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am i the butthole where op shuts down a period party am i the butthole for putting a stop to my 12-year-old daughter's period party?

Let me set the stage. I'm a 43-year-old guy and my wife is 42. We have two daughters who are

seven years apart. Our 19-year-old was at college in a different state when this happened.

My girls are very different. My 19-year year old is outgoing, even extroverted,

loves meeting new people, trying new things, etc. My 12-year-old is shy, a homebody,

finds things she's comfortable with, and sticks to them. A couple of months ago,

my 12-year-old comes to me in my home office, obviously upset. She stammers a bit,

then manages to tell me that she just got her first period. I play the supportive dad,

comfort her, and get her to a box of sanitary pads my wife had bought earlier in the year,

guessing this was going to happen sooner or later, and I go over the instructions with her.

She goes into

her bathroom, does what she has to do, thanks me for my help, and I get her some ice cream and

my doll, told her there was nothing to be embarrassed about, and she could always come to me for anything.

My wife gets home later that day, and my 12-year-old tells her what happened. My wife starts crying,

my little girl is growing up, etc.

Then asked who should be invited to the period party, which I only knew of from listening to Bert Kreischer.

If they were a thing when our 19-year-old started, she never asked for one.

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