I have a friend who is renting a house and the owner told her that if a plumber had to come out to unclog tampons, he wasn't paying for it. lol. Awkward convo.
I remember hearing not to do it when I was in my early 20's, so I haven't since then. Me and my sister had this same conversation when I visited her in CA and she thought it was the weirdest fucking thing ever. She was all "um...well please flush your tampons when you're here." lol lol I was all "um...please don't flush them at my house."
I flushed them for a long time, and then I mentioned it to a friend somewhere around my college years (I don't know how the topic came up), and she was aghast and said you should NEVER flush tampons! So I've trashed them since then.
I go through a shitton of toilet paper to wrap them up. But when I finish off a roll (which is often), I put the wrapped-up tampon inside the empty toilet paper roll.
Yeah I do this too. I go through a lot of TP when I'm on my period anyway so if I happen to finish off a roll, that sucker gets to be the cozy little home of a trashed tampon.
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Post by ginandjucie24 on Jan 29, 2013 12:34:03 GMT -5
I have never flushed them. My bff told me you can and my H says you can but I have always wrapped them up in the trash. It's the fear of having plumbing problems and a big mess to clean up that keep me wrapping.
In our house tampons are called torpedos, and my twin sister and her H call them tulips.
Post by thedutchgirl on Jan 29, 2013 12:40:26 GMT -5
Nope. We also have city water and sewer, but it doesn't take much for roots to grow in your line, tampons to get stuck, and then you are paying $15k to replace all your pipes under your basement floor and out to the street. You are responsible for the pipe all the way to the street, generally.
I've lived in two houses in which we have had to have sewer pipes replaced. Not cheap.
Post by averyjessup on Jan 29, 2013 12:41:30 GMT -5
We're on a septic tank for the 1st time ever and that thing scares the shit out of me. (no pun intended, ha) I don't even use my garbage disposal, much less flush a tampon.
Post by VeryViolet on Jan 29, 2013 13:03:21 GMT -5
I am an asshole I did at our rental apartment and always do in public but I don't at home. Also, I will not change my tampon at people's houses for fear of clogging the toilet or our friends disgust at their trash. This has caused me to make DH leave places early.
I don't think its divisive really. No one is saying "OMG YOU FUCKING BITCH YOU'RE RUINING MY LIFE AND THE WHOLE WORLD BECAUSE YOU FLUSH YOUR TAMPOOOOONS!!!1"
I think pretty much everyone saying they don't, is because they have/had septic systems or old plumbing and know the damage it can cause and how much of a pain in the ass it is.
Far be it from me to put the plumbers of the world out of business! Keep flushing your tampons! (just not in my house please).
I'm surprised how many people flush them. Honestly, even if they say flushable and you have city sewer in a new house, you shouldn't flush them. It's really not worth the cost.
Also, where would you throw them? Is that really a question or a joke. I hope it's a joke.
I don't because the bf, who does construction, said that it is not good for the plumbing system. He said his crew used to call them "little white mice."
I always remember staying with my best friend at her grandparents' beach house one summer weekend, and apparently our bathroom toilet backed up, and her grandfather had to ask me if I flushed any tampons. (I vaguely remember them having a sign on the toilet warning against flushing sanitary napkins or something.) I was like 14 and SO embarrassed. And, no, it wasn't me!
At the time, I never flushed tampons because my parents had (and still have) a septic system. I would just wrap it up in a shitton of toilet paper and throw it in the trash. Now, at home, I flush them for the first couple days when they're, uh, full, and wrap and toss them the last few days. I always toss the applicator and wrapper, though, and in public restrooms I always flush.