Like this, but on your wrist.
Karl Dorn must have had some pretty nasty run-ins with his wife right around her time of the month. The inventor–who won £10,000 for creating an energy-efficient standby plug a few years ago–is now set on making “Help for Husbands” wristbands that will inform people when the wearer is P.M.S-ing.
According the Daily Mail, Dorn says that the bracelet will work in a way reminiscent of a mood ring (at least, that’s how it sounds to me):
It’s a visual aid for men so they can be a little bit more understanding at certain times of the month. Through my research I’ve found out that women’s body temperatures increase at certain times of the month. This little wristband would be temperature sensitive and change color.
It’s a very taboo issue–I was a bit concerned about putting it forward–but if you can help couples understand each other and communicate better that’s got to be a good thing.
Do you think these wristbands are a good idea? Would you wear this bracelet to “help out” the people in your life?
daisy / 543 posts
I want one!
I think I’ll be wearing it regardless of that time of the month, too. I’m always pissy.
rose / 853 posts
Personally, I don’t see what’s embarrassing about having periods or letting people know about it, even inadvertently. Every woman does it, and it’s not like it’s something we can control. If it helps people understand why I’m having a crappy day, then yeah, I’d wear it!
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Yes please!
I pity my poor boyfriend so much sometimes. Especially when I get weepy. Would be good to give him a little heads up that its not him, is just those darn hormones! Sometimes there is no opportunity to say, look my period might be coming tomorrow, bear with me. Or I don’t think I’m PMSing at the time. In hindsight, its always the PMS (I hope) xx
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I foresee a lot of angry woman getting this from their guys. I would be PMS’ing if I got that as a gift. No matter what time of the month
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haha i didnt get an attitude when it was that time of the month but one of my good friends who is a guy knew when i was on my period when i would get super bloated and hed rub my belly and say its his. LOL
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hey it’s like a mood ring. neat-o.
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I don’t get overly grumpy, and with the people who I am around a lot of the time I am comfortable enough with them to tell them when it’s that time.
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I want one then I could better understand why I get so bitchy and crybaby
daisy / 568 posts
Hell yesss I want one!
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thats gonna be hard to do because they way temperatures change throughout a menstrual cycle varies from woman to woman…
as i understand it, you’re temperature rises right as you ovulate and then drops again nearing menstruation. if the thing measures high temps, it would be saying the woman has pms for about 2 weeks (for a typical 28 day cycle with ovulation around day 14)…and then every woman is different on top of that…can’t see how it would be too accurate…
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that is completely stupid.
magnolia / 1369 posts
fuck no i don’t want that dumb piece of shit . if i’m on the rag then i will tell you i don’t need a mood ring …
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Clearly he’s not a very good husband. Or he wouldn’t need no damn bracelet to tell him when his what is pmsing. foh!
rose / 980 posts
I don’t even get PMS.
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My question is, will it even work?
orchid / 190 posts
haha, but then guys won’t have the excuse, “must be that time of the month” every time they screw up and their girl gets upset!
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i never got why it was embarrassing for people to know anyway, but i think there’s proof somewhere that anger makes your body temp. rise, so this would give people the excuse of “someone’s pmsing” even if we weren’t and it was really just anger.
sunflower / 342 posts
Lol, it’s a nice idea, and I would like one, but I wouldn’t need it
Since I tell people when I’m PMS-ing, because it would be cruel if I didn’t
I just wonder though, what would happen if someone had a fever?
:/
xo’
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It’s a nifty idea, but I can’t see many women being extremely happy upon receiving one of these from their significant other. Go figure it was a man that created it, haha.
sunflower / 370 posts
This is silly. Anyway, body temperature rises during ovulation, so it would be warning your guy off when really, you might be wanting some attention.
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That’s stupid.
dahlia / 2103 posts
I don’t really have bad PMS symptoms so I think I’ll pass. Usually I just get a little more sensitive, but only a little, not so much that people need to stay at least a mile away at all times and not interact with me. At least it sounds like the guy is not a jerk-off…I mean, it sounds like he invented it for the right reasons and not just to be a chauvanist ass.
dahlia / 2103 posts
@dude_this_world_sux@xanga - If anger makes your body temp rise, then I would be “PMS-ing” whenever I drive, according to the bracelet. Maybe they should make a road rage bracelet…
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This is absolutely stupid. If you’re in a relationship, you really ought to be mature enough to either A) control your emotions and not get all pissy at one another, regardless of periods, and B) be comfortable enough to let your significant other know verbally that you’re PMSing. I will never understand why a woman can’t just say, “Hey, I’m going to start my period soon, so that’s why I might be irritable or moody.” So. Freaking. Simple.
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I can’t count the number of times I’ve wished I would’ve known another woman was on the rag before initiating contact.
peony / 1 posts
@AznGuppy88@xanga - So true. I want one.
sunflower / 487 posts
Hahah, that might be a good idea to let the hubby know when its a safe zone again, not only mentally but physically.
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@dukeitout_daisy@xanga - I agree with you. You just need to be comfortable enough to talk about it, I’m sure guys know about it nowadays. They can’t put themselves in our shoes, but mature guys will understand the mood swings or the pain.
If you are healthy, then your temperature will rise about 10 days (more or less) before your PMS starts. But once it starts, your temperature will decrease to your normal body temp.
I don’t want the whole world to know when I’m on my PMS and plus, I don’t really have mood swings just more tired or in pain from cramps.
orchid / 114 posts
That will probably make it worse…
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@MiaJoyTheWriter@xanga - But if you don’t talk about it to anyone, it doesn’t happen! Right? RIGHT?
I don’t see what the big deal it. Every chick goes through it. It doesn’t really make me bitchy or anything and I personally think it’s all bs anyway. It’s all in your head, ladies. The pain of it is real though, I can agree to that.