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Re-useable/washable sanitary pads on the washing line for all to see - yay or nay?

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NaomiBunch · 28/05/2026 12:39

If you use re-usable/washable sanitary pads, do or would you line dry them after washing assuming four or five neighbours can easily see them?

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Foraor · 28/05/2026 13:35

Bleachedjeans · 28/05/2026 13:31

Most disgusting thing I’ve ever heard!!

Are you sure you actually understand what reusable pads are?

Are you imagining it as the sanitary equivalent of hanging used teabags on the line to have another go off them or something?

mumofoneAloneandwell · 28/05/2026 13:34

Definitely not

TabbyM · 28/05/2026 13:34

Yes, just hung out 23;)

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Bleachedjeans · 28/05/2026 13:31

Most disgusting thing I’ve ever heard!!

TheGreatDownandOut · 28/05/2026 13:28

WTH is unhygienic about a women’s uterine lining Confused

TheRealMagic · 28/05/2026 13:28

I would - and I do hang out my period pants on the line (which are sort of worse, as they look a bit like adult nappies when they're hung inside out to dry). I also used to boil my Mooncup in a communal kitchen (in my own, non-communal pan!) as a student, though, so I guess I just don't have much shame about this stuff!

ProudCat · 28/05/2026 13:26

NaomiBunch · 28/05/2026 12:39

If you use re-usable/washable sanitary pads, do or would you line dry them after washing assuming four or five neighbours can easily see them?

Yes, but there again I used to have a T shirt with massive writing on it saying 'Hi. I've got my period.'

WannabeMathematician · 28/05/2026 13:26

Ok why are you important enough that people will stare at your washing line long enough to work out what these are?

Whyhaveibeencutoutofmamsnot · 28/05/2026 13:24

Better than putting into landfill

takealettermsjones · 28/05/2026 13:24

Yes of course. What I hang on my own washing line is nobody else's business. If anyone complained I'd stick them on top of a big flagpole with a big sparkly cardboard arrow pointing to them.

Ohmygawdflippingheck · 28/05/2026 13:23

I also don't hang out my underwear, but I realise that's very much a me problem 😳 I live next door to an older, single gent and our gardens are very small and close together, I'm not sure how he'd feel about it either if I'm honest

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NaomiBunch · 28/05/2026 13:23

These are the kind of things I'm talking about, not period pants.

Re-useable/washable sanitary pads on the washing line for all to see - yay or nay?
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ThePlantPotter · 28/05/2026 13:19

I hang mine out and I don't think they're that distinguishable from any other pants, the inside lining is black so unless you looked really closely you wouldn't tell a difference. If they're on the line they're clean anyway so who cares, nothing to feel embarrassed about imho 🤷‍♀️

CocoaTea · 28/05/2026 13:18

AnnaQuayRules · 28/05/2026 13:13

Seriously???

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Yes seriously. I dry those things indoors.

Nemorth · 28/05/2026 13:17

Yes I hang them out but I have a whirligig and I hang all small things (knickers, bra, pads) on the inner smaller lines and bigger things on the bigger lines so they are hidden…but not deliberately. It’s a logical use of the whirligig space.

AnnaQuayRules · 28/05/2026 13:13

CocoaTea · 28/05/2026 12:43

No I wouldn't. But I dont hang out my bras etc either.

Seriously???

MrsShawnHatosy · 28/05/2026 13:11

Malasana · 28/05/2026 13:06

I don’t hang out underwear at all. When I was a teen living at my parents someone was stealing knickers off the washing line. Not a word of a lie. Absolute wrong un.

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I’ve always hung out underwear. We have a pretty secure garden and as for neighbours being able to see them, I couldn’t care less.

notanotherusername2026 · 28/05/2026 13:11

I have them and have hung them out to dry on the washing line. They're great and I would be surprised if my neighbours even knew what they were.

If you're really worried about others seeing them, you could "hide" them in a rotary airer rather than on a washing line.

Zimunya · 28/05/2026 13:10

megacat · 28/05/2026 12:42

I don’t use them but if I did I absolutely would hang them out, women menstruate and it’s not something to to be ashamed of or hide.

Exactly this. People don't have to look into your garden if it offends them.

MrsShawnHatosy · 28/05/2026 13:08

NowWhatBih · 28/05/2026 12:41

Why use reusable sanitary pads really… very unhygienic

They really aren’t.

AxolotlEars · 28/05/2026 13:08

Yep.

Malasana · 28/05/2026 13:06

CocoaTea · 28/05/2026 12:43

No I wouldn't. But I dont hang out my bras etc either.

I don’t hang out underwear at all. When I was a teen living at my parents someone was stealing knickers off the washing line. Not a word of a lie. Absolute wrong un.

Mischance · 28/05/2026 13:04

Of course I would hang them out - why not? It's time people stopped being so twee about periods. We have had period products ads on the TV for years now.

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NaomiBunch · 28/05/2026 13:02

Thanks everyone.

A friend and I have very divergent perspectives on this. So obviously I thought I'd ask the wise women of MN.

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