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What Does 'Set a Woman Back 3 Days' Mean?

posted 13 years ago by AnnHolway360
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Hi -

When Helen walks in to find Jerry in bed with Lydia, Jerry is naturally horrified and stops making love to her (Lydia).

Helen is in shock and says, "You shouldn't just stop that way - you could set a woman back 3 days doing that."

What does she mean by this?

My apologies in advance if it means something crass, but I honestly can't decipher the meaning.

Thanks!

"What person who is nothing like me are you saying that to?" - House

[–] colingreig667 13 years ago

To set someone back just means to delay something, for example "i was doing really well with my diet but that take-away meal set me back a week" meaning it's at least another week until I get on track again.

I can only assume that in this case she means because the woman didn't get her orgasm, it'll take 3 days to get back to that state of mind.

[–] drellacastie 13 years ago

Setting her back 3 days from her menstrual cycle.

[–] Little_devil394 13 years ago

her menstrual cycle? how does not having an orgasm affect that?

[–] blondieky 13 years ago

It doesn't. As we all know (except for drellacastie), if not having orgasms prevents periods, then the human race would die out in record time.