Is it normal to be weird when ovulating?

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Is it normal to act different when ovulating and how does it affect you, women? My sister said she is a better, more friendly, maybe more flirtatious bartender when ovulating. I am more hormonal and more likely to be inclined to date when ovulating. That sometimes is not a good thing as the person I may be interested in while ovulating isn't the best type for myself. Ovulation is a pain - as it seems the natural instincts in humans, might be similar to animals - in seeking a mate to reproduce. Do you think it is related to the surge in hormones when ovulating and lack of judgment?

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  • 8Serene8
    13 years ago

    I just get really horny.

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  • JustWonderingNow
    13 years ago

    Thanks for pointing this out dappled. It is funny that you are aware of it yourself. I will look this up online as I just seem to find it interesting and it has been affecting me. Maybe I just never noticed it before - but I noticed any time I would be interested in a man it would be around the same time of the month. Kind of funny. I think it may actually change the way a person looks - maybe actually does cause a glow or healthy young look because yesterday I went out to a pumpkin farm with my son and we took a bunch of pictures. That is nothing new. My sister saw a picture of me (I am 28) and said WOW you look soooo young - like you might be 18 - so great. I was surprised by that and I actually did. SO...just maybe it does actually alter the physical appearance with a healthier younger glow. Anyway, you are right that women are a dangerous species! lol. Thanks for all your insights...i never knew all this. I found it very funny my sister said she made way more money in tips in bartending on her ovulation days! :) And, I am pretty observant and yesterday the only man I interacted wih at the place we went to was drawn in and really looking at me in a flirtatious way or with interest. That doesn't usually happen honestly. I guess the ovul. thing can be good if I am into finding a guy...but not at this time anyway.

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    • dappled
      13 years ago

      You just reminded me. I could tell from pictures I took of my ex, whereabouts she was in her cycle, so I guess that proves the point that you women really do look different when ovulating. There was another thing I noticed (but this is hardly a revelation). After menstruation, my ex looked really worn and pale and a bit ratty. I guess that's just that menstruation takes a lot out of a woman physically.

      I wonder if there are corporations out there now considering exactly what hormone it is that makes women so young-looking at that time of the month and wondering about bottling it. Or, in your case, bottling the antidote!

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  • dappled
    13 years ago

    To be honest, although we're sensitive to it I don't know any other man who is actually aware of it. In my case, I'm not sure I'd notice it in any other woman because I wouldn't be around her often enough. Although I would still be sensitive to it. She'd be whatever percent more pretty than she'd be were she menstruating. The one thing I don't know is whether she actually looks different or whether my perception is altered by some pheromone she's putting out there. The female of the species is more deadly than the male. :)

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  • JustWonderingNow
    13 years ago

    I think the ovulation thing happens about 12 days after the first day of your period - around there anyway. I can totally tell when this is happening, especially this month. I could tell when it began (early last week) as I was totally attracted to every man around me - I have never had it this bad though. Then today I felt pain and cramping on my left side and I know that is when I am actually ovulating - it is just something i have always known/felt. It is not pleasant. Then of course you can check and ovul. calendar online- which I did and was right on with the dates. It is all crazy and strange to me...wish it wasn't so overwhelming.

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  • deepthought33
    13 years ago

    It is interesting that you guys are so sensitive to such changes. I have no idea when I'm ovulating and when I finally get my period it is only then that I realize I was showing the signs a week or two prior. Doesn't help that my cycle has never had a discernible schedule.

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  • JustWonderingNow
    13 years ago

    Interesting - thanks for sharing. When ovulating lately I have been overwhelmed with such a surge of hormones it is insane. Since I am aware of it, and single, I am trying to be careful to stay away from men altogether during this time of the month. A guy friend of mine, who is generally just a friend who I have no attraction to at all, has transformed into a sexual attraction at this time. I am not doing anything obvious - but maybe he senses the phermones or something because I saw him checking me out too. That has NEVER happened before. I will check my calendar and know not to spend any time alone with guys during these days of the month. It is insane and very strange with our human nature. I have been single for a few years and just fine alone - as I have a business and child. But lately the ovulation time of the month is killing me. I wish it would stop!

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    • dappled
      13 years ago

      As with lots of things in nature, it works the other way around too. I could tell where my ex was in her cycle by the way she looked. At her most fertile time, there was something I can't put my finger on. She just appeared more attractive, more feminine, curvier, softer in the face, prettier. So I suppose it's not just you who is suffering; so are the men in your presence having a heightened sense of interest. I guess it doesn't help that it's entirely natural.

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      • JustWonderingNow
        13 years ago

        Thanks for sharing this - that is so strange men can sense it too - like a thickness in the air. :) Thanks for telling me that...so I am not the only one!

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  • dappled
    13 years ago

    It's been said that the type of guy a woman is attracted to is linked to where she is in her cycle. When fertile, it's the square-jawed, arrogant, caveman type. Two weeks later it's the sensitive, reliable person that will stand by her. Apparently this has evolved naturally so that brutish, physical genes are passed on but the man who helps bring up the baby (which isn't his own) is the supportive, nurturing type.

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