pms is a walk in the park compared to menopause. it is hell on a woman and a relationship. everytime I go out, a different old friend will ask, how do you deal with that shit. she's fucking crazy. sadly, I say I don't know, stay the fuck out of their way, keep the house in good working order, and make yourself scarce, but be careful, too much golf will get you in trouble. I used to get home from work, and my wife had the back door open b/4 I could get my boots off, she was bitching about something, most of the time I had no clue. one day, I got the work boots half unlaced, she's bitchin' like a crazy woman. loud, foul mouthed and mad at me for ???. I laced up the boots and went to the tavern for 2 hours. It was quite a bit different when I got home. so that's what I did, and you know, sometimes I was at the tavern every fucking nite. I always went home first to test the waters, so to speak. then left if neccessary. she finally went to the doctor, and all they did was give her medicine or prescriptions were she sleeps all day, and is up all nite. after 2 yrs of that, I said when I retired I was not waiting for her to wake up to go do stuff, I was just going to go. so she went back to the doctor and now she doesn't sleep so long, but there is an edge there, that I have to remind her to take it easy. don't sweat the small stuff. the sex was good for awhile, but she has no interest at all, 99% of the time. she has even told me she has no interest.