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Sanitary pads/Tampoons: Time to break the taboo, being realistic.

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                Looking at the tampons and sanitary pads on the aisle in the shopping mall Vihaan asked me what all this stuff is about. Are they any form of adult diapers or something? Well at that instant I was not sure how to answer this question, but just to avoid our conversation at that moment I said these are to maintain female hygiene and I will explain in detail after we reach home. Wondering if he has grown up enough to understand menstruation/Puberty? I wanted to buy time to think of possible ways to make this little mind understand. It was when I had my periods first; that I knew something like this even existed. On that day at the second hour of school when I walked to submit the assignment my teacher noticed the stains on my skirt, well I was not aware of it. She called my mother immediately to take me home. I was not sure what was wrong but scared and confused I waited for my mum. My mum being typical conservative types had not explained about this ph