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Tampons, Pads, and Menstrual Cups (formerly #107702 WOAH!)
  • Messy_Hair_MommyMessy_Hair_Mommy
    Posts: 182Member
    #107702 
    My tampon is so ready to b chngd it hits but im out n don't feel like goon to the store..looks like St or ppr twos hafts do..whichever I have the most of rite now lol
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    I can't ~really~ tell what this says, but I really hope it doesn't say "Tampon needs to be changed, don't wanna go buy tampons so I am going to use paper towels.."

    Please don't let it be that...
  • breezybreezy
    Posts: 3,508Member
    Lol!
  • SingleMomAgainSingleMomAgain
    Posts: 120Member
    I'm pretty sure that's what it says.  Sadly.  :-(
  • SammieSammie
    Posts: 7,359Administrator, Moderator
    I don't really know what it says, but I do know if your tampon needs to be changed then you NEED to change it. That's dangerous!! Better to use paper towels than get toxic shock syndrome!

    community-manager


  • ImWendyImWendy
    Posts: 6,562Member
    I've been out and used toilet paper. lol. But it's not that effective, so never for long. OTOH, I live 30 minutes from the nearest grocery store, so if I don't want to pay $10 for a little box at the convenience store, it's either very frequent trips to the bathroom, or the drive to the grocery store.
    deus ex machina
  • serenitynowserenitynow
    Posts: 2,175Member

    i think that's nasty for several reasons: first off, you know every month you get a period. ever hear of stocking up on supplies so you have enough for each month? secondly, how lazy and gross. okay, i get emergencies happen, but to just not want to go to the store? again, i'm sure you knew at least earlier in the day or even the day before that you had very few tampons left.  they even have tampons at the dollar store!

  • ImWendyImWendy
    Posts: 6,562Member
    I'm very offended by what you wrote @serenitynow. What is so gross about her OR ME using tp or a paper towel? How is that ANY DIFFERENT than using a pad, and why the hell does it matter to you?

    Did you ever hear of having plenty of tampons and being JUST BEFORE hemorrhage and having to change a super plus every 1.5 hours? Yeah, I've run out plenty of times. Hell no I don't want to dress the kids and get them out and bring them into the grocery store for a box of tampons.

    Good grief!
    deus ex machina
  • OnmylastnerveOnmylastnerve
    Posts: 1,660Member
    This reminds me quite a bit about my having a tampon emergency while driving. Umm girls shit happens you gotta do what you gotta do sometimes.
    not my chair, not my problem
  • [Deleted User]
    Posts: 1,109
    It seems as if people can not confess the real deal anymore...geez isnt that what the board is for??  And I have had to use a paper towel paper before not the best option but an option nonetheless I survived!
  • TNmommy
    Posts: 44Member
    I think the original person said she's lazy pretty much. I think that would be the difference. The crap people confess on here grosses me out! I know it's anonymous but still! And learn how to spell for christ sake!
  • TNmommy
    Posts: 44Member
    And that's why there's a react to confessions board. If you don't want people to talk about it then don't post it!
  • ImWendyImWendy
    Posts: 6,562Member
    @TNmommy If all she has to do is walk out the door alone and run to the store, sure, maybe she's lazy. But even if she is lazy, that doesn't make it gross. Not to me anyway.
    deus ex machina
  • shadylaneshadylane
    Posts: 3,071Member
    It is gross when u have to use toilet paper but it happens. I'm just trying to figure out what language that is. Do u just type and post without looking at it first or do u see that and still post it? Or worse, u don't see anything wrong with it? I don't get it. No point in posting stuff nobody can read.
    ~slim shady~
  • DemandaDemanda
    Posts: 4,488Member
    Okay, I've had to make a wad once when I thought I had some spares in my backpack and it turned out I didn't.  It was after 10:00pm, the boy was asleep and even if I wanted to leave, I couldn't.  It certainly wasn't very effective,  I  take issue with paper towel advertisers.  They do NOT hold up like they do on the commercial.  lol.
    "The truth will set you free. But first, it will piss you off." ~ Gloria SteinemPhotobucket
  • ImWendyImWendy
    Posts: 6,562Member
    @mommydearest TP is softer and more comfortable to me. lol
    deus ex machina
  • DemandaDemanda
    Posts: 4,488Member
    I know, @ImWendy, but I was going for strength and absorbency!  I knew it wouldn't be comfortable either way so I felt the Quicker Picker Upper was the way to go.
    "The truth will set you free. But first, it will piss you off." ~ Gloria SteinemPhotobucket
  • ImWendyImWendy
    Posts: 6,562Member
    @mommydearest Maybe we should keep a roll of Viva paper towels for backup to our backup. They're soft AND strong!
    deus ex machina
  • serenitynowserenitynow
    Posts: 2,175Member

    why would anyone be offended by what I responded? i think it's yuck, so what? and like i said, i understand emergencies happen, but as i read it, it was not an emergency.

    so sorry to respond to a confession on the message board, lol

  • [Deleted User]
    Posts: 1,109
    I am just hoping that she wasnt already into toxic shock syndrome with typing like that...confusion and being disoriented are symptoms.
  • [Deleted User]
    Posts: 1,109
    Viva I love those paper towels!!!!  Thats what I used in a pinch.  @serenitynow lol...
  • DemandaDemanda
    Posts: 4,488Member
    @ImWendy, I've never heard of Viva!  Must be an American brand... 


    :(

    yeah, I didn't read it as an emergency either, @serenitynow, and I DO hope she at least took it out!

    lol @survivormom has figured out the secret of the wonky typing!
    "The truth will set you free. But first, it will piss you off." ~ Gloria SteinemPhotobucket
  • shadylaneshadylane
    Posts: 3,071Member
    Haha I guess paper towels would be the way to go. Lol @survivormom either that or she's drunk, I hope she's drunk and not in toxic shock!
    ~slim shady~
  • ImWendyImWendy
    Posts: 6,562Member
    @serenitynow Maybe it was just that you commented right under me, and I was the first one to say yeah, I've been there, so I felt like you were calling me nasty, lazy, and gross. I really and truly don't care that you have your own opinion. I'm a huge supporter of that. It just felt like you were directly insulting me. However, I realize I'm walking an emotional high wire the last few days, so if that was just me taking it wrong, I apologize.

    .@mommydearest They're really thick. Almost cloth-like. And wayyyy more expensive.
    deus ex machina
  • [Deleted User]
    Posts: 1,109
    @shadylane hopefully so...

    I just went an wrapped up some VIVA....in an attempt to remember how well it worked....I made a nifty little temporary tampon!! and no i am not bleeding..I have been a survivalist for a many years from the woods and beyond....

    and no I DID NOT STICK IT IN

  • ImWendyImWendy
    Posts: 6,562Member
    I don't think I'd want to try a paper towel tampon, but I can see doing a paper towel pad.

    You know why they say "she's on the rag" is because back before they had tampons and pads, they used rags of cloth.

    Also, I assumed the OC would have removed the tampon. She said (I think?) that it was hurting her.
    deus ex machina
  • kmetz44kmetz44
    Posts: 2,521Member
    Ive done it a million times, but not used it as a tampon, but as a pad...I AM way to lazy to drive all teh way to the store for tampons when paper towels will do just as good of a job as a pad!
    Im pretty extraordinary in an ordinary way
  • [Deleted User]
    Posts: 2,286
    I do the same @kmetz44, but only when I am in dire straights :D
  • kmetz44kmetz44
    Posts: 2,521Member
    ehhhh even if I COULD go to the store...Ill be damned if Im getting up off my lazy ass to drive to the store for JUST tampons...
    Im pretty extraordinary in an ordinary way
  • RaahemeRaaheme
    Posts: 64Member
    @monstermom: I was just thinking the same thing! bwahahahahha! 



    @shadylane: I think that whoever posted that was using text talk.... bugs the shit outta me! it's supposed to be like shorthand but a "lazy" version... (Gee, you think we found a common theme here? LOL)



    OB tampons (for me) would be like shoving a wad of paper towels up there....I am a playtex girl myself......TMI? 

    X_X sorry.... 
  • Messy_Hair_MommyMessy_Hair_Mommy
    Posts: 182Member
    I guess my biggest concern was that she was shoving toilet paper of Paper Towels up her cooter...

    I mean, come on, have you ever tried to wipe up something on the counter with Toilet Paper?? It crumbles, imagine what it does inside you? 

    I suppose it is different if you put it in a wad on your panties like a makeshit (<--not a typo) pad...

    I have never run out BTW because I always get more when I am low *shrugs*... but then again,


    What do I know?
  • breezybreezy
    Posts: 3,508Member
    I was more impressed with the sentence construction than the actual need of hygienic maintenance. lol.

    I try to keep em on hand but I would much rather use a papertowel than having one hurting and such...
  • RaahemeRaaheme
    Posts: 64Member
    and.... what is St??? I cant figure that out? 
  • Messy_Hair_MommyMessy_Hair_Mommy
    Posts: 182Member
    @Raaheme if that is the only thing you are confused about then you are the 1%
  • RaahemeRaaheme
    Posts: 64Member
    LMAO no.... I wouldnt have joined a bad-ass group of ladies like SM's if I was confused over a simple detail in text talk. ;)
    pretty sure I've held my own thus far... lol
     
  • SammieSammie
    Posts: 7,359Administrator, Moderator
    I also don't see the difference in using some paper towels on the fly when you're out of normal supplies or you start unexpectedly. Like I said, way better to use a makeshift pad versus getting toxic shock or some other infection!! Besides plenty of women use feminine cloth. It's reusable cloth pads. I had never even heard of them until the last year or so!! They make reusable, crochet tampons too. Not my cup of tea at all, but they are Eco friendly, affordable and contain no chemicals like traditional pads/tampons. There's also the diva cup. It's not just pads and tampons anymore ladies!! ;) So really why not some paper stuffed in your panties for a quick fix?

    I'm all for the green, organic movement but NOT when it comes to vag plugs! I need Tampax Pearl, unscented, regular absorbency. My DH knows this and doesn't even need to ask! He is the one who ends up heading to the store on the way home from work when I realize I'm down to my last one ;)

    community-manager


  • unforgivenunforgiven
    Posts: 12,891Confessional Manager
    I have zero tolerance for people who talk like the OC. I can't understand that if my life depended on it... of course it's also 2am. 

    confessional-manager

    "What looks like torture is a time to rejoice
    What sounds like thunder is a comforting voice
    When what is beautiful looks broken and crushed
    And I say I don't know you
    But you say it's finished"
  • LoveLove
    Posts: 12,968Administrator, Moderator
    The last TWO MONTHS in a ROW, I have gone to reach for a tampon, only to find the box is either empty, or filled with empty applicators. Apparently, Spawn likes the colors and thinks they're for playing with. The first time, I just assumed I had ran out and didn't notice, but I know for a FACT that I had JUST bought a new box this last time. Turns out, the kids had seen the mess he made, cleaned it up, threw away the evidence (because they were supposed to be watching him) and never said a peep about it, until I started yelling.
    And it's 20 miles to the nearest store for more, so Momma rolls up a wad of tp and toughs it out until the next day, BOTH times. Which was a total bitch for me, bc I HATE the feeling like wearing a pad. HATE HATE HATE.
    And having a roll of toilet paper in your drawers is even worse than that.

    To prevent this occurring in the future, I bought another box, and distributed them in all my spare purses LOL
    There's no way in hell I won't have at least ONE laying around somewhere for next time he pulls a stunt like that!

    community-manager


  • SammieSammie
    Posts: 7,359Administrator, Moderator
    LOL @love!! Gotta love our little creeps ;)

    I also HATE pads. Loathe them. I can't even walk right when I have to wear them! Feels like I'm packing a freaking station wagon around in my damn underwear!

    community-manager


  • DemandaDemanda
    Posts: 4,488Member
    Haha, good point @monstermom!  

    And I hate pads too.  Other than my makeshift one, I haven't worn one since giving birth.  Those things were freakin' huge!  You shouldn't be able to hear air escape the pad when you sit down, sheesh.
    "The truth will set you free. But first, it will piss you off." ~ Gloria SteinemPhotobucket
  • AnonUser23
    Posts: 2,329Guest
    I have a supermarket less than a mile away and I will still use tp if I run out of pads and/or tampons later in the day or at night. I'm sorry like someone said I'm not packing 2 kids up in the car and walk them thru the supermarket. They will want this and that and whatever else and I will end up spending $20+ on crap when all I needed was a maxipad! Of course if dh is around I will just send him but he is rarely home.
    And you are right @ImWendy women just used plain 'ole rags before we had our super fancy pads and tampons with all the bells and whistles so what's a little tp???
    Oh and I get my period every 2-3 months so I'm always forgetting to stock up on that shit!! I'll never learn :(
  • ImWendyImWendy
    Posts: 6,562Member
    @sammie Reusable crocheted tampons??? OMG. All I can say is thank GOD for the scientists behind Tampax.
    deus ex machina
  • Messy_Hair_MommyMessy_Hair_Mommy
    Posts: 182Member
    how about the cups?? They are LITERALLY cups that are inserted into the vagina that collect blood then you dump them and wash them and reuse them....

    my best friend knew a girl that announced the fed-ex delivery of hers, she was so excited about it....Freak
  • ImWendyImWendy
    Posts: 6,562Member
    I've heard a lot of good things about the cups. They make a lot of sense, but I'm too scared of it spilling or something.

    They also have disposable ones, btw.
    deus ex machina
  • PuffalumpPuffalump
    Posts: 229Member
    There are cups?!  I don't know why that totally makes me cringe.

    I had a friend that would buy these MASSIVE tampons.  Seriously they were like dildo sized.  And she would put them in even if she was just spotting.  I think she enjoyed them.

  • Messy_Hair_MommyMessy_Hair_Mommy
    Posts: 182Member
    @ItsMyParty google "Diva Cup" 

    I can't even wear supers...
  • PuffalumpPuffalump
    Posts: 229Member
    @Messy_Hair_Mommy they look a lot better than the white Styrofoam cup that you buy from the grocery store than I was imagining.  

    But still...there's no way I'm sticking a cup in my va-jooter. 
  • ImWendyImWendy
    Posts: 6,562Member
    I hate that I have to use super plus now. :( After I had baby #3 and the tubal, though... It's horrible pain and flow. I wanna hysterectomy. :(
    deus ex machina
  • workinmommy
    Posts: 57Member
    lol. You ladies are hilarious on this thread!
  • ImWendyImWendy
    Posts: 6,562Member
    @mamabee I would but I don't have insurance at the moment. :( But when I do, I'm going to be all over that. Thanks.
    deus ex machina
  • redneck_momredneck_mom
    Posts: 281Member
    Y'all are cracking me up!

    I live 30 miles away from the nearest Wally World, and my periods come anywhere from every two weeks to every two months. My stage of life. I've been out and had to use a wad of toilet paper or paper towels too. I also HATE HATE HATE pads and would rather eat one than choose to walk around with one in my drawers.
  • DemandaDemanda
    Posts: 4,488Member
    Okay, this is the 2nd time someone has said Wally World.  Here, Wally World is a wonderful place with waterslides and go-karts, and minigolf... I have a feeling not the same thing as the Wally World I hear about on here.  So, what's Wally World?  Walmart?
    "The truth will set you free. But first, it will piss you off." ~ Gloria SteinemPhotobucket
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