AIBU to not wear panty liners every day?

[Sammysees]

Tbh this is a complete new one for me. Was having a conversation with a friend yesterday who wears panty liners every day and has done since she was 15. I’d never heard of this before and told her so. She told me I was a manky minge and that everybody wore them. Is this true? Thoughts please ....

[Rhiannon13]

I wouldn't consider this, mainly for environmental reasons. Also because my minge is not 'manky' or 'unfresh'.

[MrTrebus]

Everyone saying "I just change my knickers every day" SO DO PEOPLE WHO WEAR PANTY LINERS

Yes I wear them have done most days since I was around 16. I hate slightly shifty dischargy knickers. I like that the liner catches my discharge and my foof smells of flowers and not musty discharge. It's a personal choice, everyone who says it's unreasonable and not normal etc are stupid - it might not be normal for you but it's certainly not abnormal. Also those saying it's so bad for the environment blah blah blah I hope you are all eco warriors who live in trees otherwise you're no better. Pot kettle black.

[fantasmasgoria1]

I don't wear them and have never needed to!

[IWriteCode]

I will feel an obligation to wear them when DH does too. It's not all glitter and rainbows that come out of his bits

[ProfessorMoody]

Gosh, some really judgey comments.

I wear them every day. I have hormonal issues that cause excess moisture and if I don't, I end up with wet trousers, which isn't pleasant.

However, unless I'm on my period, I wear washable pads which are readily available online. As I use one every day the thought of sending that amount to landfill horrifies me.

All women are different. We don't all have no-leaky, perfectly dry vaginas.

[Roomba]

I've never worn one in my life and I'm 42! The 'manky' method of just washing my undies and wearing a clean pair each day has worked perfectly well for me so far.

[December2018]

Haha manky minge!
A minge is still a minge wether your wearing a liner or not....
I wear a liner before periods and then tampax or a pad for periods, I do wear a liner now most days as I'm pregnant... and I have been known to piss my pants when sneezing... yay!

But I've never known anyone to wear them everyday, just for the sake of wearing one

[December2018]

Anyway surely soap & water would prevent "manky minge" better than a liner 🙀

[TheOxymoron]

I don’t agree with her calling you manky. It’s each person’s choice but it’s also wrong to slate women that do.

[Sexnotgender]

Another nope here!

Unless they’re washable I’m horrified at the amount of landfill that would create.

[DianaPrincessOfThemyscira]

I just change and wash my knickers every day. Panty liners are fucking horrible!

[Rudgie47]

I've only heard of women wearing them for incontinence problems. Maybe your friend is incontinent OP?

[OoohSmooch]

Yuck, I'd hate to wear them all the time! Cotton panties all the way so your vagina can breathe (my own theory on this but I swear year ago I'd read something similar!)

[Changingagain]

I wear them every day too because otherwise I'll sometimes end up with wet underwear and clothes which feels horrible. I use washable ones though, and yes, of course I still change my underwear and wash everyday.

I think this is just another case of people thinking everyone else's bodies are the same as theirs.

[PurpleTrilby]

That's bonkers, never done this. Absolutely no need for it as long as you wash normally and wear clean pants!

[MrTrebus]

@Rudgie47 seriously????? tena lady pads are not the same as panty liners!!

[Sitranced]

MrTrebus - Maybe the discharge would stop if you stopped using the liners?

[Kewqueue]

Wow so many judgy comments on here. Has it not occurred to you that some women do need to wear them everyday as pants are not always enough?

[Sammysees]

The conversation only came up as we were in tescos together when she bulk bought some. I took the piss out of her incontinence and she called me a manky minge. All in good humour. We take the piss out of each other a lot. But it did make me wonder if it was normal. It seems as though a lot do and a lot don’t. I guess it’s not something that would usually come up in conversation which was why I asked. I thought I was the only one not doing this!

[RiverTam]

Kew do you think that the OP's friend, who started wearing them aged 15, was one of those women?

[Sallystyle]

No. For me It would be thrush waiting to happen.

How many times do people change them in a day? Think of the expense and hassle.

If you suffer with a bit of incontinence then it makes sense.

[ourkidmolly]

I think they smell. The cotton in knickers absorbs better imo.

[BuggerOffAndGoodDayToYou]

Never even BOUGHT panty liners!

Why on earth would anyone need them every day?

[MrTrebus]

@Sitranced oh yes because that makes perfect medical sense well done. Clearly you don't have PCOS or are just a different type of woman. Shock horror we all have different levels of discharge!