Do you flush them?

[musiclover]

I was a dirty lurker on the married life board just now and came across a tampon flushing thread.
Um...I never knew that flushing them was bad... (huh)

[irishsara]

I feel like its worse in older homes? I don't know why I think that though. Smaller pipes?

I always flush them.

[heyjojo]

Yes, most of the time. I would only put it in the trash if there was a sign saying please don't flush. I always flush them at home.

[irishsara]

My friend had clogged pipes and when they snaked it out, the plumber said it was a common problem. She had an old house.

He called them sewer rats. ewwww

[pinkpeony6210]

I always flush them. However, I wrap the applicator in toilet paper and throw it out.

[mala]

I don't use tampons often because my periods are often so light that it's overkill, but I flush them when I do. After seeing that, though, I'll be putting them in the trash. Plumbing problems get expensive, yo!

[musiclover]

Jun 28, 2013 12:56:53 GMT -5 mala said:

I don't use tampons often because my periods are often so light that it's overkill, but I flush them when I do. After seeing that, though, I'll be putting them in the trash. Plumbing problems get expensive, yo!

I might not be flushing them anymore...there were so many clog stories on ML. .Scary.

[biblionerd]

We are on septic, so definitely have to throw away. It's actually one of the big reasons I switched to a diva cup. I find it much less disgusting than wrapping up a tampon.

[The Foozzler]

Never! I had well water and septic growing up and it would have caused serious damage.

[dixeedeluxe]

Yes, but I hear in houses with spetic you aren't supposed to?

I also put a tampax pearl ultra in the toilet and let it sit overnight becaues it was clean and i didn't want to waste a flush. Next morning, almost all the toilet water was gone....absorbed by the tamp.

How the eff do I still leak through them.

[JuliaGulia]

I grew up and now have a house with septic and you are absolutely not suppose to flush them. I honestly didn't know people did flush them?

[melis74]

I picked "special" because I don't flush them at work because we have small pipes and have had to have plumbers snake them way too often to get tampons out. At home, I flush, flush, flush!

[Faevantastic]

I don't use.

[shevacc]

Hmm...I always flushed them but am now living in a house with a septic system. After reading this, I definitely should be throwing them away. Luckily I've only had 2 periods here so hopefully I haven't done irreparable damage...

[musiclover]

Jun 28, 2013 13:05:19 GMT -5 Faevantastic said:

I don't use.

fascinating...

[sunshineluv]

I always flushed, until recently. First problem was I would clog the toilet with the tampon. Then I started flushing twice, once with just the tampon, then next with the toilet paper. But the toilet was STILL CLOGGING. Ahhhh, one day I clogged two of the three toilets in my house. So now although it grosses me out, I throw them away. Well and hey, thats a perk of pregnancy, no tampons for a while!

[oso]

I used to flush them all the time, but my husband works for a wholesale plumbing company and says that's a no no. They aren't made to go into the system. Now I flush every so often and feel guilty.

[tennisgal]

DH is a plumber...and flushing them is definately a no-no.

[katie]

Jun 28, 2013 12:56:45 GMT -5 pinkpeony6210 said:

I always flush them. However, I wrap the applicator in toilet paper and throw it out.

Same here. 

[bigapple]

I use a cup now, but I couldn't flush growing up in an old house with a selection tank. Since then, I've always been on city sewer and flushed.

[spaghetticat]

Jun 28, 2013 13:01:25 GMT -5 The Foozzler said:

Never! I had well water and septic growing up and it would have caused serious damage.

Uhhhh I have both of those and I flush. Uh oh.

[mumegs]

No way!! You cannot flush them it will ruin your septic!! My mom put the fear of God in me not to flush them when I was younger so I never do. Just wrap them all up in tp and throw them away.

[eav2c]

I always flush. My H gives me a bad time about it but whatever.

[musiclover]

wow, I have NEVER not flushed them. Never had spetic or well so it was always town water.
This is scary....

[meggabs]

Jun 28, 2013 13:01:25 GMT -5 The Foozzler said:

Never! I had well water and septic growing up and it would have caused serious damage.

This.  But now I'm wondering since we live in a condo. Prob still will never flush it. I don't want to be responsible for that mishap!

[kemangel124]

Jun 28, 2013 13:46:28 GMT -5 mumegs said:

No way!! You cannot flush them it will ruin your septic!! My mom put the fear of God in me not to flush them when I was younger so I never do. Just wrap them all up in tp and throw them away.

This.  I grew up in an old Victorian house, and although we didn't have a septic tank, my mom would tell me NEVER put anything other than tp in the toilet because it will clog the old pipes.  So I have always (and continue to) wrap it in toilet paper and throw it in the trash.  

I don't even flush them when I am out in a public restroom....I didn't know people DID flush them.

[teamhayes]

flush them and toss the applicator.

[silverjm]

I've always lived in modern homes on city sewer and always flushed. We're considering moving to a house with a septic...DH was very clear that I would no longer be able to flush...I think I might switch to the Diva cup if that happens.

[Dorothy Zbornak]

DIVA CUP 4 EVA!!!

[lauranicole91]

I always thought flushing them was a huuuge no no!! I am fascinated by how many of you flush them!!!

I don't really need them too much these days-mirena makes my periods pretty light-but I think I'd be too scared to start flushing. I'd hate to be in the same room as the apartment maintenance man as he snakes out a million bloody tampons. Gross.