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I'm not particularly modest or shy, so I don't care about talking about
it.  But I try to avoid doing so in the middle of the office.  When we're
old, we'll all be discussing our preferred laxatives the same way.

Same goes for pregnancy...some men as well as women love to share the
details of childbirth or symmptoms of pregnancy.  If you are not a good
friend, I really am not *interested* in such personal comments!

BTW, my oldest daughter has displayed PMS symptoms since she was 2...
and she's only 10 now!!

I seem to have become a period magnet.  Maybe females are so unaccustomed
to a male unflustered by discussions that they come to me when they need
an ear. *shrug*   It's a natural biological process; as such, it should
be discussed in the same contexts as most other processes (with the 
possible exception, I think, of urination and defecation).  Got a 
stomach ache?  Tell me about it.  Got cramps?  Tell me about it.  What's
the difference between the two.  *shrug*

As an aside, since I have not said much about my pregnancy in the
office, some of the people are asking a friend of mine if I *don't*
want to discuss it.  "whisper whisper, is she happy?"  Y'know, 
"was it an *accident*"  I want to tell them that this blob in 
maternity clothes is way beyond being subtle!  I just don't know
how to interrupt a conversation and state the obvious:  "Hi guys, 
I'm pregnant!"  And besides, having been through this several times
before, I neither want to bore them with my details, nor hear about 
theirs!

I don't tend to talk about pregnancies from hell, 
menstrual cramping, the best buy in tampon protection,
and how not to get stuck sleeping on the wet spot.
Not because it's bad to talk about such things, it
isn't.  I just find it boring, and I'd suspect most
of my friends do too.  

It's a little like what I notice among women I work
with.  There are those who talk about their children
a whole lot and those that don't .  Those that don't
can usually be pulled into a discussion about kids
and hold their own quite nicely.  

But women who *love* talking about their kids, and
do so at every possible moment, have a real hard
time talking about much else.  It's kids and family
or nothing.  Except maybe tampons.  

There really does seem to be a common thread.

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 It's not a big deal for me.

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