Ladies only (really, guys you'll be sorry)

[Annie&Hallie'sMom]

1. No one can spell or say menstration properly. Period.

2. For a Period of time, you are a bloody mess.

3. When you menstrate, you feel awful -- PERIOD!

Period, menstration, Aunt Flo, On The Rag (from the good old days when they used rags), My Time Of the Month...no matter what you call it, you've got a mess on your hands. And no tampon or pad is going to make me feel fresh when all I can think about is how disgusting I feel.

 

[BibbidiBobbidiBOO]

Why don't they make a commercial about a woman devouring a huge chocolate frosted brownie, with frosting running down her shirt because TODAY was the start of her PERIOD and she was hormonally possessed to eat CHOCOLATE! That would sell a few brownie kits don't ya think?
By the way, that was NOT me today, just because I read the Brownie thread and started my you know what today ! The headache is gone at least.

 

[Tiggeroo]

You guys need to check out the men's thread about this post. It is hilarious.

 

[CamColt]

Originally posted by BibbidiBobbidiBoo
Why don't they make a commercial about a woman devouring a huge chocolate frosted brownie, with frosting running down her shirt because TODAY was the start of her PERIOD and she was hormonally possessed to eat CHOCOLATE! That would sell a few brownie kits don't ya think?
By the way, that was NOT me today, just because I read the Brownie thread and started my you know what today ! The headache is gone at least.

ROFL!!!

 

[BibbidiBobbidiBOO]

And I am NOT dressed in white skipping down the beach , I am in black denim shorts with chocolate on my shirt! THAT is reality. DH asked what the stain on my shirt was at dinner tonight...I lied! Would not want to spoil his image of me .

 

[Cantw8]

OK, you guys opened the door so I am going to walk through it.....
I have a great story about my first time at the gyno office. At the ripe age of 17, I deceided it was time to have a thorough exam and get on the pill. My boyfriend (now my husband) and I were sick of the condoms and those suppository things that after a half hour started to foam up and make you look like a rapid dog (we used to call them "fizzers") Anyway, this very army sergeant like nurse escorts me into the exam room and throws something on the exam table. At this point, I was way too nervous and upset to pay attention to what she throw on the table. She says to me, "OK,sweetie, take everything off but your socks." and she leaves the room. I'm thinking, "WHAT".... so, I say to myself..."OK, you are a mature woman ready to do the responsible thing, this is part of the turf. Suck it up." I begin to take off all my clothes except for my socks. I'm standing there naked and thinking, "What do I do now?" I sit down in the chair,naked, my legs crossed and my arms folded across my breasts and just wait for the doctor to come in. Well, in comes the doctor, his head is down looking at my chart. Without lifting his head, he says, "So, Janet, what are you here for?" I start to stammer and try to shield my most private of areas even more when he suddenly looks up. Imagine his surprise to find me naked in his chair??!!!
He starts to stammer and says, "Why didn't you put on the gown the nurse left on the table?"...... My truely, most embarrassing moment. Do you think he still tells that story at dinner parties????

 

[tigercat]

Oh some of these stories are really funny. I do agree that the commercials are stupid. I mean get real. My dh is pretty good about picking things up for me although I do have to tell him exactly which brand to buy. I think it's funny though because most women I know have a brand that they like and do not switch although if something has shown up early and I don't have anything, and I am at someone else's house I will just use what they have and then change when I get home (I do ask before using).
tigercat

 

[allicat]

How about the pad commercials that use blue liquid(to represent blood) on the pad to show how absorbent it is.
Gross! We all know the only reason those women on tv are smiling about their periods is because they are being paid to look happy!

 

[Margie J]

Oh ladies, you are giving me a much needed laugh tonight.

I when I see any of those commercials. Once, I actually wrote to a Company to complain about their stupid ads. Why don't companies just send a sample of their new, super absorbant, scented so I won't "freak out", sparkly so I feel girlie, winged so we cover all exposed areas, spa for your pits products to each of us. That would probably cost less than those commercials.

 

[MaryAnnDVC]

Originally posted by Cantw8
I sit down in the chair,naked, my legs crossed and my arms folded across my breasts and just wait for the doctor to come in. Well, in comes the doctor, his head is down looking at my chart. Without lifting his head, he says, "So, Janet, what are you here for?" I start to stammer and try to shield my most private of areas even more when he suddenly looks up. Imagine his surprise to find me naked in his chair??!!!
He starts to stammer and says, "Why didn't you put on the gown the nurse left on the table?"...... My truely, most embarrassing moment. Do you think he still tells that story at dinner parties????

OMG, by the time I got to the point where I quoted, I was reading through my fingers...kind of like the way I watch a horror movie...saying "oh no...oh no...oh no." Did you go BACK to that Dr? I think I'd move!

 

[HauntedMansionGeek]

Originally posted by MaryAnnDVC
OMG, by the time I got to the point where I quoted, I was reading through my fingers...kind of like the way I watch a horror movie...saying "oh no...oh no...oh no." Did you go BACK to that Dr? I think I'd move!

I think I'd move too. To another country!

I'm not laughing AT you, but WITH you...hope that's ok. What a great story!! LOL LOL

 

[honeywolf7]

At the AI concert, they had a TV showing commercials and videos before the actual concert and during the intermission. A commercial for Stayfree was shown both before the show and during the intermission. Imagine watching a feminine hygiene product commercial with an entire huge center like the Richmond Coliseum full of thousands of your closest friends.

 

[ctgirlluvsmickey]

How can we all forget that commercial with the mother and daughter walking on the beach...asking about freshness...I don't think ay anytime in my life will I ever have a mother/daughter bonding moment about which personal cleansing product to use

 

[WDW Poly Princess]

Ever since reading this thread, I've been noticing how many commercials make women look stupid, and how rediculous commercials are. Now its driving me nuts!

This is sort of off topic, but have you guys heard of those "Keeper"/"Diva Cup"/etc things that have become sort of popular as pad/tampon alternatives? I'm kind of fascinated from what I've read, but it still seems like they would hurt!

I'm off to find more chocolate~!

 

[MomE@Home]

This thread has made me notice commercials a lot more. Most of them either make women look stupid or like June Cleaver. The ones that I hate the most are the blue liquid on the pad(what's next-showing them in actual use ?) and the dusting spray one with the child marking everything with a crayon & the mom just smiles and follows him cleaning up behind him. I felt like yelling to the TV: "Just take away the crayon you loon".

 

[honeywolf7]

I took a Women's Studies course and for our group project we looked at commercials on different networks and how they portrayed women. I chose ESPN and there were barely any commercials with women on them even on the network. We noticed that on the other networks, women were mostly depicted as housewives or as being only concerned about their looks.

 

[spacemountain]

yes

 

[SoonerKate]

This is sort of off topic, but have you guys heard of those "Keeper"/"Diva Cup"/etc things that have become sort of popular as pad/tampon alternatives? I'm kind of fascinated from what I've read, but it still seems like they would hurt!

The Keeper is great -- It doesn't hurt at all, doesn't leak and you can't run out of it at an inopportune time (which I used to do all of the time with tampons).

 

[RickinNYC]

So, because the original poster said that guys really shouldn't open this thread, what did I do? I'm a guy! I opened the thread!

In any case, I thought I'd share my own story with you fine women. Back in college, my girlfriend (it did happen back then for those that have gotten to know me on this board) asked me to pick up a box of pads for her. I did so and am proud to say that I had no difficulty doing it!

I brought them back and was full of questions. I had plenty of time to read the box, etc... on my way back to the dorm on the shuttle bus. I asked her if it hurt like hell removing a pad. She gave me a very quizzical look and asked me why I thought so. I pointed out the sticky part of the pad and asked again but said, "It must hurt amazingly when you have to take it off." Still a big question mark. "Do you take it off slow to avoid mass hair loss or do you just give it a hard yank?"
As she realized what I was saying, a look went across her face I will never forget, of amazement/abject horror/amusement/oh-my-God-I'm-dating-the-stupidest-man-EVER! "You put the sticky side on your PANTIES, not YOU, you big dumb idiot!"
I thought a pad was like a big band aid.

With that, I'll leave quietly.

 

[preshi]

LMAO Rick... oh man...


These stories are so great...