PMS Alerts – A Necessity?

This morning a good friend of mine sent me a web link he thought I’d be interested in.  Check it out at www.pmsbuddy.com  Now this friend has a history of sending me stuff that will piss me off and this friendly email was no different.  I checked the site out and after my blood pressure came back down to normal – I realized there was some educational value to the site.  The site allows people to ask questions about menstruation and PMS, and although I found it to be quite biased, they were TRYING to educate people.  The part that pisses me off is that it is making a joke of something that I think is really serious.  What happens when a guy gets an “alert” that his girlfriend, wife, mother, sister, or daughter is getting ready for PMS?  He’ll probably dismiss her and attribute her behavior to PMS.  But you know what?  Not everything is due to PMS.  She might just be having a crappy day and you did something to piss her off.  So, instead of relying on her monthly calendar……sit down and have a conversation and listen to what she has to say.  That will go way farther than the simple “hmmm, it’s that time of month.”  

One thing my friend forgot to realize…….there comes a day when a woman stops getting her period.  Most of my friends are just about there.  I doubt the alert system works for menopausal women.  What happens then?