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This mother-daughter text exchange about tampons is going insanely viral

THE VAGINA ZONE.

Sep 15th 2016, 9:20 AM 16,233 Views 9 Comments

BEING A TEENAGE girl is all sorts of horrible at times.

When Belinda Hankins‘ 13-year-old daughter got lost looking for the feminine hygiene products in a shop, she just could NOT understand why they weren’t signposted better.

The following conversation between the teen and her mam waiting in the car, went insanely viral on Facebook this week

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Being a typical teenager, her daughter was getting stroppy

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She eventually found them, and had some questions

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She then gave an actual legit example of why this lack of signage might exist

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ESTROGEN BEAMS.

That must have been the longest check out queue ever, because she even had time to design this map

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Mam-daughter goals.

The post has been shared over 62,000 times on Facebook, with over 46,000 people liking the exchange.

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