What do you call the Time of the Month

January 24, 2007 6:59am CST
When talking about your periods, do you have a special name for that "Time of the Month" do you just say "period" or "menstrual cycle" or do you say "womens things" Are we still so shy about the most natural thing a woman contends with every month that we have little names for it.
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• United States
24 Jan 07
I usually just refer to it as my period. When my cramps are extremely painful, I get this pained look on my face and if my hubby asks me what's wrong, I usually say,"Damn Mother Naure!", then he leaves me alone about it. lol
24 Jan 07
Yes I tend to blame Mother Nature and suggest that the Worlds Economics would grind to a halt if men suffered :D
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• United States
24 Jan 07
lmao! No doubt!! ;)
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@mzbubblie (3839)
• United States
30 Jan 07
hahaha...I would say "mother nature" is here or "it's that time" or "aunt flow" lol... I've never been shy or embarrassed about it. It's natural and it happens... Aunt Flow is my favorite though :)
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31 Jan 07
lol I heard Aunty Flow on Will and Grace, didn't get it at first :D thats a good one! :)
@emeraldisle (13139)
• United States
9 Mar 07
I usually just say my period or I might say "the monthly thing" if I'm around men. Not that I care but it seems they do. They get grossed out or make faces at it. I have heard of "Aunt Flo is visiting" as a way to describe it. Being "OTR", on the rag, although I never really cared for that one.
@Jemina (5770)
24 Jan 07
To my close friends I tell them that I had a "miscarriage." But to others I just say, dysmenorrhea or stomach cramps. I don't know why it's somewhat embarrassing but I realy don't feel comfortable when I feel sick and my male friends ask what's the matter. I just can't say, I have menstrual period. But somehow I can jokingly say, I had a miscarriage!"
24 Jan 07
Strange isn't it, how shy we are about our periods and talking about them especially to guys. I think the older you get the more liberal you feel. I used to hate going into the chemist and buying sanitary pads or tampons, especially if there was a guy behind me. Now I think I am a lot bolder.
@crosa125 (1483)
3 Feb 07
me and my friends sayin the red light is on, i can't understand that why girls has to be shy about the most natural thing in life.
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@jllatham (49)
• United States
24 Jan 07
I just call it "my period", or "my woman thing" if I'm being cute.
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24 Jan 07
Same here, normally its period or "Time of the Month" or I just growl that tends to let people know I am really not good company.
@melody1011 (1663)
• India
30 Jan 07
I call it my "THAT". :P thats what i tell my bf for that time of the month. He calls it my chummies
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@mae168 (170)
• Philippines
30 Jan 07
No! I dont have any special name..I just say "period" thats it..nowadays, i guess we dont have to be shy in saying the word "period" because its normal..even guys knows it already..there's no big deal..believe me..
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@cruzades (659)
• Philippines
30 Jan 07
My wife called it "red-tide" or "bisita" (visitor).
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@apky12 (769)
• United States
30 Jan 07
I say Aunt Flo but it's not b/c I'm shy to talk about it. It's just a name I call it. I guess something that caught on with me along the way.
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@ebfh2006 (175)
• United States
31 Jan 07
My friend and I used to call it clifford. I don't remember how we ever came up with that. Another friend used to call it the curse.
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@aquarian9 (548)
• Canada
30 Jan 07
Little Visitor...That's all I have to say about that (:O)
• United States
1 Feb 07
Sometimes I call it "Women's Stuff". Mainly because when I told my hunny "Aunt Flow" he didn't know what I was talking about.
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@maidei (76)
30 Jan 07
I call it my MP's.....somehow i cant bring myself to calling them periods...or Menses....anyway i normally dont have to say it cos the cramps i have affect my moods terribly..
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@Eskimo (2315)
10 Mar 07
I call it time to get out of the road, dress in a flak jacket and steel helmet. Much safer that way, then I have a chance to survive. It may be perfectly natural to you girls, but PMT causes the rest of us lots of pain and anguish at times.
@wdiong (1815)
• Singapore
30 Jan 07
I don't think I'm shy when talking about this to women. Most of the time , I'll just refer to it as 'menses' or 'my best friend is here' :)
@angelco (345)
• Philippines
30 Jan 07
well for me i call my monthly period as "Visitor" because it always visits me every month no delaying :)
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• Philippines
30 Jan 07
We have a sanitary napkin w/ the brand name "Those Days", since then we call our monthly period with that term. We also use "Red Days". I don't think we need to be ashamed of such thing since every woman is the world is experiencing it right?
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• United States
7 Apr 07
I do say "period". When my male colleagues used to ask me I was saying that I was not feeling well.
• Antigua And Barbuda
31 Mar 07
well i say i am bleeding now or i am having my cycle or even the time of the month. i am not scared to talk about something that comes naturally so if anyone does they are wrong to