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strange how many people have a house guest named TOM...

glacier81
glacier81 Posts: 62 Member
edited December 2024 in Chit-Chat
Ok, so I'm dumb and kept thinking what the hell, everyone has a friend named TOM in town for the week??

Seriously!? I'm all about sharing and helping motivate each other and I know that tom affects weight loss at that point in time, but who the hell really wants to know that this is your week for tom to visit!!! I for one DON'T want to know!
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  • tialeanne
    tialeanne Posts: 186 Member
    Girls have periods. You'll get over it.
  • juliecat1
    juliecat1 Posts: 3,450 Member
    we announce it because were trying to get our cycles to match.
  • UponThisRock
    UponThisRock Posts: 4,519 Member
    Girls have periods. You'll get over it.

    wait, what?
  • BeautyAndTheGeeks
    BeautyAndTheGeeks Posts: 109
    Because this is a site where people track their weight loss/weight gain and periods affect that. At 31 years old, you'd think you'd have gotten over the whole "periods are gross" malarky. It's life.
  • TheCats_Meow
    TheCats_Meow Posts: 438 Member
    Period.

    Period.

    Period.

    Period.

    Period.

    Guess what? Females have periods! :noway:

    Life as a prude will never get easier. Just sayin'.
  • TexanThom
    TexanThom Posts: 778
    I thought it was Aunt "Flo"


    Sounds a little like Auntie is visiting the OP now.
  • Mercenary1914
    Mercenary1914 Posts: 1,087 Member
    I think the OP is talking about TMI to talk about TOM...

    I rememeber when I first started this site and I saw TOM...and watched some of the back and forth convos...I was like "Really all out in public like that?"

    I guess people feel like TOM should be discussed privately....not sure..

    I always ignore any posts that have the acronym TOM in it...but at the same time...I do be like..."take that ish offline" cause some people get really overboard with it...
  • Onesnap
    Onesnap Posts: 2,819 Member
    It's my biggest pet peeve on MFP.

    We're all adults on here.

    Seriously?
  • Meatsies
    Meatsies Posts: 351 Member
    Girls have periods. You'll get over it.

    I love this. Cheers!
  • tialeanne
    tialeanne Posts: 186 Member
    Girls have periods. You'll get over it.

    wait, what?


    I know. It was a shock for me as well. When I was 11.
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    Ok, so I'm dumb and kept thinking what the hell, everyone has a friend named TOM in town for the week??

    Seriously!? I'm all about sharing and helping motivate each other and I know that tom affects weight loss at that point in time, but who the hell really wants to know that this is your week for tom to visit!!! I for one DON'T want to know!

    So don't read the threads.
  • roachhaley
    roachhaley Posts: 978 Member
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    deal with it. :heart:
  • TheCats_Meow
    TheCats_Meow Posts: 438 Member

    So don't read the threads.

    An amazing concept, no?
  • secretlobster
    secretlobster Posts: 3,566 Member
    When almost a quarter of your adult life is spent dealing with a natural phenomenon that affects you physically in every way, you become a little less immature about discussing it.

    Get over it.
  • TheFunBun
    TheFunBun Posts: 793 Member
    LOL. The OP is a woman. She knows we have them. She just doesn't like everyone else knowing we have them.



    I prefer more colorful euphemisms, though. I have a buddy who calls it the red queen! Ahhh.
    I'm glad I don't have one, but it means the only uncomfortable thing I have to talk about is my digestive track.
  • TheCats_Meow
    TheCats_Meow Posts: 438 Member
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    deal with it. :heart:

    That is so obscenely gross it's funny! :laugh:
  • shannairl
    shannairl Posts: 65
    Ok, so I'm dumb and kept thinking what the hell, everyone has a friend named TOM in town for the week??

    Seriously!? I'm all about sharing and helping motivate each other and I know that tom affects weight loss at that point in time, but who the hell really wants to know that this is your week for tom to visit!!! I for one DON'T want to know!

    You're so right. I also find that the best way to get people to stop mentioning something is to make a topic about it. Way to go!

    For the record, Tom's visiting me next week.
  • PapaverSomniferum
    PapaverSomniferum Posts: 2,670 Member
    TOM is actually a drag queen. Her stage name is "Aunt Flo"
  • TripleJ3
    TripleJ3 Posts: 945 Member
    Some people are comfortable talking about it, some not. This is a public free site. If you see TOM in the subject line, don't click on it.
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member

    So don't read the threads.

    An amazing concept, no?

    It seems very difficult for most people to grasp, for sure.
  • Yes2HealthyAriel
    Yes2HealthyAriel Posts: 453 Member
    Because it affects our weight loss or gain and affects our mood and how we feel physically and makes it that much harder to work out.
  • PShep17
    PShep17 Posts: 221 Member
    I always ignore any posts that have the acronym TOM in it...

    Yet you ended up reading this.... :)
  • XxYeaIrocxX
    XxYeaIrocxX Posts: 224 Member
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    deal with it. :heart:

    That is so obscenely gross it's funny! :laugh:

    I was thinking the same thing lol
    At first I was like....oook girl reading a book, then scrolled down and wowie. I think she sat in some ketchup :wink:
  • MayMaydoesntrun
    MayMaydoesntrun Posts: 805 Member
    Just wait until after menopause...then all the talk will be about how often one poops or doesn't poop..:noway:

    I'm a nurse, used to take care of geriatric patients..I swear this will happen.
  • emy10284
    emy10284 Posts: 171 Member
    Ok, so I'm dumb and kept thinking what the hell, everyone has a friend named TOM in town for the week??

    Seriously!? I'm all about sharing and helping motivate each other and I know that tom affects weight loss at that point in time, but who the hell really wants to know that this is your week for tom to visit!!! I for one DON'T want to know!

    You're so right. I also find that the best way to get people to stop mentioning something is to make a topic about it. Way to go!

    For the record, Tom's visiting me next week.


    damnit so close to syncing up my just ended this week . just glaad some of my bloating is over with .
  • sullykat
    sullykat Posts: 461 Member
    Men have wet dreams, doesn't mean I want to hear about it. I agree. TOM is TMI. When I get my period, I dont go telling the world. By the way guys, I've gained 2 lbs in 2 days because I'm retaining water, and my ovaries are about to produce an egg.

    Really? I don't think any one cares about my body that much except for me.

    Edit: ha ha ha, and yes, I realize I have just participated in this nonsense. I'll go shut up now...
  • rcc1988
    rcc1988 Posts: 125 Member
    Most TOM-related topics I've seen only discuss water weight and things like that. Nothing "gross", nothing obscene.

    It's not like people are making topics going, "MAN, I PASSED THE HUGEST CLOT LAST NIGHT, HERE'S SOME PICTURES I TOOK AS EVIDENCE, LET'S COMPARE!"
  • emy10284
    emy10284 Posts: 171 Member
    so who here is craving chocolate ?!!!
    im thinking the OP is having TOM visit in my opinion
  • Cyngen
    Cyngen Posts: 557 Member
    Never bothered me, but then I have a daughter that is an OB/GYN. Heard it all through med school, residency and so on. It's life. It's natural.
  • HannahMarieMcDougald
    HannahMarieMcDougald Posts: 544
    Aunt Flow is in town! Haha
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