AIBU to re-purpose my sanitary towels?

[MrsBobDylan]

I solved a life-long problem today.

Wanted to show off my new DM boots on a socially distanced walk with best friend today.

It is 20 years since I last wore in new DM boots - I'd forgotten they are an absolute bugger.

Torn between bleeding heels and showing off, I tried sticking sanitary towels to my heels.

Well, beat that Scholl. Turns out I am a fucking genius!

You're welcome.

Outstanding lateral thinking!! 👏

Thank you Having achieved astonishingly little in my life, this has been a big day for me.

You need to write in to the magazine Love It (if it’s still going). Their tips pages always used to be full of inventive uses for sanitary towels.

did the same thing when DC was starting to walk longer distances and her trainers were rubbing..stuck it to her foot, put sock on carefully and it stopped the chafing a dream.

A friend of mine used to use pantyliners as insoles.

Definitely not unreasonable. For a moment there I was imagining something involving vacuum packing and mail order and creepy men

Jo Pavey the long distance runner and world, European and commonwealth medalist once blistered her feet through her spikes on a cinder track and competed the next day with sanitary towels in her spikes.

Bollocks, why couldnt you have posted this 2 months ago?! I've finally worn my DMs in now after weeks of chafing

I was forced to do that Duke of Edinburgh thing as a teenager and I think if I had know about the sanitary towel thing then, it might have been nearly bearable.

I tried those expensive gel things when I was still young enough to wear heels and they were such shit. Mind you, I guess it's hard to hide a sanitary towel in a high heel...

Once took the dc to meet up with a friend and her dc. My dd fell within the first 10 mins... Split kneee.
Friend rummaged around in a bag Mary Poppins would have been proud to own and quickly fashioned a dressing to dd's knee!! Dd shamelessly spent the whole day running round sporting a fanny pad with wings around her knee!!

@ArianaVenti I am truly sorry. If it makes you feel better, I had to wear mine for a week with blood soaking through my socks before I was struck by inspiration.

@Santaiscovidfree I didn't deploy the wings but I was ready to call for back up in case the sticky back lost it's stick.

I am considering a purchase of new DM boots. Any reccs for the best absorbency? Also, this may be a legitimate reason for purchasing those awful Always scented pads, as my feet smell far worse than my fanny

What a brilliant idea! I remember all too well the pain of breaking in a new pair of DM's!

As kids we'd be sat in the a&e waiting room with my mum's sanitary towels applied to our wounds

I was really expecting to open this thread and be grossed out but by someone reusing sanitary towels 😂😂 Really need to start reading titles properly

Thank you for asking @torquewench I would recommend Always Ultra (with wings) Normal absorbency - other brands are available, but these provided extensive coverage with excellent adhesive qualities.

I took the pads out when I came home and left them on the coffee table. DH panicked so I explained why I am now officially a genius. He told me to put tell MN if I really needed to talk about it.

He is actually jealous because he can't afford DM boots this month. In March he'll be begging me for sanitary towels.

@Magicmonster

Never heard of that mag
😕 😊

OP, you are officially a certified MN Genius (TM)

Thank you, thank you @Fillybuster I sort of feel different ya know? Like, this morning I woke up just a normal MN woman and now I have been recognised as a genius.

I am still one of you, but also very much a genius of epic proportions.

Mind = blown

I remember my mum sticking one on my sisters foot when she was 7. A week later she had a headache, put a panty liner on her forehead and went out to play.

Well I was feeling miserable but now I’m not, thanks.

My mum taught me to stick them to my tshirt sleeves as sweat absorbers when going through that sweaty puberty phase

To be fair they did work and stopped me getting embarrassing sweat patches.

@SpicyTool75 I think when they are used for serious, medicinal reasons you shouldn't use the term panty liner - it is undermining your Mum's quick thinking and practical legacy.