Kinda Poll: Would you tell a stranger....

Jen2124

that she was "leaking" if it was SUPER obvious?

Curious bc when we were at the airport, there was a mom with her little girl and she was bending over and there was um, blood EVERYWHERE all over the back of her pants...not even a little but a whole lot. It was extremely obvious. I wanted to tell her, DH said no way. What would you do?

 

katie277s

I would be mortified if I were walking around with that all over me and no one telling me.  I would have told her. 

*sparky*

I guess I'm kind of curious - how can you not feel that?  I'm thinking that I would feel any leakage and run to the ladies room before anyone would have to tell me about it.

But yes in the situation you are describing I would have told her.  How mortifying.

breezee_bean

I totally would have! I am always of the "woud I want someone to tell me?" thinking.

MommyofAlissa

Yes. We women have to look out for each other.

KoriBrett

hell yes.  I'd want someone to tell me, too.

millerbabe

heck yeah i would have told her! screw what dh thinks.

Amanda&Chris

Yes, I would have said something.  That's mortifying.

Jen2124

So here is my follow-up... I DID tell her...and she said she already knew. She was like "Oh yeah, I know...always happens when your someplace you can't do anything about it"..and she kept bending down and doing what she was doing. I thought this was odd bc I would have bought a shirt from one of the shops and tied it around my waist or SOMETHING. And I def would not have been bending down so much, either! I almost felt embarrassed that I told her and she acted like it was no biggie...so now I almost think I wouldn't tell someone if it happened again.

 

*sparky*

Um yeah.  That is just weird that she didn't try to cover it up.  And was she just going to sit on the airplane seat all covered in blood?  How disgusting. 

Amanda&Chris

Jen2124:

So here is my follow-up... I DID tell her...and she said she already knew. She was like "Oh yeah, I know...always happens when your someplace you can't do anything about it"..and she kept bending down and doing what she was doing. I thought this was odd bc I would have bought a shirt from one of the shops and tied it around my waist or SOMETHING. And I def would not have been bending down so much, either! I almost felt embarrassed that I told her and she acted like it was no biggie...so now I almost think I wouldn't tell someone if it happened again.

 

That's really ODD!  I don't think that has ever happened to me, so the "always happens" comment strikes me as very odd.  I think if you are ever in that situation again you should tell because that lady was just weird.

femmegem

Hell. Yes.

I would die if I were walking around like that and no one told me.

femmegem

Amanda&Chris:

Jen2124:

So here is my follow-up... I DID tell her...and she said she already knew. She was like "Oh yeah, I know...always happens when your someplace you can't do anything about it"..and she kept bending down and doing what she was doing. I thought this was odd bc I would have bought a shirt from one of the shops and tied it around my waist or SOMETHING. And I def would not have been bending down so much, either! I almost felt embarrassed that I told her and she acted like it was no biggie...so now I almost think I wouldn't tell someone if it happened again.

 

That's really ODD!  I don't think that has ever happened to me, so the "always happens" comment strikes me as very odd.  I think if you are ever in that situation again you should tell because that lady was just weird.

Ditto. How bizarre. I have one day of my period that's REALLY heavy, and on that day I wear a tampon and a pad to be sure I don't leak. And I work from home. LOL. So no one would even see if I leaked, I just hate that feeling. And I don't want to ruin my furniture and clothes.

brightning

Her reaction is soooo out of the ordinary that I hope it wouldn't scare you off from telling someone again. Any woman in their right mind would want to know that info (especially before getting on an airplane!) and would do something to cover it up immediately.

And maybe she was just trying to cover up the fact that she didn't know it had happened, and was trying to play cool to hide her embarrassment, KWIM?

winomom22

That's why I probably wouldn't say anything.  I figure, how could you not feel that?  Maybe she knew and didn't care.  Working in psych we come accross a lot of people who don't care about these kinds of things, so I would just chalk it up to that.  Some people just don't make hygiene or physical appearance a top priority...they just don't care.

Bellisimo

Yes, I'd tell her.  I'd want someone to do the same for me.