What do you call it? 🩸

[KinkyMira]

Yep - the act of being spooned whilst bleeding.
There’s more - jam roly poly is period sex.
Jammy dodger - someone whose period doesn’t turn up when expected.

[Ian_Chimp]

@KinkyMira

Yep - the act of being spooned whilst bleeding.

Well, that wasn’t quite what I was aiming for, but I suppose it is a bit early to open the throttle fully on that joke.

I have a question for those who like to talk about it frankly. How much detail do you/would you go into? Mrs Chimp has complained of the size of the clots and stuff before, and I wondered if other people were as descriptive?

And has anyone else accidentally put a sanitary towel glue side up?

[CurvyJilly]

I am very frank and yes I do…but I’m lucky I can talk about anything.
Growing up nothing was talked about and had to find out about things the “hard” way.
Losing the whole lining of my womb in one piece was horrific and think if we are more open about not only periods but bodily functions on a whole can only help us all understand and cause less worry.

And I don’t think I have put a sanitary towel on upside down @Ian_Chimp
But I did sneeze once and my tampon came out into my panties…not funny at the time as I was out and about…had to walk like I’d s**t my pants until I got to a toilet…

[Ian_Chimp]

@CurvyJilly

if we are more open about not only periods but bodily functions on a whole can only help us all understand and cause less worry.

Absolutely this. And if we can’t talk about menstruation openly then it’s going to be really hard to talk about things like menopause and miscarriage when/if you need to.

@CurvyJilly

But I did sneeze once and my tampon came out into my panties…not funny at the time as I was out and about…had to walk like I’d s**t my pants until I got to a toilet…

“Howdy Pilgrim”

[Chosen-one]

@CurvyJilly that made me lol about the shooting tampon

[Mrs.John]

@Ian_Chimp I’m quite open. Recently swapped to material/ re useable pads (which are awesome btw). My teenage son was looking at one that was drying on the airer last week. “Mummmm what is that”!? Me “Reusable girls stuff. Much better for the environment!” He gave me a too much information look and carried on as normal. My Husband has always been unphased by all bodily functions talk and I hope my Son will be the same.

[Booty_TheBeast]

Ive recently started with reusable pads too, so much better. I usually just growl at my other half so moody when im on poor man!

[Orgasm_Chaser]

Oh yeah @Ian_Chimp you need to know these things! Whether I’m spotting or I’ve flooded. Not only you but then I’ll repeat it to my friend. AND Period Poos. Do you get told about them? Lol

No I’ve never put a towel on the wrong way

[Mint-Monster]

@Ian_Chimp

I have a question for those who like to talk about it frankly. How much detail do you/would you go into? Mrs Chimp has complained of the size of the clots and stuff before, and I wondered if other people were as descriptive?

And has anyone else accidentally put a sanitary towel glue side up?

I don’t really go into full descriptions when discussing it. What you call clots, I call “slugs”

I can’t say I’ve ever put a towel glue side up, but as I’ve been wearing one it has folded on itself and the glue has yanked my public hair. Haha. Thankfully, I keep everything smooth now so it doesn’t happen.

I also recall a time when my period was really heavy and I was walking around like I badly needed to pee. I tried to pass it off that I stopped walking straight for Lent or something silly rather than saying I was heavily on my period. One girl tried to get me to lighten up by tickling me and I nearly smacked her into next week by my bear-like hormonal response.

[Ian_Chimp]

@Mint-Monster

I don’t really go into full descriptions when discussing it. What you call clots, I call “slugs”

If their full name isn’t Blood Slugs then I’m going to be disappointed.

[Mint-Monster]

They weren’t, but they are now

[JustAnotherPervert]

My wife has switched to reusable sanitary towels too. She loves them - so much more comfy she says. She wishes she had known about them ages ago.

We were talking with our neighbour the other day, she said she was using reusable sanitary pants- which sounds like an excellent option too.

After kids, tampons didn’t play ball with my wife new vagina shape and kept falling off.

[Mrs.John]

Yes sounds like a good idea. I’ve always hated seeing so much waste coming from the bathroom bin going to landfill. Must say @Lovehoney_Brenna s Eco post spurred me to make a change

[I_ll_try_anything_once2]

Just call it my period. With the children we use the ‘correct’ terminology - Penis, Vulva, Vaginas the inside bit, why we have periods. Everything, needs to be discussed as normal, as it IS normal.

I work in Gynaecology and it always gets me how many women, and men actually, are embarrassed talking about things. We should totally normalise ‘life’ - misscarriage, terminations, endometriosis. The look of a Vulva and penis.

[Ian_Chimp]

@I_ll_try_anything_once2

The look of a Vulva and penis.

I like to chuck these in whenever I can.

@Ian_Chimp

A photographer called Laura Dodsworth did a great collection a few years back of photos of 100 different penises and their life stories. This article goes into a bit more detail:

She also did a vulva and a breasts one too:

Me and my penis: 100 men reveal all

Me and my vulva: 100 women reveal all

Me and my breasts: 100 women reveal all

[George_Kaplan]

Girl time

[VR]

I’m another that calls it BJ week.

I’m the nightmare friend. I’m happy to talk anything gynae/sex and all in glorious technicolour. I’m a walking one-woman mission to educate on all the gross stuff

Take my male friend who sent me a snitty text after I cancelled a day out. Remember the technicolour bit? Well, my return was a picture message of the large ‘blood slug’ in my hand that I think has him traumatised to this day.

Did someone mention period poos? Oh, yes. Known in our house a the period runs. Those really annoying ‘get out of the way - NOW!’ bouts of diarrhoea that accompany my periods. Even if I wasn’t the announcing type my partner would know it’s BJ week by the number of urgent toilet trips I take. I’ve spoken to a number of friends about this charming little issue and quite a few women admit they suffer this side effect. I believe it’s the same reason we get smellier breath at BJ week - the hormone that triggers a period triggers a loosening all around our bodies.

I also recommend the ‘cramp wank’ to women as an effective form of pain relief. Whether they asked for advice or not

If the talk comes to tampons I’ll always push for non-applicator types to my friends. I like to nag them to get to know their vulvas and vaginas as it’s the ideal way for them to learn to touch themselves. Using an applicator removes the touch (though they’re handy if you need to use/change them when you’re out and about) plus they’re not very eco-friendly. Period cups are also pretty educational.

Why am I pushy about this? My friend insisted for years that she absolutely had to remove and replace her tampon every time she peed simply because she thought she peed out of the same ‘hole’ she bled from. I’m still shocked when a woman, especially my age, is shocked to learn a basic anatomical fact.

Plus you don’t have to pee on your string, just tuck it out of the way into your labia and whiz away!

I’m brimming with period/masturbation tips for the ladies. And an awful lot of gross stuff. Just ask

[Gosig]

Er, my period. Never felt the need to call it anything else.
Usually an absolute relief when it actually happens as it explains the terrible skin, poofiness and mental decline the week before. Husband not bothered at all about sex on my period so it has very little bearing on what I do/ don’t do.

[MarcySpring]

I say shark week or literally just on day 1 i text my master to say ‘’ BATTLESTATIONS’’ lol