We all know the Internet is overrun with oversharers. Folks talk about their kids' poopy diapers, their sex lives and, now, even their menstrual cycles. Sigh. On the one hand, we don't want a return to junior-high days when we all hid our tampons and kept hoodies tied around our waists for a week out of every month.
But at the same time, we don't really want your updates about your uterus cramps poisoning our Twitter feed. Nor are we interested in hearing about "your friend" arriving via Facebook. (Unless your friend is real and has the abs of Mario Lopez.)
And we especially don't want to read an extensive blog post that details your inability to go swimming because you're on the rag. It's not that periods are inherently disgusting, it's just that being confronted with visions of your uterine lining while we're just trying to kill time at work is sort of, um, disgusting.
What do you think? Is tweeting about your period taking it too far?
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Tuesday 01 September
By deka
it's too much!
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Tuesday 01 September
By Seriously_Steph
totally foul
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Tuesday 01 September
By Seriously_Steph
save it for your man.
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Wednesday 02 September
By carah y watkins
why? As long as you keep it clean, and aren't like telling us how heavy your flow is, hey most pp are going to be o.k. with saying your having cramps. or PMSing
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Wednesday 02 September
By choklit gurl
Thats just taking it a bit too far!!
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Wednesday 02 September
By Alicia
Eeewwwww!!!! I'm a gal & hey girls, that is way TMI! That is so lazy 2 post that stuff online. No excuses! If u want someone 2 know your situation vs. advertising it to the whole WorldWideWeb, then pick up the phone & call/text them!
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Thursday 03 September
By Kay
Absolutely TMI!!
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Thursday 03 September
By Lyndarosela
Definitely NAY!!!!
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Thursday 03 September
By christine
Yes! Tweeting about your period is disgusting. Anyone in their right mind do not want to hear about that. Ladies, remember we all have to endure this time once a month. So please stop tweeting about. I knew this one bitch who always talk about her period at work. She was so fuckin disgusting. One guy told her that he did not want to hear about that. He was right for telling her as off. She would would talk about without any shame. She is so ugly her head look like a fuckin urterus. All I am trying to say is please keep period talk thing to yourself. If you want to talk about your period, please write about in your personal diary or journal.
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Thursday 03 September
By Wendy
Could be worse...some people just HAVE to share their daily bowel movements to anyone that will listen...YUCK!!
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Thursday 03 September
By H
Since it was proven that women who hang together will in fact have their periods at the exact same time of the month as each other, this should come as a fair warning to any "Moron of a Male" who thinks his "s-h-i-t" does not stink. That also includes your average "Pig of a Prince Charming" too. Buckle your seat belts because it's going to be a bumpy ride for you guys not only in real life but also via the Internet.
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Saturday 05 September
By victoria
check out www.stopthetweets.com
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Saturday 05 September
By danielle
Yes it is way too much my step daughters mother posted a blog on myspace about her husband changing her feminnin products, so i totally agree that womens minstural cycles should not be a glorious event that gets announced on fucking CNN.
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Sunday 06 September
By J
Way too much TMI, just like logging your attempts to get pregnant...and then sharing with the world your got your period.I don't want to read about it, seriously. I'm a girl and I would never post that crap
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Wednesday 09 September
By butcherbaby
i'm a woman in my 40s, and it doesn't bother me a bit, nor does blogging/tweeting about any other bodily function. i may sympathize, i may say "eeyew", i may find it hilarious, depending on the circumstances, but i don't think it's out of line.
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Wednesday 09 September
By marie
It's just nasty and the only females that would do that are disgusting as well!
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Monday 28 September
By Kara
What drives me even more crazy is the strange and increasingly popular habit of people discussing the bowel movements...especially within the disability blogging circuit (which I frequent). Having almost completed my PhD-I could give you an entire psychological explanation of WHY I feel people do this-but the bottom line is this: I wish they would stop!
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