What do you call yours?

Maddison

Girls Im sorry if this has been done to death, but what do you call your periods.I hate the term period for some reason & normally call them my monthlies. I have now decided that they are now just the bitch flu, because my main symptom would be my mood swings & feelings of rage for about a week before they arrive.

LadyJ

I call mine the pain that is slowly killing me as I type this.

Maddison

Awww Im just finishing mine. You should get yourself up to bed with a good book, hot water bottle & a nice hot drink. Take 2 neurofen plus before you go up & try get yourself some sleep.

LadyJ

Apart from the book, that's what I've done!

Xiney

"Hey honey, guess what?"
"...what?" (he knows me so he knows he should be wary)
"I am currently bleeding from my vagina MWUAHAHAHAHA"
"..."
"It's chunky"
"...ew"
"little pieces of my uterus are falling into the toilet every time I go potty"
"sometimes I hate you"

aoibhebree

I use similar tactics-

Him: "Why are you in such a bitch of a mood?"

Me: "Well, you would be too if the lining of your uterus was slowing and painfully disintegrating!"


When in more civilised company, I'd usually just call it my period. I hate the whole "TOM", or "Aunt Flo", just sounds silly.

RacoonQueen

I call it my period or 'them'

my period, that time of the month, "hey my tummy is falling out"

Dudess

My ****ing period.

Maddison

Oh my god Xiney, you are the first person in quite some time to leave me lost for words.....Classic!!:D

dragona

This is really awful........I once used subterfuge so as I could get my husband to appreciate ( if that is the right term) what I had to tolerate every month........called him into the shower under false pretences........the poor man saw huge clots........he sure as hell had more sympathy for me after that!
But I used to call it my fu****g fu****g period.

Vinny-Chase

Xiney wrote: »

"Hey honey, guess what?"
"...what?" (he knows me so he knows he should be wary)
"I am currently bleeding from my vagina MWUAHAHAHAHA"
"..."
"It's chunky"
"...ew"
"little pieces of my uterus are falling into the toilet every time I go potty"
"sometimes I hate you"

dragona wrote: »

This is really awful........I once used subterfuge so as I could get my husband to appreciate ( if that is the right term) what I had to tolerate every month........called him into the shower under false pretences........the poor man saw huge clots........he sure as hell had more sympathy for me after that!
But I used to call it my fu****g fu****g period.

With all due respect...ye're some sick b!tches :eek:

sillyputty

I used to work with a group of girls who would call it everything under the sun, I just call it my period, i don't get why people need to used pet names - annoys the bejaysus out of me.

Fun fact kids - Courtney Cox was the first person to say "Period" on US television - it was during a tampax commercial in 1985

Vinny-Chase

sillyputty wrote: »

Fun fact kids - Courtney Cox was the first person to say "Period" on US television - it was during a tampax commercial in 1985

For some, God knows what, reason, I knew that!

targus

Heard somebody recently saying Aunty Rosy is visiting!

Dolbert

Riding the Crimson Wave

Not really

sam34

i just call it "my period". i think thats a generaly acceptable term, without being too clinical.

i dont see any need to use euphemisms.

TriceMarie

HOT WATER BOTTLES FTW!!!:D:D


Em yea,I just call it my period,or time of month,or things lol!!....or,my near death expirence once a month if I'm not forewarned&don't get to make it to the medicene cabinet early enough

cute_cow

on the blob, fallen to the communists.....

normally just call it period, agree with sillyputty, no need for pet names really

valery

Vinny-Chase wrote: »

With all due respect...ye're some sick b!tches :eek:

walk in our shoes dude , walk in our shoes. :rolleyes:

chocgirl

Always just call it my period. Hear all kinds of euphemisms at work and find them slightly cringeworthy. Particularly hate terms like "the rag". Don't like people being too formal and saying they're menstruating either though.

Nevyn

Xiney wrote: »

"Hey honey, guess what?"
"...what?" (he knows me so he knows he should be wary)
"I am currently bleeding from my vagina MWUAHAHAHAHA"
"..."
"It's chunky"
"...ew"
"little pieces of my uterus are falling into the toilet every time I go potty"
"sometimes I hate you"

Awesome, right girl if I have to trek out to galway to meet you and go boozing I will

Well I haven't one in 7 years.
The 2/3 day of pms cranky bitch from hell I used to refer to as being in the horrors.
As for when mestrating I just to just say I was bleeding from the crotch or undergoing a bit of a renewal.

MadgeBadge

Why dress it up with cute names? It doesn't make the experience any cuter. We should call them agonies, I'm due my agonies any moment now.

valery

MadgeBadge wrote: »

Why dress it up with cute names? It doesn't make the experience any cuter. We should call them agonies, I'm due my agonies any moment now.

oh , mine gone, done and dusted, age thing honey. but a few years back. ......... JASUS ****IN CHRIST...:mad:...THEIR BACK. house empties out.

tinkerbell

Time of the month, that's what I call them. Urgh a woman's life is tough

Busi_Girl08

"Tommy's in town"

"My period"

"Ah **** it!!:mad:"

Xiney

Thaedydal wrote: »

Awesome, right girl if I have to trek out to galway to meet you and go boozing I will

I'm gonna hold you to that

chuci

surfing the crimson wave or ah f**k again so soon? also around this time himself gets the no womb no opinion for the first3 days

taram

To my dad: 'I HAVE MY F***ING PERIOD FOR F***'S SAKE!!!' when he foolishly remarks I am moody :P

To my sister and mother: 'agh period wah'

To my boyfriend: 'Ihavemyperiodandwahiaminpainkillmepleaseionlytrustyoutoendit!' usually accompanied by clutching of my belly and low moaning.

Anyone who calls them cute names doesn't get cramps that keep you awake even though you're off your head on Feminax and have been pretty much molesting a hot water bottle for a week straight.

Lollipops23

me and my mate call it Patrick for some reason....i think she coined the term when we were teenagers and it just stuck!that way when we're in company we can say "feckin patrick's at me" it goes unnoticed!

spinandscribble

my monthly
my bloody sunday (if it starts on a sunday, don't ask its a long un pc story the way that one started)
my woman's worry
i'm on the rag
my bloody little friend

i like to change it up

DubMedic

Not a regular poster, and i'm male.

But over the course of my years i've heard..

''Flying the Japanese flag''

''That time of the month again''

''Ahem..''

''Peeeeeereeeeeeids''

.

pickarooney

valery wrote: »

walk in our shoes dude , walk in our shoes. :rolleyes:

Possibly the only thing more painful than uterine disintegration.

Vinny-Chase

valery wrote: »

walk in our shoes dude , walk in our shoes. :rolleyes:

I do! But only at home, when no one is around. I find a 4" heel does wonders for my legs, I look fab!

NewFrockTuesday

My "Lady days!" I have a bit of the Jane Austin thing going on atm

Bonkers_xOx

Two of my favourites...

When the painters and decorators are in.

The river is running red.

:cool:

shellyboo

I don't tell to call them anything - I actually dislike saying the word "period" for some reason...

kingtut

*Walks into thread thinking it was innocent enough.*

Reads Xiney's post:

*runs away crying and scared for life*

No man should venture into this thread ever ever ever :(:(:(:(

Xiney

It's The Ladies' Lounge.

Squeemish men need not apply

kingtut

Xiney wrote: »

It's The Ladies' Lounge.

Squeemish men need not apply

This thread should come with a health warning :mad:

maidie

Tha painters are in from Dallas.... Heard a girl saying that once on holidays so my BF now asks when are the painters coming/more importantly going!

ellieh1

I say that "I have the Blob" and thats exactly how I feel at the time, a huge blobby mess, swollen, an emotional wreck and in desperate need of a constant supply of chocolate for the duration of it :rolleyes:

Das Kitty

I usually just say period.

However if I want to get a chuckle out of my husband I give it a bit of zazz (BTW, I never had my periods too bad so I don't mind them as much as some).

Riding the Crimson Tide
Taking Carrie to the Prom
Rebooting my Uterine Operating System
I'm Bear Bait

gra26

I uusually just say that time of the month or im crampy. I like to announce it to the OH though. It usually goes like
"Hey huni, guess what?"
"What?"
"I'm not pregnant, yay!!"

Oh The Humanity

I hate the word 'period' -its so sappy, it makes me cringe. I blame the nuns.

Got the painters in
Blow job week
The reds are playin at home

are the usual warnings issued !

Censorsh!t

"the forks"
"I'm dying~ " I have the death"

MandyM

I like to give fair warning to my hubby because I know spoilage is on the way!

Before: "I'm starting soon"

Just as: "I've started"

Cramp time: "Ooooweeeeeeeeee!"


*receives lots of spoils and tasty things to eat*

(unless I'm being bitchy, then I'm threatened with being sent to the forrest until it's finished )

Morgase

I say that "the painters have arrived" or "I'm bleeding!". This is only ever said to Mr. Morg cause illogically I'd feel awful and kind of ashamed if other people knew (very illogical I know).

He will often ask me if I've got a nappy on and then run away cackling. Evil man! He does it to wind me up but unlike some men he doesn't seem to be disgusted or fazed by menstruation at all.

My mother called them "yokes" on the very infrequent time that a reference to periods was made.

Lady

OH likes to call it Hummer week.
Usually just say "I'm out of commision" tho.

eve

I just call them periods.

I absolutely despised my mother when I was mid-teens and she used to call them 'my friend'. She did it for a while till I shouted at her "They are not my f***king friend and anyone who thinks that sort of pain and torture is 'friendly' is serously warped". She never did it again.

Malari

Sometimes I say I'm "being a girl".

With my boyfriend I once told him I was at the yucky stage in my menstrual cycle and he thought I said minstrel. So that's what we call it now. Sometimes I only need to do a little dance with hands up like so: