Engage Brain Before Speaking..Apart From PMT Week!
By Janey1966
@Janey1966 (24170)
Carlisle, England
September 27, 2010 8:14am CST
I shall give you an example of what I mean.
PMT does strange things to my brain and body. Take earlier on today as an example. There I was minding my own business, walking to the footy ground to pick up John's ticket and I just so happened to glance sideways at the alleyway and noticed a load of rubbish piled up behind the gate. I was incensed! All the way down to the footy ground I kept muttering to myself..stuff like, "God, I HATE living here! This place is a dump! What's wrong with people, it isn't a War Zone! I'm going to ring the Council up when I get back home!"
You get the idea.
Fortunately, I managed to get the seat number John wanted for Saturday's game so I was nice and calm at the ticket office when I found this out. Then, on the way back, I was incensed again because a car was being driven from the alleyway. WTF? The driver never shut the gate either so I did it instead, muttering swear words to myself.
Upon doing so there was a woman stood in the alleyway messing about with this rubbish.
I said, "What's going on?" (already confrontational).
She replied, "What do you mean?"
"All this rubbish in the alleyway, who's done that?"
Well, the ground could've swallowed me whole when she said meekly, "It's mine! I've been clearing the shed out!"
"Is that driver something to do with you?"
She said, "Yes, he's taking all the rubbish away for me!"
Again, the ground could've swallowed me up.
She then proceeded to ask me where I lived and I told her. She was actually a very nice lady! I apologised for the "misunderstanding" and the fact that I "have a thing about shutting the gates." She said she did too! "We don't want them in here do we?" glancing around the alleyway as she spoke the words.
In a way I am sooo glad she was in the alleyway at that precise moment because I would've rang the Council up for nothing..and ranted for nothing as well.
Still doesn't explain the supermarket shopping trolley. I can't see that coming out of her shed somehow.
You see..there I go again!
Are you like this during your "funny week" as I choose to call it.
I'm like a coiled spring although I'm a bit calmer now than I was!!
"Is that driver something to do with you?"
She said, "Yes, he's taking all the rubbish away for me!"
Again, the ground could've swallowed me up.
She then proceeded to ask me where I lived and I told her. She was actually a very nice lady! I apologised for the "misunderstanding" and the fact that I "have a thing about shutting the gates." She said she did too! "We don't want them in here do we?" glancing around the alleyway as she spoke the words.
In a way I am sooo glad she was in the alleyway at that precise moment because I would've rang the Council up for nothing..and ranted for nothing as well.
Still doesn't explain the supermarket shopping trolley. I can't see that coming out of her shed somehow.
You see..there I go again!
Are you like this during your "funny week" as I choose to call it.
I'm like a coiled spring although I'm a bit calmer now than I was!!1 person likes this
5 responses
@lovinangelsinstead21 (36847)
• Pamplona, Spain
27 Sep 10
Hiya Janey,
PMT hmm I think that even when we lose that wonderful thing that they give us every Month the tendencies are still there sometimes.
Could name countless times I have found this to be true.
I have suffered from that too and it is a hard thing to take hold of and it´s not your fault either. It´s like a Horse that has already bolted out of the Gate and half way up the Street already.
It´s awful but you can get around it don´t try and sit on it don´t feel bad all the time if you snap at People either.
Those wonderful Hormones that are inside us can be our worst enemies so it took me a long time how to work this one so I would no longer be a victim of it. I tried not drinking Tea or other things that did not work either.
Just taking time to relax if you start feeling angry or ratty but I know that is not easy.
Just telling you really I know how it feels. Take care now.
@lovinangelsinstead21 (36847)
• Pamplona, Spain
28 Sep 10
Hiya Janey,
That´s okay my Mom had PMT and no one understood her like I did. It´s only a passing phase like everything else.
Oh I love Glasses and Cups and all that sort of thing too but they seem so fragile to pick up I get a bit anxious picking them up so I take a better look at them and leave them where they are most times.
I also love looking at Blankets and Pillows and sheets but I have more freedom to buy them and look at them being on my own as my Husband does not like to stop there very long his thing are the Towels for some reason I can´t figure out.
Glass things have got to be very expensive too but more creative that is pricey as you say but if you like and can buy it why not buy it. Glass is nice to look at and reflects the Sunshine.
@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
29 Sep 10
Well, in sure "PMT" style my ace half-pint Stella Artois glass is chipped at the base. Something else to drive me nuts! So I wish we'd bought that glass now!!
@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
28 Sep 10
Aww thanks for your kind words, it means a lot..and helps too.
On Saturday I actually went non-food shopping with hubby, which was a nice change. Anyway, when he was paying for a couple of new pillows I got distracted and started looking at crystal glasses.
"Ooh, that's nice!" I thought and picked up a half-pint crystal glass with the price-tag of £65 underneath it!
When John came over I said, "Take a guess at how much that glass is without looking at the list" and he said something like, "£6."
WRONG! (Or so I thought). Turns out the list nearby showed the price of 6 GLASSES not EACH ONE..so it was £65 for 6!!
DOH!!
On Saturday I actually went non-food shopping with hubby, which was a nice change. Anyway, when he was paying for a couple of new pillows I got distracted and started looking at crystal glasses.
"Ooh, that's nice!" I thought and picked up a half-pint crystal glass with the price-tag of £65 underneath it!
When John came over I said, "Take a guess at how much that glass is without looking at the list" and he said something like, "£6."
WRONG! (Or so I thought). Turns out the list nearby showed the price of 6 GLASSES not EACH ONE..so it was £65 for 6!!
DOH!!
@dawnald (85137)
• Shingle Springs, California
27 Sep 10
I don't recall being like that, but a certain somebody else has said that I get that way...
@dawnald (85137)
• Shingle Springs, California
27 Sep 10
No, but if I'm grouchy and I mention it's that time of the month, he'll get all understanding, like "ohhh it's the hormones, so it's OK". Well maybe it's not the darn hormones, maybe he's being an azz. 
@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
27 Sep 10
Does he accuse you of "being hormonal" which should translate to "I am sorry for being such a git of a husband!"
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@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
28 Sep 10
John is quite good at understanding me. On the outside at least. On the inside he's probably a bit embarrassed. Aww.
@GardenGerty (169439)
• United States
27 Sep 10
I do not have that excuse, but I can end up going off on tangents about things that are bothering me, or things that I see. I have opened my mouth and embarrassed myself more than one time. I am glad that you got to visit with the lady and get that one irritation resolved.
@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
27 Sep 10
She was actually a very sweet lady, not confrontational like I was although I did say "sorry" when I realised the hideous mistake I'd made! I think she was glad I was concerned because there are so many insular people round here that it makes a change when someone cares for their environment and speaks up about it. That's why I got away with it..just!
@derek_a (10873)
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27 Sep 10
Well I can't say that I have a funny week! Perhaps I am funny all the time!
I do get a bee in my bonnet about some things, and like you irresponsible dumping of rubbish does annoy me, although it is not a issue where we live now.
In Cardiff City where I used to live we would often get huge piles of rubbish dumped in the lanes behind our houses and it would often accumulate there. It was usually the people living in the houses putting out their rubbish on the wrong days. One day I saw two rats trotting around our garden. They could only have been there looking for something to eat but there was nothing for them in my garden until I saw that some kind person has thrown a half-eaten take-away over my wall!
Not long after that the local authorities had a clamp-down and several people were fined under the litter laws and just as we moved away from the area, it was spotless. Such is life... _Derek
I do get a bee in my bonnet about some things, and like you irresponsible dumping of rubbish does annoy me, although it is not a issue where we live now.
In Cardiff City where I used to live we would often get huge piles of rubbish dumped in the lanes behind our houses and it would often accumulate there. It was usually the people living in the houses putting out their rubbish on the wrong days. One day I saw two rats trotting around our garden. They could only have been there looking for something to eat but there was nothing for them in my garden until I saw that some kind person has thrown a half-eaten take-away over my wall!
Not long after that the local authorities had a clamp-down and several people were fined under the litter laws and just as we moved away from the area, it was spotless. Such is life... _Derek@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
27 Sep 10
To be honest, since the gates were put up by the Council it's not been bad at all and there was a recent clean to get rid of the weeds. So, when a fly-tipping incident does happen it makes me very angry and a fridge freezer has been down there since about February. If it was placed at the front the Council would pick it up as it's deemed a health hazard but because it's down a private alleyway it's not touched.
There really are some thick people about Derek!
@webearn99 (1742)
• India
27 Sep 10
It is a fact that PMT sometimes can cause irritability. What is not known is that the persons who know this, have PMTier than thou complex, and so, are insanely more irritable than the others. All it requires is a little care and understanding of your body. A person need not be a coiled spring and certainly never a flat Tyre. Take care!
@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
27 Sep 10
So you reckon it was bad for me to apologise to the woman then? I don't know what you're getting at.
@webearn99 (1742)
• India
28 Sep 10
No! It was the right thing to do! The point is when you behave as you do because of the factors that you know are in the reckoning, you are adding to mood swings. With a little understanding and a little care you may not subject yourself to strange feelings these things bring about.
