Engotta??

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ALL CHARACTERS IN THIS EPISODE ARE FICTIONAL.

BUT IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO HAD AN EXPERIENCE LIKE THIS, PLEASE DON'T TELL THEM THAT I WROTE ABOUT IT ON THE INTERNET.

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STORY 1

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He was known in his gang for being notoriously straight forward in his questions and actions. But the level of embarrassment he would have to face when he asked a simple question was beyond the ken of most of us.

He tried to spark a conversation with a comment, when he saw her coming his way. And he started with a pretty innocent question, "Engotta?" [where are you going].

She must still be ruing the fact that she humored his antics with an answer that day. She replied, "To the restroom."

Last week, we talked about questions that we should never ask. But we've had enough situations where we only realize the awkwardness of the question, only after we've asked it. And this was one such moment for him.

It was only after asking "Why are you taking your bag into there?", did he realize what the answer was going to be. Unfortunately, everyone near were tuned into the conversation, and there was no way that they could pretend like it never happened.

But of course, she pretended like no awkward question was asked and just moved along. And he?? Well, he turned around smiling, like he figured out the timetable for when the full moon was going to rise in the coming months.

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STORY 2

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He was waiting for her to come online. She was never this late to come online on any given working day. So, when she finally came online that day, two hours later than the usual timing, he couldn't stop himself from pinging her and asking about it.

HIM : "Why are you late today?"

HER : "DATE"

HIM : "Oh. With whom did you go for a date this early in the morning?"

HER : "No. not that date. The other date."

HIM : "................."

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The idea for this blog came from the following article that I read.

Ladies Keeping Periods A Secret From Men Is Unnecessary

I recommend you all to read it. For the lazy ones among you, the gist of it is captured in the following words of the author,

"How about a world where every woman can freely tell their men counterparts about their totally natural and biological processes? How about a biology class where the topic of menstruation is not rushed through with giggles across the class? How about a brother going to the pharmacist and asking for a tampon, confidently? How about the pharmacist giving it without wrapping it up? How about my “modern day classmates” telling me the actual reason for missing that trip?’ "

Even though the instances I described were humourous, it would be wrong to just leave it at that. The near taboo level secrecy and shunning of women in their periods need to stop.

Well, that's all for now.

'til later.