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Magnate
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Apr 15, 2011 at 09:51 PM
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I just became curious as to when you guys started your period. We talk about it all the time so it seemed appropriate haha
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Grey Warden
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Apr 16, 2011 at 04:25 AM
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a few weeks before my 18th birthday!
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Apr 16, 2011 at 05:17 AM
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just barely eleven....
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Magnate
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Apr 16, 2011 at 09:55 AM
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So I'm NOT weird! haha
I played a ton of sports growing up and was always told I probably wouldn't start my period until I was older bc of it but started at age 11. |
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Apr 16, 2011 at 10:37 AM
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I had the 'joy' of starting at 10. Was just so thrilled and that no one else has started yet; it was awkward to say the least. We were traveling at the time overseas and we were in a museum. We joke that it was a 'monumental occasion', LOL; fortunately my mum had things with her not expecting to have share however, so trying to find a grocery store was fun in a foreign language but we had a good time.
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Apr 16, 2011 at 10:41 AM
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I never ever heard of anyone starting older than 15..... could there really be some girls that don't start till 17 or even 18 years old???
I'm so glad I didn't start at 11  -- I raised myself so I think that would have been too much for me to cope with along with everything else I was already dealing with....I got absolutely no advice/help as it was when I was 14... thought for sure I was dying as I didn't think it was normal that I'd be in such pain with it.....  ... and I didn't have anyone to go to for help.fins __________________ “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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Apr 16, 2011 at 10:56 AM
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I was 12...and it was Christmas day! Nice Christmas gift, eh? :P
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Apr 16, 2011 at 12:26 PM
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I was scared too, had no idea what is was. Honestly thought my abuser had been too "rough" because that had made me bleed before
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Apr 16, 2011 at 01:46 PM
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9, a young starter
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Apr 16, 2011 at 04:33 PM
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I started when I was 11. I remember proudly declaring it to my dad.
"I just had a period!!!!" "So, do you want me to throw you a party or something?" Am lucky enough to have been regular like clockwork since I was about 14. __________________ What if you slept? And what if in your sleep you dreamed?
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Apr 16, 2011 at 06:10 PM
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That's cool that some of you were excited about it. I did everything I could so that I didn't have to tell my parents. I think I kept it a secret until I was about 15 or 16. I never said a word to anyone. I don't know why but I was embarrassed and ashamed of it.
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Apr 16, 2011 at 10:08 PM
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I was almost 14
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Apr 16, 2011 at 10:10 PM
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Apr 17, 2011 at 08:30 PM
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I started when I was 12. Shortly after I got into eating disorders. I am 38 now and my periods are still irregular!
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Apr 18, 2011 at 12:05 PM
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My mom was mad at me when I told her I started.... anything that wasn't about HER was a reason to be angry. 
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Apr 18, 2011 at 03:21 PM
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I started at just under 11. I knew about it and what it was from "health" class, but I was so embarrassed. I thought it was really icky and painful. And unfortunately all they had at the time were those big thick pads that attached to a belt. I think I was the first girl in my class to get it, so I was constantly terrified of leaking. Been hating my period ever since. I've never been regular, and now one of the meds I'm on really messes up my period, so I never know when I'm going to get one.
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Apr 18, 2011 at 03:45 PM
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12 and a half... I was on the lookout every day for at least a year! I was really excited because of all those Judy Bloom books. It was like, Oh boy, blood! I'm not sure that it's lived up to the promise but oh well.
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Apr 18, 2011 at 04:02 PM
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Hahah, lastyearisblank I too read those books. I was disappointed that it was just a little smudge and hard to even tell if it was a period. I had to ask my mum to check! I was much less self-conscious at 11 it seems!
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Apr 18, 2011 at 04:05 PM
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LOL! Lonetwin that's hilarous!!!
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Apr 18, 2011 at 04:17 PM
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I started 3 months after my 10th Birthday
I hated it as I was the only Girl in my class who had started soooo early
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