One of the modern marvels of science is pads (and diapers). When I was 15, pads were fat, puffy montrosities that allowed your period to sit on top and look back at ya. Nowadays, pads are whispy slips that literally suck up your period through a space age ‘dry weave’ and when you go to change your pad, it is dry to the touch and appears ‘clean’ on top!! Very thin and absorbent. I don’t know how they do it.
Witch craft.
Ok, maybe I’m just being judgmental and making assumptions about women who, in reality, really do just have fat crotches (ain’t nothing wrong with that). I suppose I just assumed if there was a fat square on their hoot, it was a pad. I still think that, of course, but I’ll be more open minded in the future :).
Weird–I use cardboard applicators almost exclusively these days (though I used the plastic ones when I was younger), and I’ve never had them fall apart or buckle.
Are you fucking retarded? A miniskirt that barely makes it past your crotch wouldn’t show a pad. We’re talking about *pants *and your bizarre attitudes about what kinds are appropriate, attractive, and fasionable.
1.) The kind they stock in ridiculously expensive dispensers–which is about the only time I’ll wear them anymore–are usually the old thick kind, IME.
2.) Women whose flow is heavy enough that they have to back up a tampon with a pad usually can’t get by with one of the ultrathin modern ones.
And what’s *soooo haaaaaaaaaard *about *asking *me not to flush a tampon (or posting a sign to that effect) at a location where that’s likely to happen because you have shitty plumbing?
Nope, because *my *plumbing isn’t so shit that it can’t handle a fucking tampon.
Can and have plunged toilets and cleaned up raw sewage, though not frequently on the former ‘cause I’m not a moron who flushes stupid things, and not since I moved out of my parents’ houses on the latter, since I know how to stop a toilet that looks like it’s about to overflow. I also, FWIW, *have *had a job that included cleaning a unisex bathroom (at a coffeeshop). Haven’t snaked or replaced a pipe because I rent, and one of the privileges that comes with the exorbitant price I pay every month is that someone else does that for me. Short of the time they had to come help me remove the disposable-but-not-flushable cleaning thing I stupidly flushed without checking that it could be flushed, the only time my building’s maintenance has had to come by was when I was having a problem that turned out to be something related to something being cracked and they replaced the whole damn thing. (I don’t remember the details 'cause I was sick as a dog and spent most of the repair half-passed-out in my bed praying I didn’t start puking again before they finished whatever they were doing.)
I *can *deal with my own bodily wastes. Because you’re selectively illiterate, I’ll remind you *yet again *that I *can and do *dispose of my tampons in garbage cans when *specifically *requested to do so because *that location *can’t handle them. But, because I live in a civilized fucking country with modern fucking plumbing, I’m not going to *wallow *in them when I don’t *have *to.
As far as I’m concerned, telling me that I should never flush tampons because *some *systems that are old, poorly designed, or in poor repair can’t handle them is rather like insisting that *all *drivers should maintain 10 seconds of distance from other cars because if your brakes suck, it’s going to take you longer to stop.
Have I ever told you that you just kills me. You crack me up.
But, I don’t doubt that there are women out there rocking some fatty pads. I was just hippin’ you to the fact that there is some serious advances being made in the the slimmy pad area.
Now see, if I were the type to have a sig…
I have a very acidic vagina, it appears.
My acid vagina, too tight pants, and I are here to please, m’lady! 
And the sig-quotable lines just keep coming.
Carhart does make women’s clothes.
I have nothing to add to the tampon discussion, but I noticed that the last time I was in Sportsman’s Warehouse. 
It’s not that. It’s more like, we should listen to the so-called experts, or a bunch of random people on the Internet? (Not that I am saying Tampax knows all, but you get my drift). I am still not fully convinced that flushing them is going to destroy non-septic systems but I am willing to error on the side of caution…but I don’t know, I don’t really listen to the Internet for advice on everything! I try and listen to every side and figure it out myself. In this case, it makes sense to err on the side of caution when I can.
And I haven’t noticed that about pads, at all, Nzinga. Yes, I know they are supposed to do that, but the last time I used pads, which was about two years ago (it was on a whim) I found the exact same, disgusting thing - the blood just sits on top and stares at you and goes nowhere.
I got pitted for being a big, fat racist. Beat that, bitches.
Yeah, why is this considered difficult? Instead of a bag, I use a little toilet paper. We have signs not to flush tampons. I would definitely clog the pipes in my house. Even too much toilet paper clogs but it rips up much easier than a tampon. I’ve never flushed a tampon. I thought no one did for obvious reasons.
It’s not hard, its messy and sometimes smelly, and sometimes you get a stall/bathroom that doesn’t have the needed materials, like a garbage can or toilet paper that is able to stand up to Day 2 of my period. It’s like a slaughterhouse in there, sometimes.
If your blood is *staring *at you, you may have bigger problems than flushing vs. not flushing. Please see a doctor about your eyeballfull blood. That just can’t be normal, and may be a symptom of something.
Perhaps I can suggest a compromise.
I am mortified. Where did you get that picture of me in my tight pants? Broomstick took it when she saw me, didn’t she? :mad: :dubious: 
Oh great, now we’re gonna have to have another waxing thread, aren’t we? 
We do once your leg hair starts staring back at you.
Don’t judge me!!!
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Oh no, those suck. They usually don’t even have the wings. I go to Big Lots or another one of the discount stores near me and get the new modern fancy super ultra mega suck uppy weave ones on the cheap.
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I have no frame of reference for how heavy my period is compared to others, but I think mine is pretty hardcore and I do ok with a pad. Granted, I’m changing it every 3 hours on the first couple of days, but they work ok for me. On the latter days, I can use the small tampons and I’m comfortable.
Some brands do it better than others. I’m using Stayfree Super Long Ultra Dry Weave somethingorother and it sucks everything up so fast. Keeps it away from my skin, which is nice. The Kotex ones in the fancy packages and fun colors SUCK for that, though.
Right. You mentioned lack of wings, but Always ultra thin with wings has the patented dry weave technology (yes I did just say that) and they are awesome. They also have the superlong overnight ones.