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Original poster

To be unbelievabley patronised and irritated by the stupid sodding Always advert?

55 replies

LittleMyDancingForJoy · 19/07/2008 20:26

Why on earth would I need a sanitary towel manufacturer to tell me that periods are 'natural' and encouraging me to 'have a happy period'!

'Periods are just our bodies way of telling us they're working' - er, no they're not, they're a bit more than that. They're our bodies telling us we're not pregnant, actually.

I didn't think sanitary towel ads could get any worse, and then they did. Grrrrrr.

Thank heavens for Mooncups.

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noonki · 19/07/2008 21:15

great letter lol

i have just purchased a mooncup - aint telling DH till payday though, he's never got the spend to save concept!

ranting · 19/07/2008 21:16

That letter encapsulates my exact feelings on the subject!!! Amazing. Rofl.

emj23 · 19/07/2008 21:22

When did it become common practice to be so forthright in such adverts? I'd prefer it if it went back to how it was a few years back : only referred to euphemistically with absolutely no red anywhere in the advert.

ranting · 19/07/2008 21:24

Oh yes and that browny wave thing that molds itself to the shape of a woman makes me want to hurl too.

Have a happy period indeed!! Pah.

ChukkyPig · 19/07/2008 21:27

Superb letter. Hope it was actually sent!

Back to mooncups though, my DH has just pointed out that getting the tampons out of the drawer and throwing them at us first thing in the morning, then hiding them in different and unexpected places around the house is DD's current fave activity. Can I really deny her this simple pleasure?

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LittleMyDancingForJoy · 19/07/2008 21:30

Put it this way - you won't have to buy any more for her to throw at you - she can keep throwing the same ones month after month until they disintegrate!

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LavenderMist · 19/07/2008 21:33

Brilliant! The net result of this advert will be to turn people away from using any disposable pads at all, and towards the glory of the mooncup!
Nice work, advertising company, think that's backfired a little!

ChukkyPig · 19/07/2008 21:33

OK wallet out going to buy one.

This presumably means that I also don't have to be very slightly when she chucks them in the bath so they swell up nicely and burst out of their lovely plastic jackets!!!

Back to the advert though - is there a male necessity which is similarly crapply advertised? I can't think of one...

noonki · 19/07/2008 21:34

my DS1 thinks that they are presents and often gives them to visitors,

he then opens them and runs about with his 'mouse'!

Hannah81 · 19/07/2008 21:34

Ha! I loved that letter!
Going back to the adverts...
I have always wondered why it is that they use blue water to demonstrate the absorbency - last time I checked it wasn't blue - or am I abnormal?
Now to the mooncup...
I will be getting one of these as soon as my periods return (hopefully not for a while with my 10wk old baby and breastfeeding)
xx

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LittleMyDancingForJoy · 19/07/2008 21:38

Oh no Hannah - everyone's is blue, what colour is yours, freaky lady?

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LavenderMist · 19/07/2008 21:41

The Gillette Power Fusion Turbo with Go-Faster stripes (or whatever) is pretty wanky...

ChukkyPig · 19/07/2008 21:50

Mooncups on offer here at the mo:

www.ethicalsuperstore.com/products/mooncup/

On lavender yes I spotted the go faster stripes. V sad.

ChukkyPig · 19/07/2008 21:53

DH has said (with a little prompting!) that the adverts for nuts, zoo etc are pretty offensive to the average bloke. Think they are on a par with "feminine hygeine" products (a term which annoys me in itself. as if menstruation isn't hygenic).

squilly · 20/07/2008 11:27

YANBU at all, as well you know! How could ANYONE watch this ad and think, yeah...that's just how my period makes me feel. I'm gonna buy me some Always.

I just tried to get an email to the company saying how annoying, patronising and generally crap their ad is and, surprise surprise, I can't do it. Not without giving loads of personal information and signing up for an account! WTF?

Hey ho. It's enough to know that most people on here think it's the crappest ad campaign ever.

PS I agree that men's razor ads aren't exactly high class in the field of promotional activity, but no one tells a bloke he should be happy at shaving. And that's quicker, less painless and infinitely preferable to bleeding through your fanjo for a week every month!

kerryk · 20/07/2008 11:30

i wonder why they dont advertise mooncups.

i would not know they existed if i had not seen them mentioned here.

Bumperlicious · 20/07/2008 11:50

Mooncups are great, but take a month or two to get used to, so don't be disparaged. There has been many a "how the feck do I work this thing" thread, but only on the first month. You'll never look back.

MadamBovary · 20/07/2008 15:11

How do you use a mooncup? Do you have to take it out and rinse it in the hand basin every few hours? and does it have to be sterilized after your period? does getting used to fitting it feel a bit like getting used to inserting a diaphram? am intrigued.

beanieb · 20/07/2008 15:14

how do they make your periods shorter?

Ambi · 20/07/2008 15:17

I hate those ads too, have a happy period indeed.

Didn't realise this had turned into a mooncup thread, yep they are the best. I think they should be advertised more too. But not with such twaddle that always used of course.

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LittleMyDancingForJoy · 20/07/2008 17:14

You have to take them out and empty them, I normally rinse it out in the basin whenever I empty it but you can leave them in a lot longer than tampons which means you can often do the emptying etc in the comfort of your own loo!

If in a public loo, they recommend taking a small bottle of water in with you to rinse it out, or you can wipe it out with loo roll and put it back in. It's surgical grade rubber so it doesn't encourage bacterial growth the way a cotton thing like a tampon might, iirc.

I normally wash mine with mild soap and hot water every day, and then at the end before I put it away, and then sterilise it just before the next AF - you just boil it for ten minutes.

As for putting it in - very like putting in a diaphragm, but you don't have to go nearly so far in. They sit quite low down, not over your cervix.

HTH

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LittleMyDancingForJoy · 20/07/2008 17:15

As for the shorter thing - anecdotal for me, but mine are heavy for a day or so, then so light that I just a pantyliner for the next few days. They were a lot heavier for longer before the Mooncup.

Not sure why it should be so, though.

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SheikYerbouti · 20/07/2008 17:17

Alwys ad is bullshit

If the creative agency had seen me when in the throes of PMT, they would realise that there is fuck all that's happy about periods.

Indeed, what is happy about bleeding from your fanjo for one week on a month?

Simplysally · 05/03/2009 20:55

Shameless bump to say that I bought a Mooncup today - so far, it's good. Mind, I haven't emptied or rinsed it yet (sorry if TMI). I'm going away this weekend and really didn't want to drag pads with me so I took the plunge.

Now I just need to nominate a pan to sterilise it in .

I feel all good now .

Habbibu · 05/03/2009 20:59

I love my mooncup. So much more comfortable than tampons - I feel much cleaner during my period, never have to worry about having forgotten to buy tampons

Fab
Wonderful
Comfy
Never get lost up you
Never fall out
Are easy to get the hang of after say 5 practices
And.. Don't ever leak

Yes to all.