South African athlete and author Sipho Marima showed up for his daughter as she got her first menstrual period.
Taking to TikTok the father of two posted a video of himself at the retail shop getting the care package. In the video he had a voice over that explained fully what had happened.
He said that he was at work when his daughter called to tell him that she had gotten her first menstrual periods. He then went to the store and go her everything that he thought she would need from period essentials to snacks.
Sipho also added that he had to purchase snacks in double because he did not want the younger sister to cry. “I then went home and give the young lady some love and tell her it is all normal,” he concluded.
@siphomarimaCare package for my daughter’s first menstruation period ❤️ Blessed to be able to see you grow❤️♬ original sound – siphomarima
Many social media users were moved by this cute gesture they commented and said:
“My dad did the same for my daughter 🥺🥰I wasn’t around when she started. Great job daddy, you did good.”
Another social media user said that they were shy and did not want their dads to know, “The day I got my period mom said lemme tell your dad but I never wanted him to know about it I thought it was shy.”
Another one said:
“nchooo 😭😭 I’m chopping onions. thumbs up daddy. please also get some pain killers for period pains ❤❤.
tell her that it’s a woman’s pride. special.”
The video has thus far received 294.9k views on TikTok and many other moms are sharing the video dueting it whilst giving thumbs up to the proud dad.
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