
I went a year before I finally admitted defeat to my uterus.
One of the things that confused me about that wonderful coming-of-age tome "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret" was the fact that the main character and her friends all WANTED their periods. Badly. From the moment I found out that a period meant bleeding out your nethers and involved being forced to wear your choice of what amounted to a mini-diaper or a plastic bath tub stopper, I wanted nothing to do with that shit. I prayed it would never come. And when it did? Well, as the following real conversation shows, I fought it tooth and nail.
I am still toiling away on the novel, but I got a lot of new watchers and I felt guilty for not having any output. So here's something quick and messy before I leave to vacation with
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One of the things that confused me about that wonderful coming-of-age tome "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret" was the fact that the main character and her friends all WANTED their periods. Badly. From the moment I found out that a period meant bleeding out your nethers and involved being forced to wear your choice of what amounted to a mini-diaper or a plastic bath tub stopper, I wanted nothing to do with that shit. I prayed it would never come. And when it did? Well, as the following real conversation shows, I fought it tooth and nail.
I am still toiling away on the novel, but I got a lot of new watchers and I felt guilty for not having any output. So here's something quick and messy before I leave to vacation with

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I did the exact same. I told my mom I fell. On something sharp. Then for a long time I would wake up at midnight and do my laundry.
I never understood why anyone in their right mind would want a period. Unless they were scared they were pregnant. but really? The cramps? The bloatyness? The uncomfortable devices? Fuck that. I'd so rather be a dude and get hardons all the time.
I never understood why anyone in their right mind would want a period. Unless they were scared they were pregnant. but really? The cramps? The bloatyness? The uncomfortable devices? Fuck that. I'd so rather be a dude and get hardons all the time.
Yea. Being a woman means taking more asprin and midol than probably medically safe? Well then give me a beer and call my Aaron. I'll go put on some flannel, brup real loud and be a guy XD
I never understood why my mom was so excited either. Its like, she wanted to throw a damned party because my uterus decided to kick in.
I never understood why my mom was so excited either. Its like, she wanted to throw a damned party because my uterus decided to kick in.
For me, menstruation means a week of illness and crazy mood swings.
But it's also a sign of femininity, reaching womanhood, and fertility. Girls want their period because it means they're grown up and will be able to make babies. I know women who think that menstruation is beautiful.
Oh, and it's also a reassuring monthly sign that I'm not pregnant.
This made me laugh. The last panel is very well set out. And I can relate - I went about 6 months before I told my mother I'd gotten my period. And even then, it was only because she discovered it that I admitted to it I think it's kind of a shame that some women are ashamed of the fact that they menstruate.
But it's also a sign of femininity, reaching womanhood, and fertility. Girls want their period because it means they're grown up and will be able to make babies. I know women who think that menstruation is beautiful.
Oh, and it's also a reassuring monthly sign that I'm not pregnant.
This made me laugh. The last panel is very well set out. And I can relate - I went about 6 months before I told my mother I'd gotten my period. And even then, it was only because she discovered it that I admitted to it I think it's kind of a shame that some women are ashamed of the fact that they menstruate.
Damn... this was one of those things where I couldn't stop reading the comments O.o
but hey... up side... I look at your submissions...
damn, no one ever tells guys about this... maybe we would have more respect for girls while growing up... *shakes head* anyways...
I'll be over here... *leaves*
but hey... up side... I look at your submissions...
damn, no one ever tells guys about this... maybe we would have more respect for girls while growing up... *shakes head* anyways...
I'll be over here... *leaves*
When I got my first one I freeeaked out. And my mom was like HEY IF YOU PUT THESE BLOODIED UNDIES IN THE SINK AND SOAK IT IN COLD WATER THEN THE STAIN COMES OUT EASIER. Of course, being not the only one who used that bathroom, my older brother soon found out that I was on the rag, as well. Big fun for an eleven year old.
I got mine early, like three years before anyone else in my school, before the special little presentation about little girls becoming little ladies (in my school's case we had a bible thumper come in with the attitude that little girls soon become little whores). I thought I was dying from cancer, my parents were in disbelief, and my mother was absolutely unprepared. Positively unprepared. I missed an entire week of school I was in such shock.
When I got my first period, it happened while I was in bed in the middle of the night and I thought I was really sick. It actually hurt, I could feel it, and at first I thought my colon was rioting against me only not and had no idea what the fuck was going on, so I just stayed in bed, paralyzed.
The next morning when I got up and found it was my period I was all like OH THANK GOD I THOUGHT MY INSIDES WERE MELTING.
The next morning when I got up and found it was my period I was all like OH THANK GOD I THOUGHT MY INSIDES WERE MELTING.
Lol I know how much we hurt. It was my hubby who described blueballs, which can be very embarrassing I guess? I never really asked.. in depth about it. But OH GOD the craps for us women. I actually have to go to the doctor's every month because I have some weird problem thing with my period. I know it sucks Y^Y
Lol yea :3
I can't wait to get older. My family is so genetically screwed up, its already deemed that like all women on my mother's side, I'll probably have to have my gall bladder removed, I'm going blind faster than any one in my family, diabettes, high blood pressure XD
I'm wondering when ones will actually affect me, and which I'll be lucky enough to bypass.
I can't wait to get older. My family is so genetically screwed up, its already deemed that like all women on my mother's side, I'll probably have to have my gall bladder removed, I'm going blind faster than any one in my family, diabettes, high blood pressure XD
I'm wondering when ones will actually affect me, and which I'll be lucky enough to bypass.
I admit I'm a guy iRL, and never had to deal with the bloody week myself...
I worked as a custodian shortly after high school...
HOW THE HELL DOES THAT MUCH BLOOD COME OUT OF SOMEONE AND THEY LIVE ._.
While I do know the biology involved, it still perplexes me and it's been 6 years since I had to deal with that, but that question still goes through my mind when I hear talk of periods.
I know what women go through, and just am thankful I've never had to go through with it.
*Offers Pie some chocolates*
Don't think I'm not sympathetic just cause I haven't had the displeasure...
Chocolates, mydol, and bearing with the hormone shifting, know she's in pain, cause she is, and you can be the best boyfriend possible.
I worked as a custodian shortly after high school...
HOW THE HELL DOES THAT MUCH BLOOD COME OUT OF SOMEONE AND THEY LIVE ._.
While I do know the biology involved, it still perplexes me and it's been 6 years since I had to deal with that, but that question still goes through my mind when I hear talk of periods.
I know what women go through, and just am thankful I've never had to go through with it.
*Offers Pie some chocolates*
Don't think I'm not sympathetic just cause I haven't had the displeasure...
Chocolates, mydol, and bearing with the hormone shifting, know she's in pain, cause she is, and you can be the best boyfriend possible.
Yeah, no sweat! Hell, I'll buy a thong, some maxi pads and a tub of crisco at a K-Mart full of nuns, I don't give a damn. I'll get you the goddamn Costco 900 pack and carry it on my back like Atlas, bikin' it down the street on a tricycle and I DARE a motherfucker to say somethin'.
XD yet another reason I'm glad I'm a guy......yeah, the inabliity to be invited to lesbian events sucks but not bleeding once a month combined with horrible cramps and weird guys giving my chest scary looks makes up for it. Just those facts alone give me a good healthy respect for what some women have to put up with.
I still dont understand why women are always "OH MY LITTLE GIRL IS BECOMING A WOMAN! 8D" What, they dont recall themselves beign a huge bitch when they were on the rag at first and they think that they can make somebody else happy that they're BLEEDING FROM THE VAGOO?! Moms are CRAZY
It's very strange, but as a guy I had a similar experience involving shaving. For some reason I didn't want to start it when I was beginning to grow hair on my lip, despite my brother bothering me about it. Eventually he tried to shave me in my sleep, but since I woke up halfway through and refused to finish it off, I ended up with half of a pseudo-mustache for a week.
And yeah, Are You There God is a weird book. At the end, when Margaret finally gets hers, doesn't she go running out the back door yelling the good news to the boy who's mowing the lawn?
And yeah, Are You There God is a weird book. At the end, when Margaret finally gets hers, doesn't she go running out the back door yelling the good news to the boy who's mowing the lawn?
Wow, that's pretty silly, denying it like that... although I can understand why you wouldn't want it.
I'm glad I'm a guy, but nothing really bothers me, even talking about feminine stuff like this. Just as long as I don't have to see the used reminants of what comes out, I'll be fine. (My mother had the bad habit of leaving used tampons in the toilet and not flushing...)
I'm glad I'm a guy, but nothing really bothers me, even talking about feminine stuff like this. Just as long as I don't have to see the used reminants of what comes out, I'll be fine. (My mother had the bad habit of leaving used tampons in the toilet and not flushing...)
You learn to lower expectations A LOT when you work in custodial work :/
They won't read the sign that the restroom's closed, will walk around the cart... even to the point of being pushed against the door... and use the freshly sprayed urinal... until you hold the bottle of sanitizer up to them, in 2 languages, with a 1/4 page worth of warnings about what they're peeing on...
I still remember that guy... he read for a moment, his eyes went really wide, he practically forced himself to stop, washed his hands and ran... fast...
Mind you I sprayed the stuff on my hands regularly, it was harmless in the form we used on the sinks, but damn if it didn't make a beautiful scared reaction... given that the warning is generally applicable to it's concentrate form.
I have about a hundred other custodian tales, that's still my favorite.
They won't read the sign that the restroom's closed, will walk around the cart... even to the point of being pushed against the door... and use the freshly sprayed urinal... until you hold the bottle of sanitizer up to them, in 2 languages, with a 1/4 page worth of warnings about what they're peeing on...
I still remember that guy... he read for a moment, his eyes went really wide, he practically forced himself to stop, washed his hands and ran... fast...
Mind you I sprayed the stuff on my hands regularly, it was harmless in the form we used on the sinks, but damn if it didn't make a beautiful scared reaction... given that the warning is generally applicable to it's concentrate form.
I have about a hundred other custodian tales, that's still my favorite.
You're lucky... my mother would rather beleive that I was suicidal than growing up... If I had bloody underwear, I had cut myself and used the underwear as a bandage instead of just had a period. In middle/high school, my mother even talked to the counselors and got me put on the watch list for all the emo/wimpy kids who were cutters or claimed they would kill themselves, ie, I wasn't allowed to go to the bathroom by myself, weekly talks with the counselor about my 'depression', couldn't participate in the cooking part of Home ec (due to the knives).
I thought she got over it years ago and came to terms with her little girl growing up, but a few months ago I was in the hospital due to my periods (I won't go into detail; its a touchy subject) and when she came to see me, she brought cops, who she told I had a history of suicide attempts, and that I was lying to the doctors about why I was there, and got me put on suicide watch at the hospital!
I thought she got over it years ago and came to terms with her little girl growing up, but a few months ago I was in the hospital due to my periods (I won't go into detail; its a touchy subject) and when she came to see me, she brought cops, who she told I had a history of suicide attempts, and that I was lying to the doctors about why I was there, and got me put on suicide watch at the hospital!
I needed a bra by the fourth grade. Hiding them just did not work though I certainly did try. >:[
2000?? You make me feel so old.
I wish my mom and I had such a good relationship. I claimed I sat in ketchup and she wouldn't buy me some damn pads until I admitted I had BECOME A WOMAN. >8|
2000?? You make me feel so old.
I wish my mom and I had such a good relationship. I claimed I sat in ketchup and she wouldn't buy me some damn pads until I admitted I had BECOME A WOMAN. >8|
I have a strange mutation/ability to transfer pain... That is, I can feel someone else's pain (possibly lessening it) and I can cause someone else to feel my pain. I usually do it accidentally. I haven't quite figured out how to do it intentionally. Through this, I can honestly say that I'm a guy who knows what menstral pain feels like.
Regardless if you are a little boy or girl, sneaking into the bathroom to wash your undies or jammies in the sink is OF VITAL IMPORTANCE. Then you must hang it to dry somewhere WHERE NOONE WILL FIND IT.
This must be done discretely because NOONE SHALL EVER KNOW!!
Lol at 11 yr olds.
This must be done discretely because NOONE SHALL EVER KNOW!!
Lol at 11 yr olds.
Many men would like such annoying fact to be able to bear children... Well, every sex got its advantages AND linked disadvantages !
A good thing is that you've got means to stop those (momentarily or not), while we males don't have any possibility to get the other side :(
So rejoice !! ;3
A good thing is that you've got means to stop those (momentarily or not), while we males don't have any possibility to get the other side :(
So rejoice !! ;3
srsly...i was so mortified when i found out what "getting that special gift of fertility" ment//// i practically went on strike. i still bitch and moan but everyone just tells me im being stupid and to just except it but WTF, RLY...
WHY SHULD I EXCEPT BLEEDING EVERY MONTH FOR A WEEK FOR ANOTHER 30YEARS THEN MENOPAUSE! ALL THESE HORMONES ARE OUT TO GET ME >.>
GODAMNIT ALL XD
WHY SHULD I EXCEPT BLEEDING EVERY MONTH FOR A WEEK FOR ANOTHER 30YEARS THEN MENOPAUSE! ALL THESE HORMONES ARE OUT TO GET ME >.>
GODAMNIT ALL XD
Ok omg this is WIN
wow a hole year Jeeze! How the hell did you manage to do that?! XD
I was VERY sheltered and my mom never told me anything, cause it was "icky" and she's a hardcore Christian > . <
so my first time was like this
me: My tummy hurts.....I gotta go to the bathroom *goes to BR*..........*promptly screams bloody murder*
dad: OMG WTF?!? *rushes in*
me: OMG WTF I'M DYING FROM THE INSIDE!! OH GOD HELP ME!! I DON'T WANNA DIE!!!
dad:..............ohshi---- *closes door get's mom*
mom: Oh my...ok talk time, you aren't dying it's just blahblah *insert period talk*
me:..........*cries more due to horrible realization*
wow a hole year Jeeze! How the hell did you manage to do that?! XD
I was VERY sheltered and my mom never told me anything, cause it was "icky" and she's a hardcore Christian > . <
so my first time was like this
me: My tummy hurts.....I gotta go to the bathroom *goes to BR*..........*promptly screams bloody murder*
dad: OMG WTF?!? *rushes in*
me: OMG WTF I'M DYING FROM THE INSIDE!! OH GOD HELP ME!! I DON'T WANNA DIE!!!
dad:..............ohshi---- *closes door get's mom*
mom: Oh my...ok talk time, you aren't dying it's just blahblah *insert period talk*
me:..........*cries more due to horrible realization*
I got the first talk quite awhile before it ever happened.
I remember once a boy I liked in 6th grade....we were at this outdoors camping trip (fun shit you do in colorado yeah.) and he was all, "I BET YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR PERIOD LOLOLOLOL." I didn't know if I should be offended because I had gotten it and I didn't want it or if he was implying that I wasn't a woman. So I just said, "ER UHM SHUT UP TRACY"
You would think he would've noticed my budding breasts. GOD THOSE THINGS. D cups in 7th grade SKDFHLSHFLKSD
I remember once a boy I liked in 6th grade....we were at this outdoors camping trip (fun shit you do in colorado yeah.) and he was all, "I BET YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR PERIOD LOLOLOLOL." I didn't know if I should be offended because I had gotten it and I didn't want it or if he was implying that I wasn't a woman. So I just said, "ER UHM SHUT UP TRACY"
You would think he would've noticed my budding breasts. GOD THOSE THINGS. D cups in 7th grade SKDFHLSHFLKSD
THAT'S what that book was about? Glad I never read it.
I was 13 when I got it... was out getting icecream, was happy, went into the bathroom, saw my crotch was bleeding, was unhappy. I get the wort stomache aches during that time. Pepto Bismol and Asprin become my best fiends.
I don't even want kids... why can't I just rip the whole thing out in protest
I was 13 when I got it... was out getting icecream, was happy, went into the bathroom, saw my crotch was bleeding, was unhappy. I get the wort stomache aches during that time. Pepto Bismol and Asprin become my best fiends.
I don't even want kids... why can't I just rip the whole thing out in protest
Gah, same here. Instead of washing my underwear I just threw them away. Then mom didn't know why I had no underpants left. Hmmm...
When I was younger my periods were pretty pathetic. Never painful, very light.
Now it's like OMG I'M DYING RAWR I HATE YOU HAHAHAHAHAHA! *SOB!*
Plz make them stop. I don't want kids. D:
When I was younger my periods were pretty pathetic. Never painful, very light.
Now it's like OMG I'M DYING RAWR I HATE YOU HAHAHAHAHAHA! *SOB!*
Plz make them stop. I don't want kids. D:
Well I didn't really had a problem with my period, made me somehow feel proud and adult ;) I really don't think it's that bad or annoying.
But even though I can't realy identify with you in that comic I really like it ^^ I can literally hear her screaming the "YES!", it's ringing in my ears. AWESOME!
But even though I can't realy identify with you in that comic I really like it ^^ I can literally hear her screaming the "YES!", it's ringing in my ears. AWESOME!
oh dear fuckin God...
What irony that I happen to see this little gem now of all times! My first ex-wife had the pleasure of calling me at work to inform me that my daughter is "growing up" D8<
I mean she's only 10! Why's she got to be ahead of the curve in everything?!
What irony that I happen to see this little gem now of all times! My first ex-wife had the pleasure of calling me at work to inform me that my daughter is "growing up" D8<
I mean she's only 10! Why's she got to be ahead of the curve in everything?!
HA. I never paid much attention to the sex ed. classes... it embarrassed me. SO. I started mine when I was 13, I knew of the horrible period. BUT...
I was so disappointed when I found out that it occurs once every month. HEH.
OH. SHI. I'm due to start this week too. FUCK.
:C
I was so disappointed when I found out that it occurs once every month. HEH.
OH. SHI. I'm due to start this week too. FUCK.
:C
*throws my first time story on the pile*
I was ten years old. Spending an afternoon with my dad in San Francisco. Good times all around till we're somewhere near the Metreon and I go to the bathroom like D8!!! Luckily I knew what the little vending machine things in the bathroom were for, so I sat there for like five minutes fiddling through my pockets for spare change, hoping to god that I put my quarter in the pad slot (tampons scare the fuck out of me, and they never clearly label those things so it's like a fuckin' gamble every time you use one) when this nice old lady came up to me. She asked if I had just gotten my period, and I just kinda made a deer-in-the-headlights face and nodded. She bought me a pad, made sure I knew that I knew how to use it, and, in accordance to my begging, didn't tell my dad who was waiting outside xD;
All the more reason I love San Francisco x3
I was ten years old. Spending an afternoon with my dad in San Francisco. Good times all around till we're somewhere near the Metreon and I go to the bathroom like D8!!! Luckily I knew what the little vending machine things in the bathroom were for, so I sat there for like five minutes fiddling through my pockets for spare change, hoping to god that I put my quarter in the pad slot (tampons scare the fuck out of me, and they never clearly label those things so it's like a fuckin' gamble every time you use one) when this nice old lady came up to me. She asked if I had just gotten my period, and I just kinda made a deer-in-the-headlights face and nodded. She bought me a pad, made sure I knew that I knew how to use it, and, in accordance to my begging, didn't tell my dad who was waiting outside xD;
All the more reason I love San Francisco x3
Judy Blume's books always struck me as preach and uninvolving even when I was in the target age group. I've never once met -any- kids who were helped out by reading her oh-so-important books, nor who actually felt like her characters did.
I think she's one of those writers who use "OMG, Controversy!" as a crutch to hide the fact that they really are pretty average.
I think she's one of those writers who use "OMG, Controversy!" as a crutch to hide the fact that they really are pretty average.
I always found it interesting that they separated us for this talk at school like the boys should never know of periods and we would never know of erections... I never got a chance to hide it from my mom cause it decided to torment me at Six Flags Marine World after we got off a ride. No womanhood hooha for me.
Oh god. I got mine halfway through 7th grade, and thankfully I knew what it was already (most of my friends had already gotten it) so I didn't freak out much. Just told my mom, got some pads (tampons terrify me D:), and went on to walk funny for a few days. xD The awkward part was when my mom started crying and told me I could pick dinner that night. "MAY BABY IS BECOMING A WOMAN ;W; YOU CAN PICK DINNER TONIGHT." ...yeah, it was weird. I still joke about that with my boyfriend haha xD
I hate it now, though. .__.; I get REALLY bad cramps with my period so I've had to leave school early a few times because of it. Thankfully the school nurses consider it "illness" so no unexcused absences, and my boyfriend gives good back massages. |D Thank god.
I hate it now, though. .__.; I get REALLY bad cramps with my period so I've had to leave school early a few times because of it. Thankfully the school nurses consider it "illness" so no unexcused absences, and my boyfriend gives good back massages. |D Thank god.
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