My daughter recently started her period. When we talk about it she says that she hates the word "period". She say's, "Mom can't you find a more suttle word for what i'm going through?" I don't really see what the big deal is but if she feels more comfortible calling it something else, i'm all ears. Any ideas ladies? Caution, she is only eleven so no inappropriate suggestions please.
2007-02-27 11:08:49 · 21 answers · asked by jjs12109 1 in Health ➔ Women's Health
I make my mom refer to it as
"Punctuation"
LOL!
I'm 13..
Or, like Cher said in the movie "Clueless" "Riding the Crimson Wave?"
2007-02-27 11:12:24 · answer #1 · answered by victoriaaa 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
"That time of the month" is really annoying... so just have a code name for it, like: "My grandma's in town!" That way when she has her period, she can say: "Mom, grandma is in town" and won't have to go through saying period or whatever.
A really funny way to say it was in the movie Clueless, where Cher says: "I was totally riding the crimson wave!" To her male teacher. Cute!
2007-02-27 19:15:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Menses is one I've heard. Female's Monthly friend, cycle, monthly visitor...things like that. I also had a friend that used to call her sanitary napkins and tampons 'paper' to her friends. Like "Do you have any paper I can have? I've been taking a LOT of notes today."
2007-02-27 19:25:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Periodic table?
2007-02-27 19:37:26 · answer #4 · answered by Rudipoot 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ive got one that I use every once in awhile to this day.....and Im almost 22!
"Girlie time"
ex: Where are my sweat pants and that cheesecake I know is lurking around here? Girlie time came today.
2007-02-27 19:13:25 · answer #5 · answered by AZrunner 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I have a French friend who says 'Ma cul est dans les fraises'.
It means 'my *ss is in strawberries'. I always think that is a very sweet way of putting it.
2007-02-27 19:30:29 · answer #6 · answered by penny century 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My husband refers to it as "leaking". I use that sometimes but other times I call it Mother Nature.
2007-02-27 20:24:12 · answer #7 · answered by skippykt 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I didn't have an actual name like what the previous poster suggested for mine. My mom and I called it my "customary thing". Then later I sometimes called it my "monthly".
2007-02-27 19:14:49 · answer #8 · answered by sokokl 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
My girlfriends and I refer to it as "Aunt Flow", as in "I can't go swimming today because Aunt Flow is visiting."
2007-02-27 19:21:48 · answer #9 · answered by Cat Loves Her Sabres 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that word is very uncomfortable to say. just like sex or tampon is too. i call it my 'feeling' and i call tampax X's and pads P's. so when you ask her, you should say, 'do you need any x's or p's from the store?' that will make the situation much more comfortable.
2007-02-27 19:17:13 · answer #10 · answered by dazzlefazzle 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋