The other serious boyfriend I had, was totally cool with buying Midol or pads or whatever. His mom used to send him to the grocery store for groceries all the time and that was included.
But he wasnt a great boyfriend. He had co dependency issues and as soon as I didn't need him like he needed to be needed he moved on to the 19 yr old, lesbian Russian exchange student. Well she turned 20 about the time they were spending lots of time together, he was 31 (?) I was 23 ish.
Eventually they got married, so she could stay in the country.
Unfortunatly I didn't kick him to the curb when I should have.
Don't get that...nobody's gonna think they're *his* They'll think he's a good bf. Guys? Enlighten me about this heartburn, please?
Dh graciously gets me any of my feminine hygiene needs--meds, pads, tampons. I would have actually expected him to be the type who refused, but the first time it came up, he was completely cool with it. Might have been when I fell in love.
My cramps have lessened. YAY! Still flare up when I sit down.
The boyfriend who wouldn't buy Midol was my Very Vanilla Boyfriend, we had clashes about various things at times. I know my bouts of depression and mania didn't help.
I wonder where he is now, and I'm sure if he knew enough about me he'd be shocked.
Oooof, askye. My sympathies on the crampage.
Ahem. I am now about to lose all cred I ever had. I scanned in some old photos today, and now you all can see a) my natural hair color and b) what I looked like as a cheerleader.
Here ya go.
This remains one of my favoritest pictures ever. It breaks my heart every time I see it.
Midol is something specifically for menstruation, then?
Jesus. I just don't get that degree of embarassment from an adult man. Yes, people may notice you are buying sanitary products. From this they will deduce that
you are getting laid,
because you sure as hell aren't buying them for yourself.
OTOH, sanitary products are WAY apalling for blokes in Egypt. When my flatmate was sick and hospitalised she started her period. Surprisingly enough, they didn't have any pads in the hospital. She was offered (once they'd stopped panicking and had understood that her assertion that she was bleeding from her ladyparts was NOT a reason to go into hysterics, but just because, duh, she's a girl) cotton wool. And then gauze. So I went and bought pads, and showed up around 11.30pm. By which point the hospital was closed to visitors and the front was all locked up. So I went round the back to where the ambulances go in (where she'd been admitted so excitingly some 48 hours earlier, in the middle of the night, with the whole can't-breathe-thinks-she's-dying thing, already on oxygen and a drip, fun fun fun) and stomped in purposefully. The security guys were a bit surprised by the appearance of a blonde in an arbeya (local outfit), and were all 'But, but, but it's closed, no more visiting!...' and I brandished the sanitary towels at them and announced loudly "My friend is bleeding from here" (pointing at ladyparts) "She needs these. Now."
The expressions of sheer horror on their faces were priceless. They pointed me to the elevator at once. (I got to stay for an hour or two, then, which was cool, and read her 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'.)
juliana, I love that last picture. I can see why it's special, your grandfather looked so happy to be with you.
I have no fear of sanitary thingies. I have bought them for friends before, and would gladly do so for a girlfriend as well.
I consider this one of the many signs that I am a great fucking boyfriend, dammit.
I love all the juliana pics. So hawt.
Fay, it's like maxipads were some sort of magical key...
What a wonderous land is Egypt.
When I taught Sex Ed to 8th graders, I told the boys that the more they made themselves comfortable with anything having to do with menstruation, the more chicks would love them for it. I like to think I am responsible for some fine boyfriends out there!
ION, I too am Crampy McEstrogen today. Bleagh.
Brendon never had any issue buying whatever products I needed.
Juliana! What a cutie. Fun pictures.
