With the wrong guy? Blame the pill.

Light (and late, sorry) post today.

Found this interesting WebMD article that says women who take the pill are more likely to choose the wrong mate. Apparently the pill messes up our ability to pick out the "right" pheromones in a guy.

Apparently, we should be able to sniff out men who are genetically different from us. Doing so increases our chances of a healthy pregnancy and healthy baby and makes us more likely to have sexually satisfying relationships. The pill supposedly makes us more likely to sniff out genetically similar men.

I have heard that a side effect of the pill is a lower libido. Maybe all that really means is that we're with the wrong man, or a genetically similar guy.

If this study is true, maybe we should all go off the pill for a bit and see if we still like the person we're dating.

One thing's for sure, though. I wouldn't have wanted to be a subject in this experiment.

They paid 37 women to smell men's T-shirts before and after going on the pill. Then they compared the women's before- and after-pill ratings of the odors to those of 60 women who did not use oral contraceptives.

I hope the shirts weren't sweaty.