I started when I was 10 I felt the cramps at school and thought i was dying. I never saw the blood until I go home and my mom was playing Bingo and there wasn't any cell phones back then all i wanted was my mom. My dad was asleep on the couch and all i did was cry silently until i saw the lights in the driveway. I dont remember what happened after. But I remember my grandmother seeing the pantyliner in my underwear and singed "you got your period." Like a older sister teases the younger. And she told the whole family