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

[OrigamiTulip]

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!"