To not accept that there is 'period poverty' in the UK.....?

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Fully expecting to be told I am BU, but I genuinely do not get this 'period poverty' malarkey.

Some reports say periods cost £42-45 a month (£500 a year.) Never in my life have I - or anyone else I know - spent £42-45 a MONTH on their period. Not even a tenth of that actually.

Some of the things they (supposedly) spend money on are tampons and STs (obviously...) You can get a pack of sanitary towels for less than a pound. Less than 50p in some shops!

And also mooncups.

Although mooncups cost £16 to £22, most mooncups will last 10 years, so you'd only buy 3 or 4 in your lifetime!!! And they also spend on pain relief - but paracetamol and ibuprofen are 16 to 26p a packet from Wilkos. And plenty of other shops sell them for a similar price!

Oh and apparently, they have to keep spending money on new underwear every month. What a load of shit.. I have bought 18 pairs of underpants in 5 years, (at a cost of around £25 for the entire 5 years!) 5 pairs of them are dark coloured - and I wear them for my periods. Never in my life have I bought new underpants for every new period.

So what is this all about? And how on earth are they coming up with such a ludicrous figure as £42-45 a month?! I mean, some girls are apparently using toilet roll as they 'can't afford' sanitary towels? In most cases, toilet roll is more expensive than sanitary towels FGS!

Savvysaver you're way out of line luvvie and I'm reporting your nasty bitchy post

The birth of my children reopened psychological scars from being raped that have again taken years to heal. I’m due my third child in a month and am terrified, so again, thanks for that. Hope you’re glad you made your point.

@SavvySaver24

I don't use tampons or moon cups due to having had toxic shock syndrome previously. It is recommended that you do not use either of those products if you've suffered that before. So I won't risk it.

I still have sex.

Stop being a dick.

ResurrectedGoldfish you don’t need to justify yourself to anyone, least of all that particular poster.

I’m sorry things are tough for you

There are plenty of reasons - past trauma or past illnesses - which prevent the use of those products. Using them and having sex have nothing to do with each other.

I really didnt think some folk could sink any lower but my thoughts were wrong

I've reported also. Agree you don't need to justify or explain yourself.

I've asked hq to consider whether savvy should have the ability to post suspended for their revolting posts.

PortiaCastis me too there are a couple of usernames which just keep popping up and saying increasingly hurtful or inflammatory things on here recently.

I reported too, for the millionth time since Savvy appears to enjoy being cruel.

Well yes Bishops and their thread is quite grim also

Ah, AS shows that poster has form for goading on other threads!

Thing is yetalkshite (sorry but 😂) I've reported three individuals on this thread and hq said it's ok, these are 'genuine posters' and they'd have a word. Posters ignored hq and got worse, radio silence from hq.

Clearly being an arsehole is satisfactory to some

This thread just keeps getting worse! What a nasty post, Savy.

BishopBrennansArse wow I haven’t even had a response. I’m stunned at that! Especially given the racially motivated comment made the other day, I’d have thought they’d have wielded the ban hammer before now!

@YeTalkShiteHen (loving your username - extremely appropriate 😂) Thank you 😊 Don’t worry, I have a support network and lots of people behind me, but many many women and girls in the UK and abroad don’t. Which is why it pisses me off so very very much that some people seem really reluctant to countenance others’ perspective. Sorry, I shouldn’t have revealed so much personal info, I was just incensed 😂 xxx

PortiaCastis I just found that little gem

Have you never met anyone with endometriosis? I’ve had to throw away trousers, socks and shoes nevermind underwear when my period has started unexpectedly. I can go through a pack of sanitary towels in a day, and I use tampons at the same time. I have a regular prescription of amitryptaline, tramadol and cocodamol to deal with the pain, 16p paracetamol isn’t going to touch it!

Not everyone is as lucky as you.

I agree, @SavvySaver24 should be banned, such disgusting posts! I could never use tampons either, because of my childhood SA trauma, and sexual intimacy has been very hard. It's not something to mock.

ResurrectedGoldfish I’m so sorry if I made you feel you shouldn’t have said what you said, I really didn’t mean to. You can tell anyone what you want to tell us, I just felt uncomfortable that you’d been backed into a corner and felt you had to which was unfair and wrong.

You’re absolutely right, I’m glad you have a wonderful support network in RL, but your point that so many don’t is really valid.

Thank you, I have a Mhairi Black coffee mug with it on and it was beside me when I signed up again

There's one up side. Red box project have already responded and I'm going to co ordinate a box in DS1's school.

That’s good Bishop! My LA now does free san pro in schools (not often I’m proud of my LA 😂) and my football club now offers free san pro in all the women’s toilets (60k capacity so a LOT!) because they recognise it too.

I stand by my post of last night, folk wouldn't say such nasty vile things in RL because they'd get their face slapped
Yes Ye what a stoker that thread is

Out of interest which little gem is it? Did an AS and just saw pages of vile posts....