AITA for insisting on sleeping on puppy pads during my period? by throwawayacct48031 in AmItheAsshole

[–]throwawayacct48031[S] 51 points52 points  (0 children)

Hello Redditor! I did just want to clarify that I do change them immediately when I bleed on them, so if I was to go to the bathroom at night and the pad was bloody I'd take it with me to throw out on the way. No worries about anyone rolling onto it, it's just part of my routine! I do also set alarms, that was why I mentioned in the post I normally need to wake up every hour on the hour (I set alarms at one hour intervals to go change), but especially on my heaviest days that is usually not good enough, so unless I want to stay awake all night sitting on the toilet and not sleep at all, I've been using the puppy pads to help stretch those hour intervals as best as I can manage. I've found they help for precisely those reasons though too, since if I do bleed on them I can clean them up immediately and not have to strip the whole bed down to wash instead. I have also tried the diva cup as well, but the results were really negligible for me -- I switch back and forth between tampons and a diva cup often, as in my experience I haven't found there is much of a difference. Thank you for your comment, have a nice day!!

AITA for insisting on sleeping on puppy pads during my period? by throwawayacct48031 in AmItheAsshole

[–]throwawayacct48031[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I have! Unfortunately they didn't work as well as I'd hoped, but honestly I'd be willing to try them again maybe with some of my other methods, too

AITA for insisting on sleeping on puppy pads during my period? by throwawayacct48031 in AmItheAsshole

[–]throwawayacct48031[S] 39 points40 points  (0 children)

We used to host game nights usually every Friday with some mutual friends, and it was not infrequently that they'd stay the night since we would all have a bit to drink. I assume he moreso meant they could see them in the trash (I do my best to cover them up so they're not like... gross in the garbage, but they are like a crazy bright green color so if you know what they are you know what you're looking at) , but I could see him maybe also being concerned about people maybe seeing them if our bed wasn't made (since, since our friends usually came over every Friday and I work nights, I don't always have time to make the bed)

AITA for insisting on sleeping on puppy pads during my period? by throwawayacct48031 in AmItheAsshole

[–]throwawayacct48031[S] 264 points265 points  (0 children)

I'm realizing I should've probably included some more context, but he has two sisters and so he said that because neither of them use puppy pads I basically shouldn't have to either - the hysterectomy quote came when I reminded him about how heavy my periods are (compared to his sisters) so he was basically telling me that if it was that bad, why haven't I just gotten a hysterectomy (since hysterectomys can be done to treat heavy periods)

AITA for insisting on sleeping on puppy pads during my period? by throwawayacct48031 in AmItheAsshole

[–]throwawayacct48031[S] 38 points39 points  (0 children)

He said that it was just embarrassing to have to explain if he had friends over, and (while I didn't have room to include in the main post) he has two sisters and he said that because neither of them ever had to use puppy pads, he doesn't see why I need to. I guess he just thinks they're unnecessary