Agh, Shale you dissapoint... I thought for sure you would have a grand poetic man-to-boy tutorial on the matter...And the reason is that I think a nudist, girl or Papa, is the perfect to explain the merits and discounts of each.


I ended up doing a gawd awful drawing of how a tampon works and having to explain why a girl in his class today had a "thing" in her pants making her appear to have a protruding tail...Aye....

RedBedroom wrote:

I ended up doing a gawd awful drawing of how a tampon works and having to explain why a girl in his class today had a "thing" in her pants making her appear to have a protruding tail...Aye....

I'm sorry, but that's just too funny...now, I don't have any kids yet, and for all I know, I never will, but if I do, I think when it comes time to explain that stuff I'm just going to take the bull by the horns and be up front about it all.

Super, I can tell my son about a lot, almost everything....but this whole "cycle" stuff gives me pause...

I did not have a mom who was good at all that either ((though she was a totally awesome lady)). I literally made my own pads...TP with Scotch tape. FAIL.

RedBedroom wrote:

Super, I can tell my son about a lot, almost everything....but this whole "cycle" stuff gives me pause...

I did not have a mom who was good at all that either ((though she was a totally awesome lady)). I literally made my own pads...TP with Scotch tape. FAIL.

Again, sorry but , well my mother did not talk to me about a lot of stuff in regards to sex and the body, but she was a bit more forward than that...she made my father go to the store and buy pads until I was old enough to get down to the store by myself and pick them up.

Super, I am not going to make the guys here blush by detailing my plight, but I will say, good for you that your dad did buy you pads! I did end up having to steal my feminine hygiene products. And not because we were a poor family, just that we were a family who did not know how to have a daughter. I wasn't sure how to ask for them, and that is how it was. My parents had me late, so Mom went through the change before I started.

My son tells me that in his school, girls are rather happy to report when they start and it is all a general topic. Not sure how I feel about that.

How old are these kids?


Happy to report? Clearly nobody ever bothered to tell them about 'too much information'.

I thought the same thing in regard to TMI. They are in 6th. I told Joe that in my day, girls kept all the starting times secret from the boys.

RedBedroom wrote:

I told Joe that in my day, girls kept all the starting times secret from the boys.

I still do.

LOL..the jig is up on this end...I told him all my preferences and why. That was one awkward car ride to the Y tonight....

Oh Red - I shouldn't be laughing, but I am. You have such a way with words - lol!

On a more serious note, though, I'm sorry there was no one around to guide you. Much as it disgusted me when I learned about it all, my mom was there for me, helping my and supporting me and guiding me on what to buy.

I was lucky with my Dad, too, as he'd done a PhysEd degree and coached girls basketball for years, so while, as a 12 year old, I wasn't happy my Dad knew about "the change", a couple of years later, I was more okay with it and could tell my Dad that it was that time of month and not blush or be embarrassed.

Ha, TSJ...

Supernova wrote:

...she made my father go to the store and buy pads until I was old enough to get down to the store by myself and pick them up.

I get points for that.

And, my daughter is now obligated to go buy my Depends when I get old and incontinent, because when she was a self-conscious teen, I used to pick up her tampons for her.

Doncha hate to buy something that lets the teller and all those strangers in line know a most intimate detail about your body?

Well, unless of course you are buying Magnum condoms.

RedBedroom wrote:

...I told Joe that in my day, girls kept all the starting times secret from the boys.

My daughter had PMS. I knew a week in advance what time of month it was.

We got rid of her at 18 and it became her BF's problem (and later my gradson's)