AIBU to not have 'guest' sanitary protection in bathroom?

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Long story short, a relatively new friend and teenage daughter visited I later received a text

'Thank you for having us, unfortunately you have caused xxx embarrassment as she could not find the guest tampons and had to come home with toilet paper in her underwear'

Is this a thing? I have never once thought before that I should have pads/tampons in the bathroom, easily accessed by guests

My mum was great and I loved her a lot but we never talked about periods (I bought my own stuff from pocket money/paper round money) and now I'm wondering if this is just another thing I was never told about and feel a bit stupid to be honest

Does everyone else have things available in the bathroom for guests? I'm thinking about other bathrooms I've been in and can't say I've noticed this before?

Thank you!

I was beginning to think I'd being doing something wrong for years

I'm very private about my periods and not really comfortable discussing them with anyone so thought I was the one acting oddly

They were only here for about 2 1/2 hours, not a weekend or anything

i only use mooncups

do you think i should have a guest mooncup in the loo???

Never heard of such a thing, I've had friends ask if I had anything but never guest tampons, lmao!

I'd have died of embarrassment if my mum has told her friend I had loo roll in my knickers, when I was a teenager!

Incredibly rude of friend to text.
Rude of her DD to look through your cupboards as suggested by the "could not find" bit if her text.
Stupid to think anyone would have "guest tampons". What if you use towels/moon up or don't have periods?
They both seem to be lacking in manners and common sense. Why didn't DD have her own tampons or have a discrete word with her mum if she was too embarrassed to talk to you? Although not yo embarrassed to go looking around your bathroom...

Oh wow, how strange! I'd text her back and explain why the text she sent was very, very weird!

Don't apologise to her op. This is not normal nor is texting you to say she went home with toilet paper in her knickers.

Reply saying,

I wasn't aware people supplied guest tampons and if visiting Guests I would ensure I had ample supplies. If your DD needed tampons as she hadn't brought her own I would have been happy to give her some had you made me aware whilst here instead of allowing her to use loo roll. It might be an idea to carry some spares in future especially when away from home to avoid any further embarrassment.

are you going to respond?

YANBU Friend is nuts

am I the only person on MN who cringes at the word 'SanPro'?

Btw I don't have guest sanpro or any type of sanpro since my hysterectomy. Does that make me a bad hostess?

A visit lasting 2 and a half hours, and she thinks YOU'RE the one in the wrong?

Unbelievable.

No, I'm not aware of this being a thing.

I use a moon cup, and I don't have other things kicking about just in case someone turns up without their own.

WHAT? She can go boil her head.

I have literally never heard of this. Blimey.

There is no such thing as 'guest tampons'. WTF? How very strange. Still, I suppose it's good you find out early on how weird your new friend is. Then you can make an informed decision whether to bother with the friendship.

I'd have responded 'Ha ha ha - you nearly had me there. Nice one ;)'

Seriously, if she hadn't told you about it, how on earth has the daughter been embarrassed? The only embarrassing thing is that she's repeated something personal that her dd told her!

Oh dear, how odd. Also how rude of her though. "you have caused embarrassment"!!!! Interested to hear your response op!

text back and tell her that the fault is hers for not teaching her daughter a) to always carry some spares (sorry kid, welcome to the next 40 years) and b) that if caught, it is ok to ask discreetly if there are any about.

and that her welcome is now cancelled - hers, not the daughters.

a whole new dimension of rude.

I've never, ever known any of my friends, relatives or well, anyone to have guest tampons. Not as a child and not as an adult. If you're on, it's your responsibility - either to ask for a "spare" or to carry them around with you.

What if you had towels and she needed tampons, or vice versa? Are you expected to have a change of pants if she bleeds through too?

She sounds incredibly rude and more than a bit nuts. Never heard of having guest sanitary products in the bathroom.

Blimey. Just me then and nearly everyone I know

Well I am post menopause so they would have to look pretty hard here!
However I do have a DS with SN and there is a handy stash of stick on incontinence pads that could be used in an emergency.....

But in all the years of periods I have neither put guest sanpro in the bathroom nor expected to find it if I was at someone else's house.

Newish friend, 1st visit to my home

Will not invite round again, I just wanted to check if this was an actual thing that I didn't know about but it turns it it's her! Whew

The daughter could have asked the mum if too shy to ask me and I would have been able to help but nobody said anything until the text which took me by surprise

Guest tampons? Strange woman?

What other things are you supposed to provide?

If she ever stays overnight at your house with a partner expect to get a very rude text the next day if you forget to provide a supply of 'guest condoms'.