Today, I was faced with the inevitable horrible circumstances which lead me to put in a tampon on a moving city bus. 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, I was on a crowded bus on the way back from my boyfriend's when I suddenly had a terrible nose bleed. I had no tissues, so instead I had to use last night's underwear from my bag. FML
Today, while getting on a city bus, I sat down on a urine-soaked seat. FML
Today, I put a tampon in. The string broke. I had to go to the hospital to get it out. FML
Today, I have severe endometriosis and it's severely damaged my bowels. I was on a bus, and we got stuck in a traffic jam. The bus was delayed by 40 minutes and whilst I was stuck on it, I pooped myself. An old lady gave me a shawl to hide the damage. FML
Today, I was mugged while changing my tampon. The mugger took everything, including the fresh tampon. FML
Today, I was on my hour long bus ride home with a full bladder. Right as the bus reached my stop, the time I spent holding it in was over. I didn't make it out of the aisle before I peed my pants. FML
Today, I used the bathroom on a bus from New York to Boston, and carefully covered the seat with twenty of the single-square toilet paper rations. As I was peeing, the bus flew over a bump and swerved sharply, and my entire naked bottom was splashed with urine and poop. It wasn't my own. FML
Today, I was on the bus. I heard a click right before something small hit my cheek. I looked over to see the lady next to me cutting her long, dirty fingernails. The bus was too crowded to move and It was a 20 minute ride to work. FML
Today, I got my period and went clubbing. I had to change my tampon and stupidly I only brought one. When I unwrapped it, it fell on the floor. I had to wait in the womens' bathroom for 45 minutes for a random girl to give me a spare. FML
Today, I took the bus. The old lady next to me almost fell when the driver stopped, but I managed to catch her. Five minutes later, the same thing happened to me. The old lady tried to help me, but I lost my balance and pulled her skirt down. FML
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Floortje 17
+10 dexterity gained :)
Silver_89 9
Natural bodily functions aren't gross but that doesn't mean they can't be unsanitary which is why people SHOULD wash their hands after dealing with bodily fluids whether it be blood, urine, or feces. It is, in fact, a health concern.
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Comments (151)
awkotaco333 15
I want to know what events led up to this
RobinGoodfellow 47
Obviously bleeding. Need there be more?
snowflake_3325 7
I'm not sure why this was "inevitable". I'm female and I was under the impression (from my like fifteen years of experience with periods) that periods generally come every 28 days, give or take, and other than maybe some unexpected spotting inbetween, we generally know about when we will get them. This doesn't sound like spotting, this sounds like full blown heavy flow... Maybe it's just me who prepares ahead of time??
limabeans101029 21
Some women have really irregular periods. Before I started taking the pill, I literally had no idea when my next one would be. And you say that "we generally know", meaning you don't know exactly when it's going to come. OP probably thought she *was* preparing ahead of time by carrying tampons with her. Unless your idea of preparing ahead of time is just constantly wearing a tampon...
gemstone586 12
I'm with you, 84. I cannot imagine any set of circumstances in which this would be my only option. even if you're not regular, does your body give you no warning signs?? I think I would just have to bleed everywhere, regardless, because no way in Hell I'd do that......
RBW_Slave 9
@84 - 28 days give or take. But not all women have clockwork periods. And even for those that do, circumstances can cause early or late periods to occur. (ie: stress or illness)
supasupa 1
This is why men need to by sympathetic towards women
Mindset 11
Did anybody catch you though? I mean it sucks to be forced to be in that situation but it would be a lot worse to get caught doing it.
sandrisima 13
That was me one month ago.
mrdvs31 3
Bloody Mary
PurpleKicks 22
Eww gross!
54MU31 19
I just moderated one where someone said they saw a woman put a tampon on in a city bus
siggy_mcsigx 22
If OP was wearing a skirt it would be easy to do discreetly. Trousers would be a bit more difficult...
r00nie 10
YDI for not being prepared. Unless your periods are highly erratic, you're at fault!
Jinxsie 27
Coming from someone that doesn't bleed through their crotch.
dragoongirl90 34
I agree with him.