AIBU to have sanitary products on display?

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And by on display I don’t mean on a golden stand under a spotlight but on a shelf in my bathroom.
We have had friends and there DC (dd 8 and ds 6) to stay this weekend.
I have a box of tampons and packet of sanitary towels on a shelf in the bathroom. I went in and noticed they weren’t there, after hunting found them in the cupboard under the sink with the cleaning products, I put them back on the shelf. Just assumed it was DH who has form for throwing things in the nearest cupboard when ‘tidying’. Went back to the loo later that day and noticed again they had been put in the cupboard.
I went back in the lounge and said to DH, can you stop putting my stuff away in the cleaning cupboard. That’s when friend pipes up ‘oh I moved them I don’t think it is appropriate for them to be out especially where the DC can see them’. I was quite perplexed by this, but carried on the rest of the weekend, sanitary products hidden away as to not scar the children.

AIBU to think this is a totally bizarre way of thinking??? Firstly it’s my bathroom, can have things out if I want and find it rude that someone would put them away but secondly to think it is inappropate for children to see them, especially as she has a DD who is 8!
It’s a silly thing but the more I think about it the more flabbergasted I am!!

We don't have any cupboards in our bathroom (rented house) so mine just sit on a shelf. Plus I've just had a baby so have my disposable pants and maternity pads on the shelf too.

It didn't even occur to me my 8-year-old nephew might see them when he came round. My DB and SIL certainly didn't move them or cover them though.

Mine have always been out as I don’t have a cupboard in the bathroom I use. My mum used to have an accessible bag of tampons in the bathroom all the time for anyone who might need one. I don’t get why you’d need to make a big secret of it. It must make it so much harder for young girls to deal with if it seems taboo.

I tend to put mine in a big bag when not bleeding as my bathroom is cluttered enough as it is. This thread has given me a good laugh though

I'd don't think anyone is saying it should be a secret or its wrong to display, what's been said is many don't, I don't for example, not because it's a secret because neither is my hair products, shaving foam and razors , spare toothpaste, fake tan or whatever, which all reside in the bathroom cupboard together.

It really isn't a big deal and the mind set of they NEED to be on display is just odd, if the woman doesn't want her kids to see them, as weird as we may all find that, she's the parent, it's her choice, and it's no big deal for the op to put them in the bathroom cabinet for the duration of her visit.

What a barmy woman!

My SIL would pull this kind of nonsense, she couldn’t even cope with an episode of Modern Family that was on at our home, that had 1 of the male characters giving another male character a back massage. Her DC are 11 and 9.

Personally OP, I would go and put them right back where they were!!

I don't think anyone is saying that they NEED to be on display Bluntness, just that they feel it is not necessary to hide them away. Most people (like myself) have theirs in view not as a feminist statement but because they have no cupboards - so my vitamins, my deodorant, my body lotion, my toothpaste and my tampons are all on my shelves. They aren't on DISPLAY - like a work of art but they are just "things" I need.

Your friend is a weirdo. YANBU. I guess you should just leave them in the cupboard until she's gone since it is so scarring for her child... Lol

YANBU, the only reason I put mine away is because my DS plays with the bloody things and I'm left with none.

What on earth?! I keep mine out of reach though because i came downstairs the one day to find my living room decorated with a whole pack of opened sanitary towels by my 5 year old son 😂 sorry but your friend is a weirdo. It would have really pissed me off her moving my stuff too.

Yes YABU but I don't like anything which we use on display at all, toiletries, cleaning products even kitchen towel I have to hide in a cupboard

Hiding them in the basis that they are female hygiene products is a joke and mildly sexist though

I've not rtft so apologies, but PLEASE get one of these for next time your friend visits.

Even my husband wants one.

What does she do in Boots? Or a supermarket? Fucking ridiculous.

All this talk about being on ' display' makes sanpro sound like little ornaments to be admired. I think the reality is, we'll certainly in our household, there isn't any cupboards so it goes in a kilner jar, next to another jar with cotton wool balls in. It's not stuck out in a ' look. There's the sanpro!!' way. Just around and about with other regular bathroom items.

Send her the link to this thread!!