My dad used to call periods “gross.” Said men shouldn’t hear about “women’s stuff.”
Last week, my 12-year-old brother asked me what periods were like.
One of his friends had gotten hers at school, and he didn’t want to embarrass her.
So I explained it.
Cramps. Mood swings. Pain. Chocolate helps.
From the kitchen, my dad shouted:
“Stop talking about that disgusting crap. Boys don’t need to know about it.”
Before I could respond, my little brother looked him dead in the eye and said:
“That’s why mom divorced you.”
The whole house went silent.
My dad froze for a second… then walked away without saying a word.
My brother turned back to me like nothing happened and asked:
“So… what kind of chocolate should I buy her?”
I NEEDED a C-section. Baby was in distress. Heart rate dropping.
OB:
“Let’s try longer.”
“You’re strong.”
“You don’t want the scar.”
“Natural birth is better bonding.”
My baby’s heart rate kept dipping.
Nurse whispered, “If your husband requests it, we can move faster.”
So he did.
Suddenly the OR was ready.
Because a man saying “cut” is decisive.
A woman saying “I’m scared” is emotional.
—Only female bees produce honey-male bees only mate with the queen, they don’t work, they don’t defend the hive. Their only role is to mate.
—Only female ants make up the colony-Males exist mainly to mate with queens during nuptial flight and they die shortly after. The entire colony (workers, soldiers) are female.
—Only female plants produce fruits-Male plants only produce pollen. Female plants produce the actual fruit
—Only female spiders sometimes survive after mating-Males mainly exist to find and mate with females. Sometimes they even get eaten after mating.
Every other male species are inferior but somehow human males think nature made them superior.
8 things I know at 35 that I wish I knew at 25:
1. Don’t finance a car
2. Have a roommate
3. Have a Roth IRA
4. Build an income outside of your 9–5 job
5. Drink more water
6. Walking is underrated
7. Being kind to others is underrated
8. Don’t finance a car
My coworker used to take the long way home every night. Two extra bus stops, more walking, more money, more time. One day I asked her why she didn’t just take the shortcut alley behind our building.
She laughed and said, “Oh, because a guy followed me there once and told me he could ‘do whatever he wanted’ and no one would hear me scream.”
So now, every night, she calls a male friend and pretends she’s on the phone with her “boyfriend.” Sometimes she even laughs loudly and says things like, “Yeah, I’ll see you in five minutes, babe,” even when she’s completely alone.
Not because she wants attention.
Not because she’s dramatic.
Because sounding “taken” and “protected” is safer than sounding like a woman by herself.
Men cannot even begin to understand the calculations women make every day just to get home alive.
NGL I JUST HEARD SOMEONE SAY, “MAYBE YOU DON’T NEED MORE TIME TO HEAL, MAYBE YOU NEED MORE EXPERIENCES THAT SHOW YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM A DIFFERENT REALITY,” AND YEAH… IT ECHOED IN ME
"Mexico is controlled by cartels!!"
The US is controlled by Israel's interests and run by a bunch of baby eating pedofiles who do insider stock trading.
Mexico's cartels are fueled by America's guns and American drug dependence.
My ex husband was choking me and his BROTHER came flying out of the room when he heard me fighting back and BEAT THE SHIT out of his own brother to protect me. If only all men were this way.