He refused to buy

[neenareadsalot]

My husband kept track of my cycle, one day he came home from work with all my monthly essentials, Oreos, my favorite tea. He smiled and said “It is almost time, isn’t it.” I started an hour before. People who care about you, care about you. ❤

[Delia_Cor]

"thats embarrassing myself!"

Buddy, the cashier isnt going to think you started your period. Its kind of obvious its not for you.

[ddpa]

She did mention a previous incident where he offered to help her but didn’t. The break up may sound drastic to some, but it sounds like there were other events that led to the break up, not just this incident.

[cherrypopscile]

"I don't wanna embarrass myself"

Bro, one it's a store. 97% of people do not care, and the few who do ain't worth concerning yourself with. And two... WHY would you be embarrassed? Someone make this make sense. Oh no you're buying tampons, presumably for your partner!!! The shame!

[hfkpop]

I had a male friend who i thought would be embarrassed by me buying pads. He embarrassed me by walking through the store waving them above his head saying out of the way we are buying pads. 😂

[BelladonnaU]

When we were 15, my mom took us for a one last class trip, since we were all really good friends (like 16 of 19 people from our class went). And because mother nature is a bitch, most of us girls got our periods.

One of my friends ran to the batbroom at like 5 pm, nobody was awake, but her clothes were completely bloody. The bathroom was next to the guys' room, so she knocked on the wall. Two woke up, one brought her pads, underwear and clean pants while the other one changed her bedsheets and woke me up only to ask me what setting he must choose on the washing machine because he never had to wash out blood before.

I was really proud of them, since that girl was extremely shy and embarrassed about her period (unlike most of us) and only recently started hanging out with us. They handled it like real men and she didn't feel ashamed for what happened.

If teenage boys didn't feel shy or embarrassed, a grown man should not either.

[PichDextro]

I am a man.
If you find it embarrassing to be nice to your partner, respectfully: screw you! Like seriously, how old are you, 12? I am embarrassed for idiots like this.

[gayspaghetti]

"I don't wanna embarrass myself. Besides, I didn't wanna get up, I was in the middle of a game." Is proof that OP's ex never intended to help, only asking because he felt obligated to.
Nobody cares why you're buying something or what you look like while buying something unless you're genuinely visibly injured.
Take it from me, I've bought all varieties of stuff from supermarkets, corner shops, and fast food places while in full zombie makeup, in clown makeup, and even while covered in fake blood with a chestburst sticking out my chest.
Even then, nobody said anything, especially not about what I was buying.

[sambodyknows]

Why do these men think that buying pads or tampons is embarrassing? Do they have no idea how attractive it is to see a man showing empathy?? If I see a dude buying any period products I assume his girlfriend/wife (or daughter, depending on the man's age) is the luckiest girl ever to have someone trustworthy and empathetic. The more he has (add on ice cream or midol) the more lucky I think she is and the more incredible the man. What is embarrassing about compassion??

[Wishingstarmik]

Honestly if I'd see a guy buying tampons I'll actually thinks is sweet that he's taking care of the women in his life

[mistake]

One time at my work i got very strong period. I was in a lot of pain, couldn't get out of work for next 8 hours and didn't have any women around to help me. A male costumer asked me why i was looking like i was dying. I told him about my period. He went to nearby store to buy pads for me and even called his wife to get her help because he didn't know which one to buy. Mature adults are not embarassed by helping people

[HeatherSierraVEVO]

A man that is uncomfortable with periods is not really much of a man. If he can’t handle the idea of bodily functions, it means he also can’t handle a whole host of other things. He’ll treat many other things with the same callousness and immaturity, including the parts of you that aren’t perfect. Let him mature and figure those things out without you.

[Elioka]

Got my first period at my fathers house at the age of 12. Not only did he refuse to take me to get pads, he refused to give me cash to get them myself. So my little sis and I raided our piggy banks and with our $10 worth of coins and a sock shoved in my underwear we headed to the shops on foot. We stood there confused not having a clue what we were looking at when a dad with his kid came and helped us. I remember going to bed that night wishing he was my dad too.

Point is, making people feel ashamed or embarrassed by something so natural is incredibly damaging. I think of that day as the beginning of the end for my relationship with my father

(My mum later heard what happened and chewed him out for it)

[angelencephalon]

My boyfriend, who has social anxiety, CONFIDENTLY walks in and out of walmart with a new bra for me, pads, women underwear, and other feminine products with no care in the world. Why? Because he's happy to help do it for me.

[deannavestal]

NTA my daughter (18) has a boyfriend (20) who was coming to visit and asked if we needed anything for him to bring. She asked him to grab some tampons because she was getting low. Without hesitation he said "no problem, see you all in about an hour". I told my daughter to be good to that one, he's husband material

[jenniparish]

My dad also always picked them up for me when I went to the store, as well. His code word so I wouldn't be embarrassed when I was with friends was "Cookies" He would come in and just ask "Do you need any cookies? Im going to the store. He was an amazing girl dad.

[mimitheoctopus]

Shouldn’t a guy feel proud of buying period products for a female? It just shows how much of a gentleman they are.

[kriscook]

For any of you that need to hear this, no one thinks you're buying the pads or tampons for yourself. The cashier and other customers are not standing there thinking about you using those products whether you're a male or a female. Also, most women are not actively on their period when they buy it, we do buy them ahead of time cause it's kind of on a schedule. If you're standing there thinking about a stranger being on their period you obviously have better things to be doing and thinking about. Do you think people think you're going to use baby diapers if you buy them? A pregnancy test? Pet pee pads? I hope you never get lice, bed bugs, or rats?

[rebekah.]

If you are too embarassed to do something to help the woman you love, you don't deserve her.

[mrandmrsskye]

Yeah, I would’ve left too. Finding a man that would be comfortable on the topic of women—especially something natural—would just be the need. He just wasn’t ready and that dude might never be. It is definitely not husband material. What is he gonna do when he has to help take care of his wife if she gets pregnant?