Ewwww, are you kidding me? (TMI for the sensitive)
 

Someone told me that one of her students' grandmothers told her not to bath/shower during the wrong time of the month. As a result, the student has body odor.

Why? :eek: Is it some sort of superstition or something?

Has anyone heard of this?

Yes, this was an old wives' tale that if you bathed or showered while you were menstruating, you would catch a cold.

My cute little booklet that I got from the Kotex people informed me this was completely untrue, however, and that baths and showers were doubly important at "that time."

There was a girl in my Girl Scout troop who came from a family who believed this. She was a very nice girl, but very smelly, and as a result had few friends in the troop. I remember we had quite a few of those "personal hygiene and grooming" lessons/activities, including some mother/daughter activities, to try and reach out to this girl but none of them worked. Her parents really believed that bathing during menstruation was wrong, and the poor girl had to suffer because of it.

When I first got my period years ago, I had two really superstitious aunts who told me that, if I washed my hair during my period...it would turn white.

I actually believed this for a few months. I went 4-5 days without washing my hair.

This thread reminds me of the episode of the Cosby Show where Rudy gets her period for the first time and her friends fill her head with myths.

"Because without 'a visit from Aunt Flow' there would be no uncles!"

I'll take the shower and the cold, thank you.

far as I know...the only things that u all should stay away from are baths, pools and oceans.

hell, i take 2 showers at that time...nothing bad has happened to me yet!

When your penis starts bleeding for a week every month, then you can tell us where we can and cannot go on our periods. Until then, STFU.

You can take a bath and swim with a tampon in. I'd be a little nervous in the ocean though...I'm already scared of sharks, don't need to be putting out the call for them.:p

ooh, harsh! and i totally agree with the shark thing lol!

Ummm, tampons were invented in the 1930s dude. Ever see a Playtex ad?

well see, I am not an expert user...go figure....LOL

not every woman can use or wants to use a tampon either but I understand ur point

daemon, im sure it is wonderful watching tv with you...

not every guy can watch a tampax commercial or hear about "having that fresh feeling" and not run out the room lol! you are a diamond in the rough!:D

Any male over the age of 15 should be able to watch a tampon commercial without freaking. OMG...INBD.

I thought that was the best pregnancy test ad ever!

My grandmother would say if you washed your hair during that your hair would never grow again and you would catch pnemonia (sp?).:eek::eek:

AMEN!!!
They made that pregnancy test look like a spaceship!!

hey...i'm the poor unfortunate that sometimes have to make that monthly run for the pads...but better that right now than diapers....

I swear that commercial was made with the intent to market that particular brand to men. How many times does the woman make the man buy the pregnancy test? Pretty frequently, if we're talking about a committed relationship. Or it's an attempt to empower women-- a lot like the new tampon ads that have been running to demonstrate that you can have an active life while on your period/don't have to be embarrased about it (like a lot of the newer deodorant ads are designed away from the norm-- which focused on eliminating embarrassing BO).

lol my fiance will physically shudder at the mention of pantiliner! i told him, he is the sole man in a house with 2 1/2 females, he needs to get the hell over that now!

im spoiled though. my dad was a vietnam medic, so tampons mean nothing to him. he, too, was the only man in a 5 person household, so if we needed something, he'd ask what color the box was, and did i have a coupon!!:)

Geeky women. I'm just saying :D Not that I have a need for one at the moment.

The only one of those commercials that bothers me is the Stayfree commercial where the woman is "interviewing" women in the maxipads aisle and she pours water on a pad and rubs her hand across it to show how quickly it absorbed the water...and THEN she blots the pad on her shirt (like, quickly, once on each shoulder)! That's really a gross mental image for me.

Here's what I never understood about men freaking out about buying "supplies" - obviously it isn't for YOU - obviously you have a WOMAN - so how is it embarassing? Far more embarassing for a woman to have to go to the only open check-out line, staffed by an 18 year old boy, and buy tampons or pads. Yikes.

I just don't get why it's embarrasing at all. It's a piece of cotton with a string on it, useful for practical and sanitary purposes. It's not like it's a dildo.

There are lots of very natural things that I don't want to share with the 18 year old at the check-out. :o

LOL. Point taken.

That reminds me of the time I was at the grocery store and my son (who had recently been potty trained) was helping me unload the cart. As he put something on the belt, he would announce what it was so I heard "strawberries", "hotdogs", etc. - and then he put the pack of Always on the belt and announced "MOMMY DIAPERS!".

Sorry for the tangent.

Lol. I will purposefully wait in a line with a woman cashier so I don't have to go through that look of mutual embarrassment.

i was more embarassed buying condoms than tampons! i had a pack of magnums and the little checkout guy turned red as a beet...it was sooo funny!

I HATE HATE HATE that commercial!!!!!!!!! It's so disgusting. Maybe they were doing if for the people that can't read directions.......

lol, i know EXACTLY what you mean, I do the same thing.

I find it more embarrassing to buy like y.i. stuff or a pregnancy test for some reason. Definately the pregnancy test because I feel like everyone is judging me... I know i'm most likely paranoid but when I'm on line and there are older people on line with me, I feel like they are thinking that I'm too young, probably unmarried blah blah blah. I'm not one to be especially conscious of what other people think, or really care either, but for some reason, this really gets to me.

What?

Yeast Infection!! Yeah, that's definitely more embarassing than tampons or pads.

Wow...I was thinking along the wrong lines. At first I thought she meant KY and didn't get the letters right...and then my brain just kinda took over from there and went the opposite direction.:o:)

mmmm... yeah it is! i opened up my bathroom cabinet and my roommate's monistat fell out.... i was like... ahhh! lol :p i was embarrassed FOR her lol

I will avoid the lines with boy students that I know as baggers or checkers under these conditions, more to spare him the possibility of embarrassment than because it bothers me.

Nah, embarrassing is condoms, pregnancy test or yeast infection stuff. Or that pill you take for pain with a UTI along with gallons of cranberry juice.

For my period? I have no qualms whatsoever. We all bleed get over it.

whats truly embarassing is constipation stuff. nothing like an enema and a box of correctol to turn your face red! it is followed close place by any other genital area itch cream lol!

I would proudly march to the CVS cashier with 100 boxes of tampons, pantiliners and pads and feel no embarrassment like I'd feel if I had to purchase something for "feminine itch" or "feminine odor". Those are the worst!

One better-a bottle of colace. I was on narcotic pain meds for quite some time and you wind up needing it but jesus it's embarrassing to buy.

I had my BF at the time buy me a box of pads. He came back with a genuinely bewildered look on his face.

Random thought:
I refuse to swim in the ocean whilst menstruating. According to Shark Week, some sharks can smell a drop of blood 1/2 a mile away. Why take the chance? lol..

I was told not to swim, wash, wash my hair, etc. I did all of the above and I am relatively ok.

ForeverRoses: I am LOL at the mommy diapers.. lol!!

shyt just show me exactly what kind u need...giive me an empty box so I can find....like I said....better that than buying diapers.....