Hilarious moments with being on your period

Having your period. We may not all raise the flag when ‘die tijd van de maand’ that time of the month has arrived, but let's be honest: the period also brings a lot of hilarious moments with it.

Science seems to deny it, but in every student house I knew, all the girls were on their period at the same time. Enjoying buying sanitary pads together in the supermarket and collectively eating chocolate. I once worked very closely with a gay editor. Our buddy-buddy level was quite high, so high that our manager said: ‘Watch out, you might end up menstruating at the same time.’

I always really enjoy the period stories. Like my friend K. who once forgot she had a tampon in while she was jumping her beloved (because how ridiculous is it that you can't have sex when you're on your period) and as an afterthought, they had to rummage around for that lost tampon.

When I get out of the car, there's a good chance some sanitary pads will fall out of my bag, because I stockpile those things. Until I really need them, then they are nowhere to be found. At the office, where we are also collectively on our period, we pour sanitary pads, panty liners, and tampons into a nice Chanel bag.

A while ago, when I attended a yoga class with a particularly beautiful but slightly older neighbor and I once again had nothing with me at the moment I needed it and asked her for a pad, she beamed. That she couldn't help me, but that she found it a great compliment that I still considered her menstruation-worthy.

Moral of the story: Talk openly about your period. It's part of life, it connects you with other women, and it's good for funny stories here and there (and you'll hear those sooner). Or to quote Libresse's hashtag: ‘being’ is totally #Bloodnormal. So.

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