when my father poked his head around the corner and yelled "period! period! period!" I cracked up.
Awww, man, that's genius.
::knuckle bumps Vortex's Dad::
There are cockroaches in Mexico big enough to own property.
Cordelia ,'Lessons'
Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
DavidS - Sep 14, 2009 7:34:00 pm PDT #23087 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
javachik - Sep 14, 2009 7:35:13 pm PDT #23088 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
In another of the "java's mother was crazy" (and not the fun kind of crazy)stories, notice of MY first period was included in a Christmas letter that went out to 100+ people.
I wish I were making that up.
Vortex - Sep 14, 2009 7:35:27 pm PDT #23089 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I love that story, Vortex.
very well may be my favorite dad story of all time. and I have a lot of good ones :)
StuntHusband - Sep 14, 2009 7:36:01 pm PDT #23090 of 30000
Electromagnetic candy! - Stark
I wish I were making that up.
Oh, dear.
Pix - Sep 14, 2009 7:44:18 pm PDT #23091 of 30000
The status is NOT quo.
Java, that's horrifying.
Ok, random change of topic. I just got this question from a friend and don't know the answer:
Do you remember, and I'm paraphrasing, the author who said that one should look for a partner in life with whom one shares conversation, because conversation is the only thing one may have when one is old? And can you direct me to the quote?
Anyone know?
erikaj - Sep 14, 2009 7:46:43 pm PDT #23092 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
No, I think that would be nice, Cindy. Just don't talk about fertility rituals and shit. A special acknowledgement is nice...I wish my mother had done a bit more. Not cake more, but my mother is a major stoic and not much for rituals and Emoting.
Hil R. - Sep 14, 2009 7:48:23 pm PDT #23093 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I found "Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation..." from Oscar Wilde. [link]
Hil R. - Sep 14, 2009 7:49:32 pm PDT #23094 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Heh. The full Oscar Wilde quote:
"Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation, and conversation must have a common basis, and between two people of widely different culture the only common basis possible is the lowest level."
[link] Probably not what you were looking for.
P.M. Marc - Sep 14, 2009 7:51:25 pm PDT #23095 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Man, Vortex, your dad was so cool.
I, for reasons unknown to me, dutifully kept things secret (there was a stash of pre-menopause pads and tampons in the basement that lasted a few months) until I had to request a purchase of pads be made.
It didn't occur to me until I was well into my 20s that there was anything abnormal about my cycle (where 35 days was a short cycle, and sometimes, I could go a few months). I clearly needed to talk about my period more.
Topic!Cindy - Sep 14, 2009 7:56:58 pm PDT #23096 of 30000
What is even happening?
Mine averages about 22 days. STILL.