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Advice you’d never share in real life …

437 replies

Spink · 18/06/2023 18:38

because it would be TMI, or shows a side of you that you prefer not to be seen, etc.

I’ll start 😊

Never let out a large fart while pant-less after applying haemorrhoid cream. Especially when a internal application has been required.

With pants I imagine it’s also pretty bad but more .. contained.

thank me later x

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MachinesOfGod · 19/06/2023 13:29

When I was little, if another kid was being mean to me/hurting me, my mum would tell me to punch them when no one was looking. But publicly to other adults/school she’d follow the party line of “tell the teacher/don’t hit back”.

🤣🤣🤣

Discretionassured · 19/06/2023 13:33

Mosaic123 · 19/06/2023 13:03

It's not true that you can do any job you want to do. I couldn't, for example, be an opera singer as I can't sing

Don't tell children they can be anything they want to.

God yes, the amount of X factor/BGT/similar contestants who on hearing a no come back with 'but I really want this' as though that somehow entitles them to a yes (even though they can't actually sing!) astounds me. I'm kind about it but I've raised my DC to be realistic about what they can achieve and understand that some things depend on natural talent, which some people have and some don't.

NameChangedToHideMyShame · 19/06/2023 13:39

I apologise in advance for the image I'm about to create. (Maybe skip on ahead if you're eating).

If your poo has gotten stuck at the last hurdle, so to speak, you can insert your thumb inside your vagina and manually push it out.

Discovered while changing my moon cup, if anyone is wondering. This has saved me sooo much discomfort, so I'm passing it on as an act of public service to others who are regularly constipated.

ImSoShiney · 19/06/2023 13:41

Really regret sitting down to read this thread over lunch 😕

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

JudgeJ · 19/06/2023 13:48

lazywednesday · 18/06/2023 19:23

you can do your morning wee in the shower to save time

Now I sadly live alone I do this all the time!

TheMurderousGoose · 19/06/2023 13:48

hookiewookie29 · 19/06/2023 11:31

They're emptied and cleaned by a machine- my husband was a caretaker and once asked the guy who collected the full one's who had to clean them.

not where I work...

A27009D56 · 19/06/2023 13:49

Fgs can we just move on from the poo in sanitary box

TheMurderousGoose · 19/06/2023 13:52

A27009D56 · 19/06/2023 13:49

Fgs can we just move on from the poo in sanitary box

when someone gives this kind of direction it just makes me want to post ten more times on whatever it is that's irritating them.

outdooryone · 19/06/2023 13:53

Even if you have seen no-one all day on your hike, move away from the path and deeper into the woods when you want some sexy fun with your partner.

christmastreewithhairyfairy · 19/06/2023 13:55

JollyGoodWine · 18/06/2023 20:24

Ahem. Gosh. <Shuffles with embarrassment. >

For the sake of the public good, I would like to inform you that having an orgasm is a good remedy for Restless Leg Syndrome. (Tried and tested through first pregnancy.)

NO WAY. Thank you for this! Will be testing it tonight 😄

Also same cure for migraines, though sadly only temporarily

A27009D56 · 19/06/2023 13:59

TheMurderousGoose Fill your boots 😅

Seasonofthewitch83 · 19/06/2023 14:04

Buy a mouse wiggler from Amazon if you have a micromanager who obsesses how long you have been inactive.

DarrellRiversCriminalBehaviourOrder · 19/06/2023 14:07

Spink · 18/06/2023 18:38

because it would be TMI, or shows a side of you that you prefer not to be seen, etc.

I’ll start 😊

Never let out a large fart while pant-less after applying haemorrhoid cream. Especially when a internal application has been required.

With pants I imagine it’s also pretty bad but more .. contained.

thank me later x

Apologies if it's been said already, but I saw some great advice on here once... if you feel the irritation that means piles are starting, soak a cotton pad in distilled witch hazel, press it up against your anus so your cheeks hold it in place and leave it there for as long as you can. It's really, really good for calming them back down.

Also wipe as little as possible...if you can, just go straight in the shower and wash with soap.

I guess that's my secret advice.

Ormally · 19/06/2023 14:07

Small businesses might not. We didn't have anyone to clean ours in our last business. The costs might be prohibitive there also. You really shouldn't be putting anything in them other than sanitary products.

I know of one large business that could well afford it, has residents as well as daytime workers, but doesn't have a contract for special disposal - so their cleaning team get the pleasure (and hopefully, incinerators, but I don't know of any).

MaryJanesonabreak · 19/06/2023 14:08

christmastreewithhairyfairy · 19/06/2023 13:55

NO WAY. Thank you for this! Will be testing it tonight 😄

Also same cure for migraines, though sadly only temporarily

Also good for various kinds of stomach/gut/uterus ache, remedied with the kind of vibrator that is inserted. Relaxes all those tense muscles don’t you know.

nopuppiesallowed · 19/06/2023 14:12

Always carry a wodge of loo roll in your bag/pocket. Sitting on a public loo with an attack of IBS and discovering there is no loo roll left in the flipping stainless steel dispenser, is not the time to wish you'd remembered this advice....

JudgeJ · 19/06/2023 14:15

PrincessHoneysuckle · 19/06/2023 12:38

@CatchYouOnTheFlippetyFlop my saying has always been if sudocrem doesn't fix it then go to the Dr.Its a miracle product! External use only of course

SOunds a bit like WD40, not much that won't solve either but not in the same areas!

Inthedeep · 19/06/2023 14:19

Most aren’t emptied by a machine, most are emptied and cleaned by people. Poo really shouldn’t be going in sanitary bins, nappy bins maybe which are serviced more frequently however often sanitary bins are only serviced every 4 weeks. A 4 week old poo will be vile smell wise.

Imissingrid · 19/06/2023 14:22

If everything won’t flush away pour half a bottle of liquid hand wash into the loo, wait for it to sink then flush.

JudgeJ · 19/06/2023 14:23

Ameanstreakamilewide · 19/06/2023 13:09

I've done this too!

I always have a little pack of tissues on my bag for this reason. When we lived in Germany in the late 70s you often had to buy toilet tissue from a machine, it's probably the reason that the German places like Aldi were among the first to sell those huge packs of tissues!

Inthedeep · 19/06/2023 14:30

Tiddlypomtiddlypom · 19/06/2023 13:06

They don’t do it by hand. Its done by licensed waste management companies.

It’s already full of bloodied sanitary products. Biohazard precautions are taken! What’s a little cheeky poo between the poorly wrapped pads and unwrapped tampons?

Most are emptied by hand, yes by licensed waste operatives however the bag is removed by hand and the bins are cleaned by hand. I believe only one multinational company clean them using a machine, nearly all are cleaned and changed in situ.

OldHouseLover · 19/06/2023 14:33

@GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER that's interesting! I read that the wives of the Whaling Fishermen whose husbands were at sea for years at a time had 'a marital aid known on Nantucket as a 'he's-at-home' and they were were given to the wives by the husbands!

Backtoreality1 · 19/06/2023 14:35

JollyGoodWine · 18/06/2023 20:24

Ahem. Gosh. <Shuffles with embarrassment. >

For the sake of the public good, I would like to inform you that having an orgasm is a good remedy for Restless Leg Syndrome. (Tried and tested through first pregnancy.)

THANK YOU!!!!!!! This drives me crazy and that sounds like a very enjoyable way to get rid of it :)

IthinkIsawahairbrushbackthere · 19/06/2023 14:38

Farts and love are very similar. If you have to force it, it's probably shit.

Dullardmullard · 19/06/2023 14:49

If your employer is asking employees to clean the sanitary bins it’s against the law it’s a specialist cleaner that has to do it as it’s human waste along with blood.

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