There was a time in my life when I prayed for my period. I was the last of my friends to get it and I was tired of lying about it. As far as they were concerned, I got mine the summer between sixth and seventh grade with the rest of them. I was almost fourteen before it happened though. And realistically it was maybe three spots of blood at best, but I was finally a woman. My dad high-fived me and took me out for ice cream to celebrate. It was the happiest day of my life. Well, other than the night I had my first orgasm in the backseat of my boyfriends 69 Camaro while parked on the bank of Jackson Lake. I clearly remember 96 Rock playing John Cougar’s Ain’t Even Done With the Night on the radio… My point is that the onset of my period was a joyous occasion. But that was the first and last time I was happy to get my period, not counting that one time I was worried I might have been with child. Okay, so maybe it was more than one time. Oh, shut the fuck up.
I never really viewed my period as my enemy though. It was merely a messy inconvenience that ruled my sex life. I didn’t suffer from PMS or cramping, but I didn’t feel sexy either. When my breasts grew fuller and my clit became even more sensitive every month, I felt flawed because I’d never been made to see the beauty in it.
Then I met a man who was smart, gorgeous, and very kinky. He found me at the peak of my dating frustration. He understood that I was tired of the players and the wanna-be’s who fell short of fulfilling the cerebral connection I craved. He appealed to all of my senses and I wanted him. Lots of him to be exact. And when the day arrived that we would spend our first weekend together, so did my period. I was devastated. I fell to my knees in a very dramatic fashion screaming “why?” Not really, but I was pissed. So pissed that I cursed Mother Nature, my parents, and the boy who’d cut the hair on my Cher doll when I was eight.
There was nothing I could do about it though, and I had to tell him. I just knew he was going to tell me it wasn’t a big deal, that we’d reschedule our rendezvous for a more suitable weekend. When I was finally confident that I wouldn’t burst into tears as soon as I opened my mouth, I broke the news to him over the phone. His reaction left me speechless.
“It’s a part of you.”
He made it clear that such a small blip on the screen of biology couldn’t keep him from doing very naughty things to my body. I was stunned. I didn’t understand how he could be so willing to explore every inch of my body in my “condition.” He emailed me an article listing the benefits of having sex during menstruation. The article said that orgasms are supposed to be more intense and my cycle could even be shortened. Where is the downside to that?
Period sex was a first for both of us, and until I saw the smile on his lips as I lay naked before him with a towel underneath me, I was worried he would change his mind. He assured me again that everything would be okay. But it was better than okay. It was amazing. I didn’t worry that we were turning the hotel room into a crime scene. I was too busy having orgasms and marvelling at what an incredible man he was. My period did detour an activity or two, but the weekend was still very intimate, and orgasmic, and holy fuck was it fun.








