Totally batshit.. bin one. A bit grim I guess

[NewYoiker]

So We're at my Mother in Laws unexpectedly. even more unexpectedly I have come onto my period really really heavily earlier on today. I had 2 pads left in my hand bag and it's heavy and enough to need to use both at the same time. So I changed them.

Here is the ridiculous AIBU.. my husband thinks I should put my used san pro in a bag and take it home with us as the bathroom bin in his parents guest bathroom isn't to be used for things like that. I think he's being ridiculous.

Aibu to use a bin for the reason a bin was invented?

I'd be mortified if a guest in my home thought they had to take their used sanpro with them instead of putting them in the bin!

All the more reason to not humiliate some poor woman or even worse a young girl who started her first period on a sleep over by making them.trek to the wheely bin at the end of the driveway in bloody pyjamas rather than use a bin.

Who’s suggested any of that though?

Honestly people on here really do make up scenarios to suit themselves. Unless I’ve missed it, the OP has not suggested that she’s in either of these situations, and her situation is the question we are answering.

Also, there’s about 2 people on the whole thread who’ve said they’d take them home. Most people agree that’s bonkers

I’d put it in an outside bin, I’d not have this same concern at home where a bathroom bin would be fine.

Theres the Dh as well..

If period is so heavy it soaked 2 pads at once theres a good chance there was the need for a bit of a clean up mission. God knows how you are supposed to deal with the pads, any baby wipes or whatever you used to clean up and any soiled clothing on top.

What's the point of a bin you cant use....

Maybe a bin is the new stunt apple ...

Another benefit of a mooncup!

I'd probably empty to outside bin when I left.

57Varieties a nosebleed would probably produce less blood than a pad, but why is that relevant? Is blood not disgusting in small quantities but becomes something women should go to great lengths to hide in larger quantities? That doesn't make any sense at all. And the reason I made the comparison with nosebleeds and cut fingers is that I suspect that the posters who would hide their sanitary pads are influenced by the cultural bias against menstruation. Which is a shame.

Everyone is different, I don't think other people are odd for having a different viewpoint to mine. Weirdly though it wouldn't bother me at all if someone left a dirty nappy in a bin at my house. I just don't like used pads, even my own!

I've always but mine straight in the outside bin, I find they smell really strongly......... wouldnt take them home tho. That's just bizarre.

Another benefit of a mooncup!

Yep exactly. Not an issue I’ve had to worry about for over a decade now since I started using cups. I wonder how many people lecturing others on their attitude to menstrual blood find them gross?

A question for those of you who would take their used pads home, would you do the same if you had a nosebleed or cut your finger? Would you hide the bloody tissues and carry them around to throw away at home?

Ive said I wouldn't take sanpro home but have said I'd put them in the outside bin or if staying overnight, empty the bin when I left. I suffer with nosebleeds but use tissue which I can flush. If I was to cut myself severely and had to use something that didn't flush then yes I'd put the stuff in an outside bin. I always used to put nappies in the outside bin when my kids were babies, if I as at someone's house as well. So nothing to do with it being because it's blood from a period.

YANBU. If I remember my Freud 101, men are scared of menstruation blood because it represents castration blood, right? It was a long time ago though, I have difficulty remembering.

You did the right thing.

I'd have done exactly the same OP - wrapped in packet and tissue and put it in the bathroom bin! If they had guests staying they'd surely they'd check to see if the bin needed emptying after they left?

I would wrap it up and put it in the kitchen bin, like I do at home.

Does your partner think his mum has never had a period?

Put it in your husband's coat pocket