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\nI was at my cousin’s house for Thanksgiving, and I was feeling crampy and gross, so I went to the bathroom thinking it was my normal stomach issues.<\/p>\n
I didn’t notice the stain right\u00a0away because my underwear was folded weird.<\/p>\n
The moment I saw the stain, I was in disbelief. It was dark brown and splotchy. I had always wanted my period really bad, so this was incredible. I sorta panicked, even though I had known what to do since I was nine.<\/p><\/span>\n
I yelled for my cousin, who came into the bathroom after I called three times. I told her “I got my period” and she was all like “oh wow ok”… it was funny.<\/p>\n
There was pads on the back of the toilet so I sorted myself out and texted my mom “I just got my period” and she came into the bathroom and I showed her and she got all excited and sappy. ” Aww congratulations”<\/p>\n
Anyway, I texted all of my friends including my crush, and she was all like,\u00a0 “we just talked about that two days ago!”\u00a0 And that was my first period story!<\/p>\n
By Olivia<\/p>\n
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