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Not The Onion!!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/35977710/meet-the-male-student-who-says-he-suffers-periods-when-his-female-flatmate-does
He says he's so close to his best friend and flatmate Amber-May Ellis that he gets cramps when she comes on each month....
"I get pain in my lower abdomen and in the groin area. I get super moody, really erratic and angry with most of my friends.
"I also get emotional. I'm not really one for a cry but during that time of the month I'm an emotional wreck."
Hmmmm. I wouldn't be surprised if he were trans.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)jwirr
(39,215 posts)associated with labor pains.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)2naSalit
(86,743 posts)I have known women to "sync" after being together for a while, my sisters do every time they are together in vacation even when some are "off" on their "time". Perhaps its an estrogen thing and this particular male has enough to make him sensitive to his flatmate's cycle. I wonder if studies have been done or if anyone is thinking of conducting one.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)AngryAmish
(25,704 posts)This fool? Who knows.
silvershadow
(10,336 posts)Xyzse
(8,217 posts)I was thinking the same thing. Perhaps the flat mate's cycle affects him as well as their cycle started syncing?
Ugh... Google is no help.
I was trying to search for an old article I've read about how there was this woman who most of her life she thought she was a man, until the doctor found out she was a woman.
I am having such a hard time looking for that article, since no matter how I word it, it brings me to the wrong thing. Some of them are embarrassing to even mention.
greiner3
(5,214 posts)Vanishing Twin Syndrome where the female twin has some organs or something. This sounds like the plot of a bad David Leach movie
Xyzse
(8,217 posts)linuxman
(2,337 posts)Blue Dalek
(178 posts)dembotoz
(16,820 posts)perhaps less biological and more a physical reaction to the stress perceived when rommie was having hers.
amber must be so happy about all the attention...... suspect his cramps will get worse.
i cramp up the night before a big road trip which i am sure is more information than anyone here wants or needs
Solly Mack
(90,779 posts)That's just my opinion as a woman. Other women may feel differently.
And this part here -
Seriously? That's just a wee bit too much of a stereotype for me.
Reminds me of my first OB-GYN who kept telling he "knows" how painful ovulating can be - which it is for many women, myself included. And the man wasn't saying he knows it can hurt - he was telling me he knows how it hurts.
No. No, no, no, no, no.
Nope. Nyet. Nein. Nuh-uh.
SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)cwydro
(51,308 posts)He sounds like a whiny little baby. "Super moody, really erratic and angry with most of my friends."
No dude, maybe you're just a jerk.
(I had the painful ovulation thing too. So glad that's all behind me now.)
Solly Mack
(90,779 posts)It's all behind me now too. (Yay!)
Still, I'll never forget Dr. H_ _ _ , and that was over 30 years ago.
ronnie624
(5,764 posts)RobinA
(9,894 posts)feels exactly the same. Get a grip, dude.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,189 posts)People get that. Especially after eating spicy foods.
madokie
(51,076 posts)and I had the same symptoms as she during her menopause. The night sweats, the whole nine yards
and I'm 100 percent male
HughBeaumont
(24,461 posts)Season 2, I think.
MowCowWhoHow III
(2,103 posts)Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)Ilsa
(61,696 posts)And his. And if he's trans in some way.
Orrex
(63,219 posts)Nevernose
(13,081 posts)Just with different hormones in different amounts, and obviously no menses. Since we're the same animal with a just some minor differences, it always made sense.
I have NO idea whether it's true or not.
snooper2
(30,151 posts)mythology
(9,527 posts)I'm a guy, don't live with a woman and I can get super moody and angry without having to blame it on a woman and I can do it way faster than a monthly cycle.
Or maybe the guy is just a dumbass.
Rex
(65,616 posts)ESP? LSD? ESPN on LSD? LSD on ESPN?
Monk06
(7,675 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Deadshot
(384 posts)Enrique
(27,461 posts)to share this man's psychological issues with the world?
titaniumsalute
(4,742 posts)I lived with 3 girls for 3 years in college AND had a girlfriend. Yes I remember their cycles were pretty synced up. My only symptoms were "Get the hell out of there for about 3 or 4 days" during their periods.
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)So there is probably some lingering femaleness to them before they turn into those weird mutant creatures with penises.
Note to potential alerters:
lunatica
(53,410 posts)When he asked the doctor about it the doctor said it wasn't uncommon for men get it.
Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)romanic
(2,841 posts)It's either gas, bipolar disorder, or both dude. -_-
Hekate
(90,769 posts)...his future wife's labor coach!
jonks2746
(41 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Response to KamaAina (Original post)
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