To be annoyed at the lack of bathrooms

[Applecharm25]

I have my period. I can feel that i need to change my tampon.

I'm out walking round my city. There are no public bathrooms anywhere near me.

I see a sign for a bathroom in a small shopping centre near me. I walk in. The bathroom is actually in a shop. I'm told that the bathroom is only available for paying customers.

So now I have to get in a long queue and wait further and buy something while I really need to change my tampon.

Surely there should be better toilet services available.

True, but your OP was in the context of public toilets! These are rarely called bathrooms in the UK, even if in many people’s homes the toilet is located in the bathroom (with or without a bath) I can see this sort of discussion could get a bit pointless though and I do agree with your basic point about lack of public ( let’s call them facilities!) 😀

I absolutely agree. There needs to be way more public toilets around.

When a woman has a menstrual period, diuresis occurs (the bladder fills more and the woman needs to pass urine more frequently).

Physiology 101.

But surely places to bathe in Bath are called spas / some variation and not bathrooms?

I think most women do.

Since when has taking the opportunity meant forcing?

If you found a toilet in the end, didn't try for a wee at the same time and were then getting cross half an hour later when you're still in town and can't find a toilet if have even less sympathy for you than I do now.

Totally agree that there aren't enough public toilets about. Libraries are usually a good bet.

Toilet / loo - much more common in UK that 'bathroom', which, along with 'rest room' is def an americanism though I accept that it's slightly more common to say bathroom in the UK now than, say, 20 years ago). Still don't think I've ever seen a sign pointing to the 'bathroom' in a UK pub or restaurant to the bathroom - it's always 'toilets / ladies / gents' etc Similarly I've never heard someone refer to a loo at home (i.e a room that has a loo and doesn't have a bath or shower) as a bathroom. Yes, showers have replaced baths for many but the word 'bathroom' for most people in the UK still means a room that people can wash their bodies in, as distinct from one that just contains a toilet. So I can understand why people were confused by the title and might have been expecting a different thread.

Separate 'tampon changing facilities' is an absolutely bonkers idea. I have on occasion changed tampons not in a toilet but only in an emergency because it can be a messy business and the toilet seems far and away the most practical place for it.

I'll admit, I find the idea of changing a tampon and not having a wee... odd. But then my thought process is usually "need a wee, where's the nearest toilet?" And then when I'm there realise my pad needs changing too. I don't think I've ever thought about changing my pad as the first toilet related thing.

Mind you, I use period pants now. I don't usually need to change them when I'm out.

I also have a bladder the size of a pea. Luckily my town has loads of public toilets.

Apart from the OP, of course.......

They are called bathrooms by some people in the UK.

You don't live in the whole of the UK

This reminds me of the thread where people sneered at the OP for using the word "gotten".

People said " no one says gotten in the UK".

Then other people came on and said "we definitely say gotten in my part of the UK'.

You don't live in the whole of the UK!

Exactly. I don't know why OP is being so obtuse...

From the Disability Access website...

The National Key Scheme (NKS) offers disabled people independent access to locked public toilets around the country.
Important - We only sell the Genuine Radar NKS Key to people who require use of the toilet facilities due to their disability or health condition.

But she still can need to change her tampon and not need to wee at all.

Seriously, take a biology lesson.

Don't engage.

OP being a dick all over mumsnet today.

In my town there aren't any Council run public toilets, only those provided by some businesses. Pubs, McDonalds etc usually have them. We also have them in the shopping centre (although I appreciate you said there wasn't one there).

And, again where I am, they are called and labelled toilets or WCs. They might just be labelled Ladies and Gents or similar. They wouldn't be called "bathrooms" because they don't have baths in. People might call them loos too (but I've never seen them officially labelled that).

All of the people I know would only call a room with a bath in it a bathroom in their own home or outside of it.

A room with just a toilet and a sink would be called a loo or a toilet
A room with a toilet,sink and shower would be called a shower room
A room with a toilet, sink and bath would be called a bathroom.

Maybe there's a local dialect that calls toilets and shower room "bathrooms", but personally I've only come across that from Americans.

Is "tampon" one of those words like "crayon" which look and sound weirder the more you read or say it. Tampon tampon tampon.

Is this a chatGPT thread mistakenly using "bathroom"?

Bathroom - a room containing a bath or shower, and typically a sink and toilet.

I’ve heard usage of bathroom in workplaces, dare I say mainly it’s been by the younger staff. I’m afraid it irritates me no end. A bathroom in the uk is principally somewhere to wash. But to the point of discussion, yes, we need better public toilet provision for everyone’s benefit, period. Sorry …. Full stop 😝

Like you had any sympathy to start with.

Are you going to shoot me cuz I didn't need to pee?

Some people on here are deranged.

I think the only person who's "deranged" on this thread might be you...

Fairly unlikely that she wouldn't need to wipe and flush away the bloody toilet tissue though, thereby using the toilet. Any woman who has ever menstruated would know that.

Why does it irritate you when someone else uses a word that they want to use.

How could that possibly affect you in any way?

So odd.

I'm sitting over it though, tmi alert but my periods are really heavy and there's no way I would be able to change a tampon stood up without getting blood all over my clothes. Yeah I may not be pissing or shitting when I change my san pro but I'm sat over the toilet to catch the blood. Isn't that what most people do?

Only one person.

Really. I've said I didn't need to wee multiple times.

And she keeps saying to me "why didn't you wee, why didn't you wee".

Like what the actual fuck is wrong with some people