Stole from ML: Puberty

[creamsiclechica]

Okay I know we talked about when we all got our periods before, but their thread has like horrific stories about what happened when you got it, or boobs, or all puberty related things.

I'm dying laughing, being a girl is humiliating!  I have a few.  We used to go to this campground in NJ every summer when I was kid.  And like tons of my family members, aunts, uncles, even my grandparents had a place there too.  We started going when I was like 2, every weekend, without fail.  The summer I got my period (age 12), the first weekend after, my grandmother had told EVERYONE.  I mean, the whole damn place, even the kids I was friends with.  So all the old people kept coming up to try and hug me and say "Welcome to womanhood!" and when I got in the pool, one of the boys my age jumped out disgusted and yelled, "I thought you couldn't swim with that period thing!"

And, boob related, I never really had much, but in the 6th grade, I needed at least something for the little bits I had and my mom refused to buy me any bras.  I was taunted mercilessly, so when I came home crying, she eventually took me.  Well, she bought me these ridiculous padded, cheap bras.  The first time she washed them, the padding got all lumpy inside, and wouldn't straighten out.  I got accused of stuffing my bra for YEARS because of those horrible things. 

Tell me yours!

[kkfeb04]

My mom never NEVER talked to me about puberty. NEVER. She found my stash of pads when I was 17 and asked "when the hell did I start using these", I informed her for the past 5 years and you should thank my brother (6 years old than I) who bought them for me. I then told her there was a reason I took odd jobs since I was 12.

This woman tried to give me the sex talk 3 weeks before I got married at 23...I was living with DH since I was 19... She also thought that we slept in separate rooms in our one bedroom apt.

[ruby412]

Oh my gosh, Cream! That is horrible that everyone knew you got your period. How embarrassing!!

My worst puberty story happened when I was in middle school. I didn't have any pockets, so I had to store my junior tampon in my sweatshirt sleeve. Well, of course, at some point during the day it fell out and this boy found them. He brought them up to our teacher during Social Studies and asked what it was in front of the whole class! I was mortified! (Classic "Why Me?" ending to my story a la Teen magazine.)

Looking back on it, no one probably even knew they were mine... minus my extremely red embarrassed face.

[thedahliharpa]

I was about 13 and wearing a tank top. I was with my stepmom and the mom/neighbor across the street. My stepmom suddenly lifted my arm and said "whoa! Is that there hair under there!!". I ran crying into the house and didn't come out of my room until the next day. Looking back I think my stepmom was probably drunk.

[browneyedhunni85]

I developed very early and started my periods when I was in third grade (either 8 or 9). My mom worked nights and I woke up that morning and had to tell my dad. There were always pads in the bathroom because of mom and he told me to put one of those on and wait until my mom was home. I got to stay out of school that day and remember eating chicfila for the first time for lunch that day. My mom had to tell all of my aunts. A few of my dad's sisters were around the same age when they started. I remember those pads being g so damn huge. I wasn't allowed to wear tampons. My first tampon experience was in Destin, Florida and I remember getting so irritated with my mom that one of my older cousins had to cones into the bathroom with me and show me how to stand comfortably. Talk about embarrassing.

Most girls in thirds grade did not have a period so therefore there weren't any personal hygiene reciprocals in the stalls. I toted one of those tiny backpack purses that use to be cool and I had to put my soiled pad (wrapped up) in the bag so the other girls wouldn't know. After everyone left I was able to discreetly throw it away.

[imimahoney]

I got my period on Christmas day. Every.single.store was closed so my dad (who I made get me pads) couldn't find one opened. I had to use tissue the entire day and it was the most disgusting and embarrassing moment of my life.

[kkfeb04]

Apr 27, 2013 13:41:32 GMT -5 thedahliharpa said:

I was about 13 and wearing a tank top. I was with my stepmom and the mom/neighbor across the street. My stepmom suddenly lifted my arm and said "whoa! Is that there hair under there!!". I ran crying into the house and didn't come out of my room until the next day. Looking back I think my stepmom was probably drunk.

Ooh I have a story like this only it involved 7th grade gym class. I didn't realize women were supposed to shave. I have dark hair.......  

Yeah, I hated middle school.  At least, one of my friends got her period at 9 and was able to give me the ins and outs of everything. Her mom was cool too and taught me how to shave.

[helicase]

I got my first period during the night (thank goodness). My mom was very nice about giving me pads, cleaning up the next morning. She drove me to school (7th grade) a little late that day and proceeded to walk me to class, pull my teacher aside (interrupting the lesson) and told my teacher what had happened. I don't think any of my classmates heard, but I was mortified that even my teacher knew.

[katfco]

My period was pretty uneventful, but I had the opposite problem as Cream with bras. I started needing one in fifth grade, but they were visible through my shirts so I got teased for wearing one. I refused to wear one until finally in sixth grade my mom told me I really had to start wearing them. I was always so self-conscious until I realized most of the girls were wearing them.

[Deleted]

I started wearing a bra before I needed to, but because we changed in PE I didn't want to be topless in the dressing room in 6 th grade. This reminds me, in 6th grade in sex Ed the teacher said if we had questions that we didn't want to say out loud, we could write them down. So I asked anonymously what oral sex was, I really had no clue. She never answered me. I figured out like next year when friends were talking about it. Haha also, another sec Ed story. Freshman year the teacher was going to show how to put on a condom, but were no longer allowed to bring in a banana and a condom like in prior years. So she went to draw a penis on the chalk board and this girl raised her hand and goes, um, that isn't how you put in a condom, it goes all the way down. Then the teacher says, that's the head if the penis, I haven't drawn the condom yet. I about died of embarrassment watching that happen.

[spaghetticat]

Apr 27, 2013 13:37:24 GMT -5 ruby412 said:

Oh my gosh, Cream! That is horrible that everyone knew you got your period. How embarrassing!!

My worst puberty story happened when I was in middle school. I didn't have any pockets, so I had to store my junior tampon in my sweatshirt sleeve. Well, of course, at some point during the day it fell out and this boy found them. He brought them up to our teacher during Social Studies and asked what it was in front of the whole class! I was mortified! (Classic "Why Me?" ending to my story a la Teen magazine.)

Looking back on it, no one probably even knew they were mine... minus my extremely red embarrassed face.

I love this reference, fellow red face sufferer. 

I got my period when we were away for the summer in Florida. My mom barged in on me when I was in the bathroom and noticed right away. I will never forget her saying, "Just let it sink in for a minute. Uhhh....I mean the fact that you got your period. Not the period itself." It was so friggin awkward. We were staying with my mom's friend and her mom and of course she told them so they kept giving me a look. I remember sitting at the house by myself for a week while everyone went to the pool and thinking how much it stinks being a woman. 

[DesertMoon]

I got my period on the 4th of july...my mom asked me why I was bleeding on my butt and if I was burned from a firework...Idk if anyone else saw it...ehhh I was 13...periods suck ass. One time in highschool I had horrible cramps and my teacher asked me if I wanted him to massage my ovaries...he meant it as a joke, but it totally creeped me out.

[Regina Philange]

Jan first of 8th grade. I was like the last one out of my friends so I was pretty excited.

[SteelCity44]

Dork of the board award: I got mine.... at band camp! We went on a Sunday afternoon, and I discovered it Monday morning in the shower. I was mortified and did not tell a soul. My sister was with me. Hell, she was my section leader, and I still told no one. Some one had to know! How did NONE of the band moms notice? I stuffed myself with TP and went as often as I could. Marching around a field trying to learn drill for the first time in my life was quite interesting while also experiencing my first cramps. Fortunately, my brother was getting married that weekend in Iowa, so I had to leave camp on Wednesday instead of Saturday. On our way home, we ran to the store to get supplies for the trip, but I was still too embarrassed to tell my mom. I waited until we got home, and I was amazed that she wasn't mad that she didn't have time to get me better supplies. I didn't care how bulky her current supply was at that point. It was better than TP!