Lifestyle Choices

Marriage is a merger of two different individuals. These differences are perfectly natural, some of them arising from powerful substances produced in the human body. The presence of these chemicals brings on profound changes in form and behavior, especially in the female, while in the male there may be little change from day to day. The woman is never quite the same from one day to the next. Every month she passes through what is known as her menstrual cycle. This is brought about by the ebb and flow of the chemical hormones in her blood stream. This results in a wide variation of feelings toward herself, her husband, and those around her.

These changes are often difficult for most men to understand. They are baffled by the almost unpredictable swings of mood, for which the lady herself is really not responsible. In fact, she is often as perplexed over these changes as her husband, but there may be little she can do except learn to live with them as best she can. All of this has much to do with a woman’s happiness during her married life.

There are times when she has an enormous amount of energy, and other times when she may feel that the tide has gone out completely. These changes are brought on by the rise and fall of the hormones or chemicals which are produced by her endocrine glands. These powerful little factories are sometimes called “ductless glands” because they pour their chemicals directly into the blood stream, and by this means they are carried to every organ and tissue in the body. The same thing occurs in both sexes, but in the male there is little change from day to day. In the female things are vastly different. From one week to the next throughout most of her adult life there is a constant fluctuation in the level of certain hormones. Internal chemistry thus has a profound effect upon her outlook on life, including her attitude toward her husband.

In every normal woman two powerful hormones are produced by the ovaries, or female sex glands. These hormones, called estrogen and progesterone, are entirely opposite in their effects. During the first two weeks of her cycle she comes under the strong influence of the estrogen hormone. At this time she may feel mentally alert and have many exceptional ideas. In this period ovulation takes place.

Near the end of the two weeks a small temporary gland has formed on the surface of the ovary, where the ovum or egg was born. In this temporary gland the other powerful hormone progesterone is produced. Part of the function of this hormone is to prepare the inner lining of the uterus (or womb) for the reception of the ovum, provided it has been fertilized. If fertilization has not taken place, the temporary gland, or corpus luteum, disappears within a few days, and the production of progesterone falls to a very low level.

During this latter phase under the influence of progesterone, the woman’s active sex drive tapers off, and her nervous energy becomes less intense. She now feels calm and rather easygoing. She tends to view things in a different light. This phase lasts for a week or so, only to change abruptly when the progesterone and the estrogen fall to the low level. Now she suddenly becomes irritable, restless, and perhaps a little depressed. This is the time of premenstrual tension, which is just prior to the next period. It is more evident in women who are tense and highly strung. This is the time when most quarrels between husbands and wives seem to begin. After these few days are over the estrogen begins to rise, and the lady again feels energetic and productive.

What Husbands Need to Understand

It is important for a husband to understand what is taking place in his wife, enabling him to make allowances for her frequent changes of mood. These mood variations are something like the weather. If you don’t like it, wait awhile. This explains why there are times when a woman may be very affectionate, and other times when she may feel quite indifferent. She cannot help these feelings, since they are a part of her nature.

If husbands and wives are going to be happy together, they must be willing to make allowances for each other’s needs and feelings. A woman was never meant to become the slave of a man, nor a man of a woman. It was the plan of the Creator that they should work together as a team in the training of their children and in the building of their home. They were to grow together, live together, and understand each other more completely as the years go by. And through this closest and most beautiful of all human relationships they were to find the supreme joy of creating a truly happy home.

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