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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/bbysophy on 2026-02-13 17:58:36+00:00.
I recently switched to a menstrual cup to be more eco-friendly. I’m still a "novice" at the removal process. Last night, I was on a third date with a guy I really, really like. We went back to his place to watch a movie.
I went to the bathroom to "freshen up," and that’s when the panic set in. The cup had migrated. Not only that, but it had created a vacuum seal that felt like it was fused to my actual soul. I pulled. Nothing. I tried the "squat" technique I saw on TikTok. Nothing. I was in there so long that the "motion-sensor" lights in his fancy bathroom turned off, leaving me naked and struggling in the pitch black.
I spent 45 minutes in there. He eventually knocked on the door and asked, "Hey, are you okay? Or did you fall in?" I had to lie and say I was "having a stomach thing" while I was silently doing a deep-dive manual extraction. When I finally broke the seal, it made a sound exactly like a plunger hitting a wet floor. It was so loud he definitely heard it through the door. I walked out dripping in sweat, looking like I’d just run a marathon. He hasn't texted me back.
TL;DR: Got a menstrual cup vacuum-sealed to my internal organs during a date; spent 45 minutes "wrestling" myself in the dark while my date listened to the sound effects through the door.