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21 Reasons Why Having Your Period Isn't So Bad

They can be messy, but just make do

Ashley Leeds

Mar 28, 2016

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21 Reasons Why Having Your Period Isn't So Bad

For us ladies who are below 50 and who aren’t on some kind of medication that prevents us from getting our periods, we all know that we have our monthly friend to look forward to! Yes, mother nature is just fulfilling her duties, but for some, it can be painful! However, as strange as it sounds, there are some perks of having our period. So let's exclaim and be thankful for these reasons!

1. You’re not pregnant (unless you want to be!).

2. You can eat as much chocolate as you want!

3. If you don’t feel like being a person, it is socially acceptable to be a blob.

4. If you don’t feel like being social, you have a BLOODY good excuse not to be!

5. You get to wear sweats and other clothes that make you feel comfortable.

6. Your family/friends feel bad for you and may do favors for you that they wouldn’t normally do.

7. You can sleep even more than usual.

8. Your significant other is there for comfort!

9. You can wear granny panties without shame.

10. You feel super fresh and satisfied whenever you change your pad or tampon.

11. You are able to learn how to stain treat clothing.

12. Once your cycle is regulated, your body usually at least gives you a warning that you’re getting your period, so it’s not a total surprise.

13. Just because you’re bloated, doesn’t mean that you’re gaining weight.

14. It feels so, sooooo much better when you’re off your period!

15. Sometimes when you live with or near other women, your periods start to somehow become in sync, and you can bond over having your periods around the same time.

17. Period cramps can be fixed with pain medication.

18. If you ever do give birth, then this is good practice.

19. At least you know that your body isn’t off balance since you’re menstruating like you should be as a woman.

20. Those eager girls in the tampon commercials are always so excited to have their periods, which can be inspirational.

21. Periods are also punctuation, which is pretty cool!

Okay, so let’s be real here. Who really LOVES having her period? It’s not the best thing, but it’s not the worst either. If you really have deadly uncomfortable periods, then there are ways to treat them. Definitely talk to your doctor, and you can hopefully work out a way to help yourself feel better. Periods are no fun, but if you have a bad attitude about having yours, then that will only make your experience worse. Make the best of it, and have a healthy and happy period!

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They can be messy, but just make do

1. You’re not pregnant (unless you want to be!).

2. You can eat as much chocolate as you want!

3. If you don’t feel like being a person, it is socially acceptable to be a blob.

4. If you don’t feel like being social, you have a BLOODY good excuse not to be!

5. You get to wear sweats and other clothes that make you feel comfortable.

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7. You can sleep even more than usual.

8. Your significant other is there for comfort!

9. You can wear granny panties without shame.

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11. You are able to learn how to stain treat clothing.

12. Once your cycle is regulated, your body usually at least gives you a warning that you’re getting your period, so it’s not a total surprise.

13. Just because you’re bloated, doesn’t mean that you’re gaining weight.

14. It feels so, sooooo much better when you’re off your period!

15. Sometimes when you live with or near other women, your periods start to somehow become in sync, and you can bond over having your periods around the same time.

17. Period cramps can be fixed with pain medication.

18. If you ever do give birth, then this is good practice.

19. At least you know that your body isn’t off balance since you’re menstruating like you should be as a woman.

20. Those eager girls in the tampon commercials are always so excited to have their periods, which can be inspirational.

21. Periods are also punctuation, which is pretty cool!

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There's always chaos in the restaurant business.

Anytime you turn a corner the words "corner!" without you even realizing.

People are amazed at how professional you are when speaking to strangers, or on the phone

When we say "table 17 is on a bus", table 17 isn't LITERALLY on a bus.

You understand the frustration of the functions of another existing restaurant when going out to eat.

When you repeat the same spiel 40 times you start to sound like a lifeless robot.

The rush of prime dinner service. The chaos is riveting.

You have "that guy" at a table that makes you want to pull your hair out.

Getting stiffed an entire tip is worse than dealing with a difficult human being.

When you're sitting in a restaurant you don't dare interrupt your servers table presentation.

At the end of the night, you take the first opportunity you get to take a seat.

Not everything you learn in college can be found in a textbook.

Your self control and motivation directly correlate to how close the end of the semester is.

Group projects seem to be something created by the devil himself.

Remember when you were young and you knew everything there was to know? Wrong: you knew nothing.

If there is free food offered - go!

Never believe a professor when they tell you "Don't worry, this won't be on the test."

If you want a relationship with someone, it will take effort.

Check your email before you trudge all the way to class to find out it is cancelled.

You do not need a ton of friends, just a couple of really good ones.

Take the time to do what you love.

Every Saturday you will avoid doing homework like it is the plague. When Sunday rolls around you will complain that you have way too much stuff to do and not enough time to do it.

Your college experience is what you make of it.

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