Today, I was Skyping with a guy I'm really into. I'm not supposed to Skype at night, so when I heard my mum coming, I minimized the window. She walked in before I could mute my mic and started bitching me out for flushing my tampons down the toilet. FML
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Today, I was Skyping with my girlfriend. I was incredibly tired and just wanted to go to bed, but she just kept talking and wouldn't let me go. I ended up blurting out, "Your mom's a cunt." just to start a fight and have an excuse to hang up on her. I feel like an asshole. FML
Today, I was talking on the phone to my crush so I went into the bathroom for some privacy. My drunk mother started banging on the door, asking what I was doing in there. I told her that I was on the phone, so she yelled super loud, "While you're shitting?" He immediately hung up. FML
Today, I thought I could stay on the phone and go to the bathroom without him noticing. My mom knocks on the door and without even thinking, I yelled "I'M ON THE TOILET!" He said "ew.." FML
Today, my friend was confiding all her problems to me over Skype. I pressed the mute button so I could let out a fart, forgetting I'd already muted it earlier. I broke several minutes of my own silence with a devastating wet one. Now she won't talk to me. FML
Today, I was on AIM talking to a really cute guy, whom I've had a crush on for forever, when he asked me to video chat. I got so excited and immediately pressed accept, without thinking. Not until he started screaming and cursing did I realize that I was still using my laptop on the toilet. FML
Today, I was on Skype with the guy I like. After a while of being on Facebook I forgot I was on webcam to him and started picking my nose. He ended the call. FML
Today, my mom decided to infodump on me as I came home needing to take a shit. She wouldn't stop talking and calling me back when I tried to walk off. I couldn't get a word in, and she was ignoring my gestures. She's now calling me disrespectful because I finally ran off and dropped a loud one in the toilet. FML
Today, I was having computer problems, so I let my friend have remote access to fix them. We were video-chatting on Skype at the time, and so he thought it'd be hilarious to load hardcore porn in my browser the moment he saw my mom enter the room from behind me. I'm now grounded. FML
Today, I saw my crush standing at the bus stop. I did the "I'm talking to someone on the phone thing," trying to be cool. Halfway through the conversation my phone actually rang, I quickly answered but it was my mom on loudspeaker yelling, "Did you bring your tampons?" FML
Today, I was taking a shower. My mom thinks it's ok to just walk in on someone when they are in there so she decides to take a crap. The worst part is she thought it would be less awkward to talk to me. FML
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xStevieKingsleyx 12
YDI - why would you flush them down the toilet? That's stupid and bad in so many ways.
Welshite 39
Few things make me laugh. Kids trying to go behind their parents' backs and getting embarrassed in the process is one of them.
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Comments (109)
casste 6
Where are you supposed to put your tampons? I'm sure your mom would yell at you if you left them in the trash too. >____>
Ari1337 15
well I usually just get 2 little plastic bags. keep them my room till my period is done then throw them out. maybe O.P could do something like that.
kirasant 19
You dispose of them properly, in the trash, like a grown up.
sammyjo06 14
Why would she do that? You just wrap them in something like a bit of tissue or toilet paper and throw them in the trash. I typically wrap it up in its wrapper first, then toilet paper on the outside.
Mauskau 35
45, you keep them in your bedroom? Those smells should not be in there :< wrap it in tissue and put it in the bathroom bin (hopefully one with a lid!) as bathrooms are well ventilated for a reason ;)
597mph 10
Alright now tell us the lesson to be learned here
kellyem2 20
As embarrassing as that is, it's really bad for your plumbing to flush tampons and pads. You could have cost your family thousands of dollars (pounds) in damage, especially if you've been doing that for a long time.
worldclassrager 39
It had to be that subject...well I think he may understand...
TcheQ 12
Totally deserved it. You do two wrong things and want sympathy? ******* disgusting.
Lydiaanninos 5
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I've always flushed my tampons.. I've NEVER had a problem and nor has my mom
it__happens 17
In the toilet? Tsk tsk tsk.
Robert1989 9
bloody hell your mom is a twat.
PierceTheSquidgy 8
Lesson here is don't be doing anything you're not supposed to do or it'll bite you in the butt..
katertott 44
So I just checked a box of tampons (someone had to lol) and the only thing it says not to flush is the applicator. In fact, it says the tampon can either be flushed or thrown in the trash. Obviously smaller toilets and septic tank systems are more likely to have issues with flushed tampons, but for the rest of us, we should be good to go. I'm in the states btw, so maybe it's different over here.
jenjen2633 17
No I'm in Canada and the instructions are the same
nokturn_fml 11
I can't believe everyone saying it's bad to flush them. Yes if you live in a very old home but I threw mine in the trash when I was younger and people thought I was weird and even my doctor said flush them it's gross and unsanitary to keep them in the garbage.
mikbrooke 25
uh, garbage can be gross and unsanitary in general, so how is putting a tampon or pad in the garbage any different? and any time i have seen a tampon in any sort of water, it absorbs so much of it that it becomes a ridiculously fat tampon. most pipes wouldnt handle something that doesnt break down easily.
katertott 44
Because I'm weird and extremely bored, I just went to the store and checked a few more boxes of 3 or 4 other brands and NONE of the directions say to refrain from flushing. Not a single freaking one. Did a bit of research on the interwebz and found that yeah, depending on your toilet and system, it may not be the world's greatest idea to flush em... however it's not always as bad as it's hyped up to be. Women have been flushing them for YEARS and only a fraction have ever had serious issues as a result.