17 Feb 2011, 1:28 pm
Pistonhead wrote:
Beer, hookers and vaseline cost money too.
You owe me a new monitor! {Better get the cut-rate vaseline}
17 Feb 2011, 4:40 pm
17 Feb 2011, 9:29 pm
17 Feb 2011, 10:50 pm
MelyssaK wrote:
I really seems like most people have just assumed that because I meantioned certain things, that I always buy them. That is SO unfair to assume that.
I think it is unfair, I think your OP was intended to point out some things: stylists charge more than barbers, and for other things that men and women both buy, for many items the men's stuff IS cheaper, along with all the pregnancy stuff that another poster mentioned.
MelyssaK wrote:
The ones I do buy I get at places like Wal-Mart.
Every pair of loafers i've bought in eight years I bought at Wal-Mart. All dark brown.
MelyssaK wrote:
I hate it when guys look at me with lusty eyes and say I look beautiful. They have no idea what I am like in my mind and seem to have no interest in it.
me too. I find it kinda pervy, based on them not knowing me and having no interest in my life or thoughts or my anything else except my looks. I dress to avoid it.MelyssaK wrote:
Honestly, I frown at those that spend tons of money on all those things.
I do too, and never say much to friends and family - until one wants to borrow money from me!
MelyssaK wrote:
As much as I wish it were not true, women do have to try to look good to be accepted. I don't like it, but that is the way it is. I have learned that first hand.
Well...just me, but I live and work in a different situation. I already wear clothes that put comfort first. It's been that way for so long that the people around me convinced themselves I have no fashion sense and don't realize it's apathy. I do know what looks good on me and why, but, like earlier in the posts, the better I look, the more unwanted attention I get, mostly from men. For the women, women are just plain nicer to me. I notice the change in how women treat me and talk to me based on how good I look that day.
We all find ways to adapt in the wildlands we choose, for survival's sake, however survival is defined in whatever particular wildlands.
MelyssaK wrote:
So, I am not some dumb, ignorant chick that prioritizes her appearance over medical neccessity like many of you seem to think.
I agree. V'read many of your posts. You're pretty awesome. You seem like the poppy funny one at the coffee table right now, that's why I thought the OP was made somewhat in jest - i.e., a lighthearted poke at society's measures, or an icebreaker, or a tangent.
I think I mean "tangent." I might be using the word wrong. I'm sayin' I thought your OP wasn't mean to be all that serious.
MelyssaK wrote:
I really thought that this messageboard would be different than others I've been to. I always get attacked on others, and that's why I no longer visit them. I would appreciate it if no one would call me whiny for posting this message. I am just trying to explain that I understand more than you think by reading my first post.
Don't let one thread drive you away = for real, don't let it. And don't let this one experience define everything about these boards.
18 Feb 2011, 4:42 am
18 Feb 2011, 4:45 am
doeintheheadlights
Snowy Owl
Joined: 17 Aug 2010
Age: 36
Gender: Female
Posts: 136
Location: Cornwall, UK
18 Feb 2011, 9:01 am
hale_bopp wrote:
Bloodheart wrote:
Free-flow/free-bleeding is pretty much self-explanatory, using no products at all and instead either layering clothing or feeling when the blood is leaving the body in order to empty it in the toilet like you would waste. Menstrual management is the use of hormonal birth control to prevent menstruation all together. You could also include extraction, sucking out uterus lining, but it's more a 70's feminist thing.
Yup - menstrual cups, cheapest you can buy right now is $17.62 and that's for ten years. I got my Mooncup for £19 ($30.52), all my other cups have been won, my diaphragm was free on the NHS, so that's £19 for the next 30 years, practically nothing...less than £1 a year, verses about £5-£10 per month it cost me when using tampons and pads.
Yup - menstrual cups, cheapest you can buy right now is $17.62 and that's for ten years. I got my Mooncup for £19 ($30.52), all my other cups have been won, my diaphragm was free on the NHS, so that's £19 for the next 30 years, practically nothing...less than £1 a year, verses about £5-£10 per month it cost me when using tampons and pads.
What are they? Never heard of them. Is it a cup that goes up there? Wouldn't that be uncomfortable?
No they're ten shades of wonderful. I always found tampons really, really uncomfortable and could always feel them, so I thought that having a menstrual cup in would hurt like hell, but I can't feel it and find it much more comfortable than a tampon. It's basically a small silicone cup that you fold up, stick in, and it suctions to your vaginal wall hovering under your cervix so it catches all the blood that flows. When it gets full you unsuction it and empty it out into the toilet. I seriously can't tell you how amazing it is, although some people don't like the idea of being that "intimate" with their vagina. You sort of have to poke around to see where your cervix is so you can place it correctly, but I kind of like it because it gives me a better understanding of what's going on down there. I like being more in tune with my body.
18 Feb 2011, 9:08 am
18 Feb 2011, 10:28 am
I'm a jeans and T-shirt chick but I still have to buy makeup and pads and special types of shampoo and so on. Yep, men have it easy!
Athough it would really really suck to have to shave your face on a daily basis 
19 Feb 2011, 1:42 am
doeintheheadlights wrote:
hale_bopp wrote:
Bloodheart wrote:
Free-flow/free-bleeding is pretty much self-explanatory, using no products at all and instead either layering clothing or feeling when the blood is leaving the body in order to empty it in the toilet like you would waste. Menstrual management is the use of hormonal birth control to prevent menstruation all together. You could also include extraction, sucking out uterus lining, but it's more a 70's feminist thing.
Yup - menstrual cups, cheapest you can buy right now is $17.62 and that's for ten years. I got my Mooncup for £19 ($30.52), all my other cups have been won, my diaphragm was free on the NHS, so that's £19 for the next 30 years, practically nothing...less than £1 a year, verses about £5-£10 per month it cost me when using tampons and pads.
Yup - menstrual cups, cheapest you can buy right now is $17.62 and that's for ten years. I got my Mooncup for £19 ($30.52), all my other cups have been won, my diaphragm was free on the NHS, so that's £19 for the next 30 years, practically nothing...less than £1 a year, verses about £5-£10 per month it cost me when using tampons and pads.
What are they? Never heard of them. Is it a cup that goes up there? Wouldn't that be uncomfortable?
No they're ten shades of wonderful. I always found tampons really, really uncomfortable and could always feel them, so I thought that having a menstrual cup in would hurt like hell, but I can't feel it and find it much more comfortable than a tampon. It's basically a small silicone cup that you fold up, stick in, and it suctions to your vaginal wall hovering under your cervix so it catches all the blood that flows. When it gets full you unsuction it and empty it out into the toilet. I seriously can't tell you how amazing it is, although some people don't like the idea of being that "intimate" with their vagina. You sort of have to poke around to see where your cervix is so you can place it correctly, but I kind of like it because it gives me a better understanding of what's going on down there. I like being more in tune with my body.
Sounds like a lot more hassle than a tampon.. sticking your fingers all the way up there.. and then I can't imagine how you're supposed to know when its full or get it out.. I couldn't do it. I only use applicator tampons.
19 Feb 2011, 6:33 am
hale_bopp wrote:
doeintheheadlights wrote:
hale_bopp wrote:
Bloodheart wrote:
Free-flow/free-bleeding is pretty much self-explanatory, using no products at all and instead either layering clothing or feeling when the blood is leaving the body in order to empty it in the toilet like you would waste. Menstrual management is the use of hormonal birth control to prevent menstruation all together. You could also include extraction, sucking out uterus lining, but it's more a 70's feminist thing.
Yup - menstrual cups, cheapest you can buy right now is $17.62 and that's for ten years. I got my Mooncup for £19 ($30.52), all my other cups have been won, my diaphragm was free on the NHS, so that's £19 for the next 30 years, practically nothing...less than £1 a year, verses about £5-£10 per month it cost me when using tampons and pads.
Yup - menstrual cups, cheapest you can buy right now is $17.62 and that's for ten years. I got my Mooncup for £19 ($30.52), all my other cups have been won, my diaphragm was free on the NHS, so that's £19 for the next 30 years, practically nothing...less than £1 a year, verses about £5-£10 per month it cost me when using tampons and pads.
What are they? Never heard of them. Is it a cup that goes up there? Wouldn't that be uncomfortable?
No they're ten shades of wonderful. I always found tampons really, really uncomfortable and could always feel them, so I thought that having a menstrual cup in would hurt like hell, but I can't feel it and find it much more comfortable than a tampon. It's basically a small silicone cup that you fold up, stick in, and it suctions to your vaginal wall hovering under your cervix so it catches all the blood that flows. When it gets full you unsuction it and empty it out into the toilet. I seriously can't tell you how amazing it is, although some people don't like the idea of being that "intimate" with their vagina. You sort of have to poke around to see where your cervix is so you can place it correctly, but I kind of like it because it gives me a better understanding of what's going on down there. I like being more in tune with my body.
Sounds like a lot more hassle than a tampon.. sticking your fingers all the way up there.. and then I can't imagine how you're supposed to know when its full or get it out.. I couldn't do it. I only use applicator tampons.
So why did you ask her to explain it if you were just going to criticize it anyway. Suggest google is a good option.
Some women are sharing their intimate choices re feminine protection and all you can say is things like 'sticking your fingers all the way up there' and 'stinking of fish'.
Sounds like comments meant to belittle other members about their own personal, and intimate choices which they were kind enough to share.
19 Feb 2011, 6:46 am
LittleFlower wrote:
hale_bopp wrote:
doeintheheadlights wrote:
hale_bopp wrote:
Bloodheart wrote:
Free-flow/free-bleeding is pretty much self-explanatory, using no products at all and instead either layering clothing or feeling when the blood is leaving the body in order to empty it in the toilet like you would waste. Menstrual management is the use of hormonal birth control to prevent menstruation all together. You could also include extraction, sucking out uterus lining, but it's more a 70's feminist thing.
Yup - menstrual cups, cheapest you can buy right now is $17.62 and that's for ten years. I got my Mooncup for £19 ($30.52), all my other cups have been won, my diaphragm was free on the NHS, so that's £19 for the next 30 years, practically nothing...less than £1 a year, verses about £5-£10 per month it cost me when using tampons and pads.
Yup - menstrual cups, cheapest you can buy right now is $17.62 and that's for ten years. I got my Mooncup for £19 ($30.52), all my other cups have been won, my diaphragm was free on the NHS, so that's £19 for the next 30 years, practically nothing...less than £1 a year, verses about £5-£10 per month it cost me when using tampons and pads.
What are they? Never heard of them. Is it a cup that goes up there? Wouldn't that be uncomfortable?
No they're ten shades of wonderful. I always found tampons really, really uncomfortable and could always feel them, so I thought that having a menstrual cup in would hurt like hell, but I can't feel it and find it much more comfortable than a tampon. It's basically a small silicone cup that you fold up, stick in, and it suctions to your vaginal wall hovering under your cervix so it catches all the blood that flows. When it gets full you unsuction it and empty it out into the toilet. I seriously can't tell you how amazing it is, although some people don't like the idea of being that "intimate" with their vagina. You sort of have to poke around to see where your cervix is so you can place it correctly, but I kind of like it because it gives me a better understanding of what's going on down there. I like being more in tune with my body.
Sounds like a lot more hassle than a tampon.. sticking your fingers all the way up there.. and then I can't imagine how you're supposed to know when its full or get it out.. I couldn't do it. I only use applicator tampons.
So why did you ask her to explain it if you were just going to criticize it anyway. Suggest google is a good option.
Some women are sharing their intimate choices re feminine protection and all you can say is things like 'sticking your fingers all the way up there' and 'stinking of fish'.
Sounds like comments meant to belittle other members about their own personal, and intimate choices which they were kind enough to share.
It wasn't supposed to be offensive! I asked for her opinion because I had never heard of them and was actually interested in what they were. If that is a crime, I will not ask.
19 Feb 2011, 7:40 am
hale_bopp wrote:
doeintheheadlights wrote:
hale_bopp wrote:
Bloodheart wrote:
Free-flow/free-bleeding is pretty much self-explanatory, using no products at all and instead either layering clothing or feeling when the blood is leaving the body in order to empty it in the toilet like you would waste. Menstrual management is the use of hormonal birth control to prevent menstruation all together. You could also include extraction, sucking out uterus lining, but it's more a 70's feminist thing.
Yup - menstrual cups, cheapest you can buy right now is $17.62 and that's for ten years. I got my Mooncup for £19 ($30.52), all my other cups have been won, my diaphragm was free on the NHS, so that's £19 for the next 30 years, practically nothing...less than £1 a year, verses about £5-£10 per month it cost me when using tampons and pads.
Yup - menstrual cups, cheapest you can buy right now is $17.62 and that's for ten years. I got my Mooncup for £19 ($30.52), all my other cups have been won, my diaphragm was free on the NHS, so that's £19 for the next 30 years, practically nothing...less than £1 a year, verses about £5-£10 per month it cost me when using tampons and pads.
What are they? Never heard of them. Is it a cup that goes up there? Wouldn't that be uncomfortable?
No they're ten shades of wonderful. I always found tampons really, really uncomfortable and could always feel them, so I thought that having a menstrual cup in would hurt like hell, but I can't feel it and find it much more comfortable than a tampon. It's basically a small silicone cup that you fold up, stick in, and it suctions to your vaginal wall hovering under your cervix so it catches all the blood that flows. When it gets full you unsuction it and empty it out into the toilet. I seriously can't tell you how amazing it is, although some people don't like the idea of being that "intimate" with their vagina. You sort of have to poke around to see where your cervix is so you can place it correctly, but I kind of like it because it gives me a better understanding of what's going on down there. I like being more in tune with my body.
Sounds like a lot more hassle than a tampon.. sticking your fingers all the way up there.. and then I can't imagine how you're supposed to know when its full or get it out.. I couldn't do it. I only use applicator tampons.
Here Hale : http://www.mooncup.co.uk/
I can actually see some advantages of them over tampons (more natural, they don't dry you out down there), but the emptying them into the toilet part sounds messy.
If I could empty them twice a day in the shower maybe, every 12 hours or so? Or would that be too risky leakage wise?
19 Feb 2011, 7:42 am
blue_bean wrote:
hale_bopp wrote:
doeintheheadlights wrote:
hale_bopp wrote:
Bloodheart wrote:
Free-flow/free-bleeding is pretty much self-explanatory, using no products at all and instead either layering clothing or feeling when the blood is leaving the body in order to empty it in the toilet like you would waste. Menstrual management is the use of hormonal birth control to prevent menstruation all together. You could also include extraction, sucking out uterus lining, but it's more a 70's feminist thing.
Yup - menstrual cups, cheapest you can buy right now is $17.62 and that's for ten years. I got my Mooncup for £19 ($30.52), all my other cups have been won, my diaphragm was free on the NHS, so that's £19 for the next 30 years, practically nothing...less than £1 a year, verses about £5-£10 per month it cost me when using tampons and pads.
Yup - menstrual cups, cheapest you can buy right now is $17.62 and that's for ten years. I got my Mooncup for £19 ($30.52), all my other cups have been won, my diaphragm was free on the NHS, so that's £19 for the next 30 years, practically nothing...less than £1 a year, verses about £5-£10 per month it cost me when using tampons and pads.
What are they? Never heard of them. Is it a cup that goes up there? Wouldn't that be uncomfortable?
No they're ten shades of wonderful. I always found tampons really, really uncomfortable and could always feel them, so I thought that having a menstrual cup in would hurt like hell, but I can't feel it and find it much more comfortable than a tampon. It's basically a small silicone cup that you fold up, stick in, and it suctions to your vaginal wall hovering under your cervix so it catches all the blood that flows. When it gets full you unsuction it and empty it out into the toilet. I seriously can't tell you how amazing it is, although some people don't like the idea of being that "intimate" with their vagina. You sort of have to poke around to see where your cervix is so you can place it correctly, but I kind of like it because it gives me a better understanding of what's going on down there. I like being more in tune with my body.
Sounds like a lot more hassle than a tampon.. sticking your fingers all the way up there.. and then I can't imagine how you're supposed to know when its full or get it out.. I couldn't do it. I only use applicator tampons.
Here Hale : http://www.mooncup.co.uk/
I can actually see some advantages of them over tampons (more natural, they don't dry you out down there), but the emptying them into the toilet part sounds messy.
If I could empty them twice a day in the shower maybe, every 12 hours or so? Or would that be too risky leakage wise?
Thank for the link, and your post answered my questions
I've never seen one for sale here. I have not even heard of them before now but I am interested in how they work and how easy/hard/uncomfortable they are to remove.
19 Feb 2011, 7:51 am
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