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What’s up with her?

User Profile: ilovemycat16
ilovemycat16 Wednesday

Okay so I’m going to start off with a little bit of context:


im 20 years old, will be 21 in April. I’ve dealt with irregular periods for awhile now. Sometimes they start when predicted & sometimes they’re late. They usually will start late whenever I have a lot going on & am dealing with lots of stress, which has been pretty much frequent here lately. It’s been common for my periods to be irregular & truly it doesn’t bother me, there’s always more factors that play into it being late. If I were to have no stress or less stress, they would probably be regular.


my boyfriends mom is constantly telling me I need to get on birth control to regulate my periods & I always tell her that’s not something I want to do & don’t feel it’s necessary. She will try to pressure me by saying that she made me an appointment to get put on birth control or to get another form of it. She made her daughter go on her 18th birthday to get a birth control implant & she constantly will tell me how much it has helped. She will tell me that her daughter used to have irregular periods too and that the implant made her periods worse for the first 6 months & then it went away & she no longer has a period at all. Now, me & her daughter are VERY close, so we talk about a lot. The implant is something that she did not want & it has been nothing but trouble for her since she’s had it. I’ve told her how her mom has said it helps so much & makes you feel better & regulates your period, to which she said none of that was true. She has always been a skinny girl, she said she’s never been over 150 but after getting the implant, she gained 30 pounds. On top of that, she said it has made her skin look & feel awful & she feels very insecure.


my boyfriends mom had made me numerous appointments to try & get me on some sort of birth control & her reason is always “to regulate my periods”. I never go to any of the appointments because I do not want or need birth control right now. I’ve never been on it & don’t want to. My OWN mother never told me I had to take it or tried to force me to. My mama has always told me that it’s my decision & if I want to be on it, then we will arrange for it. She never made me feel pressured into taking birth control, EVER.


me & my boyfriend have been dating for 2 years and his mom has always told me I needed to be on something. Me & my bf obviously do the deed but we’re both still young & not wanting kids right now so we take other precautions & use other contraceptives to be safe. His mom told me that in 2025, I need to make birth control a priority & get on it.


no matter how much I tell her that I don’t want or need it, she still pushes. What do you think about this?? Opinions? Advice?

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User Profile: determinedSea4370
determinedSea4370 23 hours ago

@ilovemycat16 Your boyfriend's mom has no business getting into your business like that. That is seriously stepping over some very personal boundaries. I think you have to make it obvious that you are being very serious and tell her very upfront that you will not take birth control and that she has no say in what you do with your body and that is the end of the discussion. If she brings it up after that, ignore her by shifting topics or shutting her down. I'm really sorry you have to deal with this.