I had this one time where my dad took us down to Massachusetts to celebrate my grandparents anniversary. Had asked him at the store that we stopped at to buy me a thing of kotex. Oh no, you need to ask your mom for those. My parents were divorced. Straight through my khaki pants. First time I ever heard it called Menses, as my gram pulled me aside asking if I had my menses. We were at one of my aunts. She and my cousin only used tampons, as I was looking at those with a question mark on my face. Spent the day in dirty pants. finally another cousin had kotex, but still.

Had a friend in jr high, where another friends mom needed to discuss peeling the plastic off to get the glue to show. That girls mom just wouldn't talk about such realities.