unpacking That cupboard by the loo ... and a double awkward moment

Do you have a hiding place for ‘personal’ items in your bathroom? I still feel awkward when adverts come on tv for pantyliners, women doing high kicks or skipping around in overly tight clothing against a sun filled meadow. Argh! Really you would think I had got over such embarrassment at my age. We used to call periods ‘the curse’ at school... at least it sounded a little removed and could involve witch craft! Anyway my cupboard contains all sorts of Uber embarrassing items from pantyliners to suppositories via tampons.... and the babies find it the most alluring cupboard of all. No basket of blocks or musical instruments can beat opening these boxes and scattering an array of small rollable or crunchable objects all over the bathroom floor.

The other day R made merry with this cupboard and managed to thoroughly empty all boxes including some slimline pantyliners. I was distracted changing Ws nappy. Then my 6 year old boy comes in and says “Mummy what are those?”. I freeze... surely I should have a good answer after all I have been trying to be a mature functional mother for a while now. “Oh those, they are just a thing.”  “What’s a thing”, he asks...a reasonable question. “Oh darling just something mummy has.” I am grappling for an answer but one just isn’t appearing. Then he jumps to my rescue and says “what like a plaster?” “Oh yes a big plaster”..... phew. At which point he puts one on his arm. Luckily it eventually came off in the bath as it might have been hard to explain at school. 

But an interesting note, if you are ever stuck for strip wax pantyliners work quite well.