TMI thread. Discussion of sensitive ADULT issues/triggers. Enter with awareness!

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Originally Posted by bucklind17

I grew up reading "Are You There God, It's Me Margaret", so when the time came, I thought I was going to need a belt and all that stuff. Luckily, technology had greatly improved the system by then though and everything is so much easier these days! I don't envy the ladies who had to deal with this stuff starting with like, 25 years ago and can you imagine before plumbing, oh goodness.

Hee--I read "Are you there God? It's me, Margaret" and was totally confused by the sections about the belt--very relieved when my mother assured me that no one had used a belt in twenty years. Kind of crazy to think how many tweens Judy Blume has guided through puberty, even if some of those sections are a little outdated.

And yes, I'm very, very thankful to live in an era of plumbing and tampons. I really can't imagine how women did it. But I'm guessing our granddaughters will say the same about us in 60 years.