What it's like to be with an actual man - the period talk

[Anonymous]

Disclaimer:
I am writing this post because I in my more than 13 months on G@G I noticed that so many men on here have a very wrong view of women, constantly belittling them and treating them like they're weak.

I've been together with my boyfriend for more than 4 months now and realized that one of the things I find so remarkable about him is how he treats me when I'm on my period.

To understand what I'm about to explain, it's important to know that we are currently spending every day with one another.
I spent the past month at his place, we enjoy being so close and it's nice to have someone to hug every second of the day.

However, when I'm on my period, I experience a lot of pain and a very heavy flow for the first two days, which is something I tried telling him very soon.

I was absolutely miserable on one of our dates and didn't understand why until I noticed I had started my period. I spoke to him about it immediately.

I know that some men would have reacted negatively to me telling them, but I always knew I wouldn't want to or be able to handle an immature guy who won't touch me when I'm on my period because he considers me dirty.

That first time, I was good, I swallowed a lot of my pain and just went on with my day. The next month though, I had severe cramps, so he went out to get me food and a heating pad, which was nicer than I ever would've expected him to be about it.

The month after that, I thought I was pregnant - he got me a pregnancy test. I wasn't convinced I wasn't pregnant, so I wanted to take another one a few weeks later - again, he went outside, only to return with flowers, breakfast and the pregnancy test I requested.

When I got my period while staying with him and warning him that I may stain his sheets, he just smiled and reminded me that I was the cleanliest person he knew and that I had spent the last weeks cleaning his apartment.

He told me that he didn't care because he loved me and that this is not in any way something that would gross him out.

He got me tampons, tea, a cherry stone pillow and a lot of chocolate and ice cream.

I'm his first real girlfriend - this is not something he learned from previous girlfriends, and I'm glad he didn't, because he acknowledges that I'm me and that all women are different.

My period doesn't define me. Being with someone who knows you very well and doesn't shy away from topics like periods, pregnancy and childbirth is a very pleasant experience.

Girls, what is something you wish men knew about you?

What do you wish men did differently?

Have you had any negative experiences with men on this site you want to share below?

[SomeGuyCalledTom]

Cool story and all, but I'm not sure why it had to be framed as being somehow the opposite of GaG users. I highly doubt most men are unaware that women's periods are a fact of life. We may just need a little coaching on how to make her time of the month more bearable. If she needs specific hygiene products, or medicines, or herbal teas, or whatever, then she should let her partner know so he's not just stood in Boots looking up and down the feminine care isle getting visibly confused. And if she just wants a cuddle and cup of hot chocolate, well, only a complete narcissist for a boyfriend would make her go without.

[myTake Owner]

Thank you very much for sharing your opinion.
I never wanted to frame anyone, this post was simply based on how I've perceived a large part of the male G@G users on here.
I realised that while most men seem to be aware that women's periods are a fact of life, they consider them weak and sometimes make rude or offensive comments both in front of women and behind their backs.
I do not think that all men who have asked a girl or woman "are you on your period right now or why are you acting like this?" are aware of how rude this is.
It may just seem like a small question, but on all occasions I was asked this, I was nowhere near having my period or experiencing PMS.

I hope that you understand why I wanted to write this a little better now.

As for the coaching part, I agree, and I think that it depends on the woman how easy it is to talk about this.

For example, I was very detailled about my period from the start because I knew that it's important for me to be with someone who can deal with this (which I already outlined in my post).

However, out of my 10 close female friends, not one of them told their boyfriend about how hard it can be for them to be on their period until MONTHS in their relationship.
They are hardly representative of all women worldwide, but I grew up in a modern, western country (not the US) where talking about periods is far more normal than in other places.
Still, despite these non-minor girls having PCOS, having to throw up from the severity of their cramps, blacking out from the pain or blood loss, they didn't find the words to talk about this fact of life with their boyfriends.

[myTake Owner]

One of my friend's boyfriend didn't know women bleed from their vagina and pee from their urethra.
That women pee and menstruate from the same hole still is a pretty big misconception, which shows that it's important to talk about this.

But, like I said, not all women know how to talk about their periods.
Thank you for being a considerate boyfriend/husband and realising the struggle here.

I really hope I made myself a little clearer as to why I felt the need to write my post.
I think both men and women need to be more open about periods for change to happen.

[SomeGuyCalledTom]

That's all very understandable. I didn't take any personal offense to the manner in which you raised this particular issue. I just think it's cautionary to go into these dialogues from a place where your readers aren't immediately put on the defensive. I think you'd get higher quality responses from the guys on here if you'd framed it from q place of curiosity, like, "what confuses or unsettles you about the reality of women's periods, and what would you like your partner to inform you about so that you can help her deal with that time of the month?" Problem is, an attack on "most guys on gag" could be seen as attributable to ANY guy on GaG. So right from the outset you've alienated half your audience. Just something to consider for any future posts. :)

[SomeGuyCalledTom]

I do hope that more women will feel comfortable to share this knowledge with their partners, because reality is, people pay attention to what personally affects us most. And since 0% men personally know what it is to experience menstrual cramps or bleeding etc, it's just not in the front of our awareness. "what you see is all there is", that's the cardinal rule of human perception. Same reason women are more likely to find it funny when a guy gets hit in the balls, whereas other men experience an actual physiological flinching response when witnessing it, because they have an actual frame of reference in their embodied memory for what they're seeing. We have no such physiological level of empathy for women's periods, just the same way as women don't have a visceral flinch response when seeing a guy get kicked in the goolies. So the closest we can manage is to comprehend it with rational intellect, and that requires a willingness on both sides, for her to educate, and for him to BE educated. And if he's not willing to just sit the fuck down and LISTEN to what she has to say, and just resorts to low level mockery and ignorance, well then he's probably the sort of guy who's prone to mockery and ignorance in other areas of life. And so she should reconsider if she really wants to continue dating a man who's reputation for ignorant mockery precedes each of her interactions with him.

[myTake Owner]

Thank you for pointing that out.

I wanted to get as many different opinions as possible.

When someone (not necessarily a man) asks a woman whether she's on her period, they don't think about her feelings in that moment (I think it's safe to assume that). This person is saying somehing insensitive.

I didn't consider "most guys on G@G" to be an insensitive phrase as I've followed several very different men's opinions on here for more than a year and what I present here is the conclusion I've personally drawn from this experience.
However, I do not think that "the men of G@G" are representative of the men I deal with in my personal, offline life.

I don't hate men is what I'm saying. At all.
I also didn't want to skew anyone away from responding to this post, but everyone has the opportunity to comment and a rather large number of men have taken that opportunity.

[myTake Owner]

I think you make an excellent point with the mockery and ignorance.
It's difficult to imagine getting hit in the balls, but I sat down and listened to men outlining what that felt like for them to understand it better.
I actually have a flinching reaction now too because of these conversations, which just shows how important having conversations like those really is.

[SomeGuyCalledTom]

Yeah I get that GaG is hardly a representative population sample. A lot of both guys and girls here seem to be weary or suspicious of the opposite sex, but IRL that doesn't really reflect in how I observe men and women interact generally. To that end, I've never actually seen any man ask a woman if she's on her period in the derisive context you describe. So I can't say I share your perception of how widespread this issue is. But I won't deny your personal experiences either, for all I know maybe your hometown inherited all the most douchebag guys, and I've lived a too sheltered existence. Who's to say, really? Everyone has their experiences.

[ThisIsMyOpinion]

I understand if some men don't want sex when a girl who is on her period, but that would never stop them from acting in a normal way with her.
It's just a period. Not a demon summoned by satan! I really don't see what the big fuss is. We know you ladies are more sensitive while with it, and of course you are, its not pleasant. Don't get me wrong! Is not an excuse to act like a bitch and being violent. But we can be extra thoughtful. We love you girls after all so it's a pleasure to make those days more tolerable.

[myTake Owner]

Thank you for adding this opinion to my post - I feel like this really hits the nail on its head.

It's not a big deal if you understand what having periods entails.
They're not comfortable, but they don't have to make everyone's lives difficult.

Also, if you love someone and are a genuinely happy person in a healthy relationship, I think you won't do or say anything rude, insensitive or creepy.
Hope that makes sense - I'm not saying that all men are rude, but I do believe that there's some rude talk behind women's backs concerning their behaviour that is often attributed to them being on their periods, while this is not always true.

[ThisIsMyOpinion]

That not only makes sense, that should be common sense!

I have four sisters. I have a wife now. Only one is older than me and not by a lot. I saw my sister's getting nervous about their periods. Some even a bit afraid. I always have my best to make them feel good and always saw it as natural.

Sometimes their were more moody due to it. Sometimes they weren't. So I never could tell if their bad mood was due to period or not. Bad mood can be caused by many MANY things not just periods.
Often due to pain as discomfort they would even be more reserved instead of all over the place.

I know it affects you, it's bad enough as it is. No need for us to make it worse.
Good women are here for us when we need. Makes sense we do the same.

[Guy13]

He will grow out of that garbage in 6 months... if he has not done it by the next month

[HiveBee]

I dont get it. I think most men are like this. I dont see why girls are always complaining.

Like honestly I dont believe it. Really? Are all men really so trash that you can't hardly find one who understands what a period is?

I dont believe it.

Either the majority of men are scum, or the majority of women really have bad taste

I think its the latter because I see women with scumbags all the time. I see girls who say they "wised up" and realized they were attracted to scumbags and had to force themselves to give guys they weren'treally attracted to a chance. And only when they did that, did they finally find a real man. Q good man.

Women just aren't into real men. They're into little boys with rebellious attitudes lol.

Well, either that or it's just true that most men are pieces of shit. I dont know. But I know I'm like the boyfriend depicted here. I'm a hopeless romantic. I just can't help but be like this and I can't help but feel like most guys are too. Of course those same guys are always crying that they can't find a girl.

I think the problem is you girls. Chasing after immature boys you think are "bad" and then denying it when we call y'all out.

I dont know. I just can't get to the bottom of things. I can't see what the real truth is. Are men shit? Or are girls just attracted to shitty men? Which is it? Lol.

[dolidol]

Not all men are like that, not at all. I think her boyfriend is a miracle. All the men I met devalue the fact that we are with the period and how we feel, I have already received responses from the genre "so what?" "it is not my problem" and even in the job I needed to go to the toilet I explained why and they did not let me go. Women's suffer a lot.

[kingofthellamas]

@dolidol I think the clue is that the relationship is 4 months old. This is not a comment from someone with much experience of the opposite sex in relationships.

[kingofthellamas]

@dolidol It's a bit odd that they ask you why you need to go to the bathroom.

[dolidol]

@kingofthellamas yes is weird to ask why we need to go the bathroom and also can be because is a recent relationship. But everyone pass to the 4 month and i never had that 😅

[myTake Owner]

Like @dolidol mentioned, not all men are as considerate as my boyfriend.

My ex made rude remarks plenty of times. I was with him for a year despite this. Maybe I fell for a scumbag, I don't know.
I don't complain about this relationship though, it's just something that happened and has been over for a very long time.

Here's the thing though - he tried getting back together not once or twice, but more than 20 times over the course of 2 years.
This was a long distance relationship, and when it was over, he wrote me letters, emails, text messages, created new accounts when I blocked him and so on.
It's not always as easy to get out of a relationship as it is to get into one, especially when you don't see the bad parts in someone.

I would like to add though that my ex was in no way a "bad" boy.

[myTake Owner]

I know that my relationship is still very young, @kingofthellamas, but we've made memories together some people don't make in a lifetime. We've been together every hour of every day for four months.

I don't think you make it through that with someone you don't like.

I'm so sorry you had to go through that, @dolidol, I can only imagine how uncomfortable it must be to have someone ask you why you need to go to the restroom (the handful of reasons why you would aren't that complicated).

[zollo]

Wow, what a guy! He's so sweet he sounds made up ha ha. But seriously though, for you being his first real girlfriend it makes it sound like he just had a really good up bringing and was taught right. :)

GaG in general has a lot more men than women on here and they're usually older and more conservative. (Not saying that's a bad thing just stating what I see) There is unfortunately people that still believe that women in general are just weaker ( which in some way is true since men tend to have more muscle) but they use it as more of a way to put a women down and discourage them from working a job that's for a "man" or complaining about something. Guys have definitely told me on here that women are liabilities and shouldn't be hired (because periods, pregnancy or they're weaker). Or women shouldn't be in politics.

It's just so crazy to me that some men and women think that just because you're a women you can' do certain things. It makes you wonder how they grew up and what type of mother they had. My mom's a strong person and she's taught me all I know about working, I was always out with her helping her work on our fence or repairing our house. From a young age I was building and exploring stuff finding my way in life and gender didn't matter. My mom would get up early, get us all food and get us ready for school and then go to work only to make us dinner, fix anything in the house, get us to do our homework and then get us in bed. Man or women that's a lot of work and should be appreciated and acknowledged!

[myTake Owner]

Thank you so much for sharing your experience on G@G here.
I've also experienced all the points you mentioned and also noticed that there's a lot of debate about "what makes a man" on here, so that's why I figured it may be a good idea to share my thoughts on this.
When you really think about it, no matter what someone looks like or what troubles and challenges they face or have faced, they can always be nice, kind and caring in a relationship.
That's what it means to be a beautiful person to me.

Women do so much for society from the moment someone is brought into this world.

[nathanp97]

While I wouldn't have sex with a girl on her period (I have a phobia of blood, so I don't think that would go over well), I wouldn't think she is dirty. If she wasn't to cancel or change plans because of it is fine. As for the beading I'd probably by sheets that wouldn't show the stain so much and extra padding just encase, because I want to avoid a blood stained mattress. Not something a guy with a phobia of blood really wants to sleep on. From my knowledge girls react differently from others when on their period, so if they need something they can ask.

[myTake Owner]

I've never heard about a phobia of blood before, so thank you for sharing your thoughts.
This must be a pretty difficult situation for you and I'm sorry you have to think about it like this. I think it's not a problem at all though as long as you phrase your thoughts in a respectful way like you have here.
Thanks again!

[Anonymous]

Does he have an older brother? Lol!


Ignore these guys on here anon: it's fairly obvious why some of them are still single or have trouble with women.


If you guys can't accommodate a woman on her period for 5-7 days, then you need to reevaluate how to treat a woman!!!


Guys, we're not asking you to pamper us. Most times we just want a little attention and understanding.
Though I don't expect them to understanding since they don't experience bleeding, cramping, bloating, headaches, etc... once a month 🙄

[zagor]

5-7 days out of 30 is substantial. Sounds like the prime time for carefully scheduled ski/camping/Vegas trips with the buds.

[ct1243]

Exactly I wouldn’t mind my mate buying my personals and making me care packages 📦 🥰

[myTake Owner]

I have to agree with you on the point that most of these men have problems with themselves and not with women and that this is the reason why they're often single, unfortunately (at least for them).

We were talking about how a guy I was very close to talked to me when I would cry (which is something that gives me release, closure and relaxation so it's not just negative but has major mental health advantages for me!) and my boyfriend said "you know what, this is not the way I was brought up to think about women."

I think that's the essence here. If you're taught from a young age to respect and appreciate women at all stages of their lives, you won't be rude or make plans with your buddies like @zagor suggested.

@zagor, we're not sick when we're on our period, there's no reason for you to leave us behind, we might as well enjoy going skiing/camping/to Vegas WITH you!

@ct1243: thanks for adding that!

[MannMitAntworten]

The entire period/menstrual cycle subject never ever phased me. Just something women experience (albeit some dar worse than other women) and that is that. Not even the blood itself ever became a turn off for me of any sort. I wasn’t about to kick my significant other out of bed or deny one another intimacy over cramps and blood. If she needs something, I get it for her or help her out. After all, in spite of almost never getting sick, in the event that I so, it would be nice for someone to be around to bring me water at the very least.


Nobody enjoys ‘uninvited’ pain (for those BDSM folks out there). It is nice to have a helping hand or words of encouragement even when the strongest are down. Anyway, periods and all that goes with them are just a part of the Life experience.

[myTake Owner]

I agree with that!
Everyone enjoys being taken care off, no matter the circumstance.

[MannMitAntworten]

Yup ;)

[MrWolf]

First of all that's not true. Not all man are like that we all know and understand that that of the month is though for you girls.

And we certainly do all in our best to help you go trough it.

And the way he knows is by looking for information about it. Like most of us do.

And we sure can have a talk about it. Most of us can. Some can't handle it.

I've done that with my girl the first time she asked me about this i had already knowledge about it.

But i did ask her about anything she wanted to share. And as you she was amazed that I'm paying attention to this and i have questions about it.

And we do read on those topics because knowledge is a must.

I happy to read that your man takes care of you but do remember not to put all GaG male members under the same flag as i said few are for the kicks most stay to help and be helped.

[EaterPeter]

You can have a good period talk question with quiz at the end. And it's not an excuse to be treated by a woman badly. I been fortunate to have women in my life. Sheet staining would bother me but not much. I have done warm milk hot water bottle warm pillow with iron. Bought midol panties pads flowers chocolate greeting card gathered and shared info. to ease period pain. on very many ocassions. Oh the punch line. He seems to be a keeper. Give it couple of more months at least 8 to be exact and no more than 18 before getting engaged or engagement talk. I am sure you will let him know. If he likes you 12 months last he have to put cherry (ring) on the cake 🎂. All the best.

[myTake Owner]

Thank you so much for sharing your experience on here!

You sound very considerate.

I agree that my boyfriend is a keeper - I don't want to get engaged now though (or within the next two years) because my parents would freak out.

Thanks again for your kind words!

[EaterPeter]

You are welcome. I believe there is a window to take relationship to next level. And that window i think is right between 12 to 15 months more you approach toward 18 months that window narrows very rapidly.

[EaterPeter]

No pressure no judgement. Just sharing. All the best.

[EaterPeter]

Thanks for like!

[PhantomMk]

I disagree with your generalizations about Male Homosapiens, and we are all different you may have a few encounters with men on this website/app who only come on here to masturbate to pictures, stories, or questions they ask anonymously. Now to answer your main question what he is doing is standard in a relationship most of my friends I know go a bit further and cook, wash, and take their women out on road trips because that is something we are suppose to do take care off one another and be there for each other in sickness and health. To answer your other question every woman has had at least one bad experience on this website/app with men because most of them come to this app for “personal reasons”.

[zollo]

My guy said "Male Homosapiens" XD

[PhantomMk]

Problem?

[zollo]

None at all.

[CCammiee14]

@zollo Right I couldn't take the rest of what he said seriously after that 😂

[flamiE]

Your boyfriend sounds like a great guy. I wish men understood how much our hormones fluctuate and that we try hard to keep the moodiness as low as possible. I wish they were a bit more understanding, we know we can be a little too much sometimes but we’re trying. Alright. Give us some credit.

[myTake Owner]

Yeah, I get that.
Thanks for adding your comment!

[AD240pCharlie]

That's the key. Most of us are going to be understanding as long as the girl doesn't try to use her period as an excuse.
Everyone has bad days, whether they experience periods or not. You apologize for it if you treat someone badly when you're moody regardless of the reason and move on.

[flamiE]

We don’t use it as an excuse. We’re just moody and then when we realise our period is due, it all makes sense.
Think about it as an extra bad day. You’re moody, having a bad day and on top of that you have a really bad headache. You sure would be a little more irritating than usual.

[AD240pCharlie]

Yes, that's what I meant. Even during just a regular hangover, I'm obviously going to be a lot more moody and easily irritated than normally, so I try to use that as a reference point and therefore be a lot more understanding, but there's a difference between treating someone badly and then properly apologizing for it compared to just expecting them to take it because you're on your period. The absolute majority of women fall into the first category, but there are a few who don't. If that is the case, then we're eventually gonna stop being understanding regardless.

[classic_crime]

He sounds like a keeper :) I personally don't mind my wife's period at all. She recently came off the pill while we were trying to have kids and was far more miserable than on the pill (which is one of the reasons why she was on it in the first place she told me) but even then she still internalized it and I barely could tell she was having issues. I wish she would come out and talk to me more about it so I can know when to get her flowers or give her more massages or draw her nice warm baths with her favorite bath bombs... But alas I'm very bad at picking up her little hints and need flashing signs to pick up a hint

[worldscolide]

aside from the over generalization of men here, which honestly including your last questions in bold, you go out of your way to just out right insult all men. i get where you're coming from. On that same token, aside from my wife god bless her, cause she does not do this, Almost every single woman i have encountered in my personal life, either casually, or in a relationship, use their period to just be all kinds of hateful, mean, and just all around insufferable. My wife is the only woman i have ever met who is not like that. Notice i didn't generalize here right? i didn't say all women are like this, just the ones i have met.

by the way i do the same things for my wife lol, I bring out the heating pads, and do what i can to take care of her during that time cause i love her. Any man who does not do that is not worth dating.

[worldscolide]

by the way the ones i view as weak are the ones that feel the need to have paid period leave, and other idiocy like it.

[Tylermassengill]

Like your boyfriend I wouldn’t think that it was gross or anything and I would do anything for the one I cared about, but I would be a little hesitant to give them a hug or anything not because I’m grossed out but because I’m afraid that I might hurt them because I know what is happening to them and the pain that they must be in. I wouldn’t want them to get the wrong idea and think that I’m grossed out by them but I’m afraid that no matter what I may tell them they would think that that is the reason I am avoiding touching them. What do you think a guy should do?

[myTake Owner]

I think the best thing you can do is talk openly about it.
Usually, tight hugs are the only ones that have the potential to hurt, so just ask if she's okay :)
Also, make sure to be more careful with her breasts as they may be swollen before and during her period.
Other than that, I promise it'll be fine if you talk openly about it!

[Tylermassengill]

Ok thanks for the advice, I didn’t mean to make your question about me, your question just helped me to think about it from a different perspective. Thank you for that.

[myTake Owner]

You're welcome!

[Zealashton]

pissing, shiting , drinking, eating, pirods, why would anyone really care. its normal
what i wish wemon would know is.

fuck the idolagy bull shit. fuck it all fuck relgion, fuck social study bull shit, its not rocket scince to being a nice person.

also other thing is, i was a MGM victum male gentail mutilation, i feel disgustid violated, i can't even get off normaly, somedays i wish i where dead. i have episodes
i cry i become violet and destructive,

. but this feminst bull shit, sjw woke garbage idolagey religon crap, is shit,

it not hard to be understanding and careing and use common sense, why the fuck would any normal man be worrried about shit like a pirod. that is just stupied,
its a normal process's nothing more, only people that get disgusted are religus fuck tards and and children.

sorry i kinda get upset by my own acored, i am fin if you belive in shit, but dont shove it down other people mouths. and force it on us,

[hhH2traveler]

I love this post. I’m happy you found the right man. And yes , very much agree that you can't always use information you got from one girlfriend or boyfriend on a previous one, approach each as their own. I’m like your boyfriend, I haven't learned from many previous experiences but i like to do my research.

[myTake Owner]

I love this response, thanks so much for sharing!

[hhH2traveler]

Your welcome, people are sometimes quick to get mad at you when you have a different opinion but slow to complement you when you see eye to eye. Not that we dont see eye to eye from what we’ve said. I didn't know that some women face blackouts from too much blood loss on the toilet, that must be terrible for them when their with somebody but but too embarrassed to tell them. I’ve been reading your other replies to peoples responses and very thoughtful.

[myTake Owner]

Oh no, women don't just blackout on the toilet, that would be all too convenient. I've seen friends blackout in public because of their period.
It's really not nice.

[riley_anne_m]

i wish the guy i love knew that i have or started my period. because i am afraid of how he would react, but i would suspect he knows what a menstrual cycle is because he said his mom gave him the "sex talk" when he was 7 years old. which i was kinda suprized about that but not really. (FYI he is 13 years old) he always asks me "are you okay, you see a little off today." (P. s he asks me this on my period.) and i say "yeah, yeah i am good." but i really want to tell him i started my period.
but i feel like he would just walk away or act weird.

And i wish SOME guys would NOT be grossed out about a woman on her menstrual cycle. because it is a NATURAL THING girls go though. ( but i will say not all guys are like that.)

[myTake Owner]

Trust me, boys at that age have no chance at sensing that you started your period.
You have to tell him if you want him to know.
I don't think he'll act weird, but boys at that age can be a little immature and/or uninformed, so I'd try to start a light conversation on the topic to see how he reacts.
If you're comfortable with the conversation, you could initiate by saying something like "oh, by the way, I'm a woman now"/"I have my period now".
Whatever you're comfortable with will work.

Don't expect him to understand you or to know when you're on your period - unless you spend 24 hours 7 days a week with him and you know each other very, very well, there's no way he would be able to tell if you're on your period or not.
I know it sometimes feels like everyone knows, but that's usually not the case at all.

[Aakash_Hangargi]

Hmmm, there are a lot of different sides to this and actually its nothing about you being dirty just bc you havd periods people might be scared of blood or they might feel icky bc of just blood be it in any form it might be even bc of a cut.

And obviously different women behave differently on there periods sone people like to be touched, some just want to be alone, sone become over emotional and cry as well but still don't want there guy to interfere its just about preference.

Why would someone stain the sheets even if they are wearing tampons or sanitary pads is beyond me.

Lol most men would bd OK it's natural thing, but most women don't let men know and don't like to ralk about it themselves.

People should be educated while young do the taboo around it will be broken

[myTake Owner]

The reason why a woman may stain sheets or her clothes is that you bleed through tampons and pads eventually.
Even when you change them regularly, this can happen.

Imagine being a woman on her period at work. You have a meeting but you don't know how long it'll last - this is a situation where a woman may start bleeding through her tampon/pad without anyone noticing because there's not that much blood.

Sleeping takes between 6 and 8 hours and while menstrual blood flow is usually less when lying down, it may lead to the same situation that a woman bleeds through her tampon or pad, simply because sleeping takes a longer time than she would usually wear her tampon/pad without changing it.

I hope this makes more sense now.

When I'm on my period, I have to get up 1-3x/night for the first two days. I can't sleep, simply because 6-8h is a long time.

[Aakash_Hangargi]

Yeah could understand, but if a man is just don't like to see blood he shouldn't be judged there are many things that gross out women that men do and they just leave them for smallest of reasons.

These is were you nerd to understand put yourself in each other's shoe them make a decision

[Joker_]

Only read the first paragraph, but I agree with you that the men on G@G are misogynists. If you made the claim that they are also highly degenerate, then I would've agreed with you even more

[Nayyrr]

Downvoted

[SlightlyEccentric]

Simps gonna simp

[myTake Owner]

I don't know about them being degenerate, but they're definitely more sexist than any men I've personally encountered or talked to online.
It's crazy what comes out of people's (both men's and women's) mouths when they think they're anonymous.

Also, I think it's highly unfortunate how men think about women in such a toxic way.

[bamesjond0069]

Ok he did great helping you in a pinch but what girl doesn't prepare for a period? Like how tf could a girl run out of tampons? Dont you buy a jumbo box and leave it in your cabinet? Do you wait till you have to wipe your ass with a newspaper before you buy more toilet paper? Smh. If you need something every month you should stock up and then its a non issue. If you don't do that your giving him a big shit test being a bitch making him run to the store every month because you like attention. That is immature asf.

[myTake Owner]

I was at his place for the first time, I stayed much longer than anticipated and then got my period.
I don't like the attention, I didn't forget about my period either.
You phrased your opinion in a very rude way.

[bamesjond0069]

But dont you keep extra in your purse or car?

[myTake Owner]

I don't keep extra tampons everywhere I go.
I don't own a car and there weren't any in my purse either. It's easier to go and buy tampons than to always remember to bring pads/tampons with you everywhere you go.
It's just something that happened and there's that, no big deal.

[LeoElias]

Periods make me thinks of blue balls. How would a guy feel if his girlfriend/wife said, "Do you have blue balls? Why are you acting like a bitch." Obviously the dude wouldn't like to be talked like that therefore it doesn't make it any better for a dude to talk to a girl like that. If any dudes out there agrees? Or maybe I can just stfu lol but i always thought to myself if I never finished and i got blue balls and on top of that pain my girlfriend said something very dismissive of my situation that would piss me off. I feel every female out there has a right to feel hurt/pissed when their dude says something insensitive to something they can't control. A lot of immature dudes out there. I get it, periods are nasty but acting disgusted by it to her face is a messed up thing to do. At least react negatively to it behind closed doors when you are alone or something so she won't see you but try to be her rock when you are with her. I'm sure she'll thank you kindly through favorable ways..

[myTake Owner]

That's a good comparison, thank you for adding this to this post.