I don't know if this is a thing...

[stupidcrafts]

but today is my period-iversary. On this day, many years ago, I was a perturbed nearly 13-year-old. Is it weird to remember this date?

[mypunkinpie]

Well, I remember the day I got mine only because it was near my birthday. My ELEVENTH birthday.

But, no, I don't recall it every year on the day.

[ErinExpat]

No, I only remember the year.

[stupidcrafts]

11th? Your poor 11-year old self!

[cbwm1]

I got mine January 18, 1991. I was 10. lol

So clearly, I remember my periodiversary as well.

[Deleted]

I don't even remember how old I was. All I know is I was in grade 6 and cried like a baby " I'm too young for this!" while my mom laughed at me on the other end of the phone.

[MWOS]

I remember the exact date because it was 2 days after my birthday.
And it was traumatizing, because I got it in public and didn't know.

I'm gonna be one of those ladies who had their water break in the grocery store, I just know it

[yellowcardigan]

I don't remember the exact date, but we were on vacation at the beach. I remember being really dramatic about how said vacation was like totally ruined!

[Deleted]

I don't remember the date, only that I was 12.

[ax2]

I only remember mine because it was the day of my grade 8 graduation. Trauma.

[ECB]

I barely remember how old I was, much less the exact date or year!

[brooklyn]

I don't remember the date or the year. I just remember being too embarrassed to tell my mom, so I told our housekeeper and she told my mom, lol. I was a very private, shy kid and my mom never talked to me about my period.

[lightbulbsun]

I remember I got mine in winter, and it was on a weekend (thank god). I was in 6th grade, so 11yo.

[CityLights]

I do remember my "period-iversary"!

I was 11, it was the first day back to school after christmas break and I was wearing light pants. Oh and when I got home it turned out my mom was working late so my dad had to deal with me. I was mortified, lol.

[who22]

I try to block it out. Mine was Christmas break of 4th grade. I WAS 9!! I just snuck some pads from my mom. I didn't understand how tampons worked until I was 12, lol.

[hubes]

Christmas day. I don't remember how old- maybe 12?

And no, my mom didn't talk to me about it, even though it must have been obvious. My mom sucks ya'll.

My freshman dorm mate was the first person to hand me a tampon and say "use this. now."

[juris11]

I remember it well, because it was horrifyingly embarassing. I was in fifth grade and we were on a tour of the middle school where we were going to be next year. I was wearing tan pants. You can imagine the rest. I had to rock a sweatshirt around the waist until my mom came and got me.

[circa1978]

My cousin's seventh birthday party. I was nine. It was a sleepover.

[Kit]

I don't remember mine at all.

[seaward]

I remember mine too! Also a couple of days before my birthday. (10th b-day, wah wah wahhhh ) I didn't tell my mom for a couple of days because I was so horrified, so I snuck giant pads out of her bathroom.

[RobotLegs]

May 11, 2012 8:52:54 GMT -5 cbwm1 said:

I got mine January 18, 1991. I was 10. lol

So clearly, I remember my periodiversary as well.

This was my 12th birthday. Congrats! Lol

[jayandemm]

I got mine Jan. 31, 2003. The day before my 17th birthday!

[emilythorne]

I don't remember the date, but I sure as heck remember being with my Dad. Awkward!

[bcv513]

I got mine a few weeks after I turned 12. It also happened to be the same day I came down with chicken pox. Yeah, that was a fun week.

[coffeeismyfrienemy]

Only that I was 13.

[ribasaur]

OMG! You poor things! 9 and 11?!?! I was a late bloomer - right before my 14th birthday.

I was fascinated by my period and I think I was having maybe my 2nd one while we took a field trip to some colonial site. So we visited the huts and saw how they lived. So, my socially awkward, menstruating, 13 year old self asked the tour guide how the women handled this back in the days of old. All my friends stood and giggled like, well, 13 year old girls. Fortunately she was really nice and filled us in. But I think she was thinking "WTF"... hell I am looking back thinking WTF.

[stupidcrafts]

May 11, 2012 10:21:10 GMT -5 @kizmet said:

I had a sleepover the last day of 6th grade and woke up the next morning to discover my womanliness. So I don't remember the exact date per se, I just know it was the end of 6th grade.

I was so embarrassed to tell my mom that I wrote her a note, threw it over the railing into the family room, and then went and hid in my room. Mature, party of one! :-)

lol at the note technique.

[leon]

I got mine on my brothers birthday, it was horrible becuase he was having a pool party and I wanted to go in, so my mom called my doctor and asked if I could use a tampon the first time. Then i spent about 30 minutes in the bathroom trying to get it in while my mom was trying to help from outside the bathroom door..lol
I lasted about 10 minutes in the pool becuase I thought it would fall out.

[gozf]

I got mine on February 6, 1903. I was 14. I remember this b/c it was my freshman formal, and also my half birthday.

[mrsjuleshs]

I was lucky and didn't start till mid 7th grade. My poor kiddo started in 5th grade when she was only 10. I never even told my mom. I just went into her bathroom, got what I needed and that was that.