Gaeta Posted January 28, 2016 Posted January 28, 2016 I know it's just an example, but that egg thing is totally rational: "After an egg is refrigerated, it must be kept at that temperature. "A cold egg left out at room temperature can sweat, facilitating the growth of bacteria that could contaminate the egg," according to the United Egg Producers association. "Refrigerated eggs should not be left out more than two hours." That's because the eggs you buy at the grocery store are already 1 month old if not more. I get mine from my brother's farm. Fresh eggs can be left at room temperature for a month.
Miss Peach Posted January 28, 2016 Posted January 28, 2016 There are many women who follow their emotions. They don't always make sense. You either need to learn to live with it and respect her wishes on something trivial like this or find a woman who acts more like a man.
No_Go Posted January 28, 2016 Posted January 28, 2016 Precisely! You can skip ALL sugar pills, they are placebo pills for the break between the hormone-containing ones. I think people should be forbidden to have sex if they do not understand basic physiology... Yes irrational. Missing a sugar pill doesn't impact the effectiveness of the birth control pill. The idea that it does is irrational. I told her that maybe we should wait the 7 days before having sex. She didn't like that idea.
No_Go Posted January 28, 2016 Posted January 28, 2016 Just her concern is crazy, she should not have sex at all if she doesn't understand how her birth control method works, because she WILL get pregnant from a stupid mistake ( there ARE things making contraceptives ineffective, but it is not skipping the PLACEBO pill) This makes me feel faintly ill hearing the attitudes about this. The pill is not 100% effective. Sex, regardless of all measures is a risk. She's weighed up the risk and decided non-protected, oral contraceptive sex is an acceptable risk. Fine, been there, A-Okay. But then something goes a little bit wrong. You forget to take one pill. You worry a bit. So you decide to take a little extra care. After all, who wants a little rugrat around because of one missed pill? And your partner goes off on one. How dare you ask he wear a condom for 7 days?! She's not asking forever, it's 7 days. It might be irrational to you, but it's alleviating a bit of worry for her. Imagine having sex with someone paranoid about getting pregnant. It would suck. You still have to get sex. It might not be as perfect as you'd like but you get sex. If you carry on like this, you wont be getting it for long. You don't get it. The risk isn't the same for men and women. But trust me, you want to do everything to avoid the risk. Some women are more careful than others. Be grateful you have a careful one and aren't likely to have an oopsy.
No_Go Posted January 28, 2016 Posted January 28, 2016 I tend to struggle with reasoning not based on facts, it's a guy thing. Um no. It is not a guy thing, it is a human thing. Don't generalize over 1 woman. Let her read the brochure coming with the pills. It is frustrating that she uses medication that she has no idea how it works...
Author Mariner Posted January 28, 2016 Author Posted January 28, 2016 So we got together last night. When we were on the verge of intercourse she told me she understood what I had been saying and that I didn't need to wear a condom. I did anyway just to let her know that her feelings matter.
No_Go Posted January 28, 2016 Posted January 28, 2016 Cool! All ended well for both Just for future, pills are very high maintainance option, maybe she can ask her Gyn for alternatives that require less maintainance and have same efficacy (ring, patch, or even better: IUD, implant or depo shot). These all work like the pill, but you take care once a week/month or even years (s) depending on the type
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