Ugh, as I was raised by my dad it was BAD. I got mine in 8th grade maybe? I wasn't 'allowed' to wear a tampon because he said guys wouldn't think I was a virgin when I got married. Wat?
"In the old days my ass would be in your back yard picking cotton, so excuse me if I don't put much stock in how f*cking awesome the old days were." -Nuggs
I remember being in a bathroom stall in 5th grade and overhearing a couple girls making fun of a classmate who had a tampon in her purse. I was mortified because I think I was using them by then as well.
In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_there-nightime-thread-not-here?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:53295b77-df5c-44cd-9517-9a5cd0a29161Post:2e6cd38d-3200-4d00-ae88-19bbfb682b27">Re: Is there a nightime thread? If not, here it is!!</a>: [QUOTE]Yay MT! (Can I call you that?) I remember being in a bathroom stall in 5th grade and overhearing a couple girls making fun of a classmate who had a tampon in her purse. I was mortified because I think I was using them by then as well. Posted by Birdie1483[/QUOTE] Aw that is horrible :(
Robby James born 2.24.12 @ 23 weeks due to preterm labor
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The first time I used a tampon (when I wasn't allowed to), I put the whole thing in there. I had no idea you were supposed to take the applicator out. I didn't have anyone to ask and I couldn't understand the directions.
"In the old days my ass would be in your back yard picking cotton, so excuse me if I don't put much stock in how f*cking awesome the old days were." -Nuggs
Loopy I need a new one too. I'd prefer a bullet though. The vibrator I have is too big and uncomfortable. I bought it with an ex and it came with a bullet. I always preferred those over virbrators anyway. (Will that get the prude knotties up in arms?)
In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_there-nightime-thread-not-here?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:53295b77-df5c-44cd-9517-9a5cd0a29161Post:dee288f3-d131-4e13-9dfc-5be54bd8f720">Re: Is there a nightime thread? If not, here it is!!</a>: [QUOTE]The first time I used a tampon (when I wasn't allowed to), I put the whole thing in there. I had no idea you were supposed to take the applicator out. I didn't have anyone to ask and I couldn't understand the directions. Posted by louisvillebride21[/QUOTE]
<div>ME TOO!! Damn confusing instructions. And it was hurting so much and I called my mom and work and she had to explain to me over the phone, haha.</div>
Nope. Glad I figured it. It turned me off them for awhile!
"In the old days my ass would be in your back yard picking cotton, so excuse me if I don't put much stock in how f*cking awesome the old days were." -Nuggs
I don't remember what my mom told me about tampons/pads. At one point (before I started) she showed me where she kept stuff in her bathroom. But there wasn't any instruction involved in that that I remember. I swam competitively year round, so I had to use tampons right away. I remember reading the directions in the bathroom alone and being kind of "huh???" about how that was supposed to work. I hope H and I can be more open about it with our kids when the time comes.
In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_there-nightime-thread-not-here?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:53295b77-df5c-44cd-9517-9a5cd0a29161Post:6206c9d4-4312-4700-a913-f84d81641f8f">Re: Is there a nightime thread? If not, here it is!!</a>: [QUOTE]In Response to Re: Is there a nightime thread? If not, here it is!! : ME TOO!! Damn confusing instructions. And it was hurting so much and I called my mom and work and she had to explain to me over the phone, haha. Posted by mixtapehearts[/QUOTE] I will be SHOWING my daughter. I mean, not with my real vag. But how the process works. That shiit sucked.
"In the old days my ass would be in your back yard picking cotton, so excuse me if I don't put much stock in how f*cking awesome the old days were." -Nuggs
In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_there-nightime-thread-not-here?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:53295b77-df5c-44cd-9517-9a5cd0a29161Post:8a93cb9c-9ca7-4175-8c0e-6272082d059b">Re: Is there a nightime thread? If not, here it is!!</a>: [QUOTE]Loopy-Rabbit. That's all I need to say about that Posted by Jill9288[/QUOTE] Dear God no. With the beads? And the ears? And the hte...too much!
"In the old days my ass would be in your back yard picking cotton, so excuse me if I don't put much stock in how f*cking awesome the old days were." -Nuggs
In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_there-nightime-thread-not-here?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:53295b77-df5c-44cd-9517-9a5cd0a29161Post:d9667a6b-67a1-4779-a997-813775e183c6">Re: Is there a nightime thread? If not, here it is!!</a>: [QUOTE]I don't own any type of vibrator or anything like that. I feel like I'm missing out... Posted by mixtapehearts[/QUOTE] You are totally missing out. I use mine every.single.night. Best way to get a good nights sleep!
"In the old days my ass would be in your back yard picking cotton, so excuse me if I don't put much stock in how f*cking awesome the old days were." -Nuggs
In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_there-nightime-thread-not-here?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:53295b77-df5c-44cd-9517-9a5cd0a29161Post:18e821ad-bf06-469c-8946-5b702c6742ef">Re: Is there a nightime thread? If not, here it is!!</a>: [QUOTE]At least the convo was profitable, LVB! MK - this may be a stupid question but were you surprised about your dad? Posted by LDYGTR13[/QUOTE]
Not "really". But understand that we had been living with him and his then partner (the guy I refer to as my step dad) since I was about 8 or 9. When my mom's MS got bad and she had to stay in a nursing home full time we moved in with him and my SD. They were togther for 15 years. I was so young that at first my SD was "someone to help dad pay the bills" because he was now essentially a single parent.
I don't think there ever was a flat out conversation where he came out to us, we just kind of figured it out. Especially once he gave up his room in the house for me to sleep in and he starting sleeping in my SD's room.
Kind of funny story though: I apparently outed my dad to our mom and didn't even know it, I was talking about the new house we were moving into and I said, "There's a room for the younger girls, a room for the older girls, a room for the boys, and a room for Dad and SD." (SD had three kids of his own, but the mom had majority custody). That's when my mom figured it out.
I did ask him once if he married my mom because he thought it was the "right thing to do, " or "would change him". He knew since high school he was gay, but he said my mother was the only woman he ever loved. Eventually he couldn't keep holding back who he was so they separated when I was about 5.
I don't know what I would have done if my mom hadn't shown me.. I started right before summer and I loved to swim. I had to start using them right away. My mom is really open with sex and everything though so she was so great!
Robby James born 2.24.12 @ 23 weeks due to preterm labor
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Re: Is there a nightime thread? If not, here it is!!
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I remember being in a bathroom stall in 5th grade and overhearing a couple girls making fun of a classmate who had a tampon in her purse. I was mortified because I think I was using them by then as well.
[QUOTE]Yay MT! (Can I call you that?) I remember being in a bathroom stall in 5th grade and overhearing a couple girls making fun of a classmate who had a tampon in her purse. I was mortified because I think I was using them by then as well.
Posted by Birdie1483[/QUOTE]
Aw that is horrible :(
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[QUOTE]The first time I used a tampon (when I wasn't allowed to), I put the whole thing in there. I had no idea you were supposed to take the applicator out. I didn't have anyone to ask and I couldn't understand the directions.
Posted by louisvillebride21[/QUOTE]
<div>ME TOO!! Damn confusing instructions. And it was hurting so much and I called my mom and work and she had to explain to me over the phone, haha.</div>
Remembering Robby
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Is there a nightime thread? If not, here it is!! : ME TOO!! Damn confusing instructions. And it was hurting so much and I called my mom and work and she had to explain to me over the phone, haha.
Posted by mixtapehearts[/QUOTE]
I will be SHOWING my daughter. I mean, not with my real vag. But how the process works. That shiit sucked.
[QUOTE]Loopy-Rabbit. That's all I need to say about that
Posted by Jill9288[/QUOTE]
Dear God no. With the beads? And the ears? And the hte...too much!
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[QUOTE]I don't own any type of vibrator or anything like that. I feel like I'm missing out...
Posted by mixtapehearts[/QUOTE]
You are totally missing out. I use mine every.single.night. Best way to get a good nights sleep!
[QUOTE]At least the convo was profitable, LVB! MK - this may be a stupid question but were you surprised about your dad?
Posted by LDYGTR13[/QUOTE]
Not "really". But understand that we had been living with him and his then partner (the guy I refer to as my step dad) since I was about 8 or 9. When my mom's MS got bad and she had to stay in a nursing home full time we moved in with him and my SD. They were togther for 15 years. I was so young that at first my SD was "someone to help dad pay the bills" because he was now essentially a single parent.
I don't think there ever was a flat out conversation where he came out to us, we just kind of figured it out. Especially once he gave up his room in the house for me to sleep in and he starting sleeping in my SD's room.
Kind of funny story though: I apparently outed my dad to our mom and didn't even know it, I was talking about the new house we were moving into and I said, "There's a room for the younger girls, a room for the older girls, a room for the boys, and a room for Dad and SD." (SD had three kids of his own, but the mom had majority custody). That's when my mom figured it out.
I did ask him once if he married my mom because he thought it was the "right thing to do, " or "would change him". He knew since high school he was gay, but he said my mother was the only woman he ever loved. Eventually he couldn't keep holding back who he was so they separated when I was about 5.
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/120923244.html
I know this is nothing really serious but they don't happen here that often so its kinda unnerving to see it so close to home.
I started right before summer and I loved to swim. I had to start using them right away. My mom is really open with sex and everything though so she was so great!
Remembering Robby