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Pretty In PeaNK
PeaFixture
PeaNut 417,489
March 2009
Posts: 3,978
Layouts: 2
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I hate having to style long wet hair instead of just walking out the door, followed by not being as physically strong as your average man. |
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Katybee
PeaFixture
PeaNut 379,678
June 2008
Posts: 3,317
Layouts: 11
Loc: Enjoying the summer sun!
| Posted: 11/25/2012 1:02:47 PM
Duh...the red devil in my belly!
Other than that--I like being a girl! |
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IleneTell
StuckOnPeas
PeaNut 434,842
August 2009
Posts: 2,427
Layouts: 635
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Definitely the monthly hassle. |
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Peabay
Happy now?
PeaNut 156,993
July 2004
Posts: 44,630
Layouts: 13
Loc: Connecticut
 | Posted: 11/25/2012 1:13:50 PM
Yah, definitely having my period. |
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amom23
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
PeaNut 108,542
September 2003
Posts: 6,356
Layouts: 0
Loc: ND
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Probably how long it takes me to get ready in the mornings. |
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gavinsmom
AncestralPea
PeaNut 9,019
January 2001
Posts: 4,555
Layouts: 22
Loc: michigan
 | Posted: 11/25/2012 1:14:50 PM
Yeah hair is a pain but I wouldn't want to have to shave my face everyday!
I think the monthly mess is the worst! |
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tamhugh
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
PeaNut 12,875
March 2001
Posts: 7,882
Layouts: 11
| Posted: 11/25/2012 1:15:07 PM
Five years ago, I would have said it was the monthly hassle. Now, I would say peri/menopause. Hot flashes, migraines, bladder issues, insomnia, and irregular periods. Yippee Kay-Aye! I keep telling me doctor to feel free to take it all out and I haven't had any luck. | |
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irishscrappermom8
AncestralPea
PeaNut 220,508
August 2005
Posts: 4,531
Layouts: 52
Loc: IL
 | Posted: 11/25/2012 1:17:08 PM
Toss up between Aunt Flo and dealing with car salesmen/car repair people. They have always talked to my husband instead of me and when they do deal with me, it's always condescendingly. We've walked out of more than one place because of it. |
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LolaLayout
PeaAddict
PeaNut 544,018
February 2012
Posts: 1,266
Layouts: 0
 | Posted: 11/25/2012 1:17:37 PM
Hair removal. I wish I only had to remove hair from my face.
I hate the time it takes to remove it, the cost that comes with removing it, and the pain of removing it. |
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Luvnlifelady
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
PeaNut 289,166
December 2006
Posts: 17,311
Layouts: 7
Loc: Southern California
 | Posted: 11/25/2012 1:21:15 PM
The time it takes in the morning is up there for me too. I have dry skin, so have to lotion up every time I take a bath/shower. Total pain and it gets expensive.
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meeko77
ImPEAfection at it's finest
PeaNut 76,923
March 2003
Posts: 7,497
Layouts: 31
Loc: nothing could be finer than to get out of Carolina (SC)
 | Posted: 11/25/2012 1:22:14 PM
The monthly "visitor" and all her baggage. |
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BethAnneM
Hermetically sealed for your protection
PeaNut 95,504
July 2003
Posts: 7,397
Layouts: 0
Loc: Cali Baby
| Posted: 11/25/2012 1:22:41 PM
Saggy boobs |
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2peafaithful
People not perfection
PeaNut 35,457
April 2002
Posts: 27,818
Layouts: 0
Loc: Right where I should be
 | Posted: 11/25/2012 1:24:34 PM
I hate the getting ready part too. 30-45 minutes and I am so envious of my dh's 5-10 minutes.
Hormones. Enough said!
However, I am glad I am a female and not a male.
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PeaFixture
PeaNut 471,633
June 2010
Posts: 3,700
Layouts: 0
 | Posted: 11/25/2012 1:32:21 PM
It was the monthly mess.....I am sooooooooooooooooooooooo glad it's OVER!!!!! | |
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WImomma
BucketHead
PeaNut 504,629
April 2011
Posts: 643
Layouts: 18
| Posted: 11/25/2012 1:33:04 PM
These big ol' 34DDs strapped to my chest and being the size of an 8 year old. My three year old DD is already over half of my height  The hair thing too. My hair is really thick and wavy, so I look like a hot mess if I don't blow dry and flat iron it. Now that it's longer it is starting to weigh itself down though. I can let it air dry and it doesn't look that terrible |
 
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KikiPEA
Pea, Glorious Pea
PeaNut 43,536
July 2002
Posts: 15,275
Layouts: 160
Loc: In the land of loss...weight loss, that is. 35.5 down, 10-15 to go! :D
| Posted: 11/25/2012 1:38:23 PM
Monthly PITA and having to dry my hair every time I wash it.
Oh, and having BIG boobs.  |
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cmpeter
PEAceful Pea
PeaNut 14,521
April 2001
Posts: 34,343
Layouts: 31
Loc: Washington State
| Posted: 11/25/2012 1:39:16 PM
The hair and primping thing is a pain, but that's a choice we make. We could choose short hair and no make-up. But, the monthly visitor...can't get rid of that, so it gets my vote. |
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busypea
boring + nerdy
PeaNut 52,817
October 2002
Posts: 25,146
Layouts: 145
Loc: Oregon
| Posted: 11/25/2012 1:42:26 PM
The assumptions by boneheaded salesmen that I can't make independent decisions - especially about cars or electronics - or that all I care about is the color of a car or equally superficial details of electronics.
Other than that, I enjoy being a woman. My period doesn't even bother me, but I'm pretty lucky. It lasts three days, is light and I don't get cramps/PMS. | |
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hilsmom
Professional Hobbyist
PeaNut 292,577
January 2007
Posts: 5,245
Layouts: 50
Loc: In the deep-fried south.
| Posted: 11/25/2012 1:43:19 PM
Having to sit down to pee in a public restroom. On the other hand, did y'all know that men's rooms don't have those paper seat covers?! S/O was absolutely floored that we have those in ladies' rooms! Of course we can only buy boring old tampons in our restrooms, while they get the good glow-in-the-dark condom selection. |
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scorPEAo
AncestralPea
PeaNut 181,836
December 2004
Posts: 4,980
Layouts: 0
Loc: YouSeeDavis
| Posted: 11/25/2012 1:45:07 PM
As I've gotten older its definitely these out of control periods! I'd taking shaving everyday and having a sack over hemorrhaging monthly! |
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fredfreddy
Alex told me to change it
PeaNut 120,522
December 2003
Posts: 19,054
Layouts: 543
Loc: never in one place very long (...in San Jose, CA)
| Posted: 11/25/2012 1:49:09 PM
My period...not that I'd want to trade it for daily shaving... |
Alana
it rhymes with banana
mom to a 20 yo dd, 13 yo ds, and 10 yo ds and a scrapper for 12 years | |
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Michelle Rae
PeaAddict
PeaNut 11,947
March 2001
Posts: 1,694
Layouts: 23
| Posted: 11/25/2012 1:53:46 PM
Being expected to do everything. I don't do everything but then its battle getting them to do things around the house. They never do it when they should or how they should. |
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Michelle Rae
PeaAddict
PeaNut 11,947
March 2001
Posts: 1,694
Layouts: 23
| Posted: 11/25/2012 1:53:46 PM
Being expected to do everything. I don't do everything but then its battle getting them to do things around the house. They never do it when they should or how they should. |
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ribbonjunkie
PeaNut
PeaNut 431,337
July 2009
Posts: 238
Layouts: 3
| Posted: 11/25/2012 2:04:33 PM
I agree, the periods! Do you know how many sb supplies I could buy with the $$ that has been spent on pads and tampons? Plus I have two teen girls! Imagine the cost?! |
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Maite
There is no secret ingredient
PeaNut 50,756
October 2002
Posts: 24,876
Layouts: 418
Loc: NC
| Posted: 11/25/2012 2:29:11 PM
I don't know. I think I like being female and will take the good with the bad. And my periods are no walk in the park, but I still wouldn't trade them for being a man. It must be really disconcerting to be ruled by an appendage! |
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Woobster
The Banana Under the Couch Pea
PeaNut 295,941
February 2007
Posts: 6,595
Layouts: 0
Loc: Somewhere over the rainbow...
| Posted: 11/25/2012 2:33:21 PM
The monthly "visitor" and all her baggage.
That.
I wish I could just hollow out my pumpkin and be done with it. | |
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Maizie
* Happy Camper *
PeaNut 223,117
September 2005
Posts: 16,350
Layouts: 22
Loc: Heffalump Hollow
| Posted: 11/25/2012 2:33:38 PM
Periods!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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odonna
PeaNut
PeaNut 394,810
October 2008
Posts: 107
Layouts: 0
Loc: so cal
| Posted: 11/25/2012 2:35:44 PM
Sitting to pee!
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Donna in GA
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
PeaNut 60,695
January 2003
Posts: 8,056
Layouts: 2
| Posted: 11/25/2012 2:37:49 PM
Until I had my hysterectomy, it was definitely my period. Now I agree with Michelle. I hate that I am expected to do everything. I work a full-time job and then have another one once I get home. No amount of talking or explaining changes this. Believe me, I have tried. | |
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*sprout*
The Jolly Green Giant's Favorite Pea
PeaNut 45,764
August 2002
Posts: 5,046
Layouts: 0
Loc: West Michigan
| Posted: 11/25/2012 2:43:51 PM
For me, it's definitely that monthly visitor. How I loathe her! |
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Maryland
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
PeaNut 87,597
May 2003
Posts: 8,782
Layouts: 0
| Posted: 11/25/2012 2:45:36 PM
Ok, it's hard for me to but this in words without being too wordy,so I will try to make a long story short! Being looked at like a "victim" all the time. Hate that! I also hate that people don't want their girls to date, but with boys, just go for it! Think it makes it so unfair to girls. I think parents should have the same rules for their sons and daughters. And I hate people who joke that they will have their guns out when the boy comes to pick up their daughter! Why not have the guns out when a girl comes to pick up their son! (The way some girls dress, I think they are more aggressive than boys are).
I also don't like the fact that it's so easy for my husband to get ready. Wash his hair and he is good to go. For me it's styling hair, make up, nails, etc.! But I will say that me and a few friends say our husbands take longer to get ready than we do!
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Maryland
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
PeaNut 87,597
May 2003
Posts: 8,782
Layouts: 0
| Posted: 11/25/2012 2:47:04 PM
Also, what everyone else says, especially about not being as strong as men. | |
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PEArfect
AncestralPea
PeaNut 452,048
January 2010
Posts: 4,464
Layouts: 0
Loc: Indiana
| Posted: 11/25/2012 2:57:03 PM
Well I'm 5 days post-op (hysterectomy), so I'm just hating being female in general right now. |
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angievp
Ideay pues?
PeaNut 143,106
April 2004
Posts: 6,637
Layouts: 36
Loc: Miami
| Posted: 11/25/2012 3:09:20 PM
I hate my period.
I dislike that I have had to work twice as hard to be taken seriously, both at work and at school.
I hate the fact that strong women are seen as "bitchy," while strong men are seen as "assertive."
I hate the fact that I'm expected to be the "nurturer" and the one to make sacrifices just because I'm a woman, and that I'm perceived to be "selfish" if I want to focus on myself and my career.
I hate the fact that people are "horrified" that I don't want to have kids and evidently that makes me a soul-less creature. | |
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Woobster
The Banana Under the Couch Pea
PeaNut 295,941
February 2007
Posts: 6,595
Layouts: 0
Loc: Somewhere over the rainbow...
| Posted: 11/25/2012 3:12:06 PM
I hate the fact that people are "horrified" that I don't want to have kids and evidently that makes me a soul-less creature.
I totally feel your pain on this one, angie! | |
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wendy.merrill
PeaNut
PeaNut 450,148
January 2010
Posts: 447
Layouts: 34
Loc: UT
| Posted: 11/25/2012 3:13:38 PM
Hands down, this:
the red devil in my belly!
Also, how much time it takes to get ready (morning and night). Think of how much more sleep we could get! | |
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TREZmom
Lost and Found in Pea-land
PeaNut 138,098
March 2004
Posts: 5,807
Layouts: 2
Loc: NC but wishing I was somewhere else
| Posted: 11/25/2012 3:15:30 PM
Grooming (makeup, hair, shaving, applying lotion, etc.) takes so long for girls. Plus I hate having my AF every month. | |
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beachgurl
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
PeaNut 288,459
December 2006
Posts: 5,581
Layouts: 0
| Posted: 11/25/2012 3:21:26 PM
Not being taken seriously.
The advantage men have when their wives help them with things like typing, proofreading, research, keeping the house and kids running. It is almost like we are not competing on a level playing field. |
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Deena714
Half of NSBR's favorite power couple
PeaNut 64,257
January 2003
Posts: 18,886
Layouts: 88
Loc: Your Mom's house
| Posted: 11/25/2012 3:26:23 PM
Carrying boobs and/or wearing a bra.
The period sucks too. |
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peapermint
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
PeaNut 9,321
January 2001
Posts: 8,590
Layouts: 0
Loc: all up in your business
| Posted: 11/25/2012 3:37:55 PM
Being held to a high standard for parenting and emotional intelligence. I've always thought I make an average mother and women, but I would be thought of as a superior, sensitive father and man because society's standards are so much lower.
Also the period and boob thing. | |
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MergeLeft
Typical Liberal
PeaNut 221,236
August 2005
Posts: 19,073
Layouts: 67
Loc: Houston
| Posted: 11/25/2012 3:38:15 PM
Aside from the monthly visitor, it's the sheer amount of grooming required for us to be presentable. My husband showers, shaves and throws on his clothes. He towel dries his hair and rubs a little styling paste in it and he's done.
I have to shower, shave legs, pits and bikini area, make sure eyebrows are waxed and kept up with, keep upper lip and chin waxed (yay 40), apply makeup, blow dry and style hair, and put on clothes that are often much less comfortable and more restrictive than comparable professional clothes for men. I need to spent part of my weekend once a month or so getting my hair colored (longer if it also needs to be cut) because women aren't considered "distinguished" when they start to gray.
I know there are guys out there who have elaborate grooming rituals or who choose to wax/shave something other than their face, and women who simply choose not to go along with what society expects of us, but the average 40 year old woman probably spends 4 times as much time on necessary grooming as her 40 year old male counterpart. |
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JenAllyson
The Project Pea
PeaNut 139,756
April 2004
Posts: 8,413
Layouts: 30
Loc: Sacramento
| Posted: 11/25/2012 3:38:50 PM
Being the only parent who can nurse the baby in the middle of the night. |
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smurfie
PeaNut
PeaNut 216,659
July 2005
Posts: 499
Layouts: 9
Loc: On the Scrapheap
| Posted: 11/25/2012 3:47:02 PM
ive always hated being female... for as long as i can think.
i think boys/men have it a lot easier in general |
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Leon (MC 03/05/10): Never in my arms, forever in my heart. | |
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~SuburbanMom~
Wannabe FNPea!
PeaNut 82,318
April 2003
Posts: 8,991
Layouts: 35
Loc: In my garden
| Posted: 11/25/2012 3:50:45 PM
The fact that we still do most of the household chores and that it is harder for us to juggle career and family obligations. Also that the female ideal of beauty takes so much more upkeep. |
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myboysnme
one of those "entitled" peas
PeaNut 69,081
February 2003
Posts: 6,730
Layouts: 1
| Posted: 11/25/2012 4:01:23 PM
without a doubt, it was getting a period every month for 40 years. Now that I no longer get one, the thing I hate the most is having a stretched out middle and saggy breasts from childbirth and aging. |
My choice is to not take it personally - people have opinions. Particularly people here.-Peabay 12/29/11
I know this is assuming, but I'm really starting to think you are one of those "entitled" peas - Dalayney 4/2/12
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BrinaG
PeaFixture
PeaNut 205,553
May 2005
Posts: 3,489
Layouts: 0
| Posted: 11/25/2012 4:22:12 PM
[whoops - answered the wrong post]
to this, definitely the monthly menace. | |
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~Lucy~
BucketHead
PeaNut 120,627
December 2003
Posts: 585
Layouts: 1
Loc: UK
| Posted: 11/25/2012 5:52:57 PM
Periods, definitely. But also this ongoing myth, perpetuated byWOMEN, that all females like pink, makeup, fashion etc. and take hours to get ready!
Sorry folks, but I'm up & out in a morning in 5 mins. I have far better things to do with my weekends than colour my hair and preening is what peacocks do, not me!
I am a believer in women's equality, but with that comes women accepting themselves for who they are not what they think 'society' thinks they should be! |
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Mrs_Tyler
Sorting Laundry
PeaNut 197,836
March 2005
Posts: 24,054
Layouts: 246
Loc: Enjoying the humid continental climate zone.
| Posted: 11/25/2012 6:08:47 PM
I have never felt I wasn't taken seriously because of my gender or that I have to work twice as hard than my male colleagues. I work hard because I love my job and know that my students benefit when I do my best. I also have a very nurturing hubby who knows its far easier for him to be gone from work than it is for me and is typically the one who stays home with sick kids.
For me I guess it's periods and hormones. I can get ready in 20-30 minutes so that doesnt bother me much. But I honestly wouldn't trade that to be a guy. No thanks. I enjoy being a woman. | |
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paigepea
I'm PEAchy Keen!
PeaNut 74,479
March 2003
Posts: 16,994
Layouts: 116
| Posted: 11/25/2012 6:13:19 PM
Slowing metabolism. No matter what I eat my stomach gets bigger! |
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lespea
I Typo & I don't care
PeaNut 270,444
July 2006
Posts: 10,989
Layouts: 54
Loc: Here.
| Posted: 11/25/2012 6:28:58 PM
Periods. That's pretty much it. I could really just do without that whole thing. |
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