# WTF Tampon!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-tampon/528055
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [February 7, 2010, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-tampon/528055 "2010-02-07T19:53:01Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2010, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-tampon/528055/1 "2010-02-07T19:53:01Z")
AAAAHHHHH! It happened again! How on earth can I be leaking and the tampon still be white and dry?
I have no children, I was married to a gay guy for 10 years so there was very little sex. I don’t have a giant flappy vag so I don’t get how this happens. :mad:
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### Author:  [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2010, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-tampon/528055/2 "2010-02-07T19:58:25Z")
I feel your pain. My only advice is to try a different brand. Each one seems to fit differently for me. I have the best luck with OB which are stubbier and fatter. I think Tampax regulars are too narrow, but then I’ve had two kids, so maybe I do have a flappy vag. I dunno. Probably TMI.
Incidently, Flappy Vag: band name! For retro all-girl punk band, of course!
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### Author:  [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2010, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-tampon/528055/3 "2010-02-07T20:05:23Z")
> [@](#):
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> “I don’t have a giant flappy vag”
Thanks for sharing and making it real. I was just skimming your post, but now I’m suffused with images of bleeding curtains of meat. These are the real earth mother vaginas that bring life to this world. I feel more authentic somehow.
I have a hankering for a big roast beef sandwich on focaccia bread with tomatoes and onions.
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### Author:  [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2010, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-tampon/528055/4 "2010-02-07T20:16:51Z")
> [@astro](#):
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> Thanks for sharing and making it real. I was just skimming your post, but now I’m suffused with images of bleeding curtains of meat. These are the real earth mother vaginas that bring life to this world. I feel more authentic somehow.
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> I have a hankering for a big roast beef sandwich on focaccia bread with tomatoes and onions.
I picture someone ordering a sandwich at Subway or at least complaining to the manager about the sandwich.
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### Author:  [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2010, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-tampon/528055/5 "2010-02-07T21:02:13Z")
Maybe it is in too far? try putting it in so it is near the opening and see if you catch blood then, and if it works try it further up. How do you know the comparative size of your vag? It’s not like women can sneak a peek at the urinal.
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### Author:  [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2010, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-tampon/528055/6 "2010-02-07T21:59:16Z")
OB is the best - I found the others just would start leaking, even when not full.
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### Author:  [@Auntbeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Auntbeast)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2010, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-tampon/528055/7 "2010-02-07T23:26:05Z")
Diva Cup!
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### Author:  [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2010, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-tampon/528055/8 "2010-02-07T23:43:57Z")
Seems like Tampax or one of the other big-name makers has been putting a little braid where the tampon meets the string, marketing it as a last-minute leak-catcher.
Pantyliners till you find a brand that works for you!
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### Author:  [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2010, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-tampon/528055/9 "2010-02-07T23:46:50Z")
And you gals thought all those guys at bars handing out “vagina inspector” business cards weren’t real? Ignorance fought.
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### Author:  [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2010, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-tampon/528055/10 "2010-02-07T23:48:14Z")
I also have the best luck with OB. The fact that you flare the end before inserting it really seems to help.
The strangest thing happened to me last week though.
Somehow, one of my tampons managed to flip itself around inside me. Luckily the string was still somewhat accessible so it was not horribly difficult to take out.
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### Author:  [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2010, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-tampon/528055/11 "2010-02-08T00:04:26Z")
> [@congodwarf](#):
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> The strangest thing happened to me last week though.
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> Somehow, one of my tampons managed to flip itself around inside me. Luckily the string was still somewhat accessible so it was not horribly difficult to take out.
Huh. That is strange. You’ve got a talented vag there. 😉
It’s the vaginal equivalent of flipping a cigarette around in your mouth.
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### Author:  [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2010, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-tampon/528055/12 "2010-02-08T00:05:43Z")
> [@congodwarf](#):
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> I also have the best luck with OB. The fact that you flare the end before inserting it really seems to help.
> The strangest thing happened to me last week though.
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> Somehow, one of my tampons managed to flip itself around inside me. Luckily the string was still somewhat accessible so it was not horribly difficult to take out.
:eek:
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### Author:  [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2010, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-tampon/528055/13 "2010-02-08T01:25:54Z")
> [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](#):
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> Huh. That is strange. You’ve got a talented vag there. 😉
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> It’s the vaginal equivalent of flipping a cigarette around in your mouth.
Yeah, but can she tie a knot in the string?
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### Author:  [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2010, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-tampon/528055/14 "2010-02-08T01:44:42Z")
> [@needscoffee](#):
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> Yeah, but can she tie a knot in the string?
SRSLY! She must be following the Extreme Kegel program.
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### Author:  [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2010, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-tampon/528055/15 "2010-02-08T01:51:18Z")
You guys are silly. 😛
It’s entirely possible that it didn’t turn around inside me. I had to wake up around 5am all week and I’ve been sick so it’s very likely that I was half awake or feeling ill (or both) when I put it in.
I can’t picture me opening the wrapper, flaring the end, turning it around, then putting it in. But, anything is possible.
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### Author:  [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2010, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-tampon/528055/16 "2010-02-08T01:53:48Z")
I second the Diva Cup. That would happen to me all the time and it hurts! Pulling a half dry tampon out is painful.
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### Author:  [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2010, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-tampon/528055/17 "2010-02-08T02:00:08Z")
Clearly your vagina has some sort of major black hole or force field action going on, something like that. I don’t want to worry you, but it may have turned the husband gay, too.
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### Author:  [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2010, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-tampon/528055/18 "2010-02-08T02:08:24Z")
Oh, god, doesn’t that suck? Tampax are the worst for that, but somehow I can’t bring myself to change brands. I’ve read that women’s loyalty to tampon brand is the strongest brand loyalty in America.
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### Author:  [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2010, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-tampon/528055/19 "2010-02-08T02:32:17Z")
> [@Cat\_Fight](#):
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> Clearly your vagina has some sort of major black hole or force field action going on, something like that. I don’t want to worry you, but it may have turned the husband gay, too.
I turned him teh gey!
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### Author:  [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2010, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-tampon/528055/20 "2010-02-08T02:34:12Z")
God, I can’t do the OB thing. I don’t know why, but I simply cannot use a tampon without an applicator. I clam up. I think it’s because that’s the kind of tampon that I FIRST tried to use when I was around 13 or so. Which…did not end well. So now my body automatically thinks “OH GOD IT’S THAT THING AGAIN” and bars the gates.
I might try it again sometime in the future. But for now, I’m sticking with my Tampax.
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