“Go to work with a bad period and then let us know.”
Thank you for mentioning that! My mom had five kids and said that labor pains paled in comparison to cramps each month. I must’ve inherited her genes in that way and would pass out, hallucinate, etc., every month. Go to work? It was impossible. And I’ve had osteomyelitis, hip replacements, spinal taps — a lot of bad, painful stuff. Cramps are my baseline for pain, and nothing ever was worse.
Wow! And try that on a MONTHLY basis. I seem to have been luckier than you. But it can be very painful. Some men think women are imagining the cramps, lol!