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CherryCola posted:I'm sorry I haven't read the whole thread so this may have come up before. But my PMS has been getting like...weirder? for the past couple years. Like I've started to actually get low-grade fevers a day or two before my period starts and I feel like general rear end-garbage. Also, I didn't learn until like a year ago that the heaviness of my flow is actually greater than normal. I'm also glad this thread is here. Hooray for normalizing periods! Have you changed birth control methods in the past few years or are you on any kind of medication? All kinds of poo poo can have an effect, even if it isn't directly related to your reproductive system.
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Ralph Crammed In posted:I'm also glad this thread is here. Hooray for normalizing periods! I haven't been on any birth control medication in yeaaaaaaars because I don't respond well to them. The only one that didn't make me a crazy person was also the kind that gave people deadly blood clots. Womp. The only real change, I guess, is that I l moved to Florida...which could gently caress anyone up.
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I miss you, Depo-Provera.
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Omg does the thread title come from my post? I'm so honored 
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YeahTubaMike posted:Omg does the thread title come from my post? I'm so honored It's how I imagine it now. Namaste. I'm sorry teen witch, I liked it GRINDCORE MEGGIDO fucked around with this message at 21:00 on Aug 11, 2020 |
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snergle posted:hey thanks. I'm sure they will and do (not readily), but I'm also quite sure I can't afford it here in the land of the free. Also I haven't ever bothered to go to a doctor about any of my gender stuff and I'm quite sure you need like letters from a different doctor or something before they'll do it? I'm still in baby makin' years so I imagine any doctor is going to give me the ol' "ARE YOU SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUURE WHAT DOES YOUR HUSBAND THINK" dance My SIL had really bad endo and they still made her jump through a million loving hoops to get a hysterectomy. She's doing way better now though!
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Baller Time posted:Can you crystallize your menstrual fluids? Asking for a friend on Craig's List You could absolutely dehydrate it and mix it into resin
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Menstrual cramps are one thing. pre-menstrual cramps are just loving unfair. oh god why do I WFH with a standing desk when will it loving land aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh MY TRACKER SAYS FIVE DAYS BUT PLEASE GOD NO
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Now that I’m off birth control, I have been spotting a few days before my period and it’s annoying the gently caress out of me. How long is it supposed to take for my body to rebalance itself? Is this my new normal?
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Aug 12, 2020 15:10
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o there she is Tryin' out the fake Thinx! I was so hype I came running out of the bathroom yelling THAR SHE BLOWS so I really hope these things don't give me a rash or something.
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I think my least favorite part of periods is like the last day or 2 when it's all black and chunky coming out. I'm experiencing that right now and let me tell you, I don't like it one bit! Edit: i used to be on lo loestrin and it made me not have periods. It was awesome and I want to get back on it but i had an abnormal pap smear so i have to have further testing before they will give me any borth control.
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Aug 12, 2020 15:26
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I have a friend who smuggles snacks into the movies by cramming her ample purse full of candy and then sprinkling tampons over the top the person checking for smuggled food is invariably a teen boy who will freak out at the sight of tampons and not check any further
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Aug 12, 2020 15:34
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Male tampon fear is pretty funny stuff. Maybe I've just been married too long but why would you be afraid of what is for all intents and purposes a vaginal cotton-ball?
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Aug 12, 2020 15:46
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I had to ask my dad to buy me pads once. He bought me adult diapers. Daddy drinks btw. I never asked again.
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Men are fart, op
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Fleta Mcgurn posted:I had to ask my dad to buy me pads once. He bought me adult diapers. Daddy drinks btw. I never asked again.  
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Fleta Mcgurn posted:I had to ask my dad to buy me pads once. He bought me adult diapers. Daddy drinks btw. I never asked again. Mine got me incontinence pads. They worked, I guess, but yeah, never asked again.
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Empty Sandwich posted:I have a friend who smuggles snacks into the movies by cramming her ample purse full of candy and then sprinkling tampons over the top I used to carefully remove the paper and then replace the tampon with tiny bags of coke, shrooms, and tabs of acid (yes, I was a "drug runner" as a teen) and then just as carefully glue the paper back together. Not easy, so it was a good thing I took a lot of speed and had hyper-concentration. Very effective. xcheopis fucked around with this message at 16:05 on Aug 12, 2020 |
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Empty Sandwich posted:I have a friend who smuggles snacks into the movies by cramming her ample purse full of candy and then sprinkling tampons over the top Similarly when shopping, if you put a big ol pack of security tagged condoms/a sex toy on the top of a shopping bag, when the detector thing beeps the security guy will most likely repel away from you at light speed without checking your receipt/items when you open the bag. When this happens I’m like drat I shoulda shoplifted something for real to make that awkward moment worth it Fleta Mcgurn posted:I had to ask my dad to buy me pads once. He bought me adult diapers. Daddy drinks btw. I never asked again. 
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Fleta Mcgurn posted:o there she is While you probably wouldn't want to wear them out and about because they are bulky, they are aces for overnight protection. A few years back I got tired of occasionally having to deal with a blood spot on the sheets first thing in the morning and said gently caress it, depends it is. Works great, haven't had a night time leak since.
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Literally A Person posted:Male tampon fear is pretty funny stuff. Maybe I've just been married too long but why would you be afraid of what is for all intents and purposes a vaginal cotton-ball? My first boyfriend was a biker who was surprisingly ok with occasionally buying tampons for me. One of the few men I've dated who were definitely secure in their masculinity.
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xcheopis posted:My first boyfriend was a biker who was surprisingly ok with occasionally buying tampons for me. One of the few men I've dated who were definitely secure in their masculinity. I mean, do you really have to be secure in your masculinity to purchase a 'pon? Does the penis wilt so when in proximity to WOMEN'S sterile cotton? I think it's just dudes being lazy fucks and using any excuse possible to just not help out.
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I think it's the implication that they are buying the tampons for their own bleeding vaginas and that's embarrassing/emasculating.
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Literally A Person posted:I mean, do you really have to be secure in your masculinity to purchase a 'pon? Does the penis wilt so when in proximity to WOMEN'S sterile cotton? I think it's just dudes being lazy fucks and using any excuse possible to just not help out. I think a lot of men subconsciously believe menstruation is somehow infectious and if they so much as walk down the feminine hygiene aisle, then they'll suddenly become a guuuurl and start bleeding all over the place. No, really, I've encountered guys so insecure they would not walk down that aisle at the store. loving bizarre.
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Literally A Person posted:I mean, do you really have to be secure in your masculinity to purchase a 'pon? Does the penis wilt so when in proximity to WOMEN'S sterile cotton? I think it's just dudes being lazy fucks and using any excuse possible to just not help out. I'm sure for some that's a reason. but no, most men are just stupid, embarrassed morons when it comes to buying tampons for us
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it ok fam, dad is cool, he just went through a long "gently caress this world" phase when I was a teenager. probably my fault.
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Waterbed Wendy posted:I think it's the implication that they are buying the tampons for their own bleeding vaginas and that's embarrassing/emasculating. xcheopis posted:I think a lot of men subconsciously believe menstruation is somehow infectious and if they so much as walk down the feminine hygiene aisle, then they'll suddenly become a guuuurl and start bleeding all over the place.  Welp, I got a good laugh this morning.
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My dad asked for an empty tampon box to take with him... this was before the age of cell phones, and that man was not going to screw up. I love my dad 
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I think that's it, yeah. or the idea of blood coming out of what they think of only as sexy parts. or the general inscrutable mystery of women having bodily functions at all I was buying tampons for my gf once and an older country lady nudged her daughter or granddaughter and said "Now there's a real man." I told her I wasn't afraid of cotton.  I'd say "and then everybody stood up and clapped," but the bar really is that loving low
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I never got asked to buy tamps for any of my partners  . Applicators: cardboard vs plastic? My wife says the cardboard ones uh... stick.
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just lol if you aren't a vampire. god gave me fangs for a reason.
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Crusty Nutsack posted:I'm sure for some that's a reason. but no, most men are just stupid, embarrassed morons when it comes to buying tampons for us Guys doing the shopping also have the problem of facing a huge wall of products they don't understand. Does the range of tampons from "slim" to "super plus" refer to vagina size?  When it comes to pads, thicker is better, right? Those thin ones don't look like they can hold much at all, now the super thick overnight incontinence pads, those look dependable! Should you get the ones that come in jazzy brightly coloured boxes, or subtle medical looking things like what your old mum used to have? What's the deal with wings and walls? And if they get it wrong the lady may be insulted somehow. Or just shake her head and give you the look. I feel for them. I get decision paralysis in the yogurt aisle.
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Facebook Aunt posted:Guys doing the shopping also have the problem of facing a huge wall of products they don't understand. Does the range of tampons from "slim" to "super plus" refer to vagina size? If you're buying tampons for your partner I would hope that you have seen the box at least once or twice...
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Samuel L. Hacksaw posted:I never got asked to buy tamps for any of my partners Depends on what the lady values. Plastic ones are more comfortable. Cardboard ones are better for the environment. There are also ones with no applicator at all where you wedge the cotton up there with your finger, which is obviously even better for the environment but a surprising number of ladies are freaked out by them.
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Like, I mean, I'm not really that good at "brand recognition" but motherfucker I know that tampax makes a box of assorted absorbency with cardboard applicators.
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Facebook Aunt posted:Guys doing the shopping also have the problem of facing a huge wall of products they don't understand. Does the range of tampons from "slim" to "super plus" refer to vagina size? good point. I walk back my flippant "stupid" claim
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I was the idiot bf who got embarrassed by it. It wasn't the analysis paralysis (I just took the name of what brand/size she preferred) but the social stigma attached to it here. Men are just 'not supposed to go into that aisle unless they're buying baby wipes' or so I thought. My gf was even more embarrassed asking about than I was buying it though, so it's definitely cultural.
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The yogurt aisle is some bullshit these days. When I was a kid there was plain, fruit on the bottom or fruit mixed in, and maybe 2 or 3 brands, and like 4 different fruits. Now there's fat free. Sugar free. Reduced fat. No sugar added. Full fat. 11% fat, what the gently caress, that's just sour cream. Extra thick. Extra runny. Probiotic yogurt. Prebiotic yogurt. Gluten free, why was there gluten? Organic. Vegan (what??). 20 different brands. A wild array of fruits. Plus some things that aren't even fruit, like coconut or vanilla flavor. The yogurt aisle is a loving minefield these days.
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Facebook Aunt posted:Guys doing the shopping also have the problem of facing a huge wall of products they don't understand. Does the range of tampons from "slim" to "super plus" refer to vagina size? This was definitely not true until relatively recently, though. And I always tell them exactly what to buy, so no excuse there, either.
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xcheopis posted:This was definitely not true until relatively recently, though. And I always tell them exactly what to buy, so no excuse there, either. Yeah, they do have the advantage that someone can just tell them what to get. I was mostly riffing on my half-remembered shopping experiences when I was 11-15 and not at all sure what I should buy for myself.
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