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?

My DS1 developed a toilet phobia after a visit to the US when he was 4 - one too many self flushing loos. But that's an isolated case, I'm sure

I will go look for the posts. I have a very small bathroom and a very small cabnit so if you come to my bathroom all you will find is a spare bar of soap, toothpaste, Toothbrushes and some excema products. I won't be installing a bigger cabnit any time soon so if you visit my house on your period without your Sanpro your going to have to ask me or use toilet roll, same goes for tena lady and condoms although the only overnight guests I have are kids.

Nobody expected the teen to ask OP. Her own other was right there !
If the teen was shy what a shame she didn't realise her host might also be shy about her bathroom products and not gone sticking her nose in without asking and abiding her hospitality.

Corus.

I agree.

i'd sbort loudly at the OPs text. Silly cah.

Why are teenage girls considered so precious and in need of cossetting? All this girl had to do was ask her mum who could then have a quiet word with the OP. She's 14 not 11. Nearly all women menstruate, I consider haemorrhoid cream, vaginal cones etc much more personal and private than asking for a tampon. At some time she will have to get over her embarrassment. The alternative is that you shove a bit of toilet roll in your pants and wait until you get home and then sort yourself out without making it sound like a tragedy to your mum so she sends a rude email.
I didn't notice anything odd about American loos and think Americans are the prudes as they can't bring themselves to say loo or toilet and have to pretend they all have baths in them.

I have a really small bathroom too...

What is the difference between haemorrhoid cream/vaginal cones, etc., and tampons?

Why have so many posters managed to lump together condoms and tampons on this thread?

If my DD visited a home with me and forgot to bring her San pro with her she wouldn't need to ask the host, she would just ask me and I would either give her one of my spares from my bag or failing that ask the host. My DD would be more embarrassed (actually she would be mortified) about me texting people (knowing the would probably tell someone else) saying she left their house padded with toilet roll instead of asking if I had or could i ask the host for a spare

We are naming things that we consider a normal host does not need to leave out in a bathroom on the off chance that a possible future guest might one day require. In other words not required as normal unlike bog roll, soap and a towel.

Why is a host/ess' obsession with privacy considered so precious and in need of cossetting that the thought of anyone feeling free to look for something more practical than a wad of TP (for what might have been heavy bleeding for all we know) causes raised eyebrows?

I'm putting a padlock on my bleedin' bathroom cabinet without further delay!

When we say only loo roll, soap and towel are 'normal' we are relegating what women need to the periphery, and saying what is 'normal' is what men and women alike need.

Are we saying that anything women need that goes beyond what men need is extraordinary?

Why are pile cream and vaginal cones embarrassing?

Why are pile cream and vaginal cones embarrassing?

Why is asking to borrow a spare tampon embarrassing?

It is not precious not obsessed to expect guests not to open cupboards, go into rooms with shit doors etc. it is basic manners!

So in an emergency situation, is it bad manners to reject the guest sanpro and tell your host that you're just popping to tesco to get some tampons as the guest ones aren't the preferred brand?

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Hey! I saw her first!

Sorry .