On Amusingly Horrible Things I Have Said: The Bracket
@Curiouser and curiouser "fremdschämen" but I see someone has already said it. No matter! I'm feeling it for nearly all of the 16 sentences.
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On Ask an Indelicate Question: How Are You Doing It Every 28 Days or So?
@Sea Ermine and @fabel
Thanks for that! I also stop bleeding in water, which is totally wierd, so I can take a long hot bath during my period but I usually need to have a pad on standby for when I get out the bath, otherwise the bathmat gets it.
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On Ask an Indelicate Question: How Are You Doing It Every 28 Days or So?
Ok I haven't read through all the comments as I have to go, but...
I've always heard/read comments about period sex and it mystifies me, and now I'm wondering if others get this- I STOP BLEEDING DURING SEX.
So, I get turned on, and the blood just stops, and I get normal lubricating mucus instead. Have sex, have orgasm, then the blood starts coming out again, about 15 minutes later.
So, no stains on sheets.
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On The Relative-Enjoyability Scale of Strangers
@Heike Though my husband points out they would still have had stuff in the 1930s/40s but it couldn't really be designated 'WWII', just 'of WWII era'.
That was about the most interesting conversation my husband and I had this morning.
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On The Relative-Enjoyability Scale of Strangers
@figwiggin just a wee thought but Switzerland was neutral in WWII.
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On Joyful Noises
Nice article.
Just the other day I read this really sweet first person description of living with Tourette's, in the UK Guardian newspaper; it might be of interest:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2012/feb/10/experience-i-say-biscuit-900-times-an-hour
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On One of Those Things Nobody Talks About
@janiebee I would come to that pinup too. My best friend died and I'm proud of myself for dropping the ball everywhere I went- I was in a phase of life when I was meeting a lot of new people so I would say, "Sorry I'm a bit vague and out of it right now, my best friend died recently and I'm not sleeping well at night."
People responded to it really well, partly because I think the 'not sleeping' bit gave a nice practical lifeline for them, conversationally, so they could condole then move on to suggestions on how to get the sleep back. I'm sure that my relatively good mental health on this topic now is due to not concealing the pain, like I usually do, and like so many of us do.
A Victorian death protocol would make life so much easier. I would be wearing lilac now... (which in fact I am, mauve coloured T shirt.)
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On Four Men* and a Chest
@leon.saintjean yes to the ugh. I lent a book to a friend and soon discovered that he kept it on a shelf in the bathroom, to read while he was squeezing out a big one. When he gave it back, I had to throw it in the bin. Pooh molecules everywhere. :-(
But to get round the stink thing, I had a boyfriend who would flush in tandem with the poop hitting the water, which meant that he could enjoy his bathroom read, sans smells.
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On Four Men* and a Chest
@Tuna Surprise Yes, it would be great if the LW came back for the Friday open thread, as I find I'm feeling really anxious about her, and a bit of follow up would be a good thing, to know she is getting her escape plan underway.
I'm imagining her boyfriend being secretly delighted she slept with the guy because that gives him so much leverage over her, for ever and ever and ever...
LW3, I'm just another voice here, saying RUN. There are signs in your writing that he has got you confused on who is good and who is bad in this- well you don't need to worry about all that right now, just GET OUT.
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On Mothers' Day
This was a really lovely piece, thank you.