Stone Soup by Jan Eliot for September 22, 2024

Just wait until Holly starts needing the (sh) feminine hygiene products.

Oh, the joy of raising girls!

I remember my sister telling my mother that she needed a Bunny Rabbit Association, mother looked at her like what the heck is that. She mumbled a BRA, we all laughed out loud.

I remember how embarrassed I was when I bought my first stick of deodorant.

And the needling continues — you lose, Holly!

I guess sometimes the colorization gets left out on Sunday.

I don’t remember being embarrassed about buying deodorant but "feminine products were another story! I once walked around a drug store for a good 30 minutes waiting for any men or boys to leave before I went to the check out. .

My sympathies are with Holly on this one. I think Val is being rather clueless. Doesn’t she remember being an early teen? And why would she just ignore Alex carrying on like that? Neither my parents nor myself as a parent would ever have permitted that!

Never buy deodorant. It’s a waste. By deodorant/antiperspirant.

Condoms are much embarrassing to buy than any female sanitary products – especially when one is in end of teens/very early 20s and both are buying them together.

For some reason- even more embarrassing than picking up one’s birth control pills.