little bitty girl

I was channel surfing when I happened onto a social experiment taking place on MTV Canada. The topic was about menstruation and one of the VJ's was trying to prove that men had no idea what to do with tampons. So she went around the production office asking various co-workers from the director of marketing to the intern to demonstrate how to use a tampon. Needless to say, the results were quite hilarious. I wondered though, whether the whole thing was a bit of a set up (one never knows with television) because the men were really quite ridiculous and I didn't think it was such a hard contraption to conquer.

Surely MY Stefan was way smarter than that. So, I decided to ask -

K: Sweetie, do you know how to put on a tampon?

S: (Looking a little flabbergasted, confused then resigned; the look he usually gets when I am asking him ridiculous questions) Well.... I've never had to insert it into anyone....

K: Well, what if we have daughters and I am away when their period happens and you need to explain to them how to use one?

S: Well....errr.... (blinks, then concentrates) you take the thing, and you stick it up, then you push the button...

I start sputtering with laughter.

S: ...There's cardboard, there's pearl glide.... (he obviously figured this out during a tampon run)...

K: (Still doubled over with laughter) What if there's no applicator?

S: Then you have to go old skool and jam it up there...oh, and you have to make sure the string is sticking out. It's like a teabag....

At this point in time, I am rolling on the floor, just killing myself with laughter.

S: I'm right, right? (he's muttering to himself by now because my laughter is drowning everything out) ...I know I'm right.

It's not exactly how I would explain it, but he gets the gist of it.