Does it affect the hymen?
Hi I'm 18 years old and i go on vacation next week but i want to be able to swim and unfortunately i get my period the first day of the vacay. I don't have a good relationship with tampons and obviously i cant use pads in the pool or sea so i thought maybe i could use a menstural cup. I told my mom this and she was like " no ur a virgin itll break your hymen" and all that stuff even tho i told her it doesn't really affect the hymen at all. So i would love if you girls give me your opinions on if it really affects the virginity or not💗💗( I honestly don't really care about my hymen or my virginity but you girls get how moms can be cuz she grew up with purity culture)
EDIT: thank you for the kind words you all said. As some of you explained, it has a bit of a learning curve so i think ill try mini tampons for my vacation and then try the cups later on💗