Women Are Sharing The Bodily Things That Are Normal For Them That Utterly Shocked Their Boyfriends And Guy Friends

Let's face it, when it comes to women's bodies, some men are just completely clueless.

Last week, we asked the women of the BuzzFeed Community to share their stories regarding the bodily things that shocked their boyfriends and guy friends, and I don't know whether I should laugh or be concerned. Maybe both.

Here are 19 of the best submissions:

1."I once had to explain to my husband that I did not, in fact, have to fast before a mammogram."

–krisfunk27

2."When I was pregnant with my first son, he ended up positioned on my sciatic nerve. Worst pain in the world. I could not stop crying. My husband told me to drink more water, and when I asked why, he said, 'If you drink enough, the baby will float up and will relieve your pain.' Yes…seriously. 😳"

–MLMS77

3."I’ve had to explain to multiple different men that women don’t need to remove their tampon in order to go pee."

–Jamie Orf

4."Some women eat their placenta."

5."I have been with my husband for 13 years, and around seven years in, we were having a conversation about vaginas and sex in general."

"He casually mentions how women only have two holes down there, the 'main' hole and the butt hole. I asked him to repeat himself, and he replied, asking me how I didn’t know that, but he did.

I burst out laughing, asking him to explain where he thought babies came out of, and he answered with, 'the same place you pee from.' I ask what about sex, where is that at and he says the same hole as before, it’s like a 3 in 1 tool down there. He didn’t believe me until I told my grandmother, who was in her 80s at the time, what he said, and she burst out laughing and asked him how he made it this far in life romantically."

–randombutsames

6."My sperm donor wholeheartedly believes that infertile women will turn fertile, if you scare or surprise them… you know, the way you would when someone has a hiccup. Like your body is going to be so scared that it would reset its fertility. Lmao. And yes, he is a misogynist and a conspiracy nut."

–wittydolphin

7."When I had endometriosis surgery, my brother asked me if that had fur. Still no idea why he would think that."

–lblanc86

8."He was raised by his Dad, and grew up with all brothers and male cousins, so not a lot of female interaction. Six months into dating, he accidentally ripped one, and he was shocked when I answered him back. None of the women he had been involved with ever farted in front of him, and the girl before me was with him for like 7 years……"

–Berlinergrl

9."That you need to arrange your nipples in a bra so if someone's nipples look uneven, it's because they didn't 'fix' themselves, not because of an anatomy issue."

10."I was watching Young Sheldon with my brother, where Missy gets her period. He seemed confused. 'Why is it a problem? It happened over the toilet.' He thought it all happened at once. He looked downright shocked when I explained that it goes on for, like, a week, and proceeded to ask about a thousand follow-up questions."

–Sparrow, 15 years

11."My brother was 18 when he found out that women have three holes. Until then, he was convinced that babies came out of the butt."

–amc

12."I was on a date in college, and the guy asked me if I just felt like I was walking around with a big hole in me."

–Anonymous

13."The absolute looks of horror on my friends’ faces (both men) when my best friend (also a woman) and I explained what happens during a pelvic exam and Pap smear. We were all about 19 at the time, and my one friend asked what I’d done that morning, and when I said it was horrible due to going to the gynecologist, the men were confused as to why."

14."My husband is generally pretty good about this type of stuff, so I was genuinely surprised to learn that he thought the sticky part of the pad goes on your skin. Why do so many men think this? It seems like it’s way more common than I ever would have guessed. Guys! Common sense! Have you ever gotten a bandaid wet? Does it stay on? NO. The absorbent part faces up, the sticky part sticks to the undies. Come on."

–Anonymous, 33 years, NY

15."For some reason, one of my boyfriend’s friends believed that periods were just a myth that was made up so women could get a break from sex…He was seriously misinformed as a child."

–Amie, 24 years, NH

16."My boyfriend was utterly horrified to learn that many women can feel when they’re passing clots during their period. Of course, we can feel it; there’s nerves down there!"

17."On a weeklong stay visiting my best friend’s house, unexpectedly, my period began a week early. Not that big a deal – it happens sometimes."

"So I ask my friend to take me to Walgreens so I can pick up pads and liners. I return to the car with my wares and as I’m calmly putting on my seatbelt, I notice he is staring at me.

'Is this something you can do in the car, or do we need to go back to the house for this?' I would like to point out that this man was in his late 30’s at the time, and we had been friends for 25 years. There had been decades of periods, cramps, and explicit discussions of sexual encounters. I don’t know how he was this clueless at that point."

–Anonymous, 45 years, IA

18."My boyfriend had graduated medical school and was starting his residency at a well-known hospital. He walked in on me in the bathroom, and I can still hear the amazement in his voice when he said, 'You wipe when you pee??!' He didn’t believe me when I told him that all women do."

–Schelly, 48 years, Texas

19.And finally, "When I mentioned I was looking forward to taking an 'everything shower,' he asked me what that meant, and I had to explain that that included shaving my legs, pits, and pubes… he was FLABBERGASTED that I had body hair. Not disgusted, just shocked. We’d only been seeing each other a few weeks, and I was always shaved when we were intimate, so he thought I was just….hairless? Lmfao, this man was 30."

–Jesus–titts

Do you have any stories that belong on this list? Let me know in the comments!