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Period pads in bathroom bin

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grey12 · 30/10/2020 14:16

My mum gets worried and anxious about all sorts of crazy things, courtesy of her mother. I am much more chilled and so we clash a bit...

I gave birth 2 weeks ago and, of course, I'm still bleeding a bit and wear biggish daily pads (the biggest one of the small ones, you know). My mum said to me that I shouldn't put them in the bin in the bathroom because of my DH and FIL. I should take a separate bag (and put it where???!!!).

Let me be straight with you: my answer was "not happening"!!!

Are you team "my mum" or, like me, you think "though"?? (Btw the boys of the house don't usually empty the bathroom bin)

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CorianderLord · 30/10/2020 15:55

I mean as long as it's in a bin with a bin bag and lid of course it's fine. Unless you're at someone else's house?

Your house I assume you'll be emptying the bin so it's not really their problem. I would wander around the house with a pad to put it in another bin when it could go in the bin that is there specifically for this.

I have periods. Fact. Pretty sure my boyfriend knows that and doesn't care about what's in the bin.

Toptotoeunicolour · 30/10/2020 15:55

Team mum I'm afraid. Bathroom bin is for discarded items of a less personal nature than that, like interdental brushes or finished bottles of shampoo. It's really gross.

Redwolf1 · 30/10/2020 15:56

I love this thread. My mum has a bathroom bin, and a living room bin, in fact one in every room but if any of us (family) dare to put anything in any bin other then the kitchen bin all hell breaks loose, so weird.

I dont think my dh has ever used the bathroom bin or looked in it.

Ginkypig · 30/10/2020 15:57

@grey12

My mum gets worried and anxious about all sorts of crazy things, courtesy of her mother. I am much more chilled and so we clash a bit...

I gave birth 2 weeks ago and, of course, I'm still bleeding a bit and wear biggish daily pads (the biggest one of the small ones, you know). My mum said to me that I shouldn't put them in the bin in the bathroom because of my DH and FIL. I should take a separate bag (and put it where???!!!).

Let me be straight with you: my answer was "not happening"!!!

Are you team "my mum" or, like me, you think "though"?? (Btw the boys of the house don't usually empty the bathroom bin)

Who’s bin is it? As in who’s house is it?

I’m asking because it doesn’t really matter if I think it’s a stupid rule or not because generally who’s ever house is it is sets the rules unless they are being wildly inappropriate.

JinglingHellsBells · 30/10/2020 15:57

why would the men be using the bin anyway?

MaryShelley1818 · 30/10/2020 15:58

@Ihatesandwiches

When I lived abroad we had to put used toilet paper in a bin in the bathroom. I found it gruesome , but did it! No way am I having a bin in my loo. Used San Pro wrapped in loo roll and out in kitchen bin here. Sorry, I'm with your mum!
You would rather have used sanitary products in your kitchen??? Where you prepare food, rather than the room where the toilet is. Now that really is disgusting.

OP - YANBU rolled and wrapped and into the bathroom bin.

Whatwouldscullydo · 30/10/2020 15:58

Bathroom bin is for discarded items of a less personal nature than that, like interdental brushes or finished bottles of shampoo. It's really gross

Then what do do with disposable period products Confused

Fuck going out to the wheely bin at 2am in the fain...

PatriciaPerch · 30/10/2020 16:00

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CorianderLord · 30/10/2020 16:02

Oh and I have a blood phobia - I pass out when I see it it's awful. Oddly periods have never bothered me. Guess it's because I could hardly faint for a week every month.

FreshfieldsGal · 30/10/2020 16:02

Roll, wrap, and bin (with a lid.) I empty the bin each day when I'm on, takes 2 minutes, I'm very sensitive to any smells though.

gypsywater · 30/10/2020 16:04

It is gross when people wrap them with the next wrapper but badly so you can still see the blood. Fine if wrapped well with toilet roll I think.

Flushi · 30/10/2020 16:04

I roll and wrap. I don’t know why anyone would be bothered tbh

FatCatThinCat · 30/10/2020 16:04

It's only gross or disgusting if you think women's normal biological process are gross and disgusting. Which is weird and feed the period shame problem.

JemimaTiggywinkle · 30/10/2020 16:04

“Bathroom bin is for discarded items of a less personal nature than that, like interdental brushes or finished bottles of shampoo. It's really gross”

I would say that the gunge from between my teeth on interdental brushes is personal in nature.. why is that less gross than fresh blood from my lovely clean vagina?
What if my gums bled on the interdental brush.. would that be okay? Or a bloody tissue from a nosebleed?

gypsywater · 30/10/2020 16:05

Tho I think far better buried deep in the main bin. IMO bathroom bin is for shampoo bottles and cotton pads for makeup etc.

nothingcanhurtmewithmyeyesshut · 30/10/2020 16:06

Does she really think your DH is going to have his delicate sensibilities offended by his own wife's post birth bleeding? Presumably because it comes from your vagina? How the fuck does she think you got up the duff in the first place?

CorianderLord · 30/10/2020 16:09

@nothingcanhurtmewithmyeyesshut that's really made me chuckle 😂

Whatwouldscullydo · 30/10/2020 16:09

Rummaging through the kitchen bin to hide the pads is less disgusting than using a bathroom bin Confused

Period blood is not dirty. It have life to each one of our babies. Its a sign our bodies are healthy too in many circumstances ( and not including those whose periods are horrific)

Too many bloody adverts telling us of the importance of being kept " fresh ajd discreet" making us paranoid about ever being known to be on our period with the answer just a few quid and a fake perfume away ...

Periods are not dirty. They are normal. Its just blood . Doesn't require cleansing rituals and secret midnight waste disposals

makingmammaries · 30/10/2020 16:10

The men in question were presumably responsible for various births, so they really can’t afford to be so sensitive. In fact, it should be them emptying the bin. Least they could do.

TreestumpsAndTrampolines · 30/10/2020 16:12

We would find it gross if men did this.

What? Put things in the bin? If you'd put a plaster, or a used dressing in the bin, why not a wrapped sanitary towel?

Personally I find the thought of 'interdental picks' or horribly used earbuds much more personal revolting than a wrapped sanitary towel. And I've used all three.

Salamander91 · 30/10/2020 16:14

As long as its wrapped it goes into the bathroom bin. My MIL doesn't have a bin in her bathroom. I hate having to carry it through the house Blush

Goosefoot · 30/10/2020 16:15

@Wroxie

Has anyone else's dog helpfully carried a used pad into the living room when guests were around, just so everyone could enjoy looking at it? Or is that just mine?

I went out the next day and bought a pedal bin that weighs slightly more than the dog in question so he can't knock it over.

A few days ago my dog managed to remove the flippy part of my bin lid from the dome part, in order to get the pad and tampons that were in it. I don't know how she did it without thumbs.

She's quite determined though, she also chews the crotches out of post-adolescent women's underpants regularly and seems to be able to open closet doors to get at them.

tootiredtothinkofanewname · 30/10/2020 16:16

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JesusSufferingFuck22 · 30/10/2020 16:16

@catmaiden
I’d forgotten all about those. Me and my friends when we were young used to play with those machines is the toilet block at a caravan site we went to. Urgh the germsShock

IHateCoronavirus · 30/10/2020 16:17

She's quite determined though, she also chews the crotches out of post-adolescent women's underpants regularly and seems to be able to open closet doors to get at them.
I hope the post-adolescent women aren’t wearing them at the time! Grin

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