Ashley P. • California • 27
It seemed as though all of my friends and classmates started their period. After gym class one day in the eighth grade, I asked my friend for a pad even though I had not started yet. She passed it to me so simply and I was kind of upset because it didn’t feel magical.
When I lifted from the toilet seat, I saw blood and thought “what the hell?”. I wasn’t supposed to start yet. I guess in a way my mind told me to ask for a pad knowing that I started.
My eighth grade leadership class was going to Burger King. A friend and I ran to complete an errand. I told her that I started my period and she asked “why are we running?” and I thought “good question”. I called my mom on my Nokia phone. Then I got a large chocolate milkshake.
