OK, without sounding too defensive, let me share my two biggest reasons for calling in backup that day:

1. I was in fact cluess as to which of the eleventy billion "feminine hygene products" might work best for you, specifically. It's not like I have a lot of personal experience to go on.

2. I was concerned that you might not be comfortable shopping for those products with your Dad. It would have bothered me not at all.

Having a very good female friend who is a teen pregnancy counselor in a high school was certainly advantageous in that circumstance, and the fact that she's both very cool and quite a bit closer to your age would help ease your tension as I saw it.

If I had it to do over again, I think I would have had that talk with you much sooner. I was somewhat unprepared, but it snuck up on me. Sorry 'bout that, I hope I did OK.

:)

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