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Periods and the associated symptoms of PMS can have a devastating effect. A hilarious look at what we say and what we mean at these times!
Usually, my periods arrive and leave as smoothly as a gentle breeze. But once in a while, I do have those tornados that turn my mind upside down. The most disastrous impact of one of these is obviously on the one around the tornado periphery – Hubby dearest!
At least speaking about myself, there is an obvious variation in the words spoken and their actual meaning on tornado days. And I fail to understand this myself but this bad mood weather is meted out to hubby exclusively! Honestly, very honestly, I love him. Maybe because I take the luxury of taking him for granted for bearing my sporadic rare tantrums that I do not hesitate in being my mad self only around him. I am sure that a handy dictionary dedicated to these few days must be something he secretly wishes for, sometimes.
Some hand picked examples from my list :
1. Words : “Just let me be for a while. I need peace.”
Meaning : “How dare you leave me alone? I need somebody to listen to me. I could use some offloading right now.”
These are usually the moments when suddenly all the things in the recent and distant past that I want to get back at him for are blurted out. And my expectation from him is to be a non argumentative listener. Sounds mean, right?
2. Words : “We don’t have to order dinner. I will manage to prepare it.”
Meaning : “Look, I don’t at all mind your lack of interest in cooking. But you must at least know that cooking does require effort. It would be such a relief for me if for once you ordered food without asking for my choice of the eatery or cuisine or dip for that matter.”
3. Words : “You won’t be able to find the toys/things the kids are asking for. I will get those in another five minutes.”
Meaning : “It is surely not as difficult as Columbus’ or Marco Polo’s expeditions. If you ask me the whereabouts I would give you detailed location coordinates with the room, cupboard and shelf. Does that still seem so difficult to do it yourself?”
4. Words : “I don’t need a break!”
Meaning : A big fat lie. I don’t know how and why do I utter these words at all. Some awkward ego maybe. Because at that moment, that is what exactly I need. “A break! I hope you will insist one more time that I take it. Let me tell you that I will take your offer of going out shopping alone if you make it just one more time.”
5. Words : “Hmmm”/”Okay”/A stern nod
Meaning : The most dangerous one of the lot, this onomatopoeia indicates that I have a lot to say in response to the question/statement you just made. But it might go haywire if I speak any further with my mood swing and could end up in a nasty fight. So, lets take some time out mate!
When the sunshine is back, I wonder myself what goes into my head at times, a couple of days before and during Aunt Flo’s arrival. I feel bad. We laugh. I ask myself to mind those mood swings. He is determined to read me precisely the next time. But it still happens all over again.
I don’t need to wait for him to probe me. He doesn’t need to keep a check on me as if I am a teenager. We are grown ups. But that’s the beauty of the relationship with a spouse. Sometimes we expect the other to be totally rational in response to one’s freaking irrational behaviour. After all, what is life with sunshine all the year long? A few tornadoes here and there definitely make the sunshine even brighter!
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UP Boards Topper Prachi Nigam was trolled on social media for her facial hair; our obsession with appearance is harsh on young minds.
Prachi Nigam’s photo has been doing the rounds on social media for the right reasons. Well, scratch that- I wish the above statement were true. This 15-year-old girl should ideally be revelling in her spectacular achievement of scoring a whopping 98.05% and topping her tenth-grade boards. But oddly enough, along with her marks, it’s something else that garners more attention – her facial hair.
While the trolls are driving themselves giddy by mocking this girl who hasn’t even completed her school yet, the ones who are taking her side are going one step ahead – they are sharing her photoshopped pictures, sans the facial hair, looking nothing less than a celebrity with captions saying – “Prachi Nigam, ten years later”.
Doctors have already diagnosed her with PCOD in their comments, based on photographic evidence. While we have names for people shamed for their weight – body shaming, for their skin colour- racism, for their age- age shaming, for being a female- sexism, this category of shaming where one faces criticism for their appearance has no name. With that, it also has zero shame attached to it.
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