One time while I was on my period while in college and on a 2 mile midnight run with my boyfriend (so I could take my mind of my cramps)…the lining of my pantishield happened to separate from its covering, and started slowly but surely crawling up the back of my underwear. This was rather embarrassing, but we were in the middle of a residential area and there was no logical place to escape this situation gracefully. I frantically looked around for a garbage can, but there were none in sight. So I let him get in front of me, surreptitiously stuck my hand into the back of my pants, pulled it out… and pitched it into some shrubbery, all without breaking stride. lol!
While I was certainly not proud of littering in such a way, sometimes dire circumstances lead to ’emergency measures.’ At least I had a tampon in too, so didn’t leave a trail behind me… (phew!)
By Kendra Kroll
Kendra is a mompreneur in Chicagoland and loves creativity, travel & workouts. No pun’s too bad for her not to laugh, nor any Bears game too boring for her to bail. A former special events professional, she reinvented herself in her 40s to become the creator of PortaPocket, a line of patented wearables that help gals help themselves. All because her tampon fell out (of her useless pant pocket) mid-set at the gym. Nice!! (necessity IS the mother ;)…
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