Germaphobe BF Grossed Out By His Girlfriend's Clean But Stained Period Underwear, Demands She Throw Them Out

Attention to all women and people who menstruate: period panties are not a thing... at least according to this woman's boyfriend

Chelsi

• Published in Interesting
• November 15, 2022

Love is portrayed in films through an idealistic lens. In real life, love can be a humbling experience.

Finding your significant other can be a challenge all by itself. The path to searching for them is laden with pitfalls designed to discourage anyone brave enough to try.

As they say in fairytales, you'll kiss a lot of frogs before you find your prince or princess. The work is not complete once you find them — pragmatically speaking, the real work has just begun.

Once you find your long-term SO, moving in is inevitable. It is a good practice to get used to being around each other's presence for most of your time.

You are there to witness each other's every moment of weakness and triumph. You'll finally witness your perfect SO brought down by a bad case of sniffles.

You will know just how toasty they prefer their morning toast and judge them for it. For the most part, it's fun figuring out the small things like this but when it comes to life's fundamentals, differences make mean the end of the relationship.

Take this 24-year-old's recent discovery for example. OP and her boyfriend have been together for two years and she thinks they know each other well by now.

She knows he is an ~extremely~ hygienic person. He showers twice a day, washes his clothes after one use, and cleans the dishes as soon as he uses them. That kind of clean.

They are very different in this aspect. OP is not a slob by any means but compared to her squeaky clean boyfriend, she is.

They had an argument while doing the laundry. Her boyfriend saw her clean yet stained "period panties" and demanded that she dispose of them.

OP tried to explain that period panties are a normal thing for a lot of women but the words died on her throat when she saw her boyfriend's disapproving face. It made OP feel gross and unnatural in her own body.

OP made it clear why she can't plan when to bust out a more "acceptable" and discreet version of period panties to avoid making her boyfriend feel less gross about HER menstruation

OP added a few more details why she found her boyfriend's shower routine a tad excessive

Menstruations and the underwear we use when we get them are all perfectly normal. OP has no reason to feel bad about either.

The big picture is, her boyfriend's feverish cleaning routine could be a sign for a real psychological problem

At the very least, OP needs to encourage her boyfriend to see a therapist

Her boyfriend's cleaning habits should cause more concern than OP's underwear. If he's so bothered by them, he should be buying OP new ones every month.

OP having underwears she specifically uses during her period is not a unique experience. Everyone who menstruates can attest to this.

OP's boyfriend needs to realize that the only unusual thing in their house is his need to keep everything clean all the time

Redditors latched onto that detail and are asking OP if her SO knows he has a problem

It takes a while to get an underwear comfortable enough to be specifically used only during periods. A boyfriend is much easier to replace.

Did he faint on a chaise when he saw her period panties?

Periods are difficult enough to manage without other people, especially men, making us feel bad about them. We have been made self-conscious about a natural biological thing for the longest time and I've had enough of it.

OP has to realize her period underwears are not gross and unusual. Her boyfriend has to grow up and see his own therapist before concerning himself with the non-issues he thinks she has.

Chelsi