Me: I’ve got these pads I’ve had for like five years and I should use them up. They weren’t that bad, weren’t they?
Me, five seconds in: Hey, it’s not so ba--
Me, six seconds in: THESE TOO-WIDE PADS ARE THE EPITOME OF SATAN.
I barely tolerate the sensory hell of menstruation with the good pads that don’t manage to twist themselves into positions that twist and poke into places causing a pressing I absolutely cannot ignore.
The one single brand of pads that don’t completely drive me into overwhelm by twisting up and hurting me because they’re all too wide are a complete and non-negotiable necessity.
Seriously, some folks with uteruses have a smaller pelvis. Pads do not gently curve downwards with any excess material as manufacturers seem to think; instead, they twist and press up into spaces that have no business being so pressed. For folks like me who can’t make other products work that well, please make narrower pads. Not thinner. Narrower. Menstruation wouldn’t be nearly so much a problem for me if I had pads at least a centimetre narrower--and I’m pretty sure there’s folks who’d prefer pads at least a centimetre wider, for that matter. This one-width-fits-all thing? Not so much.
Companies here in Australia provide some variety for length and thickness, but I’d love to see them offer that same diversity for width. Please.
(And stop referring to “women” alone on the package, while we’re here.)