Rustling sanpro wrappers

[AuntOlive]

Aibu to expect them to be able to be unwrapped fairly discreetly?

In a public or work loo I sound like I am fighting with a roll of Sellotape.

It's the sticky winged ones which are the worst. Any recommendations for silent wrappers?

Bra! That's the answer to the bag walk to the loo. I work in an all male office, I am the only woman in the whole company. I'm a bit more aware of my periods at work because of this. We on my have two separate toilets and they are unisex. I had to ask for a bin to be put in them and I put black pop bags in the toilets so i can dispose of the used ones in the normal bin. I did buy proper sanitary disposal bags but they were virtually clear and not nice to see in the bin at least black ones you can't see what's inside.

I know it's nothing shameful but still many men are squeamish about periods and I'd rather not bring attention to it each month.

I've heard rustling before, but it's ok because I wouldn't exit the cubicle until the other person had left the loos (there are only 2 cubicles in our work loos) so the rustler would remain anonymous.

I rustle, dig about in my handbag with occasional voiced frustration at my lost towels, and generally make a bit of a radio play of it. Zero shame here, and I hope my lack of discretion bolsters the confidence of any shy teens in earshot.

The term sanpro gives me the cringe.

I only ever hear it on mumsnet, but even so...

Having a period is nothing to be embarrassed about, so YABU really.

You could always buy some reusables, they're silent (and soft and lovely to wear).

Or just cough loudly as you open them.

But really, this is not a problem. No-one will notice or care.

I don't even like people hearing me wee. I hate rustly sanpro wrappers too.

I know nobody cares. But I do. I avoid public loos wherever possible.

most of us worry about this - until we get older than 14. Non-issue.

but a bin is a useful item, and opaque wrappers are also more pleasant for anyone who has to empty it.

Maybe flush the toilet if you are super self conscious and then the noise will be drowned out.... Or wait for the handdryer to go on? Or someone else to flush? If nobody is there to handdryer or flush their loo then there's noone to hear the rustling. Sorted!

Switch to washable towels and a moon cup. Silent!

Still prefer rustly wrappers to a Mooncup.

San pro is widely used ime, I remember my mum saying it when I was a teen and I'm 45 now. Friends say it too, definitely not just a MN thing.

OP, it's the ladies' loo fgs, presumably everyone using it will have rustled themselves at some point, no need to be shy!

Why do you imagine anyone would either notice or care, even if there was a klaxon?

I hate the ideas that in this day and age women still feel embarrassment or shame about a normal bodily function.

Mind you I feel embarrassed if its obvious I've been for a poo at work, ie coming out of a cubicle when someone else goes in and it's a bit smelly

I had to look Sanpro up when I first joined MN, no idea what it was, Thought it was another brand name for a mooncup,

I don't mind 'sanpro' saves typing 'sanitary towels and tampons'.

I would have to be about to explode to have a poo out of the house too.

I had to look sanpro up as well when I joined MN! Never ever heard anyone irl use it.

Me neither Teacup but I don't discuss Sanpro in RL either. Just on MN.

If you've never heard anyone else rustling, then it's probably not as loud as you think and can't actually be heard outside your own cubicle

I had to have a poo in a public toilet once. It was awful, one of those hungover alco-turds!

Some poor soul had to go straight in to the cubicle after me as there was a queue. I still feel the shame

I don't think anyone cares really.

Women have periods, shock horror.

I don't think the rustling is loud. The ripping out of the old sanitary pad from your undercrackers though...
the most noise I made was when I pinched myself with a tampax compak Applicator
that friggin hurt, non applicator ones now!

We say SanPro in our house - not that's it's a usual subject of conversation. I like the term and I'm sure we have used it for years.

'Hey girls do you need any sanitary towels or tampax'
vs
'Hey girls do you need any SanPro'

I use a mooncup which can be quite noisy as I use a bottle of water to rinse it and my hands while I'm in the cubicle. I don't care though.

If you think rustling is bad you would faint at the squelching a moon up makes

Holly it's Tampax Pearl that do that to me. All slicy and pinchy. Ouch.

Is there a 'pop' when you disrupt the suction Dame?

Why is it being implied that the OP is immature for not wanting to be heard unwrapping sanitary towels? I dislike this too. I don't want to draw attention to the timing of my period, any more than I want to talk about my menstrual cycle in public. Nothing immature or inherently shameful about wanting to be discreet about your period.