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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Comments (132)
trippletease88 3
get her a diva cup!! its the best!!
drrobotnik1 18
if your disgusting hippy daughter wants to minimize her carbon footprint, tell her about freebleeding. can't get much greener than that!
LITTLEHORNFISH 7
*shreeks in horror*
dirtbikeguy 14
Your daughter must be pretty tough to be willing to do something like that but its completely unnecessary.
YayLifeHappens 5
For those of you suggesting alternate items that should've been used beforehand, I don't think OP knew about it until now... But I agree, it's gross.
butterbunny 15
Um… yeah… might need to have another little talk with her there…
mrBearBear 11
They have period panties. Which are panties that absorb your period no pad or tampon needed and you rinse them out. Maybe you should get some of those for her. Or a Diva Cup
justagirl95 16
Get her a moon cup. That should satisfy her Eco-friendly needs
clair_brodie 35
or if she is one of the lucky ones, have her get an IUD and never have periods again. (Hence one of the lucky ones. I know some people it does not work like that for them)
LadyRen 20
I'm one of those sad unlucky ones
DeviousDreamer 13
Jesus Christ. Seriously consider washable pads or a menstrual cup for the poor thing. My everything cringed at the idea of reusing other people's pads.