to hate the term 'on the blob'?

[Champersonice]

After reading about jam sponges on the mooncup thread, I googled and took a look. Under FAQs, they have used the term 'blob'. Yuk! I just hate that expression. Who agrees and what other terms do you dislike?? First one to say, 'got the painters in' gets a jam sponge

[NeverKissPigs]

Can we just not refer to it and if you insist use 'the unmentionables' with a whisper and a nod.

I'm also championing conjugals instead of all these phrases that imply something pleasurable.

[kerala]

As an innocent comprehensive school girl I was shocked at university when my new friend who had gone to a very posh public school said she was going to the loo to "cram a tam" shudder!

[littlewater]

for me, it's weeping.
as in this week someone going to be crying by the end of! for the love of f* why does it always have to be painful

[Champersonice]

Oh, Mrs!! You made me laugh out loud re: distraction on the sofa when BGT gets a bit dull!!!

Also, as a Spurs fan, I must say I do like the way it has been made synonymous with "Arsenal playing at home" laughing all the way to the sanitary bin!!! And isn't that another horrible term, 'sanitary towel' eugh!

[CalmInsomniac]

I love the French expression "les anglais sont debarqués" meaning "the English have arrived" pretty much the same as "the red coats are coming".

Nice to know animosities between French and English are still alive and well.

[frogs]

I hate all of these. But worse than any of them has to be, "I've got the curse".

Wrong on so many levels.

[thelittlefriend]

MrsSchadenFreude, you do sound like a fab mum. Well done for being so upfront with your kids. And the thought of your dh wimpering behind the sofa made me giggle. My dp would die of embarrassment!

For me it's got to just be "period". Though i do love that Jo Brand one

[HalfPastWine]

A male friend of mine used to say 'she's on the curse'.

[Champersonice]

Oh gosh there are so many.

Frogs, I forgot 'the curse'! That derived from 'Eve's Curse' and there is also 'The curse of TOM' (Time Of the Month)

[Ragwort]

All I can think is thank God I've got thourgh the menopause and don't have to worry about any of this any longer - and no DD .

[Champersonice]

One XP would ask if I had my mouse in (referring to a tampon)

[MrsSchadenfreude]

Champers - Spurs fans all the way here too!
Could we also say "Arsenal are losing"?!

[MrsSchadenfreude]

Ragwort - you have to look coy and say "My friends no longer visit."

[BonzoDooDah]

Another "fab mum " vote for MrsShadenF. I'll be PMing you for hints when mine get old enough.

[Champersonice]

Mrs, loving all your posts but even more now

[Champersonice]

Mrs is a a fabby mum all the way!!

[thelittlefriend]

Up the Spurs Mrs and Champers :o :o !!

[MrsSchadenfreude]

I think I will stick with "Arsenal are losing" from now on. I like that.

[saffy85]

I love "twat splat" Also Jo Brand's subtle little way of working it into a conversation.

My DP calls it the blob too mainly to piss me off, which it does, it just sounds so disgusting and not teehee funny like twat splat.

[MrsSchadenfreude]

Calm - the English wore red coats in battle to hide the blood stains. The French wore brown trousers...

[RockThePots]

I call it 'moon time'. This comes from many years ago when a male friend of mine thought all women got their period at full moon. I have just realised it sounds quite twee though

Tampons are 'lady mice' thanks to a friends 8yo dd

[jodee]

If I'm talking to my mum, I will say "I've got you know what"

If talking to a colleague/friend it's "time of the month"

DH for some reason calls it my "Honda", it must be "Honda time" (as in a Honda cycle ... (other brands are available)

[TottWriter]

My DP refers to it as "...unpleasantness" and gestures vaguely at my genitals while squirming slightly. He doesn't cope well, bless him.

I just tend to say "nuhr, that time of the month" if I mention it at all, though I will happily use the word period, menstruation, pretty much all of the not so excessive euphemisms.

And we have a soft toy that he called Jam Rag - a cute little white seal, but the name won't shift now. The best I can do is think of it as J.R.

Mind you, buying a book can backfire spectacularly. My mum bought me a book about sex when I was about 12/13, and it was bright pink and I was so mortified that I hid it in a drawer and never looked at it. I think it is safe to say that thanks to that I have a DS.

[Champersonice]

Hey hey, Littlefriend!!

Saffy, couldn't agree more and coincidentally, my XP would do the same as your DP.

So Mrs and Littlefriend, are we in agreeance that 'twatsplat' and 'Arsenal are losing' are the way forward??

[LyingWitchInTheWardrobe2726]

Am I on my own in just not saying anything about it? Not announcing it with a fanfare or tantrum or unaccountable craving for chocolate?

All of the terms, all the way through the thread, make me cringe... if I had to refer to it, it would be 'time of the month' or 'period' and just get on with it. I know that a lot of women feel comfortable discussing it and telling all and sundry about it, but I just find that really crude and unnecessary.