Why do women talk about their periods & other health problems at lunch?
I don’t know why they do this but it makes me wanna eat in my car or go be by myself. The problem is, lots of them don’t have another topic they think most in the group can talk about, besides guys, and I don’t like talking about guys either. You sound almost as baffled and annoyed as I do. You’ve prolly even tried to introduce new topics, books, television, whatever you think they are interested in, things you are actually interested in, but they just want to commiserate on these other things. What you can do is simply understand these women do not want to try to have another kind of conversation as that would take thought they do not wish to have. Not saying they are incapable of thought, saying they do not wish to expend the energy and who knows maybe it makes them sad, mad, some other “negative” thing they don’t want to face if they talk about something besides very personal health. The other thing is people like to compare with each other to make sure they are “okay.” So it’s the
