Share the pain

Premenstrual syndrome is not just a woman's disorder anymore. Husbands andboyfriends may also be rocked by what's been called the "world's most commonest disease." As they make adjustments to partners with PMS, men experience their own changes in emotional behavior, and both feel marital distress, report Salt Lake city family therapists Leslie L. Feinauer, Ph.D., and Rebecca Ryser, Ph.D. Their scores on marital adjustment tests plummet; disagreements increase. A couple's relationship deteriorates most during the luteal, or ovulating, stage of the menstrual cycle. No wonder why they call it "the curse."