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Anonymous wrote:To the Flushers-

It is amazing that you do not understand basic plumbing and the problem with flushing. That you have "flushed for 30 years" with no problem does not mean that countless others have had problems as a result of flushed tampons (I know several people, including my MIL). There is a reason the public restrooms ask you to not flush sanitary items down the toilet.

As for it being "grody" or "gross", it is no more/less gross than flushing. Whether thrown away or flushed, you still have to remove the dirty tampon, touching it. Further, and not to be too graphic, but if you grab the string with a piece of TP, wrap it well in the wrapper and additional TP, you do not see or smell the used tampon. At all. You don't just throw the used tampon on the top of the trash. And, frankly, you've prob been in public restrooms where tampons are in the trash and you don't know it.

I wish all of you flushers a clogged toilet so you will eat your words.

Wouldn't there be some public service announcement if it was such a huge problem for countless others?

To be honest, until reading this thread I had no idea so many people flushed tampons. Of course we have all seen the signs in public restrooms asking that you not flush sanitary products (would you consider that a PSA?) and I always thought that was directed at a very small minority of people who were selfish or didn't know any better, I mean duh- the receptacles are there for a reason. dcum never ceases to surprise and amaze me. plenty of products claim to be flushable but still cause major problems. a friend just spent a lot of cash on a plumber after those allegedly "flushable" toddler wipes clogged their lines.

Anonymous wrote:You should never flush tampons. Ever. Unless you want to put your plumber's kids through college.

Anonymous wrote:I always flushed until I had the very embarrasing experience of having a plumber show me a pile of old tampons he pulled out of one of our pipes. Asshole plumber he was. I toss now though.

Anonymous wrote: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.

Anonymous wrote:We had a bad backup in our sewage line I guess and the (redneck) plumber said to my husband (loud enough so I could hear), "Youu need to tay-ull Momma not teeew flush them tampons down the tuue -let." Embarrassing.