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You did it.
Tampon in ✅
Swimmers on ✅
Confidence cautiously optimistic.
You’re out in the water, bobbing over waves, trying to feel like a sea goddess🧜🏽♀️
But… something’s off.
The tampon feels weird. Like maybe it’s not in properly.
Your brain kicks off:
“What if it’s falling out?”
“What if someone sees it?”
“What if a shark smells the blood?”
“What if I have to tell Mum I littered a tampon in the Pacific?”
Cringe-ometer rising. Anxiety surfing its own wave.🏄🏼♀️
You try to shake it off by jumping over a wave.
Not floating in the water. Oh no. Worse.
It’s inside your swimmers.🥲 Just… chilling. Like a sad, soggy sponge.
Ok, what are your options now?!
What if you fish out the tampon and yeet it into the ocean like it personally offended you.
Out of sight, out of mind… right?🫣
You could leave it...👀
Just… let it sit there. The rogue tampon pressed between you and your swimmers.
It’s not doing anything. Except making every wave feel like an emotional betrayal.
🏊🏼♀️You paddle to your instructor, smile like everything’s chill, and say,