# Ladies: Strangest place you ever did the girl thing TMI **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 6, 2004, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-strangest-place-you-ever-did-the-girl-thing-tmi/238529 "2004-04-06T12:44:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Caprese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9a28c/32.png) [@Caprese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caprese)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2004, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-strangest-place-you-ever-did-the-girl-thing-tmi/238529/41 "2004-04-20T16:36:27Z")
Wow, the Salon article is very informative. _Le Anglais,_ huh? Oh, those wacky French. ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2004, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-strangest-place-you-ever-did-the-girl-thing-tmi/238529/42 "2004-04-20T16:55:03Z")
> [@Caprese](#): > > Wow, the Salon article is very informative. _Le Anglais,_ huh? Oh, those wacky French. No kidding. ---
**Author:** ![Sister\_Vigilante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Sister\_Vigilante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sister_Vigilante)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2004, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-strangest-place-you-ever-did-the-girl-thing-tmi/238529/43 "2004-04-20T17:15:20Z")
This one is semi-related. When I was about 14 or 15, a group of us from a school class decided to get together over the summer and raft down the Chattahoochee River. Not rapids or anything, but a simple floating downriver thing. About 15 people total, male and female, three or four people to a raft, all tied together. I had just started, and back then my flow used to be quite heavy. But, having no idea how long the trip downriver would actually be, I reckoned that one tampon would be enough. It would have to be, in fact; I couldn’t wear a pad, as we were going to be in bathing suits, and were obviously going to be getting wet and possibly submerged. The trip was over 8 hours. I spent the latter half hanging onto the outside of the raft I was in by my arms, with my lower half in the water. Luckily, several others thought that was pretty cool to do, so I didn’t look too out of place. ---
**Author:** ![ReverseCowgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@ReverseCowgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReverseCowgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2004, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-strangest-place-you-ever-did-the-girl-thing-tmi/238529/44 "2004-04-20T18:04:11Z")
> [@Jean Grey](#): > > This one is semi-related. > > When I was about 14 or 15, a group of us from a school class decided to get together over the summer and raft down the Chattahoochee River. Not rapids or anything, but a simple floating downriver thing. About 15 people total, male and female, three or four people to a raft, all tied together. > > I had just started, and back then my flow used to be quite heavy. But, having no idea how long the trip downriver would actually be, I reckoned that one tampon would be enough. It would have to be, in fact; I couldn’t wear a pad, as we were going to be in bathing suits, and were obviously going to be getting wet and possibly submerged. > > The trip was over 8 hours. I spent the latter half hanging onto the outside of the raft I was in by my arms, with my lower half in the water. > > Luckily, several others thought that was pretty cool to do, so I didn’t look too out of place. That was quick thinking. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2004, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-strangest-place-you-ever-did-the-girl-thing-tmi/238529/45 "2004-04-20T22:40:44Z")
> [@jujitsuka](#): > > I had slept over at my boyfriend’s (now husband) apartment early in our relationship. When I woke up, I realized I had a leaker, but not until he was already in the bathroom taking his shower. His bathroom was one that had a toilet enclosed in one small room with the shower, and we weren’t yet at the phase in our relationship where we had open bathroom doors, so I was stuck. > > I decided to change my tampon right there in the middle of his bedroom, while standing up. You’d think I might have been a little smarter, considering I’d been receiving monthly periods for almost TEN YEARS by this point, but no. > > While removing the tampon, my body decided to let loose a torrent of menstrual fluid all over boyfriend’s cream-colored carpet. I stared at it in horror, finished my business, and went looking for cleaning rags. > > Then, to make an even bigger dumbass of myself, I joined him in the shower, gave him a fantastic bj, and THEN told him about the carpet. My technique worked … not only did he not freak out, but he actually volunteered to clean the spot so I could get to work on time. Can you believe I married him?? Speaking as a male, I’ve never understood why women were so nervous about telling their boyfriend about it being “that time of the month.” It’s something that happens to most women, and it’s not like there’s a hell of a lot that they can do about it, so as long as they’re not smearing the thing around, why be nervous about it? One of my GF’s woke me up one morning saying, “I’ve started, get the hell out of here!” She was so distraught about this that she dumped me. Most of the time, it’s a _relief_ for us guys! (You know, “Whew! She ain’t pregnant!”) ---
**Author:** ![35340](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/8baadc/32.png) [@35340](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/35340)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2004, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-strangest-place-you-ever-did-the-girl-thing-tmi/238529/46 "2004-04-21T01:59:51Z")
> [@ReverseCowgirl](#): > > This[story](http://dir.salon.com/wlust/feature/1998/07/22feature.html) from Salon has to be the topper. Nice. Though … “penetrate the market”? As for the boat, well, if the people didn’t brief her that nothing other than excrement goes in the toilet (no paper at all, not TAMPONS, either), then well, boo on them. What I want to know is what this space feminie protection is. ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Girl)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2004, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-strangest-place-you-ever-did-the-girl-thing-tmi/238529/47 "2004-04-21T06:15:22Z")
> [@ReverseCowgirl](#): > > BTW, OB gets the most descriptive name award IMHO. OB=ohne binde, or “no pad!!” Silly me. I always thought OB stood for “Oy! Blood!” Oh well. 🙂 As for me, living in Hawaii I camped, bodysurfed, beached and kayaked. A LOT. I have had to change mine in a kayak on the ocean off the coast with my boyfriend right behind me whining about why I couldn’t wait till we beached it. “Because, asshat, if I wait any longer, I’m gonna cramp so hard that you’re going to need to borrow one to shove up your friggin nose and I don’t have any to spare.” Changed once on the road while stuck for hours in traffic between Atlanta and Macon behind truckers with nothing better to do than block anyone trying to get to the bathroom at the next exit via the shoulder. Of course, the changing of the guard was accomplished after I, with great relief and anxiety, emptied my excrutiatingly full bladder into a diaper borrowed from Cinnamon Babe’s diaper bag. Oh yes, it was an all-around dignified day for me. One thing I’ve learned though. Better to ditch the plug than leave it in too long. My days spent swimming in the ocean with only one for the entire day (back when I was too embarrassed to change without the privacy of a toilet) resulted in a very serious case of toxic shock syndrome and hospitalization. After that and two children, one will laugh in the face of inhibition. HAA HAA haa? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ReverseCowgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@ReverseCowgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReverseCowgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2004, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-strangest-place-you-ever-did-the-girl-thing-tmi/238529/48 "2004-04-21T11:25:14Z")
> [@Mynn](#): > > Nice. Though … “penetrate the market”? > > As for the boat, well, if the people didn’t brief her that nothing other than excrement goes in the toilet (no paper at all, not TAMPONS, either), then well, boo on them. > > What I want to know is what this space feminie protection is. According to this [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=248250), space feminine protection is tampons. No big thing. ---
**Author:** ![ReverseCowgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@ReverseCowgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReverseCowgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2004, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-strangest-place-you-ever-did-the-girl-thing-tmi/238529/49 "2004-04-21T11:30:29Z")
> [@ReverseCowgirl](#): > > According to this [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=248250), space feminine protection is tampons. No big thing. Anyone want to have a [Bonding Session](http://www.stayfreemagazine.org/public/wsj_tampons.html)🙂 ---
**Author:** ![35340](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/8baadc/32.png) [@35340](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/35340)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2004, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-strangest-place-you-ever-did-the-girl-thing-tmi/238529/50 "2004-04-21T14:57:57Z")
Eh, I was hoping it was something a bit more … out there. ---
**Author:** ![ReverseCowgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@ReverseCowgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReverseCowgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2004, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-strangest-place-you-ever-did-the-girl-thing-tmi/238529/51 "2004-04-21T17:09:55Z")
> [@Mynn](#): > > Eh, I was hoping it was something a bit more … out there. Maybe something as involved as the [space toilet](http://www.abc.net.au/science/k2/moments/s348188.htm). ---
**Author:** ![ReverseCowgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@ReverseCowgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReverseCowgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2004, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-strangest-place-you-ever-did-the-girl-thing-tmi/238529/52 "2004-04-26T13:27:21Z")
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