Do you flush tampons?

[Anonymous]

For all you flushers saying you have never had a problem, has it occurred to you that sewer plumbing does not end at your house? You do realize that it is a huge down stream issue that can wreak havoc miles from where you live. Keeping our shared infrastructure in good working order should be a priority for everyone.
Do not flush tampons, condoms or wipes down the toilet!

[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.

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.

No one is literally going to post a sign in their bathroom for you- but please join the rest of the under educated that now know better, and throw in the the garbage.

[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.

Hahahahaha. There are people in the r/CrossStitch Reddit group who would TOTALLY do this.

[Anonymous]

I switched to a reusable menstrual disc awhile ago but before that yes I flushed. Wtf else do you do with them?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I switched to a reusable menstrual disc awhile ago but before that yes I flushed. Wtf else do you do with them?

Wrap in TP and throw in garbage- like the rest of civilized people that aren’t totally clueless do.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Of course not. Where you raised in a barn?

Those with menses in the 80s/90s were told to flush.

No, not all parents were uneducated clods.

I got my period in 1994 and was told from the day my mother first had "the talk" with me that I should never, ever, EVER flush a tampon.

DP. Why so rude?! If you really want this message spread for the greater good, maybe don’t be such a jerk? There are clearly lots of people didn’t know. (Myself included.)

OK, I apologize. I suspect this is a social class issue, and it isn't your fault if you weren't taught the right thing. Sort of the way some people were not taught healthy eating habits.

Now you know, and you can avoid flushing tampons and damaging plumbing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course not. Where you raised in a barn?

Those with menses in the 80s/90s were told to flush.

No, not all parents were uneducated clods.

I got my period in 1994 and was told from the day my mother first had "the talk" with me that I should never, ever, EVER flush a tampon.

DP. Why so rude?! If you really want this message spread for the greater good, maybe don’t be such a jerk? There are clearly lots of people didn’t know. (Myself included.)

OK, I apologize. I suspect this is a social class issue, and it isn't your fault if you weren't taught the right thing. Sort of the way some people were not taught healthy eating habits.

Now you know, and you can avoid flushing tampons and damaging plumbing.

Social class issue?! Oh my. No. Apology not accepted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course not. Where you raised in a barn?

Those with menses in the 80s/90s were told to flush.

No, not all parents were uneducated clods.

I got my period in 1994 and was told from the day my mother first had "the talk" with me that I should never, ever, EVER flush a tampon.

DP. Why so rude?! If you really want this message spread for the greater good, maybe don’t be such a jerk? There are clearly lots of people didn’t know. (Myself included.)

OK, I apologize. I suspect this is a social class issue, and it isn't your fault if you weren't taught the right thing. Sort of the way some people were not taught healthy eating habits.

Now you know, and you can avoid flushing tampons and damaging plumbing.

Social class issue?! Oh my. No. Apology not accepted.

I think it is a social class issue. Girls who grew up in nice homes that their parents owned and proudly cared for and maintained were taught early about this basic hygiene/health issue. You can see on this thread that people who live(d) in homes they don't own or care about much tend to flush and not care, or to not be aware.

It's trashy to flush tampons.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course not. Where you raised in a barn?

Those with menses in the 80s/90s were told to flush.

No, not all parents were uneducated clods.

I got my period in 1994 and was told from the day my mother first had "the talk" with me that I should never, ever, EVER flush a tampon.

DP. Why so rude?! If you really want this message spread for the greater good, maybe don’t be such a jerk? There are clearly lots of people didn’t know. (Myself included.)

OK, I apologize. I suspect this is a social class issue, and it isn't your fault if you weren't taught the right thing. Sort of the way some people were not taught healthy eating habits.

Now you know, and you can avoid flushing tampons and damaging plumbing.

Social class issue?! Oh my. No. Apology not accepted.

I think it is a social class issue. Girls who grew up in nice homes that their parents owned and proudly cared for and maintained were taught early about this basic hygiene/health issue. You can see on this thread that people who live(d) in homes they don't own or care about much tend to flush and not care, or to not be aware.

It's trashy to flush tampons.

Lol. This thread is crazy.

[Anonymous]

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.

Yes, exactly. I had no idea there were so many stupid women out there!!! Way to perpetuate the stereotype of women who know nothing about how their home works. Learn about plumbing, you morons!!

[Anonymous]

Why is this in the beauty and fashion thread? OP, you and everyone else who flushes are not very smart.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course not. Where you raised in a barn?

Those with menses in the 80s/90s were told to flush.

No, not all parents were uneducated clods.

I got my period in 1994 and was told from the day my mother first had "the talk" with me that I should never, ever, EVER flush a tampon.

DP. Why so rude?! If you really want this message spread for the greater good, maybe don’t be such a jerk? There are clearly lots of people didn’t know. (Myself included.)

OK, I apologize. I suspect this is a social class issue, and it isn't your fault if you weren't taught the right thing. Sort of the way some people were not taught healthy eating habits.

Now you know, and you can avoid flushing tampons and damaging plumbing.

Social class issue?! Oh my. No. Apology not accepted.

I think it is a social class issue. Girls who grew up in nice homes that their parents owned and proudly cared for and maintained were taught early about this basic hygiene/health issue. You can see on this thread that people who live(d) in homes they don't own or care about much tend to flush and not care, or to not be aware.

It's trashy to flush tampons.

Agree. Not knowing and having parents that did this is definitely a social class/socioeconomic status issue

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course not. Where you raised in a barn?

Those with menses in the 80s/90s were told to flush.

No, not all parents were uneducated clods.

I got my period in 1994 and was told from the day my mother first had "the talk" with me that I should never, ever, EVER flush a tampon.

DP. Why so rude?! If you really want this message spread for the greater good, maybe don’t be such a jerk? There are clearly lots of people didn’t know. (Myself included.)

OK, I apologize. I suspect this is a social class issue, and it isn't your fault if you weren't taught the right thing. Sort of the way some people were not taught healthy eating habits.

Now you know, and you can avoid flushing tampons and damaging plumbing.

Social class issue?! Oh my. No. Apology not accepted.

I think it is a social class issue. Girls who grew up in nice homes that their parents owned and proudly cared for and maintained were taught early about this basic hygiene/health issue. You can see on this thread that people who live(d) in homes they don't own or care about much tend to flush and not care, or to not be aware.

It's trashy to flush tampons.

Lol. This thread is crazy.

Its thinking like this that got us the last 40 years of policymaking ...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course not. Where you raised in a barn?

Those with menses in the 80s/90s were told to flush.

No, not all parents were uneducated clods.

I got my period in 1994 and was told from the day my mother first had "the talk" with me that I should never, ever, EVER flush a tampon.

DP. Why so rude?! If you really want this message spread for the greater good, maybe don’t be such a jerk? There are clearly lots of people didn’t know. (Myself included.)

OK, I apologize. I suspect this is a social class issue, and it isn't your fault if you weren't taught the right thing. Sort of the way some people were not taught healthy eating habits.

Now you know, and you can avoid flushing tampons and damaging plumbing.

Social class issue?! Oh my. No. Apology not accepted.

I think it is a social class issue. Girls who grew up in nice homes that their parents owned and proudly cared for and maintained were taught early about this basic hygiene/health issue. You can see on this thread that people who live(d) in homes they don't own or care about much tend to flush and not care, or to not be aware.

It's trashy to flush tampons.

Agree. Not knowing and having parents that did this is definitely a social class/socioeconomic status issue

Pretty sure families without disposable income for an emergency plumbing visit are pretty careful about making sure sewage doesn’t come bubbling up in their shower.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course not. Where you raised in a barn?

Those with menses in the 80s/90s were told to flush.

No, not all parents were uneducated clods.

I got my period in 1994 and was told from the day my mother first had "the talk" with me that I should never, ever, EVER flush a tampon.

DP. Why so rude?! If you really want this message spread for the greater good, maybe don’t be such a jerk? There are clearly lots of people didn’t know. (Myself included.)

OK, I apologize. I suspect this is a social class issue, and it isn't your fault if you weren't taught the right thing. Sort of the way some people were not taught healthy eating habits.

Now you know, and you can avoid flushing tampons and damaging plumbing.

Social class issue?! Oh my. No. Apology not accepted.

I think it is a social class issue. Girls who grew up in nice homes that their parents owned and proudly cared for and maintained were taught early about this basic hygiene/health issue. You can see on this thread that people who live(d) in homes they don't own or care about much tend to flush and not care, or to not be aware.

It's trashy to flush tampons.

Agree. Not knowing and having parents that did this is definitely a social class/socioeconomic status issue

Pretty sure families without disposable income for an emergency plumbing visit are pretty careful about making sure sewage doesn’t come bubbling up in their shower.

Nope.