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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Professional_Pen69 on 2025-10-31 09:33:17+00:00.

While watching a tv show with a young girl and family grappling with puberty, sex and birth control.

I (m54) said to my wife (f54) it must be a challenge to remember to take birth control every day.

She went off at how many days she’s taken pills every day.

I think she recounted the everything between puberty, birth of children, and then peri-menopause with patches and daily pills.

This wasn’t an educational discussion.

There was some underlying deep resentment to all the chemicals and pharmaceuticals that she had to ingest.

How men suck and how easy we’ve got it. When was the last time you had to take pills every day?

THIRTY YEARS of pills EVERY DAY! It wasn’t rhetorical.

I started to build my response and then had a revelation… to Shut the fuck up.

Best idea ever

TL;DR I was reminded by my wife that women do it tough with daily pills and more. I apologized