Not just that but there's no real study I know about the emotional effects. My ex was on and off birth control and it was like she was two completely different people when she was on and off. Her interests, preferences for food, etc like it was like I was dating two different people and I had two keep both sets of that in my head.
girlwriteswhat had an interesting post on that topic on reddit. One thing that the pill influences, that seems relatively minor is the sense of smell (hence the change in food-preferences). Now, these same changes happen when a woman gets pregnant (bc simulates pregnancy), but pregnancies last for 9 months not years on end.
One interesting tidibit she shared was that she couldn't stand the smell of her husband anymore after she got her tubes tied and off the pill. He'd have showered and 5 minutes later she hated his odor.
The theory is that the change in sense of smell and the disgust she had for her husbands smell is evolutionary. As in: When her body isn't tricked into thinking that it's pregnant, her sense of smell would have told her that she and her husband do not make a good genetic match.
I could be wrong here, but I think to remember that her children aren't paragons of health (including severe allergies)
I have heard tidbits similar to that on the internet in different forums. Pretty much if you meet a girl who's on birth control from the beginning you meet her, the relationship may go south quick if she ever gets off of it if you're not compatible. It's very interesting because there's so many things that probably make up attraction that we don't know about and literally throwing a wrench into natural fertility probably doesn't help at all.
Not just that but there's no real study I know about the emotional effects. My ex was on and off birth control and it was like she was two completely different people when she was on and off. Her interests, preferences for food, etc like it was like I was dating two different people and I had two keep both sets of that in my head.
girlwriteswhat had an interesting post on that topic on reddit. One thing that the pill influences, that seems relatively minor is the sense of smell (hence the change in food-preferences). Now, these same changes happen when a woman gets pregnant (bc simulates pregnancy), but pregnancies last for 9 months not years on end.
One interesting tidibit she shared was that she couldn't stand the smell of her husband anymore after she got her tubes tied and off the pill. He'd have showered and 5 minutes later she hated his odor.
The theory is that the change in sense of smell and the disgust she had for her husbands smell is evolutionary. As in: When her body isn't tricked into thinking that it's pregnant, her sense of smell would have told her that she and her husband do not make a good genetic match.
I could be wrong here, but I think to remember that her children aren't paragons of health (including severe allergies)
I have heard tidbits similar to that on the internet in different forums. Pretty much if you meet a girl who's on birth control from the beginning you meet her, the relationship may go south quick if she ever gets off of it if you're not compatible. It's very interesting because there's so many things that probably make up attraction that we don't know about and literally throwing a wrench into natural fertility probably doesn't help at all.