When Did You Get Your First Period?
I did not develop anything in high school and nothing happened my first two years in college. Embarrassing to say the least! And lonely! I was 19 and had been very depressed for years. It was 1969, the last year of the flower child and peace and love! Ya you betcha! That summer I went to spend the summer, my last summer with relatives on their farms like I had done every summer growing up. This trip was tinged with sadness.
Where Were You When Your First Period Started?
Riding a horse bareback 'up north' in Minnesota, I was 19 and 4'8' and undeveloped(and embarrassed and lonely and confused).I got off the horse and was bleeding and scared- I thought I hurt myself on the horse. My aunt asked if I'd had my period yet? Oh No! She fitted me with a huge pad and sanitary belt. That year I grew 8 inches and filled out quite nice. But when I went to my 5th high school reunion as proud as punch about my new look to my dismay no one believed I was Carol Reins and when I told them I was Carol Reins they didn't remember me at all.
Lessons Learned
- Wishing for so long to look like the other girls and always feeling ugly, I finally 'blossomed' and became a long-haired blond with blue eyes(I lost the coke bottles and got contacts)and curves but I didn't become 'happy' like I thought I would.
