Having painful period is bad enough, but getting it unexpectedly at work makes it much worse. I would never forget the day my period shocked and embarrassed me, God, it wasn’t funny! The day started out normal, waking up early and preparing for work as usual. At work, we had a scheduled meeting at a client’s office and I was to be picked by my boss on the way to the meeting.

On getting to the client’s office, we had to wait for a few minutes before the meeting commenced. Was super excited because it was a really big company. I was seated on a beautiful velvet-topped chair throughout the meeting. I got up smiling and saw the shock on peoples faces, I looked down on the chair I was seated on, and there it was “a large pink stain on a nude chair. I was mortified, and embarrassed, so I just sat back on the chair like that should save me the embarrassment.

A lady walked up to me and offered me a scarf to cover my dress. I still didn't get up as I asked her I'm so sorry, what about the chair” - she told me it was fine that she would call someone to take care of it. I stood up, utterly embarrassed and went to the toilet. To this day, I still don't know if my boss knew about that scenario, or he was saving me from more embarrassment by not talking about it. Unexpected periods are the worst and I would never forget that day.

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Woman life no easy for this alone..i read somewhere that it was rags they use before the pads invention.. so many other methods they used to hide embarrassment like dark skirts, sweater round waist etc.