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Contributor: P'Gell P'Gell
We all seem to call it something different. "On" your period. "Having" your period. Riding the Crimson Wave. The Curse. The Blessing. What do you call it?

Choose more than one.
Answers (public voting - your screen name will appear in the results):
"On" Your Period
solitudinarian , SeductivelyCute , Ms. N , deltalima , Jake'n'bake , bayosgirl , ksparkles16 , LovesAPoet , mistressg , KrissyNovacaine , K101 , indiglo , ciderspider , Beck , darthkitt3n , Do emu , pootpootpoot , Sangsara , joja , ghent529 , melissa1973 , Greenleaf , sexxxkitten , Bodhi , theavocadopit , kitty1949 , padmeamidala , Gracie , Love Obsessed , Red Vinyl Kitty , freshbananas , Deeder , wdanas , PropertyOfPotter , *Camoprincess* , Honeybee , Gone (LD29) , Lilith Bealove , - Kira - , Peggi , Kitten has left the site , Breas , AlianneCimorene , Femme Mystique , thereisamelody , CherryGryffon , Yaoi Pervette (deleted) , CoffeeCup , Rin (aka Nire) , toysforme19 , MaeGal , mpfm , Airen Wolf , tigertiger , gloomybear , DomonCoshu , SneakersAndPearls , Nyx (Under the Covers) , XxFallenAngelxX
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"Having" Your Period (These are different)
ghalik , P'Gell , Petite Valentine , Calla , solitudinarian , Ms. N , Melan!e , pasdechat , nanamondoute , bayosgirl , Terri69 , KrissyNovacaine , indiglo , Rossie , Beck , Taylor , ghent529 , Bex1331 , SMichelle , Greenleaf , lovekink , brevado , Red Vinyl Kitty , Janis , Honeybee , Gone (LD29) , Lilith Bealove , - Kira - , Peggi , Kitten has left the site , AlianneCimorene , LikeSunshineDust , Yaoi Pervette (deleted) , Lacey9 , Rin (aka Nire) , mpfm , SubmissiveFeminist , jennifur77 , Fluffy Snuggles , llellsee , rosythorn , The Majikat
42
On The Rag or OTR
P'Gell , Melan!e , Beck , joja , Bex1331 , ginainohio , Gracie , Red Vinyl Kitty , Deeder , xOhxSoxScandalousx , Gone (LD29) , Lilith Bealove , Peggi , Kitten has left the site , Rin (aka Nire) , RomanticGoth , lisasharrer , satinlady550
18
A Visit from Auntie Flo (Do people CALL it this? LOL)
leanright69 , Lilith Bealove , Kitten has left the site , Rey , Fluffy Snuggles
5
Riding the Crimson Wave
Petite Valentine , ciderspider , Nacht Stern
3
Black Towel Time (A lot of Latina women call it this.)
MoonTime
P'Gell , Chilipepper , Sangsara , RomanticGoth , Airen Wolf
5
Feeling Unwell
MistressDandelion , AU , KittyGoesRawr
3
The Curse
solitudinarian , Jake'n'bake , K101 , Do emu , WhoopieDoo , Janis , AlianneCimorene , MistressDandelion , KittyGoesRawr , RomanticGoth
10
The Blessing
Airen Wolf
1
Monthlies
Jake'n'bake , Kitten has left the site , AlianneCimorene , CherryGryffon
4
I have the Fleas (that's what Lizzie Borden called it)
Going to Oklahoma (because you have to cross The Red River to get there)
I Can't Milk the Cows Today (in years past it was believed that menstruating women would curdle milk if they milked cows or touched milk)
Out Of Comission
KrissyNovacaine , Ryuson , MissBre , ghent529 , WhoopieDoo , Red Vinyl Kitty , Deeder , wdanas , Janis , OhMy! , *Camoprincess* , Gone (LD29) , Femme Mystique , Talena , RomanticGoth , shorejen9
16
It
Bex1331 , Kitten has left the site , phoenixfiress , KittyGoesRawr , Stagger13
5
"That" Time of the Month
Petite Valentine , Ms. N , pasdechat , Dixiemomma , KrissyNovacaine , Rossie , unfulfilled , Beck , LaSchwartz , Chilipepper , MissBre , Sangsara , ghent529 , SMichelle , sexxxkitten , Gracie , CindyH , rom323 , Phosphorous Tick , PeaceToTheMiddleEast , Love Obsessed , Red Vinyl Kitty , Janis , PropertyOfPotter , OhMy! , voenne , Gone (LD29) , Lilith Bealove , Peggi , Kitten has left the site , Breas , Mistress Sassy , phoenixfiress , AlianneCimorene , xilliannax , daaddison8991 , CherryGryffon , Yaoi Pervette (deleted) , indiechick , HusbandandWife , Rin (aka Nire) , toysforme19 , MaeGal , mpfm , shySEXXaddict , Talena , SubmissiveFeminist , Airen Wolf , gloomybear , Nyx (Under the Covers) , rosythorn , Isola
52
Something else (please share with us)
ghalik , solitudinarian , Mwar , dracarys , DreamWolf , Jake'n'bake , xMila , LovesAPoet , Ryuson , meezerosity , Girly Juice , Beck , pootpootpoot , Bex1331 , WhoopieDoo , Phosphorous Tick , PeaceToTheMiddleEast , ToyTimeTim , Squirtz Starz , justme23 , Maximusx , prttynink , voenne , Gone (LD29) , Lilith Bealove , lukymami , - Kira - , Peggi , CRAZYSEXYONE , Kitten has left the site , hot lil momma , Breas , Mistress Sassy , phoenixfiress , Mx.Nekora , kizzl , AlianneCimorene , indiechick , Rin (aka Nire) , Amber1w , woodsdragon , Robespierrethecat , shorejen9
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I'm a bright red llama
ghalik , P'Gell , Master DarkWolf , Beck , PeaceToTheMiddleEast , Red Vinyl Kitty , ToyTimeTim , Gone (LD29) , Lilith Bealove , - Kira - , Peggi , RomanticGoth , Sinfully , Airen Wolf
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Total votes: 280 (138 voters)
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Contributor: ghalik ghalik
Shark week, Mr. Uterine liner, or if I'm feeling especially creative, "communist convention in the downtown dining and entertainment district."

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06/05/2012
Contributor: Calla Calla
I've always just called it having my period.
06/05/2012
Contributor: Loriandhubby Loriandhubby
Mine is not on the list..

"Red Days"
06/05/2012
Contributor: P'Gell P'Gell
Quote:
Originally posted by ghalik
Shark week, Mr. Uterine liner, or if I'm feeling especially creative, "communist convention in the downtown dining and entertainment district."

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Good list! The Menstruation Museum (MUM.org) is where I got some names when I ran out of the ones I already knew.
06/05/2012
Contributor: solitudinarian solitudinarian
Also "the thing". My favourite is "the curse".
06/05/2012
Contributor: Ms. N Ms. N
Quote:
Originally posted by ghalik
Shark week, Mr. Uterine liner, or if I'm feeling especially creative, "communist convention in the downtown dining and entertainment district."

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Shark week!
06/05/2012
Contributor: Mwar Mwar
I say that I'm "reconstructing."

Also, I call my tampons plugs.
06/05/2012
Contributor: pasdechat pasdechat
I'm not usually one for euphemisms, so I usually just say I'm having my period. If I'm feeling the need for delicacy I'd probably say something like "that time of the month." LOLing at "Auntie Flo"--that one has always made me cringe, and I can't imagine anyone saying it...
06/05/2012
Contributor: Master DarkWolf Master DarkWolf
I'm a llama!
06/05/2012
Contributor: dracarys dracarys
i say george rr martin is guestwriting in my pants/call it the red wedding.
06/05/2012
Contributor: deltalima deltalima
Quote:
Originally posted by P'Gell
We all seem to call it something different. "On" your period. "Having" your period. Riding the Crimson Wave. The Curse. The Blessing. What do you call it?

Choose more than one.
Ha ha ha I can't milk the cows!
06/05/2012
Contributor: DreamWolf DreamWolf
Quote:
Originally posted by Master DarkWolf
I'm a llama!
I call it my Moon cycle...
06/05/2012
Contributor: Jake'n'bake Jake'n'bake
I call it shit. Periods suck. ):

But other than that I call it Shark Week, on my period, on the rag, bleeding to death, or the curse.
06/05/2012
Contributor: nanamondoute nanamondoute
Hahaha..."I'm a bright red llama." Nah, I use the more mundane "I have my period."
06/06/2012
Contributor: Dixiemomma Dixiemomma
rotflmao @ all those names thats hilarious but no i'm not that creative its just that time
06/06/2012
Contributor: ksparkles16 ksparkles16
I just say I'm on my period.
06/06/2012
Contributor: xMila xMila
the "enemy"
06/06/2012
Contributor: LovesAPoet LovesAPoet
I call it either being "on my period" or "vamp week" (blood made me think of vampires when I was younger and I guess it stuck). Going to Oklahoma is pretty crafty though, I wouldn't have thought of that.
06/06/2012
Contributor: mistressg mistressg
I just say on my period...though, I love "Black Towel Time".
06/06/2012
Contributor: Terri69 Terri69
I just say "I'm having my period" I've heard it called Aunt Flo, the curse, my lady days, etc
06/06/2012
Contributor: KrissyNovacaine KrissyNovacaine
Quote:
Originally posted by ghalik
Shark week, Mr. Uterine liner, or if I'm feeling especially creative, "communist convention in the downtown dining and entertainment district."

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I need to use the communist one on my sociologist boyfriend!!!
06/06/2012
Contributor: Ryuson Ryuson
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Lunar cycle, cycle, 'out of commission,' or just flat out saying that I'm on my period. It depends on my mood and who I'm talking to!
06/06/2012
Contributor: meezerosity meezerosity
Quote:
Originally posted by ghalik
Shark week, Mr. Uterine liner, or if I'm feeling especially creative, "communist convention in the downtown dining and entertainment district."

Check out this list.
Me too! I call it shark week and my menstrual cup is referred to as "The chum bucket"
06/06/2012
Contributor: K101 K101
Quote:
Originally posted by P'Gell
We all seem to call it something different. "On" your period. "Having" your period. Riding the Crimson Wave. The Curse. The Blessing. What do you call it?

Choose more than one.
How interesting! I had never heard of a lot of those.

I say "I'm ON my period." When I'm talking about it to family, my partner or friends who know what my periods are like, I call it "my curse." That actually is something I say quite often. I've had endometriosis and other stomach yuckies that have caused my periods to be nothing short of pure misery. I've gotten a lot better, but symptoms are still pretty severe. It's a curse. For sure. No doubt about it. There is no way in hell I'd refer to my curse as a blessing. No sir!
06/06/2012
Contributor: indiglo indiglo
I am not entirely certain what I call it, but I'm pretty sure I either say I'm on my period or I'm having my period. Some of these are pretty funny though!
06/06/2012
Contributor: Girly Juice Girly Juice
I usually just say "I'm bleeding."
06/06/2012
Contributor: unfulfilled unfulfilled
I usually say it's that time of the month, or I'm on my cycle.
06/06/2012
Contributor: Beck Beck
I'll also call it the plugged week. I assume most will understand why.
06/06/2012
Contributor: P'Gell P'Gell
My husband always says (because I said it once, when I was late and finally got it) "The only thing worse than getting your period, is not getting your period."
06/06/2012