Today, in class, I reached into my bag to pull out a tampon, which I hid under my sleeve so I could make a quick escape to the restroom. My teacher yelled at me, because she thought I'd taken out my phone. I then had to prove myself by showing the tampon to the whole class. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I bought a box of tampons and went to the store restroom to insert one. I then put the box inside my purse. On my way out, I got stopped by security, who yelled at me to empty my purse. He grabbed my bag, spilling the tampons everywhere. Apparently, he thought I was stealing. FML
Today, I was expecting my period. To avoid the embarrassment of everyone in the office finding out, instead of putting tampons in my bag, I hid one in my bra. It fell out while I was coming back from lunch. I am now known to all as "The Tampon Dispenser". FML
Today, a guy sitting next to me in class asked me for a pen. I accidentally handed him a tampon instead. FML
Today, I used the bathroom that the high school shares with elementary kids. As I was pulling my pants down, my phone fell out of my pocket into the other stall. As I was reaching for it, the little girl in the other stall took it and ran away. FML
Today, I had just reached in my purse without looking to grab a granola bar when my boss walked in my office. We talked for a few minutes as he kept giving me strange looks and looking at my hand. He left and I realized I hadn't taken a granola bar out, but a tampon instead. FML
Today, in science class, I was bored and playing with a paper towel, dipping it into a container of water. When my teacher caught me and asked what I was doing, I panicked and said I was "drying the water." FML
Today, I didn't have any money to buy a tampon from the dispenser at my school but my hands are small enough so I can just slide them up and grab one. My hand got stuck in the dispenser and my school had to call the fire department. Now everyone calls me "Tampon Girl." FML
Today, I was worried about passing an exam, so I hid a note under my skirt. When the guy next to me was finished, I had to get up so he could leave. With no time to hide the note, I stood in front of the entire class, hand over my crotch, looking as if I had to pee. FML
Today, at school, I got stuck in the elevator and was about to panic before I remembered I had my phone. I called my mother and she called the school to tell them that I was stuck. They got me out in a few minutes and then confiscated my phone and gave me two detentions for using it in school. FML
Today, I was substitute teaching a high school English class. A student discreetly told me that my zipper was open. I tried to zip it up, but the zipper got caught on my underwear. When I bent down to pick up my pen, my pants split. Before I turned around, I heard the sound of phones taking pictures. FML
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Top comments
saIty 17
Look her straight in the eyes, shove that tampon up your nose, and remain eye contact. She'll never call you out like that again.
Selphis 20
It's only natural... I hope the teacher feels like a dick now though!
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Grimnirwher9 21
Why would you pull it out in the classroom, rather than go to the bathroom first and pull it out when you get there?
fsomelife 26
Are you suggesting she should have asked the teacher to accompany her to the restroom to sort the problem out?
fsomelife 26
"I reached into my bag to pull out a tampon:" asking why you would pull it out in class seems like a reference to the tampon.
gummybear1996 13
Well the teacher might also be suspicious if you take your bag with you
thatonename 7
Then you can explain to the teacher without a visual aid why you are going. OP did kinda shoot herself in the foot by going for it early. I'm not saying it's her fault, the teacher was just doing their job and it turned into a shitty situation.
Grimnirwher9 21
No, I mean that, instead of pulling out a tampon and then going to the bathroom, she should've went to the bathroom first and then pulled out her tampon. That way, the teacher wouldn't have seen anything weird, so there wouldn't have been a problem. Also, why is that hard to understand?
usnwife 18
But taking your bag to the bathroom in class can scream "I'm on my period and have to take this with me!!" Why else do you need to take your bag? Unless its to take your phone and text - which the teacher still would have questioned. She was trying to be discreet and it backfired. I don't blame her a bit for trying to take it out first, but I also don't see it as a big deal, girls have periods just tell the teacher and let it go. The more embarrassed you get the bigger deal it becomes, it's a fact of life (that yes we try to be discreet about) that we just gotta accept and deal with - awkward moments and all!
mariah3269 4
But why would OP take her whole backpack making it really suspicious and then her teacher probably would have thought she was ditching class, and then she would've had to sit her backpack down and now I'm sure the class's attention is on her and then she'd have to take it out in front of the class anyway or just leave without it, being too embarrassed to grab it, and gone to the bathroom defeating the whole purpose so your statement was invalid
mariah3269 4
My comment was specifically to 82
efrainelboricua 12
I'd bring my bag. Never know what other classmates will do to it or steal from it.
whyistherumgone_ 10
Also if it's like a big backpack or something the teacher would be like WTF?
Enslaved 38
I hope your teacher feels horrible for putting you on blast. All though periods are nothing to be ashamed of, there's nothing wrong with trying to be discreet. Everyone doesn't need to know your private business. FYL
stargirl_95 24
This reminds me of the time my teacher tried to confiscate a girl's phone because she had reached into her pocket. It turned out the girl was getting a sweet. Teachers are extremely quick to try and confiscate cellphones so even if you reach into your pocket during class they assume it's to check your phone. Don't feel too bad about it OP, just try to laugh off the embarassment and hopefully everyone will have forgotten about it by next week.
lilhellian 27
Teachers are assholes like that.. I do many things to embarrass my teacher as payback.. Usually I'll text in class.. But I'll have backpack on desk and when he asks if I'm textin quickly slip it in the side pocket.. He asks me to move backpack I lift it straight up, he looks like a fool..
missamberrose 17
I remember when I was in high school and the teacher tied to take my phone, when all I wanted was a cinnamon heart from out of my bag. So I told her she couldn't have it, she argued for awhile but eventually gave up. Teachers can't legally force you to give up your stuff, they can only ask and hope you give in.
mariah3269 4
76-or give you a referral
SanaSazi 32
Yr a girl you use tampons. It's life.
DevinY1 15
well this might make since if you're was spelled correctly and there was a comma placed in there
JustASmallTownBo_fml 7
Irony, thy name is DevinY1. *sense
mariah3269 4
How do you know his last name doesn't start with a "y" and he wanted that to be his user name but it was already taken so he put a one behind it?
Tidus0 17
That sucks. Perhaps next time just walk to the teacher and quietly tell her that you needed to change your sanitary product and didn't want to notify the whole class.
kathryn14 19
You should have just went and shown her your phone...
doodlecloud 27
Eh, I don't think that'd really bother me but then I went to an all girl's school and we were more open...I know this is one of those things that really upsets some people though so fyl.
chocolateisyum 12
Well that's bloody awful!
prettyinpink03 11
It's just a tampon. It's not embarrassing! I'll never understand why girls get embarrassed by it and I am one. It's only embarrassing if you leak, now that is terrifying.
jjmiller1001 17
it's a tampon, you're a girl.... where is the FML?
rattusrattus 19
Well... There's the visceral horror in your underpants. There's the constant worry that everyone else can smell it. There's the pain, oh god the pain. There's BLOOD. EVERYWHERE. There's the discomfort of sanitary products. If you use a tampon, there's the risk of toxic shock syndrome. There's the fact that everyone will dismiss your genuine complaints and worries because 'lol your on your period'. There's the fact that you might be highly aroused but feel too icky to solve the problem, leading to pain in the ******** and vulva. And then some ******** teacher forces you to reveal all this in front of a class of possibly thirty or more people. Thank the gods I'm on the pill.
diablo83 4
*you're
laden_swallow09 35
I'm certain that particular "your" was intentio- Ohh, you're trollin'. Never mind.
september1395 7
I'm on the pill but I still get my period....