Do you ever have one of those moments in a friendship that you for sure know everything there is to know about your friend? Then they drop a bombshell that totally catches you off guard? That happened the other night!
I have this friend (we’ll leave names out because it’s really not important) and we were talking and somehow tampons got brought up (if you’re a man you might as well stop reading for your own good). And out of no where she hit me with the shocking news that she didn’t flush the tampon, not the applicator, the tampon. I was shocked but she was actually more shocked that I DID flush it!
Am I crazy? Am I the only one that flushes them? When I used to use carboard applicators I flushed those too!
I mean we had to make a decision right then and there that we were going to continue to be friend regardless of tampon differences.
Let’s roll that beautiful bean footage…
Yes, I realize these are pictures from the snow day-but I haven’t had a chance to take new pics!
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I have NO IDEA why I’m giggling … maybe because I have a friend that every once in a while those discussions come up and I look at her like, “Wow! What? I never knew!” And it seems so … so … monumental.
When really.
It’s a “tampon”. It’s not friendship changing.
If you live in a place that uses a septic tank you can’t flush them, they don’t dissolve. I think 1 brand does, OB? But the rest don’t. So when they go to clean out the tank there they will be, floating at the top. It’s bad and not something you really want to deal with. Since most of us live in the city we don’t take these things into consideration. I live near the ocean (like as in a place called Ocean Beach) and a lot of my friends lived on house boats. You don’t flush them in those toilets either. When I lived in MD it was in the county, lots of septic tanks. Ah the strange things you learn….
I’m a flusher, 100%. But I know people who aren’t. And let me tell you, it is gross when they are at your house and put it in the trash. People, if you have to change it at someone else’s house, do the polite thing and flush it.
Thank you god that I had a hysterectomy when I was 23 and never had this conversation. But from 13-23, I flushed.
I am learning so much from everyone! Thanks!
I’m really hoping she comes out looking like the weirdo so I can say, “See you’re weird!” haha
I don’t flush. We have a septic tank and they float to the top. So I throw them in the trash and take out the trash. Gross I know but we can’t flush. What a funny topic.
You make me laugh!
I flush the tampon but wrap the applicator up in toilet paper and put it in the trash. I remember one time our toilet got stopped up and I had to call the plumber. He told me that women should never flush them because they will eventually clog up the pipes……can you say EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!
Well this was a fun topic first thing in the morning with coffee!! hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
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yes i flush
Dude, I used to flush until we had a sewer problem and the plumber blamed it all on “tons of Kotex clogging everything up”. I was super embarrassed, but thought it was kinda gross to not flush. Anyway, now I have a septic so I can’t, but when I’m in normal places where I can, you know, flush, I do. So, basically, I would if I could. Wow, that was probably wayyyy too much information.
our house is on septic, not good to flush them. when i was signing the lease for my really, really old apartment, the apt manager (a man) actually told me not to flush my tampons *cringe*
I totally flush it. I don’t use applicators anymore (because I hated NOT flushing them). I think it is SO gross to have that hanging around in my trash…I flush. Good or bad, that is how it is.
Made the mistake of flushing for a while when I was growing up. My Dad almost killed me when he had to shell out big bucks for the plumber to come. Never have flushed since. BUT, everything is all wrapped up in neat little packages and no one would see anything.
My Bassett Hound who died in 06 enjoyed quite a few “scooby snacks” out of the trash before I got lidded trash cans. Now who’s sharing too much information?? HAHA
Wow⁄! I didn’t know that people didn’t flush. I also didn’t know that you couldn’t flush with a septic system. My friend lives out in the country and they have septic I think. I hope I am not screwing up her system whenever I flush my tampons…. but I’m at her house… I’m not just gonna throw it in the trash.
I’m a flusher. Won’t change that unless I have to. I once worked at a call center place with probably 50 other women and maybe 3 guys. We had two individual bathrooms. Sewer got nice and backed up there for some reason. Tampon flushing discussion followed. Not pleasant.
I know it’s more gross, but I don’t flush them because I’ve heard many different times that they can clog the toilet, even if they are supposed to be flushable. I’m not about to risk it…I’d hate to have to call maintainance because a tampon clogged my toilet!
The title alone had me laughing! What an awesome topic! I’ve always been fortunate and been in places that I am able to flush! phew!
Beautiful bean footage too! =] lol
LOL…ima flusher as well…
lovin those doggie pix!
This is very gross, but if you flush them they can clog up your pipes something awful. I have a very embarassing story about that, but I will let you fill in the blanks!
FLUSH! No other option, in my opinion.
The dogs are cute as always!
FLUSH. DEFINITELY. OTHERWISE IT’S NO FUN WHEN THE DOG DRAGS THE TRASH CAN THROUGH THE HOUSE. ‘NUF SAID.
dude- i am ALL ABOUT flushing. isn’t that why we use them? but we had a root bust through our pipe underground and guess what backed up our whole house? yep, you guessed it. a little beaver wall of tampons. yeah. i promptly changed to ob and we fixed that pipe. the horror. wow. have i gone too far this time? we do this, right? we share? hahahahha!
A flusher…but dang I didn’t know you weren’t supposed to flush them if you have a septic tank…Crap I’m in trouble now lol.
Oh and can you tell those adorable dogs to stop mooning us!!!
Despite what a product package may say nothing should be flushed down the toilet except toilet paper and human waste. One of the worst culprits for causing clogs and expensive plumbing repairs in homes and businesses are TAMPONS. The textures of plumbing pipes are often sandpiper-like and because of the rough and often jagged texture, fibrous material such as tampons and baby/personal care wipes get caught and cause clogs. In addition, tampons which are made to absorb can swell to 10 times their size!
Tampons do not biodegrade, disintegrate, decompose or disperse in the short amount of time spent in the sewer system. Tampons maintain their structure throughout the entire wastewater stream. And at treatment plants, tampons are referred to as “white mice”! Tampons are removed during the screening process and then sent to a landfill-which is where they belong in the first place…in the garbage!
In my household, we have the “no flush” rule, because I’m always the one who has to plunge! Love those booty shots!
Not abnormal. The things we girls talk about kills me.
Of course, I don’t flush, but it’s okay that you do.
I flush them. And, I use the cardboard applicator kind so I can flush that too!
Too funny!
Cardboard – flush.
Plastic – trash.
I’m always afraid to flush the plastic ones. LOL
Back in the day I flushed it all..threw away the plastic things but everything else went down the pot. Love the puppies!
I flush….but sadly enough, I wash off the plastic applicator really well and recycle it…
I am shocked by the number of people who flush, I don’t flush because they clog toilets! And I don’t want to call the plumber and get the lecture how you should never flush tampons, lol!!!
I just wrap them neatly with toilet paper and throw away!
Dont flush them? EWWW!
I dont use tampons though..gasp….I use a sea sponge.
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Liked that post so much I’m gonna look around. Have a great day.
I’m just cracking up over this conversation Angela…so funny!
I flush anytime that I can. Darn septic systems around here make it almost impossible though sometimes.
Nope, not a flusher. Cardboard applicator, maybe. That is it. I too devoted a whole post to tampons last summer at some point–but it was more about the difference between the Sport vs. the Regular tampons. I think they are funny.
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OMGGGGG. seriously my mom just told me today not to! i was shocked it is just disgusting for me to imagine not flushing! seriously i just can’ t imagine how gross and smelly the trash would be….i thought tampons were meant for flushing, i never flush the applicator but HELLO..a tampon? i figured it was basically toilet paper. i don’t know what i’m going to do. i told her i’d trash them but….it just seems icky to me.
I am a flusher, always since 15. I feel free and clean doing it, I flush tampons and pantiliners and always gone. Basically if you have good pipes at home there is not any risk .
I even flush the plastic applicator and everything goes well!
Amazing what we girls talk about…. My friend and I had a conversation the other day that shocked me when I learned she put in her tampon from behind.. I put mine in from the front…. wierd…
I have always flushed but recently moved to a septic tank so I guess I cannot any more… the thought grosses me out…
This is the second time I found my daughters tampon in the toilet and I was furious. In “my time” every single public toilet had a sign that said “do not flush sanitary napkins or tampons please.” My daughter showed me the box that says not to flush the applicator, and the tampon separately from the paper. Who on earth….??? Who in their right mind can think that makes sense? Where do you and the tampon makers think all those tampons go? Have you ever looked up how many tampons get flushed? What happened to women?? Why are they so disgusted with how their own menstrual cycle works that they can’t even look at a tampon? And what on earth “so wierd” to talk about it anyway? I am in shock.
I just had this conversation with my house mate. We’ve had issued with clogged toilets since she and her kids moved in with us. I saw that she left a tampon in the toilet and I went ballistic. I’d never heard of anyone claiming this was safe to do with a toilet. But it’s par for the course for this gal. She’s not one to give a flip about anything that might have downstream consequences, pardon the pun. How can anyone in their right mind think that an object that swells to 10 times it original size WOULDN’T potentially clog a toilet. Come on, people. Think about it….and get over your silly obsession with having to handle a used tampon. It’s your own body fluids. Ever heard of washing your hands and taking out the garbage? Neither has my house mate.
I am flusher. I flush tampons and applicators, mostly Tampax Compak. I had not any problem flushing them. I have got friends that even flush pads and they say that the pipes can handle them. Some peple say that is not good to flush plastic parts but I Ihave never have any problem at all.