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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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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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Comments (132)
sammysquiggs 19
Would she be opposed to wearing a divacup?
genericfmluser 17
buy her a diva cup. no extra waste, no garbage digging.
ZoePapillon 16
Stick your pad on her forehead
atomicxsarah 17
What the hell is wrong with your daughter??
Witchylady 18
Your daughters perception of live an "eco friendly" life is twisted. Why on earth would anyone in their "right mind" search through a public restroom to find someone else used sanitary items. She has taken this eco friendly stance to a whole new level of extreme. She has gone of the deep ends and may be a little cuckoo. She needs more than just a Le rude on hygiene but also about what Eco friendly means cause I am sure those followers would not inspire people to use someone's else sanitary items. Just yuck.
JuliaDav 4
At least she wasn't looking for tampons...ew
ViviMage 40
Most tampons need an applicator (cardboard or plastic) in insert and they expand as they work. I don't think they can be reused, unless she really tried to ram it in. Why do I read FML while eating?
Sweetjessierose 8
Good lord buy her some ACTUAL reusable ones so this never happens again!!!!
sailorarctic 22
should've let her do ot OP. First time she ends up with TSS or some other serious infection she would have learned her lesson.
Xion0014 20
Oh god, imagine if she used an HIV positive pad... Oh the horror... Please educate your daughter!
ViviMage 40
I worked as a phlebotomist or a blood drawer, anything with blood on it is potentially infectious. You never want to put potentially infectious materials next to a mucus membrane! Even if she doesn't catch a blood borne disease, it is beyond gross.... She can make a washable pad with snap wings. Or buy a moon cup. Or even just use a washcloth as a pad!