Never wear something short enough for your string to show!!

Mine happened the summer before my final year of high school. My friends and I decided to have a summer's end pool party because school was starting (this was the desert, so September was still pretty hot.) Imagine my dismay to learn I'd started my period the day before. One of my friends suggested I try a tampon so I could go swimming. I was saved!!!

So I made my way out to the pool area, sporting my slinky black bathing suit and a pair of denim cut off shorts. They had a lot of fray around the legs. They were my favorite shorts. After this day, I threw them away.

I'm not normally one to be embarassed about having my period, but it's not something that I'd have shared with my male friends in high school. We were all sitting on lounge chairs, and the guy I liked was sitting at the foot of mine, with his hands resting on my thighs. I had one leg crooked and the other straigh out. He was playing with the fray on my shorts when all of the sudden, he pulled on a couple of strings. The first few times he did this, it didn't phaze me, but then I felt it...he was tugging on my tampon string. The next thing I know, the guy I had a HUGE crush on is sitting in front of me, face like a ghost, holding up MY bloodsoaked tampon for ALL to see!!

Needless to say, that was the last time he talked to me.