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Article A light hearted look at teenage PMS and the impact on parents

By Kylie Cimen
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“Shark week – Hoo ha-ha”, my husband and I chanted knowingly to each other. The recent outburst from our teenage daughter indicated that her monthly (and PMS) was not too far away.

Affectionately this week had been renamed as ‘Shark Week” following a Facebook revelation that the female reproductive organs closely resembled the anatomy of a shark’s brain – when it is drawn on paper that is.

Of course, the irony is that the behaviour of some, especially our daughter, can be likened to that of a shark during that time.

Quietly she cruises the house for three weeks appearing to the unsuspecting as more akin to a dolphin. She then starts circling her prey until the day when her hunger for confrontation is too strong and with a primal swoop the irrational and highly emotional attack is unleashed leaving her victims metaphorically limbless and wondering “what the f*&$ just happened?!”

I am currently drifting in a bloodbath following the recent ‘shark attack’ on my poor unsuspecting husband this morning. The signs of an imminent attack were apparent and had even been discussed the night before.

I had observed that the ‘shark’ had consumed half of its body weight in chocolate cake, had developed its cyclic skin disorder (aka acne) and had developed a degree of oedema making it appear slightly larger and puffy – all clear indicators that shark week was looming.

The attack

The ‘shark’ appeared to be swimming past us – maybe a bit too close for comfort over the past 24 hours. She had expressed a strong need for attention and requested that I, a fellow shark, currently disguised as a dolphin, read her latest short story (which I might add was excellent).

In the presence of an innocent seal (my husband) I offered some suggested improvements. The seal, being good friends with the dolphin, supported the suggestions and this put the shark on edge. The shark was obviously not open to creatures of a lower order attempting to help it and spent the night restlessly wondering what were the dolphin and seal’s intentions?

With sunrise the following day came the gnashing of shark teeth clothed in a sleepy down turned mouth and teary looking eyes.

The dolphin and the seal, hopeful to deter an attack, casually discussed the piece of shark’s writing. The dolphin apologetically defended the way the shark had been handled the previous night and the seal nibbled playfully at the shark’s fin. The shark, having reduced tolerance for the seal’s playfulness rose up and bit the seals head right off leaving the seal to retreat to the safety of its cave and the dolphin speechless in a state of complete shock

The aftermath

After the attack, the shark realised that it had hurt an innocent creature and reverted instantly to dolphin state in a remorseful and teary transition.

The seal, confused and emotionally wounded, asked the dolphin for an explanation as to why the shark attacked so ferociously.

It could not understand why the shark (who he happened to love and who he had believed for the past few weeks was actually a dolphin) would hurt him so badly.

The dolphin, in its attempt to be the peacekeeper asked the shark (come instant dolphin) to apologise to the seal. The dolphin then explained very poorly to the seal why the shark had bitten him. The dolphin loves the seal but can also empathise with the shark. This confused the seal and frustrated the dolphin because the seal, no matter how smart it is, will never understand a shark!

The lessons learned:

  1. Sharks are dolphins in disguise
  2. Seals love dolphins
  3. Sharks and dolphins confuse seals as they seem to unpredictably change from one form to the other
  4. If you are a seal its best to stay out of the water on shark week!

Have you experienced a ‘shark’ at your house recently? Please share your experiences below.

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  • OMG! I love this! Poor poor seal haha

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  • 4 teenager daughters and a wife in the house!! My poor husband took quite awhile before he realised what was happening around him! Took him many years but he got it!!! One of our teens had to come home from work to watch a teary movie cause all she wanted to do was cry!! Another was a definite “don’t come near me or else!!” We sure are another creature when that time comes!!!

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  • What a great way to explain this. My husband might finally get that he will never understand us girls.

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  • OH WoW brilliant piece!!!
    I hope Kylie puts her books onto Kindle soon, the story is a brilliant way to explain PMS to younger Children who often get their heads bitten off.

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  • Lol, love this article. I feel sorry for my dad who was a seal living in a house with four dolphins who transformed into Sharks all in the same week.

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  • I have never heard of shark week but I love the analogy! Great article

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  • I relate to this article 100%. I can have a laugh and see the humorous side to it, but in reality, it’s like walking on eggshells.

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  • Ahhhh, is that what was wrong with my daughter? I thought it was just teenage bitchface syndrome. Lol. Very funny article but a bit sexist. Some professionals claim PMS doesn’t exist. So who do you believe?

    • Hi there, thanks for commenting on my light read! I’m aware that some professionals believe PMS doesn’t exist but many do and have even testified in court to assist in the defence of a woman’s behaviour at that time of the month that lead to crime!!! Having been a sufferer of it myself and now seeing my daughter exhibit the same traits I’m convinced it’s a real thing and yep of course it’s sexist as this is something only women go through!! Maybe I will balance out my writing with an article on boys!! I’ve got three of them!!

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  • What a great humorous article. We have not had this experience at our house for many years. Hubby and I are 2 peaceful dolphins 95% of the time.

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  • Funny!

    • I had a bit of fun writing it! Thanks for your comment

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  • Affectionately this week had been renamed as ‘Shark Week” following a Facebook revelation that the female reproductive organs closely resembled the anatomy of a shark’s brain – when it is drawn on paper that is.

    Of course, the irony is that the behaviour of some, especially our daughter, can be likened to that of a shark during that time.
    Quietly she cruises the house for three weeks appearing to the unsuspecting as more akin to a dolphin. She then starts circling her prey until the day when her hunger for confrontation is too strong and with a primal swoop the irrational and highly emotional attack is unleashed leaving her victims metaphorically limbless and wondering “what the f*&$ just happened?!”

    I am currently drifting in a bloodbath following the recent ‘shark attack’ on my poor unsuspecting husband this morning. The signs of an imminent attack were apparent and had even been discussed the night before.

    I had observed that the ‘shark’ had consumed half of its body weight in chocolate cake, had developed its cyclic skin disorder (aka acne) and had developed a degree of oedema making it appear slightly larger and puffy – all clear indicators that shark week was looming.

    The attack

    The ‘shark’ appeared to be swimming past us – maybe a bit too close for comfort over the past 24 hours. She had expressed a strong need for attention and requested that I, a fellow shark, currently disguised as a dolphin, read her latest short story (which I might add was excellent).

    In the presence of an innocent seal (my husband) I offered some suggested improvements. The seal, being good friends with the dolphin, supported the suggestions and this put the shark on edge. The shark was obviously not open to creatures of a lower order attempting to help it and spent the night restlessly wondering what were the dolphin and seal’s intentions?

    • I find it hilarious that the female anatomy closely resembles a sharks brain. Great story

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  • This is hilarious… Not looking forward to the days when my girls start pmsing

    • oh yeah this article gets straight to the point hey! i am not looking forward to a house full of sharks lol but i will feel even more sorry for my hubby! i can see that for like 2 weeks of the month, he will be hiding out in the shed, working on the car or something lol.

      • Yes!!! My husband would agree that a “man cave” is mandatory!!

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  • An interesting story – thanks for sharing. :)

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  • shark week

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  • a light hearted

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  • Love this and you have written what happens in our house lol

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