Mother Shares Hilarious Texts From Daughter After Traumatic Hunt For Tampons In Store
By
Sughra Hafeez in
Bizarre
On 17th September 2016
A mom tries to help her 13-year-old daughter find tampons, and the two unlock some mysteries of the modern world and smash the patriarchy in the process
When you’re 13, finding tampons in the maze of a drugstore is not easy.
You have not spent decades mastering unlocking the mystery of where tampons will be nestled. Sometimes they’re by the diapers (I know, weird!). Sometimes they’re by the soap. You never really know where a store is going to hide their “feminine hygiene products.”
If only they just labeled the aisle TAMPONS, or STUFF FOR YOUR VAGINA. We’d all be set.
#1
Belinda Hankins of Ninja Poodle's post showing the text exchange she had with her 13 year old daughter went viral within minutes of her sharing it to Facebook.
"THIS was the highlight of my parenting week. Sending my 13-year-old daughter into the store for (whispers) ‘feminine hygiene products,' and having the following text exchange," Hankins writes. "I died, she gave me life, I died again. And she drew an illustration, on the spot, ON HER PHONE, to drive her point home."
This is so good, on so many levels. Let's break it into parts, shall we?
#2 The Hunt
"THEY'RE NOT HERRREEEEE" We feel you. We really do. No idea why the tampons are always hidden. They are the "product that shall not be named
#3 The Hunt...continued
"I SEE NONE," daughter laments. "I swear on my life they are there," says mom. "Try near diapers." Try near diapers. Dying. Why do they put tampons near diapers? It's so weird.
#4 Hope
"OH WAIT. They're here tucked away in the a corner, unlabelled." Bingo! "They labelled a tiny shelf of joint braces but not the massive aisle of stuff for your vagina??????" She's learning the secrets of the world at such a young age. Vaginas are never to be mentioned. Never. Unless we're telling women what to do with them, of course but that's a topic for another article.
"VAGINAS ARE MYTHS, WHISPERED QUIETLY IN SECRET AMONG ONLY THE BRAVEST OF MEN, COURAGEOUS ENOUGH TO EVEN MENTION THE NAME." This is the quote of a 13-year-old. And she is our new hero.
#5 How vaginas really work
"BUT SERIOUSLY, WHY ARE MEN SO AFRAID OF WOMEN AND THEIR VAGINAS," the very smart 13-year-old asks. "DO THEY THINK IF THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR EXISTENCE WE WILL SHOOT OUR LASER ESTROGEN BEAMS OUT OF OUR EYES AT THEM AND DISINTEGRATE THEM WITH EASE?" If only.
#6 Female level, pro, unlocked
We hereby request all stores change the name of the "feminine hygiene product" aisle to "THE VAGINA ZONE."
#7 That is one detail-oriented 13 year old
Can someone make this happen?
