OMG of the evening (TMI Warning)

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I kept score for middle school girl's basket ball tonight. During the last game a referee caught our activities director. There was a used pad laying on the court. We had a custodian come in and pick it up as discretely as possible and make sure the floor was clean. I can't believe that happened.

[countthestars]

Omg!!

[Deleted]

Gross!!

[Mushe]

Oh no! I'm sure the middle schooler who lost said pad appreciated the discretion.

[yellowbrkrd]

[fuddyduddy]

Yikes! I would have died of embarrassment if I were the one who lost the pad.

[jackpackage]

That's every teenage girl's nightmare!

Nov 13, 2012 20:05:44 GMT -5 suzubell said:

Aw, poor kid! I teach middle school, and every year there is at least one case of blood on the seat noticed by the next class of kids. I just always pray they don't try to figure out who sat there last. Middle school sucks!

Ugh, I remember being the one to sit in a bloody chair in 7th grade. I was a late bloomer, so I hadn't started my period, and I know others saw too.

[Velvetshady]

Yikes is right.

[mskitkat]

Nov 13, 2012 20:05:44 GMT -5 suzubell said:

Aw, poor kid! I teach middle school, and every year there is at least one case of blood on the seat noticed by the next class of kids. I just always pray they don't try to figure out who sat there last. Middle school sucks!

Thank you for bringing back childhood memories best left buried. :-( :-(

[y4m]

Ewww ewww ewww.

[pugz]

oh man. I knew a girl that wore white shorts on the day she got her period for the first time. It was 4th grade (she was 12 though) and people made fun of her and called her "Red" for years.

[Kore]

Oh god! :-(

Poor girl!

[UnderProtest]

Period related mishaps are my worst fear. Thanks for stoking the fire of my fear.

[hellonurse]

Eww, how gross. And terrible for the girl.

[AAM2012]

OMG that's like always been my worst mightmare!

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Blech!

[pugz]

Nov 13, 2012 20:43:50 GMT -5 @songforyou said:

But...why was she 12?

adopted when she was 10 from Colombia, had to do 4th grade twice due to needing to learn English.

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Oh god middle school periods were the worst. The cramps, the diarrhea (pooping at school, the horror!) the uncertainty of when it would come and the inevitable panic when I realized I didn't have the necessary supplies.

My mom, who is notoriously cheap, wouldn't shell out for Midol and always sent me to school with ibuprofen. As an adult I found out that ibuprofen is about the worst menstrual cramps. I secretly hold a grudge against my mom for making my middle school life harder than it had to be to save a buck.

[bunnysmom]

At that age I was terribly embarrased about my period so I would have died it this had happened to me!

[roadhead]

Nov 14, 2012 3:14:45 GMT -5 @idaholakelady said:

My mom, who is notoriously cheap, wouldn't shell out for Midol and always sent me to school with ibuprofen. As an adult I found out that ibuprofen is about the worst menstrual cramps. I secretly hold a grudge against my mom for making my middle school life harder than it had to be to save a buck.

Really? I love Motrin and use it for my (fairly severe) cramps. It always works like a charm.

[pamela]

Poor girl! I remember many a MS period related nightmare.

[olives]

Nov 14, 2012 9:40:47 GMT -5 roadhead said:

Nov 14, 2012 3:14:45 GMT -5 @idaholakelady said:

My mom, who is notoriously cheap, wouldn't shell out for Midol and always sent me to school with ibuprofen. As an adult I found out that ibuprofen is about the worst menstrual cramps. I secretly hold a grudge against my mom for making my middle school life harder than it had to be to save a buck.

Really? I love Motrin and use it for my (fairly severe) cramps. It always works like a charm.

Me too. Motrin is all I've ever used, and I think it works well for me.