I didn't know people actually flushed them. It was drilled into me, starting BEFORE my first period, that you don't flush tampons because it will cause a clog. Actually, I think the school nurse said this to us when she gave us the "special talk" and starter packs in 4th grade, and my mom kept up that chorus.

Not the plumber's wife, but the plumber's daughter: Flush human waste and toilet paper only. And if you are the type to roll the toilet paper up into a funnel/cylinder, that can cause clogs too particularly if you have small, old pipes.

Clogs from flushing anything else kept my dad in business for nearly 50 years!

They are as flushable as your toilet is cloggable.

What I learned from the plumber wife's thread a couple of year ago: there are three things that are ok to flush and you already know what number one and number two are. Number three is TP.

Anonymous wrote:SIMPLE RULE: Don't flush it if you didn't eat or drink it.

What about regular TP?

I only flush them in public bathrooms.

I only flush them at work, but that's just out of spite.

SIMPLE RULE: Don't flush it if you didn't eat or drink it.

They are actually really bad to flush and can cause significant damage.

I've flushed them without clogging a single pipe for 30 years in about 15 different houses/apartments until last year and only in our current house where we have had to call a plumber for this four times in one year. So it sure seems like it's just some plumbing. Can't imagine the mess of not flushing them.

whatever you do, don't flush "flushable" wipes.

Ugh. It sucks that you can't actually flush them. I thought that was the beauty of them. I used to use the ones with the "flushable" applicators, too.

Then I had toilets that would clog. And I had to start tossing them in the trash. I hate that. I mean, still less messy than a pad, but yuck.

Now I have a mirena and don't get periods anymore. Saves me from the trouble.

Almost anything is flushable in the sense that yes, it will go down. But if you mean, will it clog your pipes, the answer to that is yes as well.

Not a good idea.

I won't do it anymore! I'm going to have nightmares tonight.