6 Women’s Hilarious Period Confessions

Odds are, you don’t regularly chat about your period in public. But on the anonymous secret-sharing app Whisper, people are less inhibited than they might be in real-life conversations. To figure out what people are saying about periods when they can hide behind anonymity, we looked at some of Whisper’s period-related data and confessions.

For whatever reason, people are talking about periods the most on Thursdays and on the 20th of the month. So, if you want to spill on your period today, you’re apparently in good company. And, for some other random reason, people talk about periods in Wisconsin more than any other state.

The most common nicknames people use on Whisper to describe their periods are “that time of month,” “Aunt Flo,” “surfing the crimson wave,” and “leak week,” and their favorite ways to ease the pain during that time of month (or, er, leak week) are, not surprisingly, sleeping, treating themselves to junk food, and going on Netflix binges.

Here are some of the most hilarious things users have confessed about what happened when Aunt Flo was in town:

“I cried for 10 minutes at 7-Eleven because they were out of hot Cheetos.”

“I started my period when I was getting a pelvic exam. #AWKWARD.”

“I had a basketball game, and my period started. I didn’t have a pad, so I just used toilet paper. I don’t know if anyone noticed when it fell out while I was playing, but I quickly picked it up. Hoping no one saw.”

“The first time I got my period, I thought I was dying, so I called 911.”

“I started my period while having sex with a guy. Blood was everywhere. I was too embarrassed to tell him, so I lied and told him I was a virgin.”

“I was in karate class one time and told my instructors I didn’t want to do ju-jitsu because my aunt was in town. Took them forever to get my period joke and were so embarrassed that class ended early.”

Well, now you know you’re not the only one who’s had awkward experiences with periods. These people hear you, big time, and neither them nor any of us should have to keep these stories a secret. Besides, some of them are way too hilarious not to share.

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