By FUUUUCK - 11/02/2014 20:00 - United Kingdom

Today, I was Skyping with a guy I'm really into. I'm not supposed to Skype at night, so when I heard my mum coming, I minimized the window. She walked in before I could mute my mic and started bitching me out for flushing my tampons down the toilet. FML
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xStevieKingsleyx 12

YDI - why would you flush them down the toilet? That's stupid and bad in so many ways.

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Welshite 39

Few things make me laugh. Kids trying to go behind their parents' backs and getting embarrassed in the process is one of them.

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casste 6

Where are you supposed to put your tampons? I'm sure your mom would yell at you if you left them in the trash too. >____>

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Ari1337 15

well I usually just get 2 little plastic bags. keep them my room till my period is done then throw them out. maybe O.P could do something like that.

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kirasant 19

You dispose of them properly, in the trash, like a grown up.

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sammyjo06 14

Why would she do that? You just wrap them in something like a bit of tissue or toilet paper and throw them in the trash. I typically wrap it up in its wrapper first, then toilet paper on the outside.

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Mauskau 35

45, you keep them in your bedroom? Those smells should not be in there :< wrap it in tissue and put it in the bathroom bin (hopefully one with a lid!) as bathrooms are well ventilated for a reason ;)

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597mph 10

Alright now tell us the lesson to be learned here

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kellyem2 20

As embarrassing as that is, it's really bad for your plumbing to flush tampons and pads. You could have cost your family thousands of dollars (pounds) in damage, especially if you've been doing that for a long time.

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worldclassrager 39

It had to be that subject...well I think he may understand...

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TcheQ 12

Totally deserved it. You do two wrong things and want sympathy? ******* disgusting.

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Lydiaanninos 5

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PierceTheSquidgy 8

Lesson here is don't be doing anything you're not supposed to do or it'll bite you in the butt..

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katertott 44

So I just checked a box of tampons (someone had to lol) and the only thing it says not to flush is the applicator. In fact, it says the tampon can either be flushed or thrown in the trash. Obviously smaller toilets and septic tank systems are more likely to have issues with flushed tampons, but for the rest of us, we should be good to go. I'm in the states btw, so maybe it's different over here.

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jenjen2633 17

No I'm in Canada and the instructions are the same

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nokturn_fml 11

I can't believe everyone saying it's bad to flush them. Yes if you live in a very old home but I threw mine in the trash when I was younger and people thought I was weird and even my doctor said flush them it's gross and unsanitary to keep them in the garbage.

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mikbrooke 25

uh, garbage can be gross and unsanitary in general, so how is putting a tampon or pad in the garbage any different? and any time i have seen a tampon in any sort of water, it absorbs so much of it that it becomes a ridiculously fat tampon. most pipes wouldnt handle something that doesnt break down easily.

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katertott 44

Because I'm weird and extremely bored, I just went to the store and checked a few more boxes of 3 or 4 other brands and NONE of the directions say to refrain from flushing. Not a single freaking one. Did a bit of research on the interwebz and found that yeah, depending on your toilet and system, it may not be the world's greatest idea to flush em... however it's not always as bad as it's hyped up to be. Women have been flushing them for YEARS and only a fraction have ever had serious issues as a result.

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