23 Period Posts So Funny It Hurts (Even More Than Your Actual Period Does)

Being a woman is a beautiful, magical experience. But sometimes it’s plain rubbish. Period.

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In fact, about once a month it’s rubbish.

Whether you sweat, cramp or cry your way through this momentous and magical time of the month we’re here for you. Here are the finest and funniest offerings the internet has on the phenomenon of having your period.

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1. Periods can be a real pain in the…

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You know when your co-worker asks why your eye is twitchy?

BECAUSE ONE OF MY INTERNAL ORGANS IS SHEDDING IT’S LINING, DAVID. IS THAT ALRIGHT WITH YOU DAVID? CAN YOU JUST LEAVE ME ALONE DAVID?

Just stretch it out, hun.

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2. It’s not always terribly comfortable…

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Sometimes it’s downright painful getting the necessary protection way up there… it either doesn’t go up high enough or you can feel it behind your eyes. It’s a lose-lose situation.

3. A POWERFUL punch to the privates…

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Doctors see this kind of thing all the time. Let’s start a petition to raise awareness about the suffering of period punching. It’s real and it’s everywhere.

4. Pain. On every level.

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That’s right, weep yourself to sleep. Let the bed be awash with blood and tears. Happiness is not for the likes of you and I.

5. Emotional agony continued…

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Physical and emotional suffering intermingle in a truly magical way. That’s the divine feminine for you.

6. Need to let it all out? You can cry over literally anything on your period…

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Dropped your pen? Better cry. Forgot your Starbucks loyalty card? You should cry about that! It’s Tuesday?! CRY. CRY IT ALL OUT.

7. Of course it’s not all tears…

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IT’S ALSO RAGE *and feeling very sweet and princess like* and being soooooo ti-i-i-i-i-i-i-red.

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8. Unwelcome guests in the toilet bowl

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Please just flush! We don’t want our personal lives bobbing up and down in the water, signaling our current battle with our uterus to everyone else at work.

9. Looking exactly like you feel

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You ARE beautiful, you may not FEEL beautiful but YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL.

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10. Trying to get that flawless, seamless panty line? THINK. AGAIN.

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*Discreetly untucks knickers* “Don’t mind me….”

11. Just washed your whites? Good. Because here’s your period to ruin all of them

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Nice pair of white jeans? Would be a shame if you were to sneeze whilst wearing them on your period, wouldn’t it?

12. C.R.A.V.I.N.G.S.

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Sometimes I awake from a sub-conscious food frenzy, half dressed in the kitchen, having eaten ten times my bodyweight in Oreos… Everybody has those moments, right?

13. To be honest, sometimes it’s nice to have an excuse to be dramatic

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The lights are fading, the world darkens as the frosty cold claims my body… I think of you darling… I change my tampon and then write my will.

14. SOMETIMES periods are just downright relieving

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I mean I was fairly confident I was alive without bleeding out once a month but I think I appreciate the sentiment…

15. Ah yes, the “happy women” in tampon adverts

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I’ve never seen on in the wild but I’m told they inhabit grassy fields, wearing all white and brandishing sheets like a superhero cape.

Truly strange animals.

16. When the cramps hit hard but you’ve got a job to do

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