Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!prls!amdimage!amdcad!decwrl!chabot@miles.DEC (All God's chillun got guns) From: chabot@miles.DEC (All God's chillun got guns) Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: PMS Message-ID: <3688@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Fri, 16-Aug-85 10:07:17 EDT Article-I.D.: decwrl.3688 Posted: Fri Aug 16 10:07:17 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 20-Aug-85 01:28:46 EDT Sender: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Organization: Digital Equipment Corp., Palo Alto, CA Lines: 35 Here's Ross's first six rules, with the gender removed: 1) Compare personality to usual personality 2) Is it about normal? If yes, then jump out of loop 3) Acting weird for no apparant reason? 4) If there does seem to be a reason, then jump out of loop 5) Acting irritable? Posting nasty things to the net on discussions that are already played out? Use coarseness when doesn't have to? Looking for any opportunity to jump down someone's throat? 6) If no, then leave loop ... A lot of people, male and female, I know at times would be in this loop (incidentally, Ross, you forgot to state the beginning of the loop) at various times. What's to prevent, say, just having gotten out of a stressful and unpleasant meeting to temporarily change someone's personality? Or what about before that first essential cup of coffee in the morning (or is that just habit)? Or if they didn't get that raise? Or if there are extremely disruptful and distressing things going on at home--yes, I know, we should keep our professional and social lives separate--but how many people operate as normal when they're going through an unpleasant divorce? if their kid just ran off to join the Moonies? the klingons just repossessed the van? they didn't get enough sleep last night? they've only been getting sleep lately? they have a sunburn? they have unpleasant creditors? a hangover? or that pre-hungover condition? Ross, you must meet a lot of males who experience PMS, no? I must, if I follow those rules. No, it's not reasonable to assume that because of a temporary change in personality that a woman may be suffering from PMS. It's actually pretty rude behavior to make such arbitrary assumptions. L S Chabot ...decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-amber!chabot chabot%amber.dec@decwrl.arpa