Ewwwww, girl blood, gross, get it offa me!!!

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Seriously? Grown men still think it's hilariously, cringeingly embarrassing to buy tampons??

(My comment, which may be removed -- I don't see much but "Har, har, you're totally right, it's embarrassing!" responses there:

It’s a health product, like band-aids. Only people who think menstruation is some kind of icky gross thing (aren’t those only fourteen-year-old boys?) should make a big deal about buying them for someone they love. I don’t fuss if I have to buy band-aids or jock-itch cream or an enema for my partner — their health is more important to me than some prurient “ewww” reaction that I outgrew in the fourth grade.

(As to why there are so many absorbencies, it’s to prevent toxic shock syndrome (TSS), which, though relatively rare, is fatal. Fatal is bad. Much worse than someone thinking you might be partnered with someone who — EWW! — menstruates.)

My partner says this when we occasionally have to deal with menstrual issues (say, blood on the sheets because of a surprise onset): “Well, I could solve that by not sleeping with women. I like sleeping with women, so I guess I just accept that a little blood is part of the package.”

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I'm surprised by how many of the, "OMFG HILARIOUS!!" comments are from women.

This comment (also from a woman) really surprised me, though: "What’s as bad as having to buy tampons for your wife? Getting to the checkout counter, and it’s a guy (you had no choice) and you put the K-Y jelly on the counter. And you do NOT look at the guy. Ever. Ever again. We all have to suffer a little to show love to our partner…"

Really? I mean, I recognize that buying sexual products was embarrassing for most people *AT SOME POINT*, but I thought most people got over it eventually. Mortifying enough that you never want to ever see the person again ever?

Then again, I've also once checked out with just a bottle of lube, a pack of C batteries and some Polaroid film, and our society doesn't have the same hangups about the idea of men being openly sexual, so my perspective on that may be all wrong.