20 Things Every Woman Understands But Doesn’t Want To Talk About
Period.
Running a “quick errand” is totally normal.
“My main thing is running to Duane Reade/CVS to buy underwear because I've forgotten my period is coming and weird stains.” -Anonymous
Accidents happen, and they're totally ok.
“Getting my period unexpectedly during sexy time and finding out by way of my bf's khaki pants. I got the stain out of them but… I was way more mortified than I should've been, considering we had been dating a couple years by then, he didn't care, and you know, it's not like I could control it.” -Anonymous
Who expects you to buy new sheets on an almost regular basis?
“My sheets have permanent blood stains on them and I'm embarrassed literally every time I get them washed but I'm also not going to BUY NEW SHEETS because I'm not made of money and also I'll probably just stain them again. Maybe that's gross though? I don't know.” -Arianna
Sex on your period is fine with a little pre-business preparation.
“I've had the good fortune of mostly dating people who don't care at all re: period sex (although of course there are certain extra steps, like putting a towel down on especially heavy days, that just make everyone's life easier in terms of cleanup).
This means that the few times I have encountered someone for whom it's a problem, it's particularly jarring. I've never been met with an out-and-out 'EW NO WAY,' but the more subtle and insidious kind of 'Oh, well, I guess that means we can't do anything/guess we'll just have to focus on *me.*' Naturally nobody should EVER have to do anything they're not comfortable with sexually, but this kind of aversion can make a pretty solid litmus test in terms of maturity/compatibility.
Tl;dr, period sex rules and you should never be ashamed of wanting/asking for/having it.” -Anonymous
