Hm... something on my friends list is prompting this...

[conuly]

[Poll #444931]

Edit: Once again, the Museum of Menstruation comes through for us, this time listing terms for menstruation.

I plan to use at least one a month on this journal until I get bored. These terms may or may not coincide with my actual period.

Comments

[conuly]

Hey, there's no such thing as TMI here!

[pockingell.livejournal.com]

I'm beginning to realise that.

Fair enough, my contribution to the general gross-out pool: My sister has actually bled on me during her period. Add one for "Do you use...Something else" to the poll. Older brothers should not be used as a substitute for sanitary pads. >_

[conuly]

Oh, ew. I know, it's just blood, but ew anyway.

Cats and dogs will quite happily dig pads out of the garbage and "hunt" them, though, so reusable is *definitely* the best way to go.

[pockingell.livejournal.com]

Been there, seen that, worn the wince.

Ah, well, 'spose I can't complain too much. At least I don't have to put up with it. Well, except when my sister tells me in great detail about it. Oh, she can be evil.

[azuresunglasses.livejournal.com]

*shivers* I always seem to have bad stories to share but--
I don't often use disposable pads for a similar reason. Where I live we often have ant problems in the summer, and this summer, I threw a pad away. When I came back to empty my bladder a few hours later, there was a trail of ants carrying away the bounty of my uterus.
I was really annoyed, seeing as *I* couldn't use the blood, but some horrible parasitic pests could.

[conuly]

Ants aren't parasites, y'know.

[azuresunglasses.livejournal.com]

They were parasitic in this instance.
The point is... they were feeding off MY blood. MY uterine lining. And I have no great love for ants at the best of times.

[conuly]

No, they weren't parasitic. They were scavengers, sure, but they were not feeding off the blood you were currently using. They didn't harm you in any way.