A few weeks before I turned 15, my mom went away for the weekend and we were staying with my grandparents. The block my grandparents lived on was full of seniors, save the couple who lived next door. It was a Sunday night, and this was back in the days when everything closed Sundays at 5:00 sharp, I started my period for the first time (I was a LATE bloomer). Well, my grandmother had already gone through menopause so there were no supplies in the house. Of the neighbors my grandma felt comfortable asking, it was the same situation. The only young female on the block had an 8 week old baby and was nursing and hadn't re-stocked her supplies.
So, I was given a diaper until morning!! And then my grandpa, trying to make me feel better, rubs my back and tells me now I'm a woman. I wanted the floor to open up and swallow me right then and there!! Still mortifying 30 years later!!!
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