I Enjoy Being A Girl- Page 42

[Shannon Bo Dannon]

Posted: 2/9/09 at 9:32pm

I'm on mine now too, I think we're all starting to cycle together! haha

[Schmerg_The_Impaler]

Posted: 2/9/09 at 9:33pm

Add me to that grand list.

It's my tenth day, and no end in sight. Joy, joy, joy.

EDIT: I do this really weird thing when I'm on my period. I obsessively listen to the song "Make Them Hear You" from Ragtime. Only that song. And everytime it gets to the key change, I start crying. This ONLY happens when I'm on my period. And I've never cried at any other song from a musical. I listened to that song twelve times yesterday.

I told my mom it was to celebrate Black History Month.

Updated On: 2/9/09 at 09:33 PM

[blondebaby589]

Posted: 2/9/09 at 9:34pm

I'm sure you'll be a fantastic adoptive mom someday, though!

Thanks Schmerg :)

[Shannon Bo Dannon]

Posted: 2/9/09 at 9:34pm

I can't imagine being on mine for 10 days. Mine's about 4-5 with some mild cramping. I don't have too much to complain about.

[Madcap Maisie]

Posted: 2/9/09 at 9:38pm

Updated On: 6/11/20 at 09:38 PM

[Schmerg_The_Impaler]

Posted: 2/9/09 at 9:43pm

Yeah, I definitely want to. (Mine are actually really, really light, though... when I'm not watching Macbeth.) But I get so ridiculously hormonal that it'd probably be good.

[miss pennywise]

Posted: 2/9/09 at 10:17pm

I keep telling my daughter (in preparation for the onset of her first period) that what's really great about it is that it means someday you can have your own kids. (I was trying to shed a positive light on it.)

Her response: "I don't want kids!" "Why not?" I asked.

"Because they're annoying!" she said.

She's 12.

[Madcap Maisie]

Posted: 2/9/09 at 10:35pm

Updated On: 6/11/20 at 10:35 PM

[justagirl2]

Posted: 2/9/09 at 11:06pm

Birth control is really, really great, for many reasons. I was afraid to go on it because I thought it'd make me gain weight (I know, I know, but it happened to a friend), but it didn't...just made my boobs bigger. Always a good thing. Anyway, after being on it for a little while, I was able to get completely rid of my period and I haven't had it for two months. Plus, I won't be birthin' no babies any time soon.

[Jane2]

Posted: 2/9/09 at 11:21pm

"btw am I the only one here who HAS to have a dessert after both lunch and dinner? I don't mean like pieces of cake every day, but I need a few cookies or something"

OMG-dan dan dan schmerg schmerg schmerg-THIS IS ME TO A TEE! I absolutely MUST have dessert after every single lunch and dinner. I spoke to my nutritionist that I used to see once a week and she said it was ok. YAY!

[Shannon Bo Dannon]

Posted: 2/10/09 at 12:27am

Justagirl: you haven't had your period at all? Or you have it every few months or something? This sounds wonderful!

[miss pennywise]

Posted: 2/10/09 at 12:39am

It is funny that we're all on the same cycle. I know that happens with women you see every day (like at work), but who knew about Cyberspace? Perhaps a study needs to be undertaken. Where's LuvTheEmcee? She's our girl.

I say, "Put off having children for as long as you can." Mine are the most important people in the world to me, but they do change everything. If I hadn't "LIVED" (a lot!) before I had them, I might have resented their presence in my life day in and day out. I see that in some (not all) of my friends who had their kids when they were younger. I had mine when I was really ready to, and I really, really wanted them...and they know it.

[justagirl2]

Posted: 2/10/09 at 12:40am

Shannon - at all. I'm on Loestrin 24FE, and after the first few months, my gyno told me I could skip the placebos at the end of the month (those four pills coincide with your period once you're synced up) and just start in on a new pack immediately, and absolutely no period, ever. It really is wonderful!

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 2/10/09 at 12:45am

I'm here! Heh. The merging of cycles is DEFINITELY true. I got all thrown off when I started college, because I was suddenly living with all of these women. My roommates and I (I had two of them throughout the four years) both ended up on almost identical schedules. When I moved into my apartment after college, I got all thrown off again.

jag2, I am so so so jealous!

On another note, I got very drunk AND I got my dress.

[Shannon Bo Dannon]

Posted: 2/10/09 at 12:48am

Jag2, I will definitely look into that!

[miss pennywise]

Posted: 2/10/09 at 12:50am

YAY for the dress!!!

For the record, I LOVE dresses. And skirts.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 2/10/09 at 12:51am

I'll have to take a picture of it. It very badly needs to be pressed.

[miss pennywise]

Posted: 2/10/09 at 12:57am

Em, too bad you're not here. I gave my husband a semi-professional clothes steamer for Xmas, and he's become a steaming maniac! It's crazy how much he loves that thing! He'll spend HOURS just steaming clothes. Isn't that funny?

I really want to see the dress. Do you have a camera-phone?

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 2/10/09 at 1:28am

I have an iron (that I never use) but no steamer!

I do, but I don't think I have your number!

Updated On: 2/10/09 at 01:28 AM

[Weez]

Posted: 2/10/09 at 4:28am

Good morning from Greenwich Meantime! Hugs to luscious and blondebaby, and woots to Emcee for the dress.

Is it just me, or is there something slightly dispiriting about auditioning for a part in a show when the director makes it clear almost from the outset that he knows who he's going to cast? Especially when you know you can do it so much better? Bleh. BLEH says I. I guess it's no biggie though; I'll just start preparing for new future auditions. XD (And I still might be surprised, but I have a pretty good hunch I won't be. Booo to secret pre-casting, be it a conscious decision or nay!)

Please tell me you've definitely all gone to bed this time. It must be nearly 5am or something! 3am is just about understandable, but 5am is a nightmarish time to still be awake. O_O

Updated On: 2/10/09 at 04:28 AM

[Schmerg_The_Impaler]

Posted: 2/10/09 at 6:31am

Is it just me, or is there something slightly dispiriting about auditioning for a part in a show when the director makes it clear almost from the outset that he knows who he's going to cast?

My school always gives the same people the leads in the musicals-- she'll make a freshman the understudy for the current lead when the current lead is a junior, then the same freshman's the understudy as a sophomore when the current lead is a senior, and then after the current lead graduates, the now-junior is the new lead. And the same goes for the male lead and the supporting roles and stuff. So we already know who's going to play every part, especially since our theatre department casts shows based on the leads she has in mind.

Luckily, it's different when it comes to straight plays-- I always get a good part in those-- and community theatre. But I HAVE to do the musicals at my school, because they're so much fun and I love the people in them, even though I know I'm always an ensemble member with two or three lines. (Yeah, I'm "Woman Number Three," "Woman Number Six," you name it!)

[Madcap Maisie]

Posted: 2/10/09 at 6:50am

Updated On: 6/11/20 at 06:50 AM

[danmag]

Posted: 2/10/09 at 7:08am

Wait, Miss P! Your daughter is 12? My son is 12! How do you feel about arranged marriage?

[Madcap Maisie]

Posted: 2/10/09 at 7:12am

Updated On: 6/11/20 at 07:12 AM

[StockardFan]

Posted: 2/10/09 at 7:17am

OMG, you guys are killing me here!

I'm hung over and my husband's cell is ringing, and Henry is yelling up the stairs....AAAAHHHH!