Menstruation is a natural process. It is a normal part of any woman’s life. During this time of the month, sanitary pads or tampons are used. Read the story to know what happened in this family during the menstruation time. Share your thoughts on this and would you be ok sharing your sanitary pads?
Source: Reddit
I’ve (29F) been married to Mark (47M) for four years, and we dated for 3 years. Mark has a daughter, Jess (16F) from a previous relationship, whom he’s the custodian parent of. I always try to be there for Jess as a best-friend more than a motherly figure as it seems more appropriate due to the age gap between me and her.
According to Jess, recently (monday or tuesday) she got her first period, but she didn’t tell me for reasons she won’t say but I’m going to make the assumption that she didn’t tell me out of embarrassment. Anyways, following the timeline, before the day she started (sunday) I went shopping for personal hygiene products and bought 2 boxes of sanitary pads, as my own menstrual cycle was nearing, and left them in mine and Mark’s bathroom. Anyways my underwear started spotting tuesday and that’s when I noticed a whole pack of pads were gone in the bathroom. Of course Jess being the only other woman in the house I went to her room.
Here’s where I may be the a**hole: I asked Jess if she had taken the box of sanitary pads in mine and her dad’s bathroom, to which she denied in embarrassment. With my periods being heavy and painful and my hormones all over the place, I accused her of lying, seeing the box on her bedside table, to which she answered she didn’t have the energy to argue back. Until her dad came up to see what all the commotion, to which I told him about the missing sanitary pads and him seemingly being awkward about the situation and saying it shouldn’t matter if Jess took my ‘female products’ and I was making drama out of nothing.
I left the room before angrily telling Jess that if she wants sanitary pads to get her dad to pay for them or at-least ask me to get them in future, and took the rest of the box of pads with me. So Am I A Jerk? Did I Go Too Far Here?
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