Pajama Boy approved.
George and Amber/PA Real Life Photo
From The Sun: George Fellows, 22 and Amber-May Ellis, 21, have been inseparable since meeting in their first year at Reading University. Self-confessed hypochondriac George even claims that his pains are worse than Amber’s and takes sick days at her time of the month, while she “gets on with it”.
When George was first hit by the “sympathy pains”, a doctor dismissed them as trapped gas and sent the theatre, arts, education and deaf studies student on his way with pain-relief pills. But now, after suffering the same mysterious pains every month for two years, George believes they must be linked to Amber’s period cycle.
“I was at uni one day when they suddenly kicked in,” he explained. “I’m a bit of a hypochondriac so I panicked. “Amber made an off-the-cuff comment saying, ‘I’m on my period at the moment, now you know how I feel.’
“I didn’t think anything of it at first, but the next month, like clockwork, I got the pains again. After three months, we knew something was up.”
They both soothe their symptoms together, stocking up on painkillers and junk food, and lounging in front of the television until they feel better.
George and Amber/PA Real Life Photo
As well as cramps, George told of how he gets “super emotional” when Amber has her period. He added: “I get really erratic and emotional. I don’t want to be around people and just can’t really deal with things. Once I even cried at an advert. I think it was for Amazon, but it ruined me. I was an absolute wreck.”
The pair are aware their claims may sound weird to other people, but even joke about how their periods have synced. “People know us for being quite weird anyway, so when we tell people I get period pains they just think, ‘Shut up, George, no you don’t,'” said George. “Even my mom thinks I’m ridiculous. Although she did give me Buscopan cramp medication for the pain.”
Amber added: “We live with two other girls, so if we all have our periods at the same time, it’s a very hormonal house. We’ll joke and say, ‘Stay out of our way, we all have our periods – even George.'”
The pair will soon be leaving Reading and moving back to their family homes in West London and Norwich – two hours apart. They said they are intrigued to see if the pains will wear off with the distance, as they spend every day together at the moment. “It’ll be a relief for me if they do,” joked George. “I didn’t sign up for period pains when we became friends.”
Many medical professionals do not believe sympathy pains exist, but Amber said: “If you really care about someone, you have that deep connection. You share everything mentally and emotionally, so of course that’s going to extend to physical as well.”
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