Today, I found my daughter sobbing and trying to stick a wad of gauze to her vagina. She was having her first period. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my daughter got her first period. I'm the one shaking and hyperventilating. I'm more nervous for her than I was for myself back when I got my first period. I just now understand my mom while she was pacing through house back and forward when I got my first. FML
Today, my daughter got her first period, so I went and got some products for her, certain that I knew what was needed. The lady cashier took one look in my basket and sympathetically asked if it was my daughter's first period and if I wanted help, since I clearly had no idea what I was doing. FML
Today, my daughter said she would never ever have kids because then she'll bleed through her vagina or get stitches on her stomach. She turned 7 last week and learnt this at school from friends. I'm yet to have the "periods" talk with her. Now I'm scared to start it. FML
Today, I got my first period. My dad bought me a card and had everyone in my family sign it. FML
Today, I asked my dad to take me to the store so I could get some feminine hygiene products. When we got there, he went running down the aisles yelling, "Help! My daughter's bleeding to death! Where're the tampons?!" FML
Today, I found out my 12 year old daughter is going through a bit of an "emotional" stage. I got a call from her school saying she was sitting in the corner at recess trying to cut her wrist. With a plastic spoon. FML
Today, I overheard my 14-year-old daughter telling her friend that she's saving money to get her hymen surgically removed so her first time won't hurt. FML
Today, my stepdaughter unexpectedly got her first period during a visit. I explained everything to her, then took her to the store to buy supplies and snacks. Her mother called and cussed me out for “stealing” this experience from her. Yeah I totally planned it to happen this way. FML
Today, my mom sat on a pencil and started bleeding. She then made me clean the wound on her butt and put ointment on it. FML
Today, I found out that I puke and then pass out at the sight of blood. I am a 16 year old girl expecting hundreds of periods to come. FML
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luarasticks 13
um, maybe you shouldve taught her about her about her body?
kangx1 28
**** your daughters life. I'm a guy and I can't imagine bleeding out in my genital area and not knowing what the ***** going on just imagine all the things that could be going through her head. I'd do more than cry. You should have taught her about periods atleast. I can't blame you though because she might still be young and you couldn't have known that it would come so soon
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johncage 14
Come on. Can you blame the poor girl? She's a kid. What would you think if you randomly started bleeding from an orifice which had been a blood-free zone for your entire existence? Particularly one you've been conditioned not to discuss. Kids can develop at different rates, and I hope for her sake it was just bad luck and not the abject neglect that would be the alternative.
yani215 9
I know exactly what she's feeling because even though I knew what was happening I refused to talk about it even to my mother. When my mom tried to confront me about it I started crying and ran to my room and wouldn't talk to anyone for hours. It is a very personal thing to happen to a girl and if we're not ready for it it's actually quite traumatizing. Sorry OP but tell her it's going to be okay.
ivyadam 3
This makes me sad. Puberty is an insanely embarassing subject and you're daughter didn't know what was happening and you think its a FML moment? This is not right. Also, how come she doesn't know about her period, its a little worth telling her.
novdestiny 23
Why is everyone assuming this is from the mum? It could be the dad.
gracehi 33
There's a gender symbol in the corner of the post, denoting the OP's gender. She is female.
gracehi 33
18, That's what I thought too. There's a chance the girl reached puberty way early and the parents just didn't see it coming. They likely didn't think there was a need to explain these things to her yet.
dc2fresh 15
why didnt you warn her about that type of stuff
PinkGlitterBunny 8
I'm sorry, what? You should have done your job, taught her about her period then kept menstrual products in the house. She's hit puberty. That was not a FYL moment, it was a FHL moment. Grow up.
Tonymac617 16
Parenting Fail
shelglo 5
parent fail. my mom taught me about periods when I was 8 even though I didn't start till 11 or 12 I think. But we also had health class at school, so when I started I had the "starter kit" the school gave us but at least I knew to raid my mom's pad stash & then tell her so she could buy me my own. apparently your daughter doesn't have health class so it's up to you. great job you did there. it's a confusing enough time for a girl.
DoomedGemini 38
A girl I knew started hers around 6. I don't understand why people are saying you have to be a certain age to learn about your period. I went in the bathroom with my mom when I was little, so of course she had periods. She explained girls when they get older get them and what to use to help(pads and tampons). I was never traumatized like this poor girl probably was not knowing about it.