Period Stories

Making Sure

"I was the first of my friends to have my period, and I didn't really know what to expect. When I got the tampon in [on] the first try, I was so proud of myself. However, about an hour later, I wanted to check in (yes, I realize how crazy that sounds now). The tampon wouldn't come out. Not understanding truly how tampons work, I thought it was stuck in me forever. I screamed at my mother to come to bathroom and help.

"Once she understood what was happening, she laughed so hard, she fell into the tub. Next, my dad came up to make sure we were okay. [He] opened the door, ran out, and laughed hysterically from outside. Finally, my little sister, not old enough to understand anything other than [that] I had done something funny, started laughing. It's not exactly the bonding that I had in mind, and it turned me off tampons for years."

-Anonymous