People might have a laugh at this (lighthearted) episode of mine yesterday but, I also have questions!

[PersonalityofaVacuum]

Background, I was made redundant about 14 months ago and have only just found work. Although I've survived without a wage I obviously had to let some luxuries go until now-so I booked myself a massage at the first opportunity, which was for yesterday. Not just a luxury really, I have an old shoulder injury and a lot of back pain.

I also had picked up a load of logs in my car the day before yesterday, but when I returned home it was a bit dark so they were still in my car yesterday.

I returned from home, yesterday had a shower and went to go for my massage. At this point my friend was walking past my house and we stopped and had a chat. I mentioned the logs and he offered to take them out of the car and put them in the shed for me. I thanked him and went off to my appointment.

And then the period from hell arrived as I was walking down the street. I had no option but to continue to my appointment but I was wearing a pair of light-coloured jeans and a small jacket, and short sleeved top so I was just hoping and praying that nothing would show through!

Got to my massage lady and told her what had happened, apologising profusely and she said 'Don't worry! I am a woman! I understand! I'll put an extra towel down, not a problem!' I've never been to this therapist before, she was so lovely.

But as you can imagine my massage was not the relaxing experience it should've been! Luckily I managed to get a lift back home from my Mum.

It might be worth noting that on the way there, I walked under a ladder where an oblivious bloke was blocking the path with it and had gone to rummage in his van.

So I arrive home and I mention to my Mum that I have a lovely cake in the fridge that I won't eat, does she want it? She does. I go to get it. She asks me to put it in the boot of her car I do this, close boot and my Mum just drives off. With my handbag, phone, coat etc all still in the passenger seat of her car. So I have to chase her down the street in my blood-soaked jeans, and she doesn't see me until the end of the road.

Anyway with my belongings retrieved, as there's still a touch of daylight left I decide to go to my car and see if I can vacuum out any bits of twig etc that may have come off the logs as they're now all removed.

I open the boot-and it is still full of logs.

Turns out, my friend didn't look in the boot, just cleared the ones off the back seat. Why?!

I ring him and (after thanking him for his help) as him why he has only cleared half of them from the car and it transpires that he just didn't think of looking in the boot.

My questions are;

1. if you were my friend, would you have not looked in the boot? I mean who doesn't utilise their boot first, when they're picking up something like that?

2. how do I get blood out of my jeans they're dry clean only. What I've done so far is soak them in cold water. I don't want to ruin them-Can I send them to a dry cleaner with stains from blood not envy?

@CoddlingMolly Really, you think that the two things are remotely similar ?

That’s what I thought too, something not quite right about these posts.

Does no one use rolled up toilet paper anymore??? Hardly rocket science

I agree. Very odd. From the dry clean only jeans which have now been washed, to walking around with blood soaked jeans and a small jacket, to laying on the therapists table without sanpro, to not just stopping at the cafe and shoving some loo roll in your knickers, just very odd behaviour/

Also, if Mum gave her a lift home from the massage therapist, why not call her earlier when "the period from hell" hit suddenly?

Omg what a day you had

I hope today is better x

Sorry, I've not abandoned my thread.

@AlwaysGinPlease my period did not affect the therapist at all other than me being a bit panicked when I first arrived. She put an extra towel down but nothing got on it anyway, so I guess she had an extra towel to wash but I dont think anyone would say that was a great hardship. Other than that, she didn't have to 'Deal with it' in any way.

As I have said I am surprised that people wouldn't have looked in the boot, but I accept that that's just me, I would have but it seems I am the minority,

Thank you @Jeannne92 -that's pretty much what I did minus the nail brush. Most of it came off fine.

@CoddlingMolly I definitely don't have any sort of period fetish!

My jeans weren't white and nowhere have I said that they were. I was not due on my period for at least another few days.

@mrschocolatte yes, I am not going to risk this scenario again but, even if I did have anything on me to use, I had nowhere to use it in the middle of the street.

As for the ladder, I am not superstitious but it is meant to be bad luck (disturbing the holy trinity, I believe) so I thought it might be a funny thing to mention.

@JaneChampagne how did you expect me to get into the café? If I'd broken and entered do you think the police would let me off because inserting a tampon was a valid reason? Am I 'odd' for not doing smashing a window and going in to use the facilities? I didn't rearrange because I thought it would be okay, which ultimately, it was.

@CoddlingMolly do you really compare something as rancid and noxious as excrement, to menstrual blood?

She really couldn't have been nicer, I've left her a fabulous review and will return to her as she was brilliant. I do have a chronic pain issue from an old injury, and I feel 100% better for going to her.

@MrsElsa I didn't have a wad of loo roll on me either.

@Janehasamane I will post a photo of my jeans label if it is so bizarre to be believed.

What should I have done with my jacket?

Again, how do people expect m e to have entered a closed café?

@MaisieMacabe I was on my way to an appointment, didn't want to let the therapist down. I explained when I got there and had she said she'd rather rearrange I would have been absolutely fine with that. Even if Mum had have picked me up en route, I'd have still missed my appointment altogether.

What do you mean you had no way of knowing that the blood was showing?

You have eyes don't you? You look down at your crotch and between your legs?

You know that cloth is porous and a small drip of blood will spread out as a stain and keep getting bigger as you bleed?

It sounds like you revel in walking around with the feeling of blood seeping through your clothing.

Absolutely bizarre and downright revolting.

By "the period from hell" people would imagine that you meant it was heavy, so you can understand the confusion. Your jeans were not white, but they were pale, so I can't see the difference.

@DrJoanAllenby yes, I have eyes. I meant I did not have a mirror and couldn't see behind me. I was so conscious that cars were going past and might be able to see a stain.

And no, I don't. I was mortified and a bit of a mess when I arrived at the appointment especially being a new customer of hers, it was horrible. I am a professional woman and had showered and changed before the appointment, as many of us would as masseuses have to get close to us and touch us and I didn't want anything to be remotely unpleasant for her and thn this happened. She was lovely and really did help calm me down. Told me I deserved a massage and to try to relax and enjoy it, and that it didn't matter about any of what happened.

But thanks for saying I am revolting.

I am not sure how heavy it was without comparisons but I just all of a sudden started, which has never happened to me before. I wouldn't have worn anything pale had I any idea this might happen of course.

Exactly this - very unlikely peculiar thread.

Apart from they weren't white and I wasn't due on my period for another few days at least. I am working currently but I did say I'd post a photo of my jeans and I will do once I have chance.

Photos showing colour of jeans and wash label.

Won't add, says are too large. Will try to resize.

Hopefully shows the colour and label clearly enough.

Salt with cold water gets blood out

Yes, that's been recommended upthread

I didn't use salt, but I am pleased that this thread has taught me a few things regarding getting blood out of cloth. The saliva thing is fascinating.