Scotland is Awesome, PERIOD.

John and I visited Scotland a few years ago and both loved it.  Well, I just read an article yesterday that made me love Scotland even more - Scotland is the first country in the world to make sanitary products free for everyone.  Free?  What? It isn’t like they can cost women much money (I can hear a random man saying/thinking.)  Well I also recently read this Well + Good article, which cites that women spend on average $17,000 on  menstruation. (THE AVERAGE WOMAN SPENDS $17,000 ON MENSTRUATION—SO, AGAIN, WHY AREN’T TAMPONS AND PADS FREE?)

Having your period sucks - while I am ultimately the most grateful that my IUD has kept me from getting pregnant, a close second is that I no longer have my period!  Yes, I am one of those incredibly lucky women who stopped getting her period when starting the IUD. . .I haven’t had a period for a little over 7 years! And I hadn’t thought of it this way, but on top of just not having to deal with having my period, it has also saved me money!

Anyway, I don’t really know why I wanted to share this, other than I think that it is just awesome.  I wouldn’t ever expect this in the US, but maybe they could at least remove taxes on menstruation or make products free for students in public schools.  I don’t know. . .something to help the ladies out.