Rachel S. • Indiana • 23
I was 13 and I was at my friend Kaili’s sleepover for her birthday. Kaili’s parties were always a big deal where a bunch of girls were invited. I remember I had on my absolute favorite pair of panties, because it was a special occasion!
I went to the bathroom and there was some super weird stuff in my underwear... i started panicking. But I kept my cool. I changed my underwear and hoped for the best.
The next day I was full on gushing blood. But LUCKILY I made it home before any of my girl friends could notice. I told my mom and she got me a pad. But I had (OBVI) never used one, and didn't realize that you have to take the plastic wrapper off the pad and put the sticky part in your underwear.
So... I opened it and put the WHOLE DAMN THING in my underwear.
I walked out and said to my mom, "man... these aren't very comfortable!" And my mom said, “Wait, you took the plastic part off, right?"
The answer was a solid “nope.”
After that, things went a lot smoother (literally). Although it would take me a good 3 YEARS to finally figure out how to use a tampon.
