That's great! My husband is the same way! Makes me still feel like a woman and attractive even when I'm on my period.

^ Guess I can add my two cents here: I actually agree with both of you. I see nothing wrong/gross with a woman's time of the month, and when my wife and I are interested in being intimate during that time, we like to do it in the shower. No mess, sure, but just changes it up a bit. Just sharing. :)

Thanks for sharing. :) The shower is a good way to keep the mess level down. Good to hear from more people who don't think periods are gross.

129- Glad to finally hear from a man amongst all these whiny boys.

Thank you, once again, Dracoboxer. I'm trying to explain to my boyfriend why it isn't that bad right now >.

187- Not that I'm a pro or anything but when I was young, I just wasn't that familiar with it, and nothing breeds disgust (or hate for that matter) like ignorance. Fear of the unknown is still most people's greatest mental barrier. :) Demystify it for him, show him (not literally, necessarily) how it's no big deal, and he'll eventually realize that you're right. What's a little blood, anyhow? We're all full of about 7 or 8 liters of it. ;) Good luck with that, btw. Cheers. :)

He will learn to be ok with it ;) The birth control I'm on has made me bleed for almost two months straight now. So i've been desensitized, lol. I do, however, have awful PMS.. :/

262 -- If your birth control has made you bleed for 2 months, then I would strongly suggest you go back to your doctor and get a higher dose of hormones in it. That happened to me about 5 years ago. Bled for a month, went back to the doctor, and she said I needed a higher dose of hormones. It's really worth a try. It sucks bleeding every day.

Oh, I definitely am going to switch. The birth control is the Depo Provera shot though, it lasts 3 months and is irreversible :/ So I just have to hang on until July 20 D:

Ohhh, sorry for assuming it was The Pill. That's what I was on. I don't think Depo Provera's hormone level can be changed. Since you're taking that, it could just be that your body is still getting used to the constant progestin levels. (I've read up on the side effects and stuff because of my own searching-for-better-birth-control project.)

Yeah, it could be. But I'll probably switch to the pill anyway, Depo has caused a lot of mood swings/depression, and increase in appetite too.

aww, that's crappy. Depo sounds really convenient to me, but my main reason for not trying it is the possible risk of bone density loss. I've been on the pill since I was 16 (I'm 23 now), and it's worked really well for me, but I want to switch because I did realize I never had migraine headaches before starting the pill...never a problem with feet swelling either. Now I have both. I would actually like to try the progestin-only pills, or at least get pills with a lower dose of estrogen. I'm hoping that will lower the amount and/or severity of side effects.

Yup, completely natural! A woman shouldn't have to feel less of a woman just because something NATURAL is happening to her.

You're an awesome boyfriend.

I wish I could thumb up this comment more than once. :')

No! I've seen you on every comment on this FML and I don't know why you are so defensive but it never okay! Her mother should have taught get that! Yuck! That's absolutely disgusting!