tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2808830305872285145.post5886406499355840363..comments2023-11-29T00:50:04.094-08:00Comments on Mine to Command: An Unconventional Relationship jAllenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282963869813954232noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2808830305872285145.post-46487020485946152372013-01-30T12:06:55.840-08:002013-01-30T12:06:55.840-08:00Ouch! Sorry you had to go through that, but it ...Ouch! Sorry you had to go through that, but it 's awesome that you were able to have your mother with you for it! Recently on an episode of Girls a character loses her virginity and her gay friend asks, "do you miss your hymen?" She replies, "I wouldn't say I miss it, but I feel that something is missing..."jAllenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06282963869813954232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2808830305872285145.post-39524700510163976122013-01-30T08:52:19.454-08:002013-01-30T08:52:19.454-08:00Thank you all for your comments! it is so remarkab...Thank you all for your comments! it is so remarkable how we share so many similiar experiences beyond infertility! jAllenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06282963869813954232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2808830305872285145.post-29579093169657785192013-01-30T08:50:46.854-08:002013-01-30T08:50:46.854-08:00I still stole from her stash at times, but I made ...I still stole from her stash at times, but I made a rule for myself that I only would take hers when I had my period at the timejAllenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06282963869813954232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2808830305872285145.post-216913814738836272013-01-30T08:46:30.884-08:002013-01-30T08:46:30.884-08:00In some ways I hope if I get pregnant I'll hav...In some ways I hope if I get pregnant I'll have a boy as I'm pretty sure I'll end up completely mortifying a daughter...jAllenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06282963869813954232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2808830305872285145.post-9064276939376741602013-01-30T08:45:16.976-08:002013-01-30T08:45:16.976-08:00OOh plastic applicators changed my world. I had to...OOh plastic applicators changed my world. I had to use the cardboard as it was also biodegradeable and I could flush the evidencejAllenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06282963869813954232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2808830305872285145.post-23064915056562742842013-01-30T08:44:03.953-08:002013-01-30T08:44:03.953-08:00Thanks for your insight. My mother used the do-it-...Thanks for your insight. My mother used the do-it-yourself no applicator tampons, there was another reason I didn't turn to her for advise!jAllenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06282963869813954232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2808830305872285145.post-60974276303311744672013-01-30T07:19:02.628-08:002013-01-30T07:19:02.628-08:00I think I am like your friend Myrtle. My Mom and I...I think I am like your friend Myrtle. My Mom and I are super close, and when I had to leave home, it was VERY tough on me. Speaking of hymen eroding tampons, somehow my hymen never broke completely when I started using tampons and one day I couldn't get the tampon out after it was full and my Mom had to take me to a walk-in clinic to get it taken out!! <br /><br />You're a great writer and I enjoy reading your posts :)Gypsy Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13026496787029080243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2808830305872285145.post-33315377272611711502013-01-30T04:48:36.463-08:002013-01-30T04:48:36.463-08:00It's so funny how a post about tampons brings ...It's so funny how a post about tampons brings bak so many memories. Ill never forget the day I told me mom I wanted tampons. Somedays the closeness isn't great because she doesn't get it so I find myself hiding our treatments and then I feel like a liar. Can we trade for a bit?ousoonerchickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09885981540075640756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2808830305872285145.post-72718238877148922382013-01-29T18:10:51.569-08:002013-01-29T18:10:51.569-08:00I used to steal tampons too. My mom always had th...I used to steal tampons too. My mom always had the cardboard and I always stole the plastic ones from every house I went too. (To think, all I probably had to do was ask my mom to buy the ones I liked...) This was a cute post, but that sucks they didn't believe you. I would have pulled down my pants and proven it to them :)Risahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01134469272401945848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2808830305872285145.post-79670386215405418552013-01-29T17:55:13.413-08:002013-01-29T17:55:13.413-08:00Thanks for your post! You are a great writer and I...Thanks for your post! You are a great writer and I always appreciate your honesty. I am so sorry that they didn't believe you - even years later that may still sting! I wonder if they lady you babysat for figured out your tampon scheme :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2808830305872285145.post-20780728333560170032013-01-29T16:08:16.655-08:002013-01-29T16:08:16.655-08:00Growing up as an only child with a single mom I wa...Growing up as an only child with a single mom I was really close to my mom (like Myrtle) but as I got older I became more independent and started breaking away. My mom still hasn't adjusted and wants us to be best friends like we were before. It makes for a very complicated relationship. JenShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00056681492831041470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2808830305872285145.post-65708271666149458042013-01-29T15:06:31.341-08:002013-01-29T15:06:31.341-08:00How mortifying that must have been to have your mo...How mortifying that must have been to have your mom and grandma discussing your period at the grocery store! I do think its great how much we learn from our parents that we DON'T want to do as parents ourselves. Hopefully that goes both ways though, and there are a few things you would take as positives from your mom as well. Amberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16507432917936364757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2808830305872285145.post-28431413180309270012013-01-29T15:05:34.407-08:002013-01-29T15:05:34.407-08:00Omg, so funny -- I used to be a lifeguard and I wo...Omg, so funny -- I used to be a lifeguard and I would totally steal tampons from the cleaning supplies closet at our pool. They had the best smooth plastic applicators, too, which I loved as a 16 year old. And I have a similar hiding-my-period story from my mother, too... she basically found out, somehow, by doing my laundry and waited for me to tell her. When I didn't, she marched into my room one day and hurled a bunch of pads at me, crying, and muttering how hurt she was that I didn't say anything!<br /><br />Years down the road, however, I definitely told her about my infertility...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2808830305872285145.post-45642906102475255052013-01-29T14:25:00.006-08:002013-01-29T14:25:00.006-08:00Absolutely loved your covert tampon acquisitions! ...Absolutely loved your covert tampon acquisitions! I didn't even know tampons existed until many years after I started my period, since my mom was a pads-only kind of lady. I had to wait to have them introduced to me by a genius worldly friend (like you!). I think there's lots of different levels of openness between moms and daughters, and as long as you're not engaged in perpetual screaming matches or stony silences, you're doing ok.Aramishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12275274008426941898noreply@blogger.com