Don't Accept His Proposal Until You're Off Birth Control—You Might Be Choosing The Wrong Husband
I remember exactly where I was the first time I picked up a copy of psychologist Dr. Sarah E. Hill’s book “This Is Your Brain On Birth Control: The Surprising Science of Women, Hormones, and the Law of Unintended Consequences”. It was a momentous occasion for me because, suddenly, everything made perfect sense.
My college boyfriend and I had broken up the year before, and ever since that breakup, I had been going out with guys who weren’t technically my “type,” or so I thought. Since starting birth control in high school to treat (depending on who you ask) polycystic ovarian syndrome, I had been into nerdy, quiet, Dickensian-looking men who were serious to a fault. Post-birth control, I was more attracted to muscular and bearded lumberjack-looking jovial types. The dichotomy made no sense to me whatsoever.