Aww I'll give her a break her hubby of 52 years died six weeks ago.My last Uncle my late mums younger brother.We joke about her in the family but she's still ma wee auntie...etc.
Thanks Maths for the Mr Bean Video. 
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Imagine years ago all those poor girl having them with no knowledge of what they were
Not even all those years ago...a close friend of mine (now 46 so we're talking mid/late 1970's) was told nothing by her hideously repressed mum. All she had was gossip from a school mate who started when she was 10 - who told her she had to "go to the toilet until it was over". So when she kicked off she went to the loo.After a few hours her brother who was then a student in his late teens on summer vac and desperate for a wee demanded to know that the bloody hell she was up to. When she told him in all innocence he set her straight. And from my own point of view I was given a Dr White's booklet after bath time on a Sunday evening that explained the biological process of menstruation but mentioned NOTHING about sex. It's not something my parents have ever talked about. I'm quite happy to discuss it with my two but these days I'm not sure how much I remember.
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I make MrDitty buy them for me... he HATES it!
Mr L was at the births of all 4 of his kids so I think any squeamishness must've been well and truly knocked out of him years ago.
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Mr L was at the births of all 4 of his kids so I think any squeamishness must've been well and truly knocked out of him years ago.
well... I didn't know Mr Ditty when I had my kids.... but whenever I say anything about the birth of my kids he holds his hand up (he actually does the stop hand sign) and tells me he knows all about it on account of having seen the birth of his youngest brother. He is now an expert on the whole birthing experience! apparently
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(he actually does the stop hand sign) and tells me he knows all about it on account of having seen the birth of his youngest brother. He is now an expert on the whole birthing experience! apparently
Hahahahahaha Maybe he's traumatised.
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I'm not sure how much I remember.
Hahahaha
at the birth of eldest spongette......(a girl).mr sponge gleefully shouted.'Its a boy!'....the knobber was looking at the umbilical chord.....he obviously thought i'd given birth to the next ron jeremy...
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.he obviously thought i'd given birth to the next ron jeremy...
did you all laugh at him... or break it to him gently?
ditty xx.the midwife just said.'it's a girl.that's the umbilical chord'..he went red and went.'oh'...followed by..'it's a girl'!!..i really don't know why i let him be in the room second time round....cos then he said.'what is it?'....well a puppy obviously!!!
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.....he obviously thought i'd given birth to the next ron jeremy...
I saw a doc on Monsieur Jeremy and, as he tells it, when he was born he already displayed the 'talents' by which he made his name. With amazed midwives and relatives aghast/impressed.
I was called Josephine till I was 7
Spongey! hahahahaha
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I was called Josephine till I was 7
awwwwwww......still as long as you're not called it now!!!.'not tonight josephine'!!...
*swishes around in a revolutionary fashion*
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ditty xx.the midwife just said.'it's a girl.that's the umbilical chord'..he went red and went.'oh'...followed by..'it's a girl'!!..i really don't know why i let him be in the room second time round....cos then he said.'what is it?'....well a puppy obviously!!
awwwww... I Iike that he had a blush.. then reset himself & started again "oh! its a girl!" 
Have to say that Mr Pink is pretty understanding (he has to be now there is two women in the house!!) and usually says something along the lines of "oh is it that time again".
My dad and brother were great as well, my dad often saying that him and my brother were outnumbered by females, we had a female dog and cat growing up as well as me and mum, and my nan was nearly always around as well. The best was when I started my periods, my brother who was 7 or 8 at the time didn't really understand so my dad took him to one side and said, well you know how certain times we have to keep the dog and cat in because of them being on season (bear in mind this was the late '70's when it was not so common to have pets neutered, you just put up with randy dogs and tom cats on your doorstep every so often!), well that's what wrong with your sister... So for about two years until he fully understood periods, he used to say every bloody month "are you in season then?!" I like to remind him of this every so often!!
My dad and brother were great as well, my dad often saying that him and my brother were outnumbered by females, we had a female dog and cat growing up as well as me and mum, and my nan was nearly always around as well. The best was when I started my periods, my brother who was 7 or 8 at the time didn't really understand so my dad took him to one side and said, well you know how certain times we have to keep the dog and cat in because of them being on season (bear in mind this was the late '70's when it was not so common to have pets neutered, you just put up with randy dogs and tom cats on your doorstep every so often!), well that's what wrong with your sister... So for about two years until he fully understood periods, he used to say every bloody month "are you in season then?!" I like to remind him of this every so often!!
As a teenager, on many occasions I told my dad I needed money for sanitary products, he'd be kinda embarrassed and give me it without question, then off I'd pop to the shop for 10 Embassy Regal
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10 Embassy Regal
hahaha!like a true northern bird!
twas 10 regal king size for us... usually bought with my school dinner money
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twas 10 regal king size for us... usually bought with my school dinner money
10 Regal King Size and a box of matches= 98p 10 Regal King Size, a box of matches and 2 penny sweets..."Gerrout, you aren't 16 yet!"
How did they know
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like a true northern bird!
and one who allegedly had a period approximately every two weeks
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Mr L goes to the shops for us all the time. He'll happily sawn round asda, box of tampax in his hand. Having said that he always carries my handbag for me when I'm struggling
Mr L wouldn't even lift them from the trolley to the checkout....He was raised with 3 sisters, and his mum is quite an open person, but he's one of the refuses to go in the ladies underwear section men.Reference:
and one who allegedly had a period approximately every two weeks
Oh I used to try that one to get out of PE!! The cold showers, walking past the lads in a tiny bottle green gym skirt and bottle green gym knickers was hell.Problem was our teacher used to keep a note of periods and after a few times of trying this, she did not believe it and used to make us do PE regardless, miserable old bat she was, then you used to have to wear the lost kit which was disgusting.
It was 10 B&H and a box of matches with us... pooling our money together and finding the nice corner shop man who, if we hadn't got enough money used to sell us single cigarettes for 10p. Could you imagine that happening today?
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It was 10 B&H and a box of matches with us
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Wonders how Lee had her children
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You were posh!
There was about 6 or 7 of us at the time! I think (someone around my age/slightly older) may be able to confirm that 10 B&H was at one time something like 37p. I seem to remember them being about that when I started smoking way, way back in 1979.Reference:
if we hadn't got enough money used to sell us single cigarettes for 10p.
oh yeah.... "singles"10p a fag has been the going rate for donkeys years!
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Problem was our teacher used to keep a note of periods and after a few times of trying this, she did not believe it and used to make us do PE regardless, miserable old bat she was, then you used to have to wear the lost kit which was disgusting.
our PE teacher used to give us the "exercise is the best cure for period pains".She also used to make us go through the showers, one by one... her holding our towel... (cos she reckoned we'd been running through the showers with our towels on just getting our shoulders wet - which we did). So of course we all decided "miss was a raving lezza"
it kinda backfired though... we all just bunked off her PE class instead. Even the "good kids" bunked her lessons. I blame her for my increasing bunking off... she broke the bunking off fear boundary for me
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Mr L wouldn't even lift them from the trolley to the checkout....He was raised with 3 sisters, and his mum is quite an open person, but he's one of the refuses to go in the ladies underwear section men.
Mine will happily stand in the undie section discussing colours, fit, sizing and underwiring.
Same Ditty, re PE teachers, except this one was having an affair with a year 11 (5th year as it was when I was in the 3rd year) female pupil
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something like 37p. I seem to remember them being about that when I started smoking way, way back in 1979.
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Mine will happily stand in the undie section discussing colours, fit, sizing and underwiring.
Aww fair play to him Lecs...Some things Mr L is open about but others no,his mum is open his dad was old school,he is like his dad was while his brothers are the complete opposite....Truth be told one of his brothers makes me squirm,he goes too far with some things.Reference:
She also used to make us go through the showers, one by one... her holding our towel.
assume we are not talking sanitary product here
Mr Pink's ok on the periods thing, he has brought me towels when I have been ill and unable to get out before Kayleigh came to live with us. We now bulk buy on the big shop and make him push the trolley!
What he hates is clothes shopping, even when I buy stuff from somewhere like Asda when doing the big shop ~ he stands around looking sheepish and when I ask him if it's ok, he's saying fine, fine and longing to get away.
When we go somewhere like Merry Hill, he just goes and gets a paper if he doesn't go to watch a film, a cup of tea and sits in the coffee shop and lets me get on with it.
Going back to Josie, if she has PMT, I sympathise with her ~ I'm like the psycho biatch from hell the week before!
What he hates is clothes shopping, even when I buy stuff from somewhere like Asda when doing the big shop ~ he stands around looking sheepish and when I ask him if it's ok, he's saying fine, fine and longing to get away.
When we go somewhere like Merry Hill, he just goes and gets a paper if he doesn't go to watch a film, a cup of tea and sits in the coffee shop and lets me get on with it.
Going back to Josie, if she has PMT, I sympathise with her ~ I'm like the psycho biatch from hell the week before!
I was in France recently and said to the lady in the tabac, " Je voudrais, soixante Marlboro rouge, s'il vous plait 
" [apologies for shit spelling]. Lady started shovelling armfuls of fags at me until I explained in piss poor French that it was 60 tabs I was after, not 60 boxes.
" [apologies for shit spelling]. Lady started shovelling armfuls of fags at me until I explained in piss poor French that it was 60 tabs I was after, not 60 boxes. 
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really can't remember how much they were when I started around 1975 Pinkbabe, but B+H were definitely more expensive than Regal, and No.6 were even cheaper and that's what they sold as singles in the local shop
I honestly can't remember, I just seem to remember 37p for some reason. but yeah, we used to have No6 as the singles from the local shop. B&H have always been the most expensive, that's why I gave them up and smoke Sterling red now.
I remember the days when 10 B&H was about 80p and the newsagent used to sell singles for 10p (he sometimes let me have them for 7p so I could get one of those white chocolate fish and chip sweets that were 3p a pop )
Talking of sanitary products, I remember buying the post-birth towels (cos the 300 babybooks I'd read told me to) - Jesus Christ have you seen the size of those buggers You could sail to France on one of those things. They're huge! I remember thinking 'Oh shit I'm gonna be out walking the baby trying to be all mumsy and I'm gonna have the bloody Titanic in my knickers'. I despaired for weeks When I was told I was having a c-section the first thing I said to the little Chinese lady who was doing the shaving was 'Thank GOD I dont have to wear the mattress'. She gave me a blank look and a half smile.
) Talking of sanitary products, I remember buying the post-birth towels (cos the 300 babybooks I'd read told me to) - Jesus Christ have you seen the size of those buggers
You could sail to France on one of those things. They're huge! I remember thinking 'Oh shit I'm gonna be out walking the baby trying to be all mumsy and I'm gonna have the bloody Titanic in my knickers'. I despaired for weeks When I was told I was having a c-section the first thing I said to the little Chinese lady who was doing the shaving was 'Thank GOD I dont have to wear the mattress'. She gave me a blank look and a half smile.Reference:
d I'm gonna have the bloody Titanic in my knickers'. I despaired for weeks
you got lucky with the c section (& yeah I do mean that... I was screaming for 3 days for a c section).. cos the titanic is justified... strangest feeling ever... like the longest wee you've ever had... days & days long!