse than us.
Karen - a new boyfriend? Hmmm. Since I am clearly such a handful (Gawd, must go on a diet) I thought I might get a man for every mood. Genius, no?
Lane - But did you notice that I’m never in a good mood? I wonder why that is..?
Cap’n Black - Yeah, I’ll soon be moaning when I’m all rusted up. Reminds me of the Jasper Carrott quip: ‘because my dad told me they were something only women had, I thought a menstrual cycle was one with a low crossbar and a basket on the front’.
Debs - We should all have them done. Our moods are what make us interesting? Right?
Helen - He keeps a safe distance most of the time. It’s better that way.
Jen, I love your descriptions of you and lovely bf together. I also think that hormonal graph demands respect from a scientific point of view. If it were more realistic, it would leap out of the computer screen at odd times, smashing and spilling and banging everything in sight. Now that’s proper hormonal. Bobo is still chuckling about the time I managed to spill a whole mug of tea down myself accidentally in a fit of pique, having swept my arm across the table.
When I need to bang a door, I never find I can bang them loudly enough to satisfy myself. The best ones make surounding pictures fall off the wall lol.
Thanks for all your lovely comments on my blog. I am up in Edinburgh for a flying visit and so get to use a normal high speed internet connection to do proper blogging.
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Jen honey, I’ve said this before but lovely bf really needs a new name. He is clearly clever-but-mean bf.
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Hullaballoooooo… High speed proper blogging. Cures most things, to be sure (as us Oirish say). Banging everything in sight? Crumbs. That really is noisy.
Caroline - You are very wise. I have other names for him in my brain. I really do.
What is it about men that they blame everything on hormones. Why aren’t we just allowed to be grumpy for real reasons?
Leigh - actually, it’s usually me that blames the old hormones. Just seems better than admitting to being in a perpetually rancid mood. (Actually, I’m quite jolly most of the time, but that doesn’t half sound boring
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