when u ask ur boyfriend to buy u tampons pic.twitter.com/FmcKUGGkrG
— Brogan (@broganpaget) August 25, 2019
Most men are clueless when it comes to a woman’s period. This statement was just proven when a man named Lewis was asked by his girlfriend, Brogan Paget, to buy her tampons.
But when he got to the shop, he wasn't sure which ones to buy, as there are several different types and sizes, so he sent his partner an absolutely hilarious message.
Confused, Lewis sent a photo of two boxes of Tampax Compak, one yellow and one green. Alongside this photo, he asked, “Do u want the lemon or the lime?”
Brogan shared a screenshot of the amusing message on Twitter captioning it: "When u ask ur boyfriend to buy u tampons."
Her post quickly went viral, garnering over 752,000 likes and more than 109,000 retweets.
Many women were left laughing at the tweet - but the responses showed that some men really thought tampons were flavoured and clearly we need to do more to normalise the talk around menstruation.
One lady commented: "Showed my boyfriend this and he says 'wait, are there really different flavours?'"
(Image Credit: @broganpaget/Twitter)
But this also speaks to the stress of too many choices. Nostalgia time: In the 1970s, the choice was Tampax (tampons) or Kotex (sanitary napkins). Then you had to choose Tampax by light, medium, and super, and the size of the package, small or economy size. That's it. Even in that simplicity, girls knew that you NEVER asked anyone to buy tampons for you, except your mother and maybe an older sister. Now, Tampax has several pages of different products, and they are far from the only brand. It's daunting to select one even when you know all about them!