I got mine on my 13th birthday in France.............I'm not making this up. I wish I were. It was horrible. I did not know how to ask for maxi pads in English let alone French! I had to rely on my manwhore cousin who was acting too put out over having to house me and my family for the week.......I wound up with these HUGE pads that did not bend.......and this is only a SMALL FRACTION of the rest of the memories of that first period...........ugh

----Maryam