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Just a bit of fun - not to be taken seriously!!

Published by: Annie on 10th Jul 2009 | View all blogs by Annie

A bit of nonsense for women of a certain age...

Men don’t understand when you’re having a flush.

They think it’s funny when you’re feeling that rush,

To your face and your neck and you turn shades of red

And you hear more than one voice talk in your head.

You grab at your cardie; you pull at your shirt,

You wish it was polite to lift up your skirt.

It’s really quite sudden like a blast from a fire,

(Completely different to the heat of desire).

And don’t mention the moods that we have to swing through,

Men complain that to us they can’t even say boo,

But imagine how it feels to be stuck in your job,

When all you want is a bloody good sob.

Don’t show us a weepy, or mention the news,

Just hand us the tissues for us to use.

Headaches and migraines and all manner of pain,

And for what, I ask? There seems little to gain.

But it will end one day, in a decade or two,

And we’ll be normal again; just like you.

So men, when you’re grumpy and go into your cave,

Remember; we have an excuse!

Comments

8 Comments

by Marion 2 years ago

I can't say I've experienced a hot flush but I do hear voices in my head.
by mockingbird 2 years ago

problem for me is that I did all this lot in a space of three months - not ten years - and now I have no excuse left.... If I am a grumpy git, or a fidget people just have to get on with it!!!
by Rebecca Holmes 2 years ago

Oh, God that's just round the corner. Everyone already complains I'm grumpy enough. They don't even know what's coming. Mwah-ha-ha....
by Annie 2 years ago

Yes it certainly is something to look forward to... I wrote this after a friend of mind made me laugh aloud as she complained that her husband was in a grump. She was tearing off layers of clothes at the time and fanning herself and it just struck me as funny!
by 'Toe'. 2 years ago

It's great ya'll can make so light of it.
I'm currently trying to be supportive to a womanfriend and have to put up with the duvet being flung off at regular intervals!

It could get worse Girls, take a peek at this:
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by Val 2 years ago

Don't know about you, Annie, but I've never had a flush... I have power surges!
by mike 2 years ago

Is this Wendy Cope being vulgar?
by Annie 2 years ago

Vulgar? absolutely not.