Where in the fucking hell are you supposed to keep them???

I had to hide them in my closet. Going to the bathroom during that time of the month was like a fucking CIA operation. First, the unsubtle trip to my bedroom. Then the trip to the bathroom. Then back to the bedroom with the refuse.

Oh, did I not mention that I couldn't leave the tampon wrapper in the trash? I had to sneak down in the dead of night and put it in the outside trash can like it was contraband.

Heh. My mom never had anything QUITE that crazy, but we just didn't talk about shit in our family. The setup was, "sneak occasionally into mom's bathroom, hope there are feminine products, take some out and hide in kids' bathroom, hope when you need them there will be more, if your'e lucky, the kind you like". Same with razors.

seriously, you can only store so many at a time inside your vagina

I want to tag this so bad, but that seems somehow inappropriate.

I want to tag this so bad, but that seems somehow inappropriate.

I wouldn't worry about it, my first thought was "Who'd have thought 'clown car vagina' would come up twice on this board?"

Who'd have thought it wouldn't?

What's the etiquette on Groupons and the like when you are out with a group where everybody's paying for themselves, and you tend to split the bill evenly? Do you throw in the groupon and reduce everyone's bill by $25 or whatever, and divide after that, or do you say "everyone owes $60, I have a groupon worth $50, so I owe $10"

I think that it's different from having a coupon, since you've paid for the groupon, but is it tacky?

Oy, what's with the crazy mothers? We had a household with 4 women and 2 men. Tampons and pads were stored on the shelf above the toilet IN PLAIN SIGHT. No one ever peeped. Well, at least not about having to see tampons. My dad did complain that flushing tampons down the toilet would result in a busted toilet, but it's not like he made us carry them out to the dumpster.

I clearly never said it then, but I will say it now. Thanks mom and dad.

Thanks big sis for telling me how to use the female stuff. Thanks mom for buying them for me and never making a big deal out of it. COme to think of it, that goes for birth control, too.

I think that it's different from having a coupon, since you've paid for the groupon, but is it tacky?

I think it would be a better move with a small (1-2 others) group, in a larger group it would require too much explanation and ridiculousness. Then again, in a smaller group, I'd probably be more inclined to share (at least some if not equally).

I have that box stored at the top of the wardrobe (while moving, one of my PAs tried to open it, and I moved faster than I ever have before to stop her), and tampons are stored in a covered basket in the bathroom. But since we are a female household, I don't worry too much about the second one.

somehow, I just couldn't get, "Hi, I'm Hillary, I just moved in here" to come out of my mouth, so I just said thanks a few more times and he went home.

Hil, you have empathy from me. I was driving home last night and saw my next-door neighbours getting out of their car. I slowed down to avoid having to talk to them. The Girl will probably invite them over at some point. Which is ironic, as she's less sociable than me. But I really, really don't do small talk.