My 12 year old granddaughter has become a woman, we will leave it at that.

[Texaswitchy]

She texted me the news.

Time for me send her a present.

[Ilsa]

1. Bat Mitzvah or the other?

If it's the other, she would probably horrified over you posting that.

Congrats to her. I don't miss it one bit.

[Amishman]

3. I was also assuming Bat Mitzvah thread but now....

I think I will close this one and not return...

[Ilsa]

7. Even I don't care to remember this any more. nt

[Texaswitchy]

4. The other.

She is excited about it.

I was 13, she almost 13.

I hate to tell her what a pain it is to deal with.

I do not miss it either.

[a kennedy]

2. What's the present gonna be??

[Texaswitchy]

8. I do not know yet.

I need to talk to her mom.

Living in Canada I do not know what she is interested in.

[a kennedy]

17. 👍🏻 Just a wonderful jester.......

I stopped having them in 2000, just got, AND keep having HOT FLASHES….. 😡 actually miss the periods…..they were 4 - 5 days a month and over. Now, these damn flashes happen damn near daily…..

[Luciferous]

5. Wow, she would probably be mortified you're posting that lol

[Texaswitchy]

10. She is happy about.

Said she was woman now.

In the old days it was called the curse.

She is in Canada now.

Nothing to be ashamed off.

Part of being a woman.

[dflprincess]

16. Times have changed (thankfully)

I've notice my grandnieces who are in the 12-14 year range are way more open about. Being as old as I am though, I nearly swooned, when the 9 year old brother of one of them told me his sister was crabby because she was having her period. I'm not sure if he really understands what it means but I was happy he didn't use cruder language to describe it.

I am glad that it appears both girls and boys are treating it as the normal process it is and not something to be ashamed of.

[Texaswitchy]

20. The old days were different.

I remember all the girls in elementary school being in the lunch room watching this film about becoming a woman.

I was in the fourth grade, went over my head.

Like it was a deep secret or something.


My mother and grandmother were very open about it.

There are now commercials on tv now that are very open about.

It is life.

[hlthe2b]

6. Good for her?

In all honesty, though, my initial response to your post was: Wow. I can't imagine any girl of my generation doing that--they'd have been embarrassed to death. I guess this is a positive change, right?


Please tell me she's not growing up in Texas, though... Sorry, but I'd be terrified for her.

[Texaswitchy]

9. It is part of being a woman.

Nothing to be ashamed of.

She isn't.

None of us would be here without it.

[hlthe2b]

11. Are you really lecturing me? Look at my profile before you make such assumptions.

But, yeah, I think most girls even today would be embarrassed by someone making a big deal about it, whether they should or not. Thankfully no one will tell her about the very negative aspects she has to look forward to. That's the fun part we women all get to figure out the hard way--natural or not. I know I did--debilitating migraines and all.

[smirkymonkey]

21. I was mortified.

Especially when my mother told my father. He was about as thrilled as I was. I knew this was not going to be a good thing and it wasn't. I never wanted nor had children. I really could have done without the whole thing.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

27. I begged my mom

To take me to the gyn
to get my uterus taken
Out. I knew I was going to go through this horrid process every fucking month until I got old.

I wanted to kill myself.

I wish that gyn would have listened to me.
Could have spared me years of pain.

I wish I knew what transgender meant back then it would have been liberating to have a word for what I was experincing.

For girls who weren't girls the period was torture and a cause for mourning.

[Texaswitchy]

29. I understand.

I was never a girly girl.

I was never into so called girl things.

Never.

It was tough to not fit into the social norms.

You had it harder then me but I do understand.

[Texaswitchy]

12. No she is in Canada now.

She is fine.

[hlthe2b]

13. I'm thankful for her in all kinds of ways.

[Drunken Irishman]

14. I'm assuming you mean she got her punctuation but I thought at first you meant she's pregnant.

And I was impressed with your calmness.

[Texaswitchy]

15. This a natural part of life.

I had a party with my Grandmother.

[Joinfortmill]

18. 👍

[kimbutgar]

19. I didn't get mine until I was almost 16

My Mother started to get worried and when I got it she was very excited! She said I was now a real woman ! I was always a late bloomer and it paid off because I looked a lot younger in my 30’s!

But I was glad when it stopped in my 50’s.

[Texaswitchy]

22. I do not miss it.

I never viewed it as a negative.

Society did.

Little boys voices change and it is a big deal.

Little girls have their change and it is viewed as something to hide.

[kimbutgar]

28. Agree with you there.

[hunter]

24. May she become a truly dangerous woman at fifteen.

Both a curse and a blessing.

Hold her tight.

[Texaswitchy]

26. Wish I could hug her.

I will call her tomorrow.

[cilla4progress]

25. Awesome.

Welcome to the fold!

[Mr.Bill]

30. When my granddaughter had her first exam

with the OB-GYN (who was a woman) as a woman, when she came back out to the car and when her mother asked how it went, she said "Well, apparently the doctor and I are engaged now". I've always loved her sense of humor.

[Texaswitchy]

31. Felt the same way.

[EYESORE 9001]

32. One of my granddaughters started this week

She’s 10-1/2. Am I wrong to worry about the onset so early?

[Texaswitchy]

33. Wow.

Sounds early.

I think girls are starting younger now.

[Control-Z]

34. My youngest, the younger of 2 girls,

was proud of everything about her body and paraded through the living room telling her father and brother that she got her period.

It was a few years later, when her brother could drive, that he went to the store one morning before school to buy her tampons. Honestly, I was shocked. I thought he was a little prudish at that point. I've learned over the years that it is only with me that he acts that way. He's totally cool with everyone else.

[Texaswitchy]

35. It is different now.

My grandkid girl friends were totally cool talking about it.

I think commercials are helping.