Choose A Different Period

(My boyfriend is making dinner while I sort out some emails. I begin to get a little worried.)

Me: “I just hope this woman isn’t angry with me.”

Boyfriend: “Maybe she’s on her period, and she’s trying to be happy but sounds unhappy by accident.”

Me: *half-laughing, half serious* “You have got to stop that.”

Boyfriend: “Stop what?”

Me: “You have got to stop making period jokes!”

Boyfriend: “Okay, Jane Austen.”

Me: “…”