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Anonymous
| A period party would have been mortifying to me. I am sure it would lead to a hilarious memory to joke about in the distant future but the damage it would do during the time it was had would be awful. Can you imagine how much the girl would get made fun of when the bully.ish girls found out. Ugh. No. Hug your daughter, pray she now doesn't get pregnant and call it a day. |
Anonymous
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I personally didn't find it a celebratory occasion. I am sure there is something between the Red Tent party and ACE Hardware that I will do with my daughter's. If only take them to Dairy Queen and counsel them about not wearing white pants within a week of your expected period because wearing of white pants always makes it come early. Thanks for the first laugh of the day. Funny but very sage advice. Kind of like if you own a jeep and remove the stupid roof, it will rain. And I was another one with the belt/pad combo. Try getting your period in fourth grade and having to change for gym class. Horrible. |
Anonymous
| What is a belt pad combo? I don't understand? There was a belt that had a towel hooked to it to catch your period or something...very strange. I remember after a couple of months using pads I discovered tampons and was like "why the hell didn't I use these in the first place." |
Anonymous
| If my mom had done this to me, it would have left a very negative impact. I don't like attention being given to me for things I consider personal - that's not my personality. Also, I was 10 when my period started (my mom was 10 also, and I believe my grandma was also very young), so not something I would really understand at that age. |
Anonymous
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""Welcome, Maiden, on the path to Womanhood," I said. I touched her with the feathers, saying, "May the air fill your sails and send you soaring."
How could anyone not burst out laughing at this? |
Anonymous
It's funny, but I'd rather do this stuff than "OMG! I'm sooooo drunk! Tee-hee!" |
Anonymous
IDK, but I wouldn't go to your church/temple/lodge and laugh at your service. I guess I was just raised better than that. |
Anonymous
This is the daughter required for that ceremony: http://www.hulu.com/watch/239649/saturday-night-live-bedelia-sleepover |
Anonymous
lol. |
Anonymous
Um, I wasn't there. Reading the article and imagining the "ceremony" made me think it would be very difficult to keep a straight face. It's not like this was some ancient rite -- the mom just made it up, and it was hilarious. |
Anonymous
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I think becoming a woman is a process. Menarche is an important milestone on that path.
If, as women, we had celebrations like this regularly, then the young girls WOULDN'T feel mortified. It would be something they look forward to, like birthdays or Christmas. It would be THEIR special day. It would take some of the "ew gross" stigma out of menstruation. We would be reclaiming our respect for this important natural process. Look, that said, I hate getting my period. It's a messy pain. But maybe we can begin a cultural change, starting with the girls who will someday be wives and mothers. It won't be any less messy and aggravating, but it also won't seem dirty and shameful if we teach them to embrace it. |
Anonymous
Everybody made up every rite at some point. And the Pagan type things the mom is doing in this article are more ancient than Christianity. You would ROFLMAO at my church. We pretend that bread and wine turn into actual human flesh and blood and then - WE EAT IT. Wine, talk about your menses colored food. |
Anonymous
Yes. I love those sketches. I was that daughter (In my eyes my mom was Mary Tyler Moore) for 35 years (I grew up in the 70s) until I finally got married. But, even I would have balked at a red party. |
Anonymous
Most pagan/wiccan rites are just *made up* within a certain framework. |
Anonymous
See if my church had been filled with parishoners like you, I'd probably still be going. |