Do you flush tampons?

[Anonymous]

I haven’t gone through this entire thread, but someone should also link to the ask me anything post from the wife of a plumber several years ago. Lots of good information there, including that tampons should not be flushed.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Always wrap in toilet paper and throw in trash when at home or in a public restroom with a receptacle for that in the stall.

Unless I'm a guest at someone's house. Then I flush... twice. Can't leave my bloody tampon in their power room trash.

Dogs that eat them are at risk of an obstruction.

You’re awful

How so? Less chance of a clog. Also I am not putting their pet at risk.

I would be livid if I found out a guest was flushing their tampons at my house. Do you know how expensive it is to fix the inevitable plumbing issue that will arise? Flushing twice doesn’t do anything to mitigate this risk BTW

Obviously people need to use their best judgment given the social situation. Sometimes people have a trash can with no lid and no bag in their powder room.

No one and I mean no one wants a tampon flushed down their home toilet. I would be so angry to find out someone did this and perhaps contributed to a major plumbing issue. Wrap very well in toilet paper and toss, how hard is it? Everyone has a trash can in their bathroom. Whether it has a bag or lid doesn't matter--you wrap the tampon well and throw away. You never flush it under any circumstance.

You are insane about this.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I was so offended when a friend told me not to flush tampons. Did she think I was a monster?! (I wasn't even on my period) After reading here how common it is I feel less offended.

I feel like maybe I need to nail a plaque in my bathroom now. Perhaps there are hidden morons among my friends. I truly thought this was common knowledge to every menstruating girl/woman. I never occurred to me someone would not know this, or even worse, know and not care and flush anyway.

Gosh, I wish I knew everything about everything just like you. Guess I’ll always be someone’s moron!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I was so offended when a friend told me not to flush tampons. Did she think I was a monster?! (I wasn't even on my period) After reading here how common it is I feel less offended.

I feel like maybe I need to nail a plaque in my bathroom now. Perhaps there are hidden morons among my friends. I truly thought this was common knowledge to every menstruating girl/woman. I never occurred to me someone would not know this, or even worse, know and not care and flush anyway.

Gosh, I wish I knew everything about everything just like you. Guess I’ll always be someone’s moron!

This isn’t deep knowledge, it is just basic life common sense. Like don’t leave your purse in the car, don’t put a can of soda in the freezer, empty the lint collector of your dyer after loads..

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I was so offended when a friend told me not to flush tampons. Did she think I was a monster?! (I wasn't even on my period) After reading here how common it is I feel less offended.

I feel like maybe I need to nail a plaque in my bathroom now. Perhaps there are hidden morons among my friends. I truly thought this was common knowledge to every menstruating girl/woman. I never occurred to me someone would not know this, or even worse, know and not care and flush anyway.

Gosh, I wish I knew everything about everything just like you. Guess I’ll always be someone’s moron!

This isn’t deep knowledge, it is just basic life common sense. Like don’t leave your purse in the car, don’t put a can of soda in the freezer, empty the lint collector of your dyer after loads..

Except that many people on here have told you otherwise. Go ahead and put that sign on your bathroom.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I was so offended when a friend told me not to flush tampons. Did she think I was a monster?! (I wasn't even on my period) After reading here how common it is I feel less offended.

I feel like maybe I need to nail a plaque in my bathroom now. Perhaps there are hidden morons among my friends. I truly thought this was common knowledge to every menstruating girl/woman. I never occurred to me someone would not know this, or even worse, know and not care and flush anyway.

Gosh, I wish I knew everything about everything just like you. Guess I’ll always be someone’s moron!

This isn’t deep knowledge, it is just basic life common sense. Like don’t leave your purse in the car, don’t put a can of soda in the freezer, empty the lint collector of your dyer after loads..

Except that many people on here have told you otherwise. Go ahead and put that sign on your bathroom.

+1 my DH is actually pretty handy, and he's fixed a few plumbing issues at home. He is older (50s), and he was always told that you could flush condoms and tampons. He said he's never had plumbing issues due to that.

[Anonymous]

I love how the ladies of DCUM, who probably don’t even clean their own toilets, are all plumbing know-it-alls.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I love how the ladies of DCUM, who probably don’t even clean their own toilets, are all plumbing know-it-alls.

Toilets are not trash cans. Doesn’t take a genius to recognize this.

[Anonymous]

For those who don’t think it could ever cause a problem, please read this.

I have a vivid memory when I was about 4 or 5 of seeing my mom’s used tampon in the toilet, so I thought you could flush them and never was told otherwise. Never had a problem for years in the house I grew up in or anywhere else.

Fast forward to my late 20s, first apartment by myself. It was a bit in the country and had a septic system with a pump and a drain field I believe.

A day after I flushed the very first tampon in the apartment, the entire apartment began smelling like sewage. I noticed when I flushed the toilet a tiny bit of water gurgled up the bathtub drain. Called the landlord who sent a plumber.

After the plumber found and extracted what was clogging the pump, my cranky middle aged male landlord presented the offending tampon was to me on a figurative PLATTER made of plywood and told me to never flush anything but toilet paper. I guess he figured that was punishment enough because he didn’t charge me for the plumber fee.

Please don’t let my humiliation be for naught. Don’t flush tampons! You never know when it will cause a problem, whether it’s the first tampon or the 1000th you’ve flushed.

[Anonymous]

Same thing happened in a rental I was in, a duplex with shared plumbing. The landlord demanded to know who the tampon offender was - asked my DH and he was mortified.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was so offended when a friend told me not to flush tampons. Did she think I was a monster?! (I wasn't even on my period) After reading here how common it is I feel less offended.

I feel like maybe I need to nail a plaque in my bathroom now. Perhaps there are hidden morons among my friends. I truly thought this was common knowledge to every menstruating girl/woman. I never occurred to me someone would not know this, or even worse, know and not care and flush anyway.

Gosh, I wish I knew everything about everything just like you. Guess I’ll always be someone’s moron!

This isn’t deep knowledge, it is just basic life common sense. Like don’t leave your purse in the car, don’t put a can of soda in the freezer, empty the lint collector of your dyer after loads..

Except that many people on here have told you otherwise. Go ahead and put that sign on your bathroom.

I would laugh so hard if I went into a friend's bathroom and there was a sign on the wall that said "HEY MORONS, I THOUGHT THIS WAS COMMON KNOWLEDGE BUT APPARENTLY SOME VERY STUPID PEOPLE DON'T KNOW YOU SHOULDN'T FLUSH TAMPONS. SO THIS IS YOUR OFFICIAL WARNING NOT TO FLUSH TAMPONS OR I WILL UNFRIEND YOU FOREEEEEEVVVVVVEEEERRRR."

I have not flushed a tampon since I learned, at the ripe old age of 33, that you are not supposed to (no one told me! I'm glad I eventually found out!). But if I saw such a sign, I'd flush my tampon, let her know, and enjoy the peace and quiet of no longer being friends with this person. In fact, even if I was not on my period, I'd fish my emergency tampon out of my purse and throw it in the toilet just to flush it. Hahahahahahahahahaha.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I was so offended when a friend told me not to flush tampons. Did she think I was a monster?! (I wasn't even on my period) After reading here how common it is I feel less offended.

I feel like maybe I need to nail a plaque in my bathroom now. Perhaps there are hidden morons among my friends. I truly thought this was common knowledge to every menstruating girl/woman. I never occurred to me someone would not know this, or even worse, know and not care and flush anyway.

Do it as a cross stitch.

[Anonymous]

I feel as if I accidently got away with something all these year... 30 years of flushing them all over the place.

[Anonymous]

Live, Laugh, Love, and Put Your Tampon in the Garbage Can.

[Anonymous]

Hell yeah. Even grew up in a house with a septic system and flushed then.