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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I didn’t realize until learning on DCUM in my late 30s that you are not supposed to flush tampons. Oops![/quote]

At least you learned on DCUM, not when you were writing a $700 check to the plumber.[/quote]

OMG, this is news to me?!  Are you serious?  I thought it’s just plastic applicators, wrappers, and pads that you’re not supposed to flush? [/quote]

DP. I actually don’t flush tampons Bc I didn’t think it was a good idea but I was actually under the impression that they were designed for flushing if I was so inclined.  Weird! I wonder if that has changed from the 90s. [/quote]

I actually started a heated debate on this around 2010 - if I recall.  Flush or Toss, or something like that.  I couldn't fathom "tossing" it, so I always flushed. After that debate, I changed my ways. [/quote]

Tampons were marketed, I'm pretty sure, to be flushable back in the 60s--70s and everyone flushed them. I imagine part of the concept of OB tampons was that there wouldn't even be an applicator lying around to tell the world you were having a period. I think the cardboard applicators used to be flushed as well. It might actually be that when they replaced the original cotton (I imagine it was) with fibers that expanded more it became more apparent there was an issue. [/quote]

I think there are products that "can" be flushed but shouldn't be. Eg hemorrhoid cleaning pads, tampons and feminine wipes will probably go past the toilet U-bend, but then  they won't break down while traveling down your sewer pipe, or while in your septic tank (for those not on the city sewer). If one tampon or wipe catches on a rough patch (eg in old cast iron pipe), then that lump will catch wipes and tampons that come pass in future flushes. Eventually there is a giant clump that blocks the sewer, necessitating that the sewer be snaked. Plumbers tend to recommend the thinnest toilet paper eg Scotts because that falls apart when wet. Triple ply cushiony toilet paper can also be a disaster for sewers - so go cheap![/quote]

Well now I understand why public restroom toilet paper is as thin as an oil blotting sheet[/quote]

And that’s why I hover.  You can’t rely on that flimsy TP if you put it on the seat[/quote]

Can't rely on it to what, exactly? [/quote]

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