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Periods are the probably the most annoying part of being a woman. They always start unexpectedly and they mess up your emotions while somehow managing to ruin the one pair of panties you really love.
At least there's a silver lining: half of the world gets to experience the same struggle each month, so we're all sisters in this matter. Bored Panda collected some of the funniest posts from Tumblr and Twitter where women share their period horror stories or general thoughts on why periods are truly the satan's sacrificial waterfalls. Be sure to upvote the ones you liked best and share your own stories!
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Neurotic_Octopus 7 years ago
It's always a thin liquid too, like, I'm not pissing on it. Show me how this thing handles a big thick blood clot!
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Amanda Panda 7 years ago
Only fun fact on my tampon box is a warning about Toxic Shock Syndrome
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Cynthia McDonald 7 years ago
just wait until perimenopause where you are actually on your period for 20 days and you start fainting from blood loss. ahhhh good times....
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Alyssa Kathryn 7 years ago
Half (at least) of my guy friends will gag, get faintish, or have to leave the room for blood, some of them can't even hear conversations or watch on tv.... Meanwhile all the girls are watching surgeons preform operations on tv while we eat & fix all the bloody injuries- bc the boys are busy cringing at the sight. So funny
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Sweep the Leg 7 years ago
If you think you can't smell it, just go into the girls' restroom in a middle school. The smell is pretty real.
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Zori the degu 7 years ago
Or you just think its gone because there's not a single drop of blood for a whole day and you get the courage to have a walk outside without a pad and... bang! Your favorite underwear is destroyed! Hate periods! First wish if I encounter a genie: "Get me rid of this s**t, I don't even want to have damned babies!"
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Long Joan Silver 7 years ago
You know what's even worse? Having gastro, then getting your period at the same time. Can't bloody win! Things coming out of both ends (if you know what I mean). Had that happen once before.
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Neurotic_Octopus 7 years ago
True Story. I track my own, and last month I wrote "suspiciously easy". Sure enough, I spent the last few days wondering why I was exhausted and achy and crying because my chair broke :p
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mandy the capibara 7 years ago
for a moment I thought you were talking about fire breath from.. down there, and I thought: oh no, accidentally sneezing or laughing really would be a disaster then! * someone makes you laugh, you set your chair on fire..
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Laura Drillenburg 4 years ago
Li Shang: "You ok?" Me: "Imma just go home now. . ." Me: *walks away with a red trail following* (period blood) Li Shang: "What the fu-"
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Sarah Bevan 7 years ago
Day 8: Sees blood on underwear "Oh God I'm dying what the... wait... adult woman... this is normal. ahhhh"
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FabulousKilljoy 7 years ago
When your favorite bands turn into your most hated bodily function
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Morgan Brock 7 years ago
If my cat doesn't let me kiss him, I cry anyways. I literally have no excuse.
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Sweetie Cake️ 2 years ago
“come on. almost got it. YES! wait n-no! get in that center you little ba$tard… did i do it? ah f-ck it i’m going back to the bathroom.”
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Miraculous Klutz 5 years ago
Chihuahua! Also deciding whether to drop everything or risk that pair of underwear.
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Sweetie Cake️ 2 years ago
i imagine it as my uterus has 7 days to assassinate me and if it fails it retreats and comes back in a month
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tweetybird 7 years ago
I'm reading these while on my period... it hurts so much to read these, because they're so true
Bunnies are better!! 7 years ago
I haven't had my my first period yet but I think I am going to any day now because I am running late. Before reading the I was a tiny bit excited but now I just want to die.
Bunnies are better!! 7 years ago
yeah, I'm almost 15 and my other areas of puberty have happened so i'm enjoying my freedom while it lasts
Erin Cridge 7 years ago
I got mine when I was 10... in music class at school, blood all over the back of my dress. Be prepared at all times and good luck, young grasshopper.
Brianna Bastian 7 years ago
Enjoy the water before the red sea bombards, and wear as many white pants as you want.
Paige Campbell 2 years ago
Lucky! I'm 12 and have mine. Run while you still can! This sucks. I've only had two and started my third a couple hours ago. It's gotten heavy and yea. Oh and the second day and third day of your period is usually the worst so I recommend using a tampon on those days and a panty liner. I also recommend recommending learning how to put in a tampon in the shower and then putting a dry one in immediately after so it's not a bloody mess trying to put it in.
Alicia Counter 7 years ago
Lol. It's bad, but you'll live. It also depends on your body type too. If you're active, it might be more light or heavy. If you're overweight...most likely heavy (UGH). Different for everyone. I'm really dramatic about it, lol. But it's disgusting and when I was still in school, I stayed home, lol. I was 10 when I first got mine. I freaked out and thought I was dying because I haven't even see the videos or have the talk yet, lol. But I knew someone who was 17 when they first got theirs.
Catie Carter 7 years ago
I was 14 when i got mine. Theybsaid it was because how active iwas. But when it hit it was unbearable. Had to run to dull the pain. So bad it made me puke. Thank god for birthcontrol!
BoredBunnies 7 years ago
On the package of rose petals, it says rose tea can relieve period cramps. The more you know. Photo-on-6...0a-png.jpg 
Flora Polvado 7 years ago
Do NOT use if you have seizures. Rose hip, rose, and primrose tea or oil can all trigger seizures
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Loni Bryantt 7 years ago
This is great but did you mean 100+ posts instead of 10+ in the headline? Because I assumed there was 15 posts --tops-- and now I've spent an hour at work reading these and I can't stop and I still haven't gone through all of them thanks
Nicole Holt 7 years ago
How to explain periods to a guy: 1. Uterus wants baby 2. Uterus doesn't get baby 3. Uterus wants REVENGE!!!!!!!
Mycroft Holmes 7 years ago
now I understand why Eurus was screeching at S and I when we were teenagers :p
Jessica Conifer 7 years ago
just want to suggest the title be changed to "100+ Painfully Hilarious Posts About Periods That Only People who Menstruate Will Understand" The posts are inclusive, the title really should be too :) great list though.
Isabel Care 3 years ago
Laughed at "hours" for a tampon. 45 minutes the first 2 days. Change hourly at night with pads and major leakage. Thank you body for fibroids so I could finally have the bits I never wanted to use removed.
Liza Sutherland 7 years ago
Installing Mirena IUD stops ~95% of downloads, for ~20% of users, and decreases chances of pop-up "Baby" by ~100%. Subscription term: 5 years, easy renewal, option to cancel at any time. Does not protect against viruses. Can be a pain to install though. :-D
Loni Bryantt 7 years ago
Did you mean 100+ posts instead of 10+ in the headline? Because you roped me in and now I've spent the last hour at work reading these and I'm still not done going through them and Im both happy and distraught at the same time because they are all so true and funny but I need to do some work HELP!!!!!!!!!!???!!
José Alejandro Díaz Bravo 7 years ago
If you have strong pain in your period perharps you got a cyst...
Shari H 7 years ago
No, if you have strong pinching pains prior to your period you may have cysts, although mild pinching pain is normal. Strong pain during your period is just the uterus being a whiny b***h about the exercise.
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tweetybird 7 years ago
I'm reading these while on my period... it hurts so much to read these, because they're so true
Bunnies are better!! 7 years ago
I haven't had my my first period yet but I think I am going to any day now because I am running late. Before reading the I was a tiny bit excited but now I just want to die.
Bunnies are better!! 7 years ago
yeah, I'm almost 15 and my other areas of puberty have happened so i'm enjoying my freedom while it lasts
Erin Cridge 7 years ago
I got mine when I was 10... in music class at school, blood all over the back of my dress. Be prepared at all times and good luck, young grasshopper.
Brianna Bastian 7 years ago
Enjoy the water before the red sea bombards, and wear as many white pants as you want.
Paige Campbell 2 years ago
Lucky! I'm 12 and have mine. Run while you still can! This sucks. I've only had two and started my third a couple hours ago. It's gotten heavy and yea. Oh and the second day and third day of your period is usually the worst so I recommend using a tampon on those days and a panty liner. I also recommend recommending learning how to put in a tampon in the shower and then putting a dry one in immediately after so it's not a bloody mess trying to put it in.
Alicia Counter 7 years ago
Lol. It's bad, but you'll live. It also depends on your body type too. If you're active, it might be more light or heavy. If you're overweight...most likely heavy (UGH). Different for everyone. I'm really dramatic about it, lol. But it's disgusting and when I was still in school, I stayed home, lol. I was 10 when I first got mine. I freaked out and thought I was dying because I haven't even see the videos or have the talk yet, lol. But I knew someone who was 17 when they first got theirs.
Catie Carter 7 years ago
I was 14 when i got mine. Theybsaid it was because how active iwas. But when it hit it was unbearable. Had to run to dull the pain. So bad it made me puke. Thank god for birthcontrol!
BoredBunnies 7 years ago
On the package of rose petals, it says rose tea can relieve period cramps. The more you know. Photo-on-6...0a-png.jpg
Flora Polvado 7 years ago
Do NOT use if you have seizures. Rose hip, rose, and primrose tea or oil can all trigger seizures
Load More Replies... Loni Bryantt 7 years ago
This is great but did you mean 100+ posts instead of 10+ in the headline? Because I assumed there was 15 posts --tops-- and now I've spent an hour at work reading these and I can't stop and I still haven't gone through all of them thanks
Nicole Holt 7 years ago
How to explain periods to a guy: 1. Uterus wants baby 2. Uterus doesn't get baby 3. Uterus wants REVENGE!!!!!!!
Mycroft Holmes 7 years ago
now I understand why Eurus was screeching at S and I when we were teenagers :p
Jessica Conifer 7 years ago
just want to suggest the title be changed to "100+ Painfully Hilarious Posts About Periods That Only People who Menstruate Will Understand" The posts are inclusive, the title really should be too :) great list though.
Isabel Care 3 years ago
Laughed at "hours" for a tampon. 45 minutes the first 2 days. Change hourly at night with pads and major leakage. Thank you body for fibroids so I could finally have the bits I never wanted to use removed.
Liza Sutherland 7 years ago
Installing Mirena IUD stops ~95% of downloads, for ~20% of users, and decreases chances of pop-up "Baby" by ~100%. Subscription term: 5 years, easy renewal, option to cancel at any time. Does not protect against viruses. Can be a pain to install though. :-D
Loni Bryantt 7 years ago
Did you mean 100+ posts instead of 10+ in the headline? Because you roped me in and now I've spent the last hour at work reading these and I'm still not done going through them and Im both happy and distraught at the same time because they are all so true and funny but I need to do some work HELP!!!!!!!!!!???!!
José Alejandro Díaz Bravo 7 years ago
If you have strong pain in your period perharps you got a cyst...
Shari H 7 years ago
No, if you have strong pinching pains prior to your period you may have cysts, although mild pinching pain is normal. Strong pain during your period is just the uterus being a whiny b***h about the exercise.
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