# Panty Liner Questions. Likely TMI. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 20, 2010, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/panty-liner-questions-likely-tmi/554384 "2010-09-20T11:55:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BottledBlondJeanie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/0ea827/32.png) [@BottledBlondJeanie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BottledBlondJeanie)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/panty-liner-questions-likely-tmi/554384/21 "2010-09-21T05:12:47Z")
Physical differences are understandable . Note my shrugs. I can understand physical differences. Who knew, although that douching thread was a shocker. Scented or unscented, those darn things smell. if you don’t wear one when you’re bleeding, cool, but my bias confirms that they have a certain scent. Having female genetalia and a necessity to wear a paper pad makes me cringe and I suppose it is upsetting that prejudice has a basis in fact. Sex=running down my leg even with underwear. Hmmm. I believe y’all, but we wouldn’t be doing the nasty with orgasm, um, in me if that held true here. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/panty-liner-questions-likely-tmi/554384/22 "2010-09-21T07:27:45Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > > [@BottledBlondJeanie](#): > > > > Because unless I am missing something on a physical level I think it’s similar to the mindset of female genetalia = ick. It seems very old fashioned. > > This isn’t fair. Each and every woman is different and this isn’t any different from those women that tell me that I am anti-woman because I prefer tampons and don’t relish the feel of bleeding, into a pad or more preferably a cloth. (There’s a whole bunch of them - they even have a website). And don’t get me started on the women that think I should love my period, even though it’s just a nuisance to me. > > Every woman is different, as I said. I don’t get a lot of mucus and residue. Other women may get way more than their comfort level. > > As to the question, I don’t wear panty liners at all. There are women like that? I thought those types were limited to the la leche league psychos. Wow. (not EVERY la leche leaguer is a psycho, I’m talking about the hardcore militant LA LECHE LEAGUE ones). I like to take a few sheets of tissue and make a little safety net. So I guess I wear a “panty liner” of sorts. Like other women, after pregnancy, pee doesn’t always stay where it’s supposed to. Sneezes, giggles and a sudden cough can cause issues, literally. So it’s nice to have things stay dry and tidy. But then, I bring baby wipes to the bathroom with me on at least one visit, even at work. I just like being VERY VERY clean. It bugs me to think of even a molecule of pee hanging out just waiting to get all nice and ammoniacal hiding down there. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/panty-liner-questions-likely-tmi/554384/23 "2010-09-21T07:52:07Z")
> [@BottledBlondJeanie](#): > > do you wear panty liners and if so how often? The female poster said every day. That blows my tiny mind. I wear them to back up tampons and for a day or two around when I ovulate. The rest of the month there’s no noticable stickiness or any smell so I don’t see the point. Obviously some women have more stickiness to contend with on a regular basis, or I imagine that they wouldn’t bother either. ---
**Author:** ![carlotta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@carlotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlotta)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/panty-liner-questions-likely-tmi/554384/24 "2010-09-21T08:09:58Z")
I didn’t used to, like you didn’t mind the residue of normal vaginal discharge, but a few years ago (3?) I had a tubal ligation and along with much heavier periods (that part has calmed down a bit) I started having much heavier discharge the rest of the month. It was still normal cervical discharge varying with time of the month, heaviest at ovulation, but it left me distinctly wet a lot of the time and this brought frequent yeast infections. Now a panty liner every day = no yeast infections, simple non-invasive solution! I probably don’t need a panty liner every single day, but it’s easier just to include it as part of my routine than to try and guess if this will be a wet goopy day or not. ---
**Author:** ![LorieSmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@LorieSmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LorieSmurf)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/panty-liner-questions-likely-tmi/554384/25 "2010-09-21T08:57:34Z")
That’s interesting. I would think wearing a pantiliner almost everyday would _cause_ yeast infections. I have to deal with the crusties, some days more than others. It stains my underwear sometimes (is that TMI for this thread? 😛 ) But I’m afraid if I wear pantiliners I would get the itchies. I’ve always heard that you have to wear cotton panties for optimal vaginal health. Hmm. To those that wear them a lot: how often are you supposed to change them? ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/panty-liner-questions-likely-tmi/554384/26 "2010-09-21T09:47:49Z")
> [@rhubarbarin](#): > > I only wear them when I am afraid I might bleed. In my case, that happens to be every day, it’s called “spotting”. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/panty-liner-questions-likely-tmi/554384/27 "2010-09-21T11:53:21Z")
> [@BottledBlondJeanie](#): > > Physical differences are understandable . Note my shrugs. I can understand physical differences. Who knew, although that douching thread was a shocker. > > Scented or unscented, those darn things smell. if you don’t wear one when you’re bleeding, cool, but my bias confirms that they have a certain scent. Having female genetalia and a necessity to wear a paper pad makes me cringe and I suppose it is upsetting that prejudice has a basis in fact. > > Sex=running down my leg even with underwear. Hmmm. I believe y’all, but we wouldn’t be doing the nasty with orgasm, um, in me if that held true here. I’ve been really delighted with these, which don’t have a scent - and are very comfortable. [http://partypantspads.com/](http://partypantspads.com/) ---
**Author:** ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/panty-liner-questions-likely-tmi/554384/28 "2010-09-21T13:25:00Z")
Panty liners smell like plastic, but I don’t find that their smell is any stronger or more noticeable than the plastic smell of the ink pen in my pocket or the metal smell of the underwires in my bra–in other words, anybody besides my husband who can smell that I have one on has their head waaaaaaayyyyyy too close to my crotch. I wear liners a week or two a month, and only a couple days of that is period-related. I have more than a little fluid, and it tends to be fairly thick. There’s nothing wrong with a little clean pussy juice, of course there isn’t. There’s nothing wrong with a patch of jizz on a sheet, either, but even so nobody likes to sleep on the wet spot. And that’s how my panties tend to feel without a liner–a random patch that’s cold, wet, and more than a little slimy. Right up against my bits. All day long. It’s very, very unpleasant. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2010, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/panty-liner-questions-likely-tmi/554384/29 "2010-09-22T01:03:26Z")
There are a few days outside of my period when I probably should wear something, but I don’t. I don’t like wearing pads, even if they are tiny. They shift all around and make me feel weird. Plus, I think I would feel like I’d never get a “break” from wearing a pad if I wore one every day. I rejoice when my period ends because I can finally be free! ---
**Author:** ![ladysorrowfree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dbc845/32.png) [@ladysorrowfree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladysorrowfree)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2010, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/panty-liner-questions-likely-tmi/554384/30 "2010-09-22T04:41:57Z")
> [@Dangerosa](#): > > After pregnancy I can leak a little when I sneeze. Or when my bladder gets too full and I’m holding it. Or when I run, or laugh, or - ok, I leak - sometimes a lot. All the kegals in the world (and I’ve done them now for twelve years) have not stopped it and I haven’t heard good things about the surgery. A panty liner keeps me from smelling like a latrine. What she said. Besides, I take a lot of vitamin supplements, and the vitamins dye my urine a violent shade of neon-yellow orange. I don’t like the stains on my panties. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2010, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/panty-liner-questions-likely-tmi/554384/31 "2010-09-22T05:56:49Z")
“I don’t know how you guys walk around with those things.” ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2010, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/panty-liner-questions-likely-tmi/554384/32 "2010-09-22T06:11:41Z")
> [@jasonh300](#): > > > [@Serenata67](#): > > > > (Not to mention that my husband and I were bonking on the train and it kept me from having the jizz-down-my-leg feeling.) > > I have to know, how did you go about doing this? Did the other people in car stand around and watch? > > I assume you had one of those private rooms, but are they really THAT private? I didn’t think the doors could even be locked. “To Niagara in a sleeper, there’s no honeymoon that’s cheaper and the train goes slow…” ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/panty-liner-questions-likely-tmi/554384/33 "2010-09-26T18:47:34Z")
> [@jasonh300](#): > > > [@Serenata67](#): > > > > (Not to mention that my husband and I were bonking on the train and it kept me from having the jizz-down-my-leg feeling.) > > I have to know, how did you go about doing this? Did the other people in car stand around and watch? > > I assume you had one of those private rooms, but are they really THAT private? I didn’t think the doors could even be locked. Yes, the doors of the sleeper rooms can be locked. Nothing more needs to be said. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Maiira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/panty-liner-questions-likely-tmi/554384/34 "2010-09-26T19:23:52Z")
I have panty liners, but I don’t use them because I don’t like having plasticky material on my underwear. I don’t mind discharge either–as long as it doesn’t stain my pants, I’m okay with it. In another post in a similar thread, I was pretty violently opposed to cloth liners, but I have to admit that the ones that **Dangerosa** linked to are looking pretty tempting, at least for the first day of my period. I usually just put a tampon in at the beginning of the day, whether I’m actually bleeding or not, so that I don’t have to rush to the bathroom in the middle of work when I feel the bleed coming on. But I’ve also heard that having a tampon in when you’re not actually bleeding isn’t a very good idea, and I believe it. So I might keep a cloth one on in the morning until I can get to a bathroom later and switch it out for a tampon. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/panty-liner-questions-likely-tmi/554384.md?page=1)