Today, at a public restroom, I caught my extremely eco-friendly daughter, who was on her period, looking through the trash. When I asked why, she said, "Because I'm looking for pads to use. It'll mean less garbage." I then had to lecture her in the public restroom about health and hygiene. FML
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Today, I was in the bathroom at school. The girl next to me asked for a pad. I gave one to her. I didn't think much of it. The last lesson, I went to the bathroom again and went to a stall to play games on my phone. The same girl goes into the stall next to me, slides a used bloody pad, and says, "Thank you." FML
Today, I used the restroom at a department store. While I was in my stall, I overheard a little girl say to her mother, "I see someone wearing pink!" I remembered that I was wearing pink just as she finished her thought, "…and she's pooping." She was peeking at me through the stall. FML
Today, my dad's recycling went out of control. He now keeps a calendar of my periods, just to remind me to recycle the cardboard from my tampons. FML
Today, I had to teach my mother that tampons do not belong in the toilet. FML
Today, I was in a public restroom with my 4 year old daughter. I took her in the stall with me, and as I was using the restroom she looked down and loudly asked, "Mommy! Why do you have a beard on your peepee?!!" Then I heard everybody in the stalls next to us laughing. FML
Today, I walked into a public restroom and, to my utter surprise, saw a lady squeezing blood out of used tampons. We made eye contact, she continued, and I ran out in horror. FML
Today, I had to make a doctor's appointment for my daughter. Apparently she thought it would be better to wipe herself with Clorox tough scrub disinfecting wipes than tell me she'd caught an STD. FML
Today, at the supermarket, I picked up a pack of toilet rolls, at which point my 5-year-old daughter turned to me and screamed, "A CLEAN BUTTHOLE IS A HAPPY BUTTHOLE!" in front of a dozen other people. I have no idea where she heard that. FML
Today, I had to clean up human poop that someone trailed through the store. Then, as I was cleaning up all the shelves at the end of the day, I saw that someone had changed their sanitary pad, took a new one out of the packed and used it, then left the used one on the shelf. FML
Today, at work, a lady approached me asking if I'd found a used cloth diaper on a table, and I told her it was probably in the trash. She said "That's okay, I can wash it." So I searched through several bags of trash, and when I couldn't find it, she said "Oh never mind! It's in my bag." FML
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bigbluetardis 21
You should have another serious talk with her and talk about what other options there are.. There are organic pads, menstrual cups, cloth pads, washable pads etc. All eco-friendky. I hope she will understand that what she is doing isn't the best option and it can seriously damage her health. Best of luck OP!
ArtemisRwill 22
I'm all about "less garbage", but what your daughter did is just... I don't even have words for. Hopefully you were able to talk some sense into her
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redcandi27 3
Get her a washable/reusable pad or a menstrual cup. Both of those wouldn't have garbage
smoothies14 32
California. Figures.
Bookworm257 13
There is a product (which is fairly new) called diva cup, its an alternative to pads or tampons and is suppose to reduce waste. Have her check it out.
militarybrat 21
20 years old isnt nee lol.
militarybrat 21
*new
its_tuesday 6
Oh for the love of god. Tell her to buy some fabric pads on etsy, or use a ******* menstrual cup.
PurpleKicks 22
I am truly grossed out!!!
killer0689 20
idk why but I find something fishy there...
emseearedee 8
You should get her a Diva Cup. It's a reusable rubber cup thing that goes in your ****** for periods, and you can wear it for up to 12 hours, or until it gets full. It's very eco friendly :)
elizacandle 29
if she really wants to use less feminine products you should tell her to look into the Diva Cup/ Menstrual cup. eco friendly and wallet friendly. I love it!
faifai_fml 21
Everyone's talking about Diva Cups but there's also Lunapads. Try Lunapads.com. They're washable cloth pads that serve the same purpose as "Always" but without the landfill impact.
mum2one 5
I'm with the others who say Diva Cup or reusable pads. So much more comfortable than the disposables!