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.
Is it wrong for me to have thought of the Cordettes with the cheerleaders and red convertable (convertablo) picture? Nice pics, btw.
No cramps, but Aleve and Pepsi are just barely keeping the migraine and sore neck at bay. This is certainly a bleh sort of day. I'm supposed to go to a going away party in about three hours. Currently, I have no desire to do so. It's theoretically possible that might change.
Is it wrong for me to have thought of the Cordettes with the cheerleaders and red convertable (convertablo) picture? Nice pics, btw.
No d, it's not wrong. The colors are similar to the Sunnydale Razorbacks' colors.
juiliana, I had a few cheerleader friends, even though I wasn't one (well I was when I was wee, for Pop Warner football, but never in High School or Jr. High). You don't lose any cred. You were cute cute cute.
I love the picture of you and your grandfather.
Is it wrong for me to have thought of the Cordettes with the cheerleaders and red convertable (convertablo) picture?
Not wrong - the 3 senior girls (the one driving and then the 2 in the middle) were as bitchy as any Cordette. The redhead next to me is the one who talked me into trying out.
Thanks, guys. I just felt the need to scan in my favorites before something happens.
