I’ve had this couch for less than a week. She came over two days ago wearing these stretchy crotch shorts. She calls me hours after she leaves the house pissed that I didn’t tell her she was bleeding through her clothes.
I told her I didn’t notice, then I look at the couch where she was sitting, and there’s the stain. I told her about this via text, and she sent laughing emojis.
I wouldn’t be as pissed if she weren’t 35 years old, but I’m just so angry. This is brand new furniture (not even a week old!), and the warranty doesn’t cover this sort of thing. I was once so happy about the couch and now all I can think about is how it has her period blood on it.
And of course scrubbing it up was disgusting, the stain is still there.
Edit: Just to clarify, having a period is not disgusting, it was the fact that she didn’t apologize or offer to help, so I had to scrub up her bodily fluid myself to try and save the couch. Nor did she offer to clean it. Cleaning up a capable adult’s period blood is disgusting. You try scrubbing up that brown/orange crust, and let me know how it goes.
we’re all adults here. I’m sure she didn’t do it on purpose, my theory is she didn’t know her days were coming and she wore something thin, but not even trying to rectify the situation is what makes this so angering. Not even an apology.
Also crazy the assumptions people are making about this stain. We took off the cushion cover, and it’s on the stuffing/foam material.
Netizens’ comments
- Hydrogen peroxide asap. Let it sizzle up for a minute and gently wipe it off. Repeat a couple times then scrub the rest off with baking soda.
- She was pissed at YOU?
Man. You need a new sister. I hope you don’t need a new couch too. - Your sister didn’t mean to bleed on your couch, of course. And she didn’t realize she was bleeding through her tampon/pad/whatever. You should be understanding, but you do have a right to be annoyed at her projecting and laughing about it. If it was me who did that, I’d offer to clean it up even if the other person wasn’t angry.
Stuff like this happens even to adult women sometimes. It’s why I always pack an extra pad/tampon whenever I leave and make sure to check frequently, especially on the days when it’s the heaviest. However some women start their period and not even know they’re bleeding. It really does suck.
So, yeah mistakes happen, but she does need to take personal responsibility.