To think “period cookies” is ridiculous…

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Just seen a post on local fb page asking if any bakers can make some “period cookies” with a photo from Instagram. Various iced cookies - some depicting pants with pink gusset, others are sanitary pads, and some say “welcome to the big girls club”.
Is it me or has society lost the plot?

Yes. Really.

Is there nothing that won’t be commercialised?? What’s next Happy Period banners and cards every month?

I’d buy her a cake with, “Only 4 decades till the menopause,” iced across it.

That's lovely 😍

I agree. I had serious issues and extreme embarrassment around my period for all of my teen years. I remember when I started my mum basically pulled me in to a room when I got home from school and I felt like it was an accusation. Really weird as my mum was very in to holistic health and women's health and my sister never had the same issues, but I just found the whole thing mortifying.

I can certainly see the value in celebrating it or acknowledging it in a healthy way, rather than having it hush hush and embarrassing

I saw menopause shampoo in Boots the other day lol

I think the cookies are strange and unappealing. But I very much doubt, given they are to mark a first period, they are aimed at women. 11 and 12 year old girls are the most likely recipients I'd have thought.

I agree. I’m sad and tbh a bit shocked to see mumsnetters calling this disgusting. It’s a new stage in life, to be welcomed.

Though I must admit I might hesitate to bite into a cake looking like blood-stained knickers!

I’d go for something red: piece of jewellery, pot plant, item of clothing (of her choice). For something edible, maybe a cake topped with strawberries?

Isn't that because hair thinning is a symptom of menopause?

Don't get me wrong I still think it's a load of marketing bollocks and there are natural ways to strengthen hair but that'll be why menopause shampoo exists

For a brave and artistic baker this could be a goldmine, but wjy should girls get all the fun? What about a pair of boxers with all jizz stains on them? Sort of a "Congratulations on your first wet dream" type thing.

They have completely lost the plot. 🤔

I’d rather have a packet of chocolate digestives.

Just ridiculous. It’s just too much. Everything is ‘celebrated’ ie turned into a money making/narcissistic exercise these days.

I am all for the shame and secrecy being ended, when I started mine I had been given minimal information, wasn't even told that the blood came out of the vagina, how long the bleeding lasted or how to deal with it. I was so shocked and ashamed when mine started that I did not tell my mother for a few months and dealt with it by using loo roll and getting towels out of the machine at school. However biscuits is just mad.

Ewwww. That is all.

I posted on here about what I did when one of my nieces stated her periods while she was staying with me. I ran her a bath, then we went out for a nice lunch and I got her a 5 pack of dark knickers. I asked her if she wanted to tell her mum or would she rather I did, she chose the latter. To me this sounds a reasonable response but I got a nasty reply from another poster on here who asked me if my niece lacked arms so could not run her own bath and that I had overstepped my role by taking her out!

🙄 to the poster who said that, not you. There was no need for that comment.

There have been shampoos like this around for ages, it is great that the taboos that have surrounded menopause are being tackled but needless to say it has also turned into a chance to flog stuff to women

Sounds like something the ancient Romans would have liked 😂

Next: My First UTI cake 🙄

Can't people just get on with their everyday lives anymore?

Utter cringe capitalist nonsense

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why are dark knickers needed??

Capitalism is eating itself

My dad gave me a watch as a gift after my first period at 13. It was super sweet and blooming hilarious - 6’5, awkward and emotionally stunted Eastern European man shuffling over with a box. ‘Here - you’re a woman now’ and quickly walked off with minimal eye contact. God love him

I got a cute hot water bottle when I was picked up from school due to the cramps. It was a very practical item, and nice that it wasn't a basic dull one.

I did have the confidence to share it on a need-to-know basis. I told my form tutor as she realised it was unusual for me to be in and out of medical and sent home. Otherwise it was icky, uncomfortable and painful and felt somewhat out of control.

Twee themed cookies would have been embarassing.
(Although chocolate/ cake wouldn't go amiss)

I threatened to throw a party for my daughter. I will forever treasure the look I got! 🤣

Rice with red beans, fine if that's your thing. Eating cookies with bloody knickers on or cakes made to look like used tampax? Nah. I cant imagine any young woman / girl being particularly happy about that.

My Dad made a big speech about how I was a woman now. He meant well but it was awkward, cringey and more and more than a bit creepy.