Periods & Puberty: All You Need To Know

Embarrassing Period Stories

   Hey there, these are just some embarrassing period stories. Not all of these are about me, some of them happened to a friend. I will probably add to the chapter as I go.

Story 1:

   My friend who I'll call Amy, is super close with me. The only weird part is that her mother at the time was... my sex ed teacher. So, that's already awkward enough. I remember she always tried to spark up conversations about periods and puberty with us and her daughter was like "Mom, stop." The first time I came over to her house her mom asked me if I had finished my labeling worksheets (we had to label the male and female reproductive systems.) Anyways, off topic. So me and my friend Amy had both had our periods by now, this was about the middle of seventh grade, it had been a year and a half for me and a year for her. I had left my tampons at home so I asked to borrow one and she was all "Sure, we have this, this this and this, we keep them in that drawer..." and so on so forth. Anyways we were in her basement at the time and if you are standing at the top of the stairs you can hear everything that is said in the basement.

   As I was walking up the stairs to get to the bathroom I saw her mom standing near the stairs with some chips she had bought for us. She gave me the weirdest look as if she had heard me. But, I sucked it up and charged ahead with my mission. Later on when I was talking with Amy I told what had happened and I was like "Do you think she heard me?" and we both agreed that she probably didn't. A few minutes later her mom walked down to do the laundry, and she sat down next to us on the couch just to see what we were watching. Here are the words I will never forget:

"So I heard you asking for tampon earlier, is your flow heavy or light?"

   Inside my head I was freaking out and dropping F-bombs like nobody's business. Amy immediately started chastising her mom while I sat there silently. She definitely heard. Awkward.

Story 2:

   Back when I was still within the first year of having my period I learned many things. I learned what and what not wear on my period, and what products worked best for what activities. This is one of those learning experiences. I was still in my schools dance squad back then and we were doing a performance for school. I had forgotten to take off my overnight pad (yes, I am so heavy I wear overnights during the day, anyways don't worry I still had a fresh tampon in) before the performance. As I was walking around in my leotard after the recital all the kids in my grade were staring at me. Since I was the only girl with boobs or her period in my grade I thought I was all that so I thought I looked hot which was why they were staring.

   Later on as I arrived at my friends house for a sleep over I had to use the bathroom and change into pajamas. As I was changing I caught a glimpse of myself in a mirror. Only then did I realize you could see my pad through my leotard. Fail.

Story 3:

   This story is a perfect example of why I now wear pads and tampons at all times. About halfway through sixth grade I had to give a presentation about Rayon in science class along with my friends. It was the last hour of the day and I hadn't put on a fresh pad (because I was out of tampons) since lunch and I knew I was going to leak soon so I had to hurry the presentation along. Since I was talking so fast my teacher made me go back and repeat every one of the pages which really didn't help time wise. I was wearing a dress and some tan nylons that day. I suddenly felt this weird sensation of liquid running down my leg, it didn't feel like I was peeing on my leg because my tights were absorbing it but it felt like water rippling. I looked down and suddenly a chorus of laughter began. Thanks a lot, Always Maxi- Pads.

Story 4: 

      This happened today to be specific! So there I was, walking along to the lunchroom, (more like running for my life because I smelled food) when suddenly I felt the Niagara Falls start up. Translation, I leaked through my tampon. I did the butt tuck, you know when you put your hands on your tush and pull your booty forward so nobody sees? I asked my friend Gabby and she was like "You're good." so I stopped butt tucking. Maybe 20 mins later (I had forgotten to change because I was so attracted to the food) I was walking outside with my boyfriend Seth and my friends. My other bestie, Amelia, had been in the bathroom. As she ran up to us a look of horror spread across her face. She casually tied her jacket around MY  waist and raised her eye brows at me. I quickly ran off to the bathroom. Now I hadn't realized that Rachael had been standing by us when that happened. Rachael is autistic and can't tell when it is or isn't a good time to say something. When I got back my boyfriend and the entire group of friends all had horrified looks on their faces. When I asked them what was wrong they simply pointed at Rachael. I of course asked her and she said in a tone that made it sound like the most logical thing in the world, "Well I figured out why you sped off like that. So when they asked me I told them that you had a feminine issue." Wow. Lovely. Thanks.