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I have been menstruating for the past decade (Hey! Don’t try to calculate my age. I was a late bloomer!), and just when I thought I would never be rewarded for the gallons of blood I have lost and the combined hours of menstrual cramps I have endured, Always came in and changed my story.<\/span><\/div>\n

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So, there I was, shopping for my favorite brand of pads – really, Always<\/a><\/b> is the best! – when I spotted this on the box.<\/span><\/div>\n
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This is the pad I always get – the overnight ultra thin – and I use it whether it’s day or night.<\/span><\/div>\n

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No matter how bold the word <\/span>‘FREE’<\/span><\/b> was written on the box, I refused to get excited. This, after all, is America, and <\/span>nothing<\/span><\/i>, as I have come to learn, is free. That said, I still bought this gifted box of Always pad. <\/span><\/div>\n

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I took it home, opened the box, and pulled out the slip with a 14-character alpha-numeric code.  I was instructed to go online (with the code) and redeem my free movie ticket. Still, I refused to get excited. They’ll probably tax me or demand my credit card information, I concluded.<\/span><\/div>\n

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I printed my e-ticket online and took it to my favorite movie theater where I presented it and asked for a ticket to see Killers<\/i> (Watch the trailer here<\/a><\/b>). It worked! Yes, I actually got a FREE ticket. No hanky panky — for now anyway. I did not want to blog about this before seeing the movie for fear that the Always people would revoke my ticket. But now that I have seen the movie, my new fear is that they’ll send me a bill.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Having received the opportunity to watch a free movie, I am sincerely grateful to Always (No, I was not paid to blog about this!), and I wonder what’s next. Are they going to send me to a free dinner at Chilis Restarant<\/a><\/b> (I love that place!)?  Are they going to send me a Macy’s<\/a><\/b> gift card? I could always use that.  Hopefully, I wouldn’t have to wait for a decade before receiving this reward from Always.  <\/span><\/div>\n

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P.S.<\/b> All of a sudden, I feel like menstruating!<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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