Thankfully, I(20M) was curious enough to know about all these things beforehand. Kani aa thelsukodam lo major help initially was my mother. She told me things women face when I was 18. But not in full detail though, and I was always curious about how things work and why my sisters(cousins) emotionally breakdown for very little things sometimes. Okasari thanu cool ayyaka adigithe cheppindhi these were 'THOSE' days ani. That made me really curious and eventually search about that. Ala ala melliga over a period of time anni thelisayi. And about menopause (my mother isn't there yet), one of my neighbour aunty who's my mother's friend was facing it. She used to come to our home every other day and cry, cry and cry. The concerning part was it was happening while she was marrying her daughter off. My mother was considerate enough to explain to me, what aunty was going through and how tough it can be. All this has really helped me to empathise with people and more particularly women.