Growing Pains

Jan 22 2008

The past few days have been less than idea between Boyfriend and myself, mostly due to me. I have been extremely bitchy towards him, and it isn’t necessarily PMS, because it’s a bit early for that and I have no other symptoms. I don’t know what it is that has been making me want to argue with him on every little thing, but last night when I was making dinner I remembered something. Boyfriend said to me quite a few months ago that when someone is going through a personal growth period, it is a very difficult time. That must be it, because even when Aunt Flo visits I am not usually this bitchy.

The thing about times like these is that I won’t really know when it’s over or exactly what kind of growth occurred. Years down the road I may be able to look back and say with some definition that this experienced shaped me or taught me xxxxx, but right now it’s just a pain in the ass.

7 Comments to “Growing Pains”

# Kevin (4 comments.)on 22 Jan 2008 at 7:42 am

I am so glad to know I am not the only one going through this. I have been the same way towards my girlfriend, and it sucks, and I feel terrible, but I also know it is because I am growing…but it doesn’t make it any less painful. Thank you much for sharing this, it helps!
# Amy (14 comments.)on 22 Jan 2008 at 11:08 am

Hey, I just wanted to let you know that I got your flickr message through my e-mail but I am not able to respond right now since flickr is one site of many that won’t load for me right now. (Our internet is giving us problems and Verizon refuses to admit that we are having a valid issue.)
# Kirstenon 22 Jan 2008 at 1:38 pm

Kevin, that’s one thing I love about the blogosphere - there is always someone out there who knows what it’s like.

Amy, no worries. I had an issue hooking up my dad’s DSL with Verizon and when I called tech support, we spent an hour going through all the obvious “customer is a moron” reasons before he finally admitted they were having a problem signing up new accounts. If it doesn’t clear up for you in a few days, just use my Contact page to reply.
# alyndabear (13 comments.)on 22 Jan 2008 at 2:48 pm

Oh man, this could be ME a few days ago - I was being such a snarky bitch to the other half, for no reason at all. It’s just… whatever came out of my mouth, came out. I could feel myself being snarky and just couldn’t stop… :(

I hope you are feeling better now, if you need to chat, let me know.
# Kirstenon 22 Jan 2008 at 9:09 pm

I hate it when this happens, because if I knew how to prevent the extreme bitch from coming out I would certainly do what was required. Such is life.

Thanks so much for the support, Alynda! Imaginary internet friends are really awesome.
# mommyon 23 Jan 2008 at 5:46 am

Hey, kid…maybe it’s the new diet thing. You’re all pumped up and getting it organized and then BF wants his own dinner which you happily make and serve. Yeah, it’s like PMS. Just speak up for YOU and tell BF he has 2 choices (both of which would be supportive): make his own dinner so you can tend to yours and not mess up the points, or tell him that perhaps he should join you on this diet. He doesn’t have to go to meetings and knowing you, you’d be able to bring home all the “tools” so he can join you in this quest. Either way, it’s all fair. Who loves ya, baby??!!!
# Kirstenon 23 Jan 2008 at 6:54 am

Mommy, he is doing the diet with me. And it’s been pretty easy, really, and neither one of us feels deprived in that department so I don’t think this is related to the diet. This is outside of that.