Am I unreasonable that I don’t want my friend constantly discussing her period in front of my children and DP?
I have a friend who I’ve known for a number of years. Lately (well, the last few years) she’s become quite obsessive about certain things and Will develop strong opinions about them. One of the latest is that we’re all too shy about discussing periods and that women need to talk more openly about them. Only, it seems that she now needs to discuss periods at every opportunity, even if not really relevant at all.
I have three DDs, the oldest is 6. I haven’t really had any need to discuss periods with her yet, though she has seen me getting tampons/pads out and buying them. She hasn’t asked any questions so I don’t feel it’s necessary to mention anything just yet. My friend will say things like ‘just going upstairs to change my sanitary towel’ or ‘my period started today’. My DP has mentioned to me that’s he finds it a bit odd and that he isn’t sure why we all need to know which I tend to agree with. I really feel that she’s trying to push her views on us and I don’t know how to ask her to stop. If the comments were in context (i.e. in relation to an actual conversation we were having) then I wouldn’t care too much.
So am I weird in that I tend to just get on with my period without really making an issue of it or is she being a bit odd enforcing this idea that we are doing it all ‘wrong’ in our family?
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To ask my friend to stop discussing her period in front of DD?
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WeirdTalk · 20/01/2019 21:49
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