# "Have a Happy Period." (TMI) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 17, 2005, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-a-happy-period-tmi/331425 "2005-11-17T01:41:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-a-happy-period-tmi/331425/61 "2005-11-21T13:03:31Z")
> [@irishgirl](#): > > **Susie Derkins** The brilliant thing about them is that if you try it for 3 cycles and don’t like it, you get your money back. Hopefully, they don’t expect you to return the product… ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-a-happy-period-tmi/331425/62 "2005-11-21T13:07:16Z")
Don’t see why not, run it under the hot tap, soak in bleach and it’s perfectly sanitary and postable. They want it back 1. So they know you’re lying 2. To check it’s not faulty. Not, of course that they would ever re-cycle unwanted ones. ---
**Author:** ![InappropriateHumor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eb8c5e/32.png) [@InappropriateHumor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InappropriateHumor)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-a-happy-period-tmi/331425/63 "2005-11-21T15:53:53Z")
> [@irishgirl](#): > > Hey, it’s period thread, I think it’s time for a menstrual cup link (oh yes it is!). > > [http://www.divacup.com/](http://www.divacup.com/) > [http://www.keeper.com/](http://www.keeper.com/) > [http://www.mooncup-info.com/](http://www.mooncup-info.com/) > > Really, seriously, the best products in the world for heavy, crampy periods. > Don’t dismiss out of hand. Holy cow, a mini bucket, and we don’t even have to tie it between our legs! I’ve never heard of such a thing. Gotta get me one of those. I think it would be cool to use a product that doesn’t dry up all my stuff. I figure even if I spill it, it can’t be worse than the times I’ve bled all over myself in public anyway. I find that the older I get, the more it takes to embarrass me. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-a-happy-period-tmi/331425/64 "2005-11-21T16:06:13Z")
I can’t help it. What with the holiday season here, I can’t help but read the title to this thread while internally humming this tune from “Holiday Inn” … _Happy period … happy period … May the calendar keep bringing Happy periods to you …_ That is just so, so wrong. Stupid brain. ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-a-happy-period-tmi/331425/65 "2005-11-21T17:03:12Z")
> [@Susie Derkins](#): > > **Motorgirl** , that is some funny stuff. I have to admit though, I was a little thrown by the brown thing on the rollercoaster. I think (hope?) that it is a chocolate bar. I’m pretty sure it is. I hope it is. Um, I’ll double check the next time I’m at the house of the friend who owns that book. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-a-happy-period-tmi/331425/66 "2005-11-22T00:02:00Z")
These threads always remind me of the time ex #2 got her “happy time” one night in bed after we had both fallen asleep. I got to share in the happiness when I got up in the morning, walked into the bathroom, and saw what was making me feel sticky. I suggested an oil spill containment boom. Hmph. No sense of humor in that one. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-a-happy-period-tmi/331425/67 "2005-11-22T13:58:02Z")
> [@Rysdad](#): > > These threads always remind me of the time ex #2 got her “happy time” one night in bed after we had both fallen asleep. I got to share in the happiness when I got up in the morning, walked into the bathroom, and saw what was making me feel sticky. > > I suggested an oil spill containment boom. > > Hmph. No sense of humor in that one. And she let you live? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-a-happy-period-tmi/331425/68 "2005-11-22T14:55:09Z")
> [@Dolores Reborn](#): > > And she let you live? 😃 Yeah, she already had a lot of blood to clean up, what’s a little more? ---
**Author:** ![cowgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@cowgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cowgirl)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-a-happy-period-tmi/331425/69 "2005-11-22T16:01:38Z")
Another vote for the menstrual cup. I used to use Super-Duper-Ultra-XTreme and I still had to change them every few hours. With the cup, I empty and clean it out once a day (!!!) in the shower in the morning, and that’s it. In my experience, once you get the hang of it there are no leaks. And it’s fantastic that it doesn’t “dry out your stuff” - you can put it in the morning of the day your period is expected (as opposed to playing the waiting-and-watching game) and leave it in until it’s convenient to remove it and put it away. No drying, ever. (I didn’t fully appreciate the joy of this until I forgot it at home one day that I got my period and had to use a Tampax. Oh my god, it was agony. You can’t remove those things until they’re reasonably saturated - ick!) Pays for itself after three or four months. I just bought my second one after wearing out the one I got ten years ago. ---
**Author:** ![MrsMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@MrsMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrsMonkey)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-a-happy-period-tmi/331425/70 "2005-11-22T22:16:47Z")
> [@irishgirl](#): > > Really, seriously, the best products in the world for heavy, crampy periods. > Don’t dismiss out of hand. OK - I finally ordered one after hearing multiple people on here raving about it. Let’s hope I become a fan too! ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-a-happy-period-tmi/331425/71 "2005-11-22T23:06:37Z")
I used Always after having my baby, and the midwives all told me that prettty much everyone who used them got a rash (as I did), to the point they would ask anyone with a rash, “So, you’ve been using Always, huh?” Kotex are much better. After giving birth, I find my naughty bits are super sensitive, and I can’t fathom how I ever endured Always, scented pads, and cotton/rayon tampons. I use sea sponge tampons and Kotex, and just got a Diva - I swear I can feel it pressing on my bladder, but I’m willing to experiment to avoid, as it was so eloquently put, “drying my stuff out.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-a-happy-period-tmi/331425/72 "2005-11-22T23:32:36Z")
> [@cowgirl](#): > > I just bought my second one after wearing out the one I got ten years ago. It’s tough! > [@AerynSun](#): > > I’m willing to experiment to avoid, as it was so eloquently put, “drying my stuff out.” Won’t dry your stuff! See how easy this is, Always? ---
**Author:** ![InappropriateHumor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eb8c5e/32.png) [@InappropriateHumor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InappropriateHumor)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-a-happy-period-tmi/331425/73 "2005-11-23T19:27:04Z")
> [@Susie Derkins](#): > > It’s tough! > > Won’t dry your stuff! > See how easy this is, Always? **Susie Derkins** , I believe you have real potential as an ad writer. I like that one a lot. Always should hire you on the spot. (no pun intended) Because your copy was so compelling, I took the plunge, so to speak, and ordered my very own period cup. While I still can’t say that I’m _looking forward_ to the next 5-9 day cycle of oozing, bitchy, blotchy, achy, bloated discomfort, at lease I’ll have the Cup as a novelty to help distract me. Many thanks to **irishgirl**. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-a-happy-period-tmi/331425.md?page=3)