The Mystery of Childbirth (childbirth > pain)

The MOST pain!

Warning: The Jam! may be hazardous to
women who are nursing, pregnant or
may become pregnant.

For us men, its hard to argue with a woman who dismisses your acknowledgement of pain with the words "try childbirth".

We can't say that we know what its like (without raising a few eyebrows), and we can't say that our pain is worse. You're left with little to say and usually just conceded the point.

However, there are a few things which, while perhaps not always appropriate to say, are worth saying:

1. Why is it that 96% (fictional stat) of the women who say this have never actually gone through childbirth themselves? Apparently the dread of childbirth is also worse than any pain experienced by men...

2. Knowing that worse pain exists does not make the pain you are experiencing right now any less painful. Why is it that someone will see another person in pain and their first instinct is to try to trump them? This is rather silly...

3. I've watched the movie 'Excalibur' three times and the 1970s animated version of Lord of the rings more times than I can count. These are awful films, especially the first, but I guess after the soul searching which went into this oddly serious-sounding blog post, I know why: So that next time someone yells in pain, I can tell them I've felt worse... Like how I felt after watching Lancelot fight himself while naked in Excalibur (awful/confused)...

In closing, don't feel the need to one up people! And don't feel the need to one up a gender. What a woman can do is pretty freaking amazing (I mean, really), but as with all things that are bragable, its much better to play it cool.

Hasta luego!