What would you do if your best friend bought you a book about of all things, Menopause?

I was so insulted that she bought me this while on vacation, I went over to her house around midnight in my nightgown and left it on her front porch.
I'm not going thru menopause, I have no interest whatsoever in the subject and she knows that any "female issues" make me extremely uncomfortable. (I almost vomited when her daughter came over the house unbuttoned her blouse and whipped her tit out and started breastfeeding...I ended up leaving before I puked on her carpet.)
I think this was a very cruel thing to do and asked her if this was a subtle way of telling me that I'm a psycho b*tch.
I realize that menopause is a part of life.....a part that I have no interest in whatsoever. It's how I feel, and I have a right to my opinion.
Nice comments welcome.

I would have probably reacted the same way. I don't like it when people try to tell me what's going on in my life, cause I feel like they are treating me like I am too dumb to see it myself. I would agree that it would make me feel like she is trying to tell me that I am being a b*tch, and I don't blame you at all.

To be honest, I think you do need a little help. I don't want to put you down because I honestly don't think you realize you are
having issues that require a therapist.

Wow, I would buy you a book on menopause, too. Maybe you should just read the book she gave you and deal with your problem. You obviously have one.

You are really close minded. Maybe your friend thought that if you could not talk about things maybe you could read about them. Also maybe your attitude made her think you pre-menapausel, or in menopaus.

A couple of the previous respondents truly offer some advice worth considering ... try not to reject it out-of-hand but instead pause ... and allow yourself to consider if there may be noteworthy point or two.

As a male responding to this issue you may be inclined to think, well what the hell do you know about menopause? Other than to say that it really should be called womenopause, nothing at all.

However, I do want to say that your use of two key words tells me that it's worth it for you to reconsider the entire series of events and try to determine the plausibility of other -and quite different- intentions than you surmised. Those two words are "best friend."

Yes, you -and all the other 6.6 billion people across the globe- most certainly have a right to opinion, perspective, and a sense-of-self. That does not, by default, mean that any given assessment and analysis of a situation is accurate.

She's your best friend for a multitude of reasons ... revisit that and the meaning behind her buying you that book will not only become evident, but also solidify why you are indeed "best friends."

Good luck!

Has it crossed your mind that she may be going through the menopause and wanted you to read the book so you could understand what she is going through. Or maybe she thinks you are crabby as some women have early menopausal symptoms. I wish someone had given me a book on menopause years ago, too late now, all over with. But there's a culture of giving women HRT to put off the menopause for as long as possible. So, you could be spared it for many years yet if you go that route.

Oh, can't understand why a woman feeding her baby would make you feel sick. It's only natural.

Can't think what possessed you to leave the book on her porch, if you were that displeased you could have given the book away to a charity shop or something.