SpeedRacer wrote:
> Guys,
>
> I made the mistake of posting this request to a usenet full of
> pregant hormonal women and got roasted alive.

Roast them right back!  Why should you take that grief from them
without shoving it right back in their faces?  You asked this question
in good faith, and if they roasted you for it, they should get roasted,
and they'll deserve it.

If you'd care to tell me what group it is, perhaps I'll go roast them.

> Now I'm trying from a men's group. Hoepfully I will have
> a bit luck and sympathy.

Well, you got attacked, and you felt like you couldn't fight back, and
for that, I feel badly for you.  The next time, stand up for yourself.
Don't let them buffalo you.

> Basically I'm trying to put a book together on guys dealing
> with their wives/girlfriends' pregnancy hormones. Just 4 - 5

Why should guys have to deal with their wives' hormones?  Why can't the
wives deal with their own hormones?

The masculine ethic includes responsibility for one's words and
actions, and since women have barked their heads off demanding that we
treat them as equals, we should give them what they want ... good and
hard!  We should hold them to the same standard to which we hold
ourselves.

A man has no responsibility for accomodating his wife's mood swings,
preggo or not.  She is responsible for whatever she says or does, and
the man should not let her use her pregnancy as an excuse for bad
behavior.  He should not endure verbal or physical abuse because she's
full of girlie hormones.

If you get a surge of adrenaline, for whatever reason, and you verbally
abuse your wife while on an adrenaline high, will she excuse you for
it?  Adrenaline is a powerful hormone, after all.  But she won't excuse
you, because she holds you responsible for what you do no matter what
hormones may influence you.  If she then turns around and expects you
to endure her bellowing mouth because she's having hormonal
fluctuations, she's a hypocrite, and she should know it.  Tell her to
pull herself together.

> lines would be sufficient to describe your experiences...the
> good, the bad, the horrible.

I've none to share, and thank God for that.

> Just to clear up some things up front (learning from my first
> mistake):
>
> 1. I am not a professional on this matter
> 2. I am not putting together a book full of quotes (hence,
> not using you to write my book)
> 3. You have the option of having your name under the quote
> mentioned or not.
> 4. This is a book for men written by a man. It is not a
> book meant to instruct men in dealing with it, but rather my own
> experience and comparing it to others. I was hoping

None of this matters to me.  You've asked a reasonable question, and
I'll answer it regardless.  They should have answered it, but they
yelled at you instead.  Yell back.

> to get more female perpectives but asking anything from
> a pregnant woman online seems impossible.

Forget what they tell you anyway.  They'll just say that they expect
hubby to jump through this or that hoop, but they can go pound sand up
their asses.  Preggo or not, they should treat their husbands as they
expect to be treated.
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