Peeling the Onion

[Bagheera]

I also recognize that there is probably some chicken-egg effect at play here too: in the past I would get uber grumpy when her period showed up......

I realized that the above doesn't make any sense at all without context. Back in our severe SSM days, she would tend to treat her period in the same way that a kid treats a "home-base" tree during a game of tag. I'd chase, she'd dodge and turn me down for one reason or another, I'd wait for another night and chase some more, she'd pull out another excuse or reason and dodge again, but then, Huzzah! Her P would start and she'd be at her home-base, safe and untouchable for a few days. It was rather frustrating, and I showed it.

So even today, with the SSM very much on the mend, we still tend to show some echoes of that old behavior sometimes.

-- B.