Lindsay and her husband were at her family’s house for St. Patrick’s Day dinner. Her husband made a joke about her being on her period, which was apparently too much for her dad to handle. He completely lost it and yelled at her for bringing it up. Lindsay doubled down and started talking about her period more. Then her dad kicked her out. Of the house. Is talking about your period in front of your parents really that big of a deal?
Jonathan: Today for panic button, we have Lindsay. Hey, Lindsay.
Lindsay: Hey.
Jonathan: So, Lindsay, you had a bad time over the weekend at your parents house for Saint Patrick’s Day.
Ayla: It makes me sad to hear.
Jonathan: So what happened? Lindsey?
Lindsay: Oh, my goodness. You guys are never going to believe this. Okay.
Jonathan: I will, but.
Ayla: We’ve heard a lot this year already.
Lindsay: I know you have. I’ve listened to your show for a while now, but, this is this is pretty bad. So my husband and I were over at my parents house for Saint Patrick’s Day. My mom made your traditional corned beef, cabbage, all that stuff. It was quite lovely. But my husband and I got into a little bit of a fight about something.
Ayla: Really?
Lindsay: So we were talking about the Oscars, right? And I was saying how I really thought that Barbie should have won best film.
Jonathan: Okay.
Lindsay: Okay.
Ayla: You and many other people out there felt that way. So you’re not alone in that.
Jonathan: The only reason it didn’t win is because of, you know, men hating women or something, right?
Lindsay: Well, that’s the funny bit. So apropos. So at the dinner table my husband all of a sudden goes, oh, you only think that because you’re on your period.
Jonathan: Okay. Well, I mean, was it true?
Lindsay: I mean, it was true. Okay. But that’s not my feelings about this.
Jonathan: Yeah. He was wrong. He was wrong to make that point.
Ayla: But how dare he.
Lindsay: But it gets worse. Okay. So he says that. And all of a sudden, my dad just flipped out. He starts off on this tirade. You do not talk about this at the dinner table. I don’t need to hear about your period.
Ayla: Literally sounds like every old school dad in America. Like 100%.
Jonathan: Dinner table talk.
Ayla: I can hear my dad.
Jonathan: Let me go watch my basketball games with the erectile dysfunction commercials.
Ayla: Yeah, like I don’t want to hear about it. Why are we talking about that? I can totally see.
Lindsay: Okay. Right. So then, my father and I have always had one of those situations where we start to butt heads. So I lose my entire mind, and I’m just like. Period. Period. Period.
Jonathan: No, I’m just having a period of having an ellipsis.
Ayla: On a hormonal outburst at all.
Jonathan: Okay. And what did he do?
Lindsay: I literally thought he was kidding at first, but my dad was like, get the heck out of my house.
Jonathan: Wow.
Lindsay: And he literally kicked me and my husband out about halfway through dinner on Saint Patrick’s Day.
Jonathan: Okay. What’s wrong with him?
Lindsay: I guess I’ve never talked to my dad about my periods. I’ll never do it again.
Jonathan: I mean, he did tell you stop talking about it. And you kept doing it.
Ayla: She did. She pushed him a little bit. She was on her period. So don’t you think she should be able to comfortably say like, hey, yeah, I’m on it.
Jonathan: The don’t want to hear about that while they’re eating. It’s not a sexist thing if I had something going on physically or hormonally, like having a really tough time lately.
Ayla: If you had, like, a stomach thing, like diarrhea. Yeah.
Jonathan: No, I wouldn’t ever tell people about that.
Ayla: What if Katie was like, oh, don’t listen to Jonathan. Like he a little runny lately. And then someone kicked you out of the house. You would feel justified that you were kicked out of a house because of that?
Jonathan: Yes, I would if Katie was sitting there going, oh, don’t worry about John. He’s got butt water going on. Yeah, I would be a little bit.
Ayla: Yeah, but you can’t control it.
Lindsay: Yeah.
Jonathan: You can control talking about it.
Ayla: Yeah, but don’t you think other people should know why you’re so cranky and always going to the bathroom?
