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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I use OB tampons which do not come with applicators or plastic wrapping that a used tampon can be placed into. I flush. I have always flushed. I will likely always flush. They are not expensive and they are flushable. I do not want a nasty blood soaked tampon sitting in my trash can for a few days nor am I interested in taking the trash out every couple of hours to get rid of the smell of rancid blood. Gross. Also, there is zero chance that even if I did use cheap tampax tampons that come with a flimsy paper wrapper that I would take a blood soaked inflated tampon and try (in futility) to jam it back inside that paper wraper which is going to tear from the wetness. Not only that but then your hands are covered in blood and when you come out of the restroom stall you're going to touch a faucet that other people have to touch in order to wash their hands. That's disgusting on so many levels! Come one people...seriously...flush your damn tampons! Anything else is just flat out disgusting. Also, I think all the anti-flushers on this thread are the same 1-2 people. There's no way there are so many people tossing bloody tampons into the trash.[/quote]

I'm the poster that paid a $700 plumbing bill because the previous owner of my house flushed her damn tampons for years.  I threw them into the trash before and certainly will continue to do so as I'm not interested in paying that bill again and the pipes in my house obviously have a history of having problems with tampons.  Regardless, I really don't see the big deal.  I have never smelled a dirty tampon and my DH, who has the most sensitive nose on the planet and is not afraid to speak up about hygienic issues, has never mentioned a smell.  My mother threw away tampons all the years I was in her house and I never noticed a smell.  My dad would have had a heart attack if he ever found out we were flushing tampons.  If I'm in a public restroom I remove it with toilet paper in my hand so I don't touch it, wrap it in a little more toilet paper, throw it all away and wash my hands.

Flush, don't flush.  I don't care.  This is clearly one of those things where no one is going to change anyone's mind who has been doing something for years with no issues.  I seriously doubt any flushers here are actually going to stop flushing because of my $700 plumbing bill.[/quote]

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