Telling your partner about your period

Do you talk to your partner, boyfriend, or husband about your period? Do you find it easy talking about periods? Or do you already share your cycle with your partner through Clue connect on the app? Let us know in the comments below.

In a time where periods are still a taboo, Clue Connect is a simple and secure way for you to give information about your menstrual cycle to partners, friends and family, husbands, boyfriends, girlfriends – making it easier to connect with the important people in your life and open up the conversation about periods, fertility and health.

When you connect with a friend, partner or family member in the Clue app, you will be showing them dates for your current and predicted cycle: menstruation, premenstrual syndrome (PMS) and fertile window. All other data points are still private and will remain private. We worked with a third party data security agency to make sure it stays that way.

Read more & try out Clue Connect here:

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[LynHannan]

Hubby of 17 years is very tuned in to me and will often be deliberately more comforting/calming toward me even before it starts! He doesn't say much directly. I generally pick up on him picking up on me when he sits next to me just to BE with me, no chit-chat. We'd had conversations about it in the early years: he saw me at my worst before we were married; he supported me through the infertility treatments; and he enthusiastically supported me through motherhood twice even though he had two grown kids from before me! He knows me better than me. He once made a comment to someone at a gathering (he thought he was out of earshot), that by being sympathetic/sensitive to me makes for a much happier household. It's true, I'm much more likely to be reciprocal if I feel I've been heard as well.

[echantelleee]

I definitely tell my boyfriend. It's important for him to know!

[ThatFluffis]

My partner and I talk about cycles frequently! Though most men don't have a menstruation cycle, they do have their own hormonal cycle that can affect mood (most notably anger and depression) whoever you are, when you're at the lowest low of your cycle, it sucks, period.

[Venus-idmu]

I talk about my period a lot with my boyfriend, and he supports me

[Hop-into-it]

I always talk about it. It's a normal natural thing that happens so why wouldn't we!

[dabudunkadunk]

Yes, and I shared my Clue cycle with him lol. He wanted to know when to look out for my PMS, mostly

[sukritichawla]

Heyy.. yes i do tell him bout that alot... like.. he gets to know bout that itself cause of my cravings and mood swings and all the stuff... and we cassually talk bout it.. that's not a big deal like omg... and all the stereotype shit.. he always tries his best to keep me happy during my period...

[kiararogers]

Clue has honestly helped me so much in the time I’ve been using it. Thank you for everything you’ve helped me so much and I’ve learned a lot about myself and my cycle so thank you🙃

[Kekeliz]

All he needs to know is when I’m having my period I’m on the Mirena so it doesn’t really happen so it’s more like I tell him if I’m spotting but he’s mature so we can talk about it

[graceita-cicchelli]

He tells me when it's coming because of my cravings, gas, bloating, and mood

[katguse]

My boyfriend and I both complain to each other about our periods. I got lucky with this boyfriend because he has a vagina as well and knows what I'm going through. With past boyfriends I would only tell them if it was 'necessary' because it always made me a bit anxious about how they would react if I complained or spoke about it in detail. I didn't want to fall into that stereotype that we all turn into monsters on our period and I didn't want them using my period as an excuse to ignore my anger if those two things happened to line up. However, lately I've been learning to get over that fear of how the other person will react, not just in my intimate relationships but also among family and friends too.

[crowlovescore]

since it gets extremly painful there is no way not to tell.

[mariahfrancois]

No i don't talk about periods with bf it's weird if I had one