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"If you&amp;#x27;re a woman, you&amp;#x27;ve dealt with an awkward period-related situation. I&amp;#x27;m playing the odds here, of course--maybe it&amp;#x27;s all been completely smooth sailing for you. In which case, the rest of us are very happy for you (and also pretty jealous). I was talking to a certain unnamed friend about this the other day, and her story was so cringeworthy, I made her write it down for you guys. Tell me, has this ever happened to you? &amp;quot;I was really late to work one morning and, as usually happens when you&amp;#x27;re really late, I discovered my period had just started. So I grabbed a tampon--I use the OB kind that don&amp;#x27;t have applicators; you just pull a tab to take off the plastic wrapper. But in my rush, I didn&amp;#x27;t pull off all of the plastic--there was still about a half-inch of it at the very top, like a little hat. It&amp;#x27;s just that I didn&amp;#x27;t notice that it was there until I was at work. In a meeting with the entire staff, plus some bigwigs from the corporate office. I couldn&amp;#x27;t stop moving around in my seat because I couldn&amp;#x27;t get comfortable--there was something weirdly scratchy down there. I excused myself twice to see if there was a tag or something in my underpants, but no. I started freaking out that maybe I had a UTI or an STD or God knows what--it was a miserable meeting! I didn&amp;#x27;t realize my mistake until it was time to change the tampon. I felt so stupid--but, on the plus side, I was much, much more comfortable.&amp;quot; Gah, her story makes me squirm. And believe it or not, I actually tried to research how often this kind of thing might happen (or at least see if there were stats on how many women get embarrassed by period stuff)--yeah, doesn&amp;#x27;t exist (though there is a Society for Menstrual Cycle Research!). So I turn to you! What&amp;#x27;s your awkward story? Do you have one? Do you know one? More embarrassing health stuff: * Everything You Wish You Could Ask Your Doctor * I Hate the Word &amp;quot;Maxi-Pad&amp;quot; * Have You Ever Had an Orgasm While Working Out? Photo: Thinkstock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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