8 thoughts we have while on our periods at work
LONDON -- When you have your period at work, the struggle could not be more real, or more painful. Given half a chance, many of us would prefer to stay holed up in bed with a hot water bottle.
Whether you're to-ing and fro-ing to the bathroom with a bag in tow, or trying with all your might to conceal the agony you're experiencing; having your period at work is a complicated, energy-sapping experience.
Here are eight thoughts we all have when we have our period at work ...
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1. I want to die
Well done me. I've made it to the office, but I feel like death. Honestly, I deserve a medal just for showing up today. Coffee, Tylenol and chocolate please.
2. Can I nap here?
So tired. Why isn't there a nap room here? I wonder if anyone would notice if I slept under my desk.
3. Gah, why is my handbag so big?
Time to go to the loo. Let's see if I can leave my desk without everyone seeing me lug this giant handbag with me.
4. Stop asking me questions!
Dammit. Why did my annoying colleague Sharon have to ask me where I was going? I'm going nowhere, Sharon. Nowhere. What is this, the Spanish inquisition?
5. Take a picture, it'll last longer.
Now I have to come back looking nonchalant AF. What are you looking at Simon from Accounting? Yes, I have a uterus. Deal with it.
6. I am in so. much. pain.
Ugh. These cramps are killing me. How am I supposed to get any work done while my abdomen feels like it's being stabbed by a thousand knives at once.
7. I am not -- I repeat -- not getting coffee.
Time to go to the loo again. No, Dave, I'm not going to get coffee. I have my period, OK? Go away.
8. Why can't I have my own personal cupboard here?
Wouldn't it be great if I could have my own personal cupboard in the restroom? Then I wouldn't have to haul this bag back and forth.
Rachel Thompson is the Features Editor at Mashable. Rachel's second non-fiction book The Love Fix: Reclaiming Intimacy in a Disconnected World is out now, published by Penguin Random House in Jan. 2025. The Love Fix explores why dating feels so hard right now, why we experience difficult emotions in the realm of love, and how we can change our dating culture for the better.
A leading sex and dating writer in the UK, Rachel has written for GQ, The Guardian, The Sunday Times Style, The Telegraph, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Stylist, ELLE, The i Paper, Refinery29, and many more.
Rachel's first book Rough: How Violence Has Found Its Way Into the Bedroom And What We Can Do About It, a non-fiction investigation into sexual violence was published by Penguin Random House in 2021.
