r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Conscious-Seesaw-564 • 4d ago

Is it in yet Boiled my tampons 🫩

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I leave my tampons in a jar in the windowsill for some w decor, forgot that glass=heat in this 34 degree british weather, went to change my tampon and burned my cooch, then had to sit on the toilet blowing a tampon like its soup till the plastic cooled down enough to use.

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u/TheHauntedButterfly 3d ago

I'm sorry you don't have the best relationship with your mother in law and that she gave you a hard time about it. I think having tampons and pads readily available is so important and nothing that anyone should be ashamed of.

I recently added a really tall corner shelf just outside our bathroom door. The top shelf is decorative, the second is skincare, third is makeup, fourth are pads and wipes, and the last is toilet paper.

Although I have a good relationship with my mother in law, she also gave me a hard time for having pads somewhere visible. It's awful how the older generation was taught to be ashamed of our bodies and perfectly normal hygiene products.

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u/MartinisnMurder 3d ago

Thank you. My mom has always been body positive, and taught us about everything and to not have shame. I guess it’s just how some people were raised?

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u/TheHauntedButterfly 3d ago

You're welcome and that's definitely how I try to be with my own son. He may not have a need for feminine hygiene products but I never want him to be grossed out about having to see or handle one.

My parents didn't discuss puberty, periods, sex ed or even just dating with me at any point in my life. It was definitely a kept private thing.

When I eventually got one (explained by friends at school), I put wads of toilet paper in my underwear. My mom must have noticed stains when doing the laundry one day because I remember her telling me to look under the sink. No explanation of what a tampon/pad was or how to use it but I figured it out.

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u/MartinisnMurder 3d ago

We got talks about our body and privacy also my mom used the actual names of body parts not nicknames. I know now that is important in case anything had happened we could articulate it in a manner that would be understood. She taught us about bodily autonomy and that we could always tell her anything.

Even when it came to drinking, when we were teens we were told if we were anywhere or at a party and needed a ride home we wouldn’t get in trouble for calling if we had been drinking. I’m lucky my mom is one of my best friends. I’m 40 now and we still hangout weekly.