Today, I realized that without fail, even if I'm not supposed to get it, I get my period just in time for vacations. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, a month into exercising for the first time in years to get summer body for vacation, the sudden exertion pushed back my period. If I'd sat on my ass, my period would have been on time this month, and over next month before my vacation started. I was really looking forward to period-free vacation. Not anymore. FML
Today, I was showing the guy I like something on my phone. My period tracking app decided it was the perfect time to tell me that I need to stock up on tampons, because I'm getting my period tomorrow. FML
Today, I woke up to realize I got my period a week early. The day of the after-wedding brunch. In a sort of remote area. Without pads or tampons. I need to be at the breakfast in a half-hour. FML
Today, I got my period. 10 minutes into a 3 hour exam. Apparently they are serious when they say you may not leave the room under any circumstances. FML
Today, it's the first day of a long-needed vacation after weeks of stress and overtime. I'm having such intense period cramps, I'm bathed in sweat. FML
Today, while writing a midterm, my period came unexpectedly. Too bad my male professor was the one to notice and not me. FML
Today, I realized that without my birth control pills, I would have no idea what day it is. FML
Today, I'm apparently so desperate for companionship that my body has subconsciously synced my period with the girl who works in the cubicle adjacent to mine. FML
Today, I got my period early. While traveling. For a funeral. I had to walk through two entire airport terminals to find a shop that had any period products, and the only option was an $18 box of tampons. Six tampons, to be precise. FML
Today, I woke up with a hangover, a shaved head, and my period. FML
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Top comments
berniro 14
Being a female is amazing because your uterus automatically senses when the worst possible time to get a period arises...shame on you for not giving it a baby OP!! In all seriousness, they can come early/late due to stress or changes in diet and vacations usually have both :/ I hope you came prepared anyway even though it's an inconvenience
ecce 20
This happens to me all the time and it's the woooooorst.
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berniro 14
Being a female is amazing because your uterus automatically senses when the worst possible time to get a period arises...shame on you for not giving it a baby OP!! In all seriousness, they can come early/late due to stress or changes in diet and vacations usually have both :/ I hope you came prepared anyway even though it's an inconvenience
hellobobismyname 24
OP have you heard of a menstrual cup? In my opinion it is the most convenient solution, if you're not squeamish about putting fingers in there. You only change it twice a day, and it's reusable, so it saves you so much money, and doesn't alter your Ph balance like tampons do. You can still go swimming, wear it to bed, and there is no string dangling out. And if you put it in properly, there are no leaks. It's definitely what I would use on a vacation.
Nyattack 14
#15 I was going to comment just that ; once you get used to it, it's a real game-changer !
Jinamisu 4
its so ******* annoying seeing girls shove their period choices down other girls throats i see it all the time omg have you ever considered some people can't use them or just don't want to?
hellobobismyname 24
46 - Wow, no one is shoving period choices down other girls' throats. Mentionioning an option is not the same as forcing people to do it. What the ******* ****? I started using the cup because it was mentioned on another period related FML actually and I thought it sounded interesting. It's not advertised because it doesn't make profit for big companies like tampons and pads do, and so lots of women don't even hear about it and it's good for us women to know about all the options so we can make an informed decision. It's so ******* annoying when people start shit over absolutely nothing. Sit the **** down. (Sorry, this pissed me off more than I should have allowed it to)
ecce 20
This happens to me all the time and it's the woooooorst.
Welshite 40
You sound like a menstruating ghost.
ecce 20
Plot twist: I am!
Scotth901 22
Your vacations seem to arrive...... Periodically.....
SuperWhoMarvLock 22
It might be caused from the stress or excitement
hellnosucka 27
Ah yes...the magic of the uterus.
redscarf_fml 8
Literally before every important event that I wouldn't want a period during, it comes. But any other time it comes on schedule. The power of the female body. Smh
nanner6206 24
Literally.
zeldah_fml 12
They make delay pills
ashyash90 8
I've never heard of that? Unless you're talking about birth control pills?
purplekanc 24
No it’s not bc it’s a different pill you can take. You just have to get a script. Check out wisp.com or contact your doctor.
kingdomgirl94 29
I ******* hate that! It happened to me all the time to. It's why I started using tampons instead of pads at the age of 20... Barring sex, they let you do almost anything!
organizse 28
Every. Single. Time. It's like they know