All That Glitters Is Not Bold
Legend: A woman mistakenly uses her daughter's glitter spray instead of feminine deodorant in preparation for a visit to the gynecologist.
Examples: [Collected on the Internet, 1995]
This woman left work early to have her yearly OB-GYN appointment. She went home to shower and shave. After her shower she thought some feminine deodorant spray might be nice, but she didn't have any. So she went into her teenage daughter's bathroom, looked in the cabinet, found the can and "freshened up."
She went into the doctor's office and put her legs in the stirrups with the sheet over her. The doctor comes in and peeks under the sheet and says, "Hmm Fancy." She thought the comment was odd, but didn't think much of it.
That night she said to her daughter, "I hope you don't mind, but I used some of your feminine spray today." Her daughter looked at her and replied, "Mom, I don't have any feminine spray." "Yes, you do. It's in the cabinet," the mother said. "Okay, Mom, come show me." So the two went into the daughter's bathroom. The mother grabbed a can and said, "Here it is." The daughter said, "Mom, that's spray glitter."
Origins: The "glittery mom" story has been circulating on the Internet at least since 1994. In an updated 1997 version, the sparkly stuff is transferred to the older woman by way of her using her daughter's washcloth, not realizing the girl had been using it to remove glitter makeup. Feminine deodorant spray or washcloth, it's the same tale with but a small detail changed.