Honoka H • Yokohama, Japan • 21
I was eleven when it happened. I felt so sick in the middle of the night that I puked and had super bad "stomach aches" for hours that I spent most of the night in the bathroom. I just assumed I ate something that was upsetting me so when I calmed down a bit I went to bed. The next day, I woke up and casually went to the bathroom only to find a huuuuuuuuuuge dark stain in my pink Disney princess underpants and I freaked out and cried and yelled.
From where I'm from (Japan) periods are never discussed and it wasn't something I learned much about in school either so I was so so scared and I didn't know what to do that I took off my pink princess underpants and ran to my mom's room and tossed them at her (sorry for the bloody underwear toss mom). She was confused as to why her daughter was naked from waist down chucking her underpants at her until she realized that I was crying my eyes out and screaming "LOOK AT MY UNDERPANTS". After that she just gave me a pad and sent me back to the bathroom. And that was basically the start of a whole new world.
