December 2010
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descouleurs asked: i'm tampon-virgin. never use one, and since i have to use the biggest pads ever when i'm on my period i'm afraid i'll never use one. so that's it. happy new year :)
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Where I've bled…
I had a catastrophic leak whilst riding in the passenger seat of my brother’s car. It cleaned up easy (though I still wanted to buy him seat covers or something, since his faux leather seats are now forever unclean) but I really would have been pretty cool with my brother never, ever having to acknowledge my menstrual cycle in any capacity.
Submitted by a-beautiful-world
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Late bloomer
I started by period when I was seventeen, on a school day. The whole “first period experience” had been talked to death in middle school. By the time I started high school, I’d forgotten I was supposed to have one. That day, I had a Carrie moment when I didn’t know what that brown-red stuff was or why my stomach hurt so badly. I confided in my best friend, the guy who ran...
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No matter how many times I tried, I never could figure out how to use a tampon. I’d sit there on the toilet, following the tiny printed directions in the box while my mom coached me through the bathroom door, but it was useless. My muscles would clench up and my vag would go dry and the tampon would scratch it’s way in just a little bit of the way. So, I gave up. Two years of beach...
The only advice I am qualified to give
This is the only advice I’m qualified to give. This is the only advice that if you don’t follow it, you will regret it. Learn from my mistake.
NEVER do acid on your period.
Submitted by psychotropicpolotics
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Where Someone Else Bled...
I was working at summer camp a few years back. Some of the counselors and I went to Wal Mart (as most camp counselors do.) Well, we get out of the car, one of the girls swears and asks if anyone has a sweatshirt. I leaned back in to grab mine and looked at my passenger seat. It looked like something had been murdered on it. However, that wasn’t the most awkward part. Later, when getting back...
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when it rains it pours, or something
I got my first period in sixth grade during sex ed. Of course we were learning about periods that day. How’s that for timing?
Submitted by wallow
Period Tracking
I’ve been using my monthly cycles to track my periods since the beginning of 2006, which is kind of insane because at this point it means I have records of five complete years. It’s really cool though, I can look back through and see how the regular cycles have changed/varied and where I had a bunch of stress or increased/decreased exercise, etc. Sometimes I forget to do it, but I can...
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I absolutely HATE HATE BURNING HATE it when my friend says that she’s “Broken” while having her period. In fact, I have a hard time imaging a worse epithet. What about you?
Submitted by Raine
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where i’ve bled...
…a wooden bench at the “center stage” of my Christian summer camp. This is an actual picture of the actual benches I bled on.
Submitted by alligatorvalley
where i’ve bled...
…a wooden bench at the “center stage” of my Christian summer camp. This is an actual picture of the actual benches I bled on.
Submitted by alligatorvalley
The "Go to" Person.
I’m the go to person when they think they’re leaking through their pants. I’ve seen more asses checking for red spots than Ron Jeremy has been in porn films.
Submitted by thoughtsthoughtsandmorethoughts
Submitted by asmallbird
Period Tracking
I’ve been using my monthly cycles to track my periods since the beginning of 2006, which is kind of insane because at this point it means I have records of five complete years. It’s really cool though, I can look back through and see how the regular cycles have changed/varied and where I had a bunch of stress or increased/decreased exercise, etc. Sometimes I forget to do it, but I can...
I absolutely HATE HATE BURNING HATE it when my friend says that she’s “Broken” while having her period. In fact, I have a hard time imaging a worse epithet. What about you?
Submitted by Raine
I always feel like I’m a grown up and I should use tampons but I fucking hate them. When I am on my period I am a delicate flower, I do not want to be violated. Not even by cotton wool.
Submitted by miscellaneousemptyspaces
so bloody happy this exists. lets have a thread for what we all call our period. do we love/loathe our periods? what about you?
submitted by aseyeseait
SHARK WEEK via this
when it rains it pours, or something
I got my first period in sixth grade during sex ed. Of course we were learning about periods that day. How’s that for timing?
Submitted by wallow
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Give me five
I got my first period when I was 12. It was July 3rd, and I was staying with my dad and brother. My dad was out all day, and I was freaking out. The first person I told was my 13-year-old brother. His response?
“Give me five!”
Submitted by cadencecatt
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Where I've Bled
Can others share what they’ve bled on?
Me: relatives’ couch, parents’ bed, innumerable pants, pillow case (not onto the pillow, phew).
Someone once told me she bled on an airplane seat…
I will never master how-to-keep-blood-on-the-pad-no-spilling.
Thank you Laneia!
Submitted by C
yes i think this could be a thing. when you submit, just put ‘where i’ve...
Where I've Bled
Can others share what they’ve bled on?
Me: relatives’ couch, parents’ bed, innumerable pants, pillow case (not onto the pillow, phew).
Someone once told me she bled on an airplane seat…
I will never master how-to-keep-blood-on-the-pad-no-spilling.
Thank you Laneia!
Submitted by C
yes i think this could be a thing. when you submit, just put ‘where i’ve...
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Give me five
I got my first period when I was 12. It was July 3rd, and I was staying with my dad and brother. My dad was out all day, and I was freaking out. The first person I told was my 13-year-old brother. His response?
“Give me five!”
Submitted by cadencecatt
I always feel like I’m a grown up and I should use tampons but I fucking hate them. When I am on my period I am a delicate flower, I do not want to be violated. Not even by cotton wool.
Submitted by miscellaneousemptyspaces
cunthulhu asked: I have decided i'm getting a Diva cup, so i'm pretty excited about that. I do need to wear pads overnight though, so I was wondering what you ladies think about reuseable pads? I saw some on etsy I thought were okay, but i'm still kind of grossed out. What to dooo?
befani asked: Can we talk about PMS or does it have to be our period, period?
befani asked: Can we talk about PMS or does it have to be our period, period?
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So I came home for Christmas break and left my diva cup in my dorm room. I just got my period and I have to use tampons for the first time in months! This is triggering cramps/bloating/a general feeling of sadness. Basically what I’m saying is, plan ahead ladies. Also, look into diva cups. No pressure, but get one.
Submitted by shanziscassette
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COLD MOUNTAIN
So it happened when I was about 13. I’d been having my period for a couple years now (not consecutively, I mean I had my first one when I was 11) and until then was an exclusive pad-user. One day while staying at my grandma’s summer home, she brought up the subject of tampons. She decided I was Ready. I don’t remember much of what happened when I was still learning the...
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COLD MOUNTAIN
So it happened when I was about 13. I’d been having my period for a couple years now (not consecutively, I mean I had my first one when I was 11) and until then was an exclusive pad-user. One day while staying at my grandma’s summer home, she brought up the subject of tampons. She decided I was Ready. I don’t remember much of what happened when I was still learning the...
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“It took me a whole period to get it to go in right without leaking and the first...”
– re: menstrual cups
via autostraddle’s toxic shock station
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link: autostraddle's toxic shock station →
a conversation about menstrual cups, tampons, diy and STICKING IT TO THE MAN.
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