Embarassing question

I used to flush mine until I met my FIL who is a plumber and one night he was telling us funny and gross stories and he told us about all of the toilets he has had to unblock due to a build up of tampons!!.

I starting imagining the embarrassment of a plumber having to come over and unblock that. Now I have a bin with a swing lid that the kids can't open next to the toilet, I wrap mine and put them in there. I'm the only one who empties it so it won't gross anyone out.

when i was working, we were forever calling the plumber to unblock the toilet due to tampons.....which is why i never flush mine either.
A- it would be sooo embarrassing
B- can't afford a plumber
C- this house is doomed and that's the sort of thing that WOULD go wrong if i did flush them

as for brands, i use pams or libra

Man i wish I knew where your info came from!!! Ive never heard of it thats all..
Glad to be have helped.. Somewhat! even if it is a totally gross subject lol

I dont use tampons hate them

My ex is a plumber and he used to tell me all the time about how mnay drains he has had to unblock cos of tampons, they dont actually break down as they are designed to absorb, ya wouldnt want them breaking down inside you
So yeah I would be more inclined to wrap them up like a pad...
Plumbers call them "White Mice" lol

I don't use tampons either, I love my mooncup too much!!! I would second Nikki and check them out!!

When I used tampons I flushed them if at home though not when out, used the disposal unit in public loos.

After these posts though, if I ever have to use a tampon again I will not be flusing them...that is so gross!!

Our work loo was recently unblocked from pad(s) We blame the clients!

I flush tampons too, that's basically why I use them. I was using tampax until I got my confidence up and now I use carefree, they are nice and little. Haven't tried the libra ones yet.

If I'm going to be out for a long day (e.g. travelling out of town) I will put in a pad and a tampon so that I can just dispose of the tampon when it's full and have the pad for the next few hours (or however long)

Thanks ladies, I felt a bit naive asking. I just assumed you couldn't flush them as in all the public toilets it says don't flush. Not sure if I am really that fussed on using them but Jack has just started swimming lessons and as it is mid-week and no one else can take him I just might have to. Not sure if I like the idea of a moon cup, will mull that one over.

If I am out and there is not bin I would flush them, but at home, wrap them up with toilie paper and put them in bin. Should get one of those moon cups one day.

I use libra, I like the organic ones as well but they are even more expensive.

I just read on the instructions that they shouldn't be flushed.

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I use tampons and flush them, I usually use libra as I find they are cheaper than carefree.

Okay so if you wrap them and dispose of them then where do you think they go? They don't just disappear whatever you do to them. If you bin them they go to landfill, so I don't really see the difference between flushing and binning, plus when you put them in those special bins in public toilets where do they go then? I was wondering if they break down over time, yes they are designed to soak up stuff but they have a limit of soaking up and aren't they made of cotton? I would have thought eventually they would breakdown, but I don't know.