softlyfiercely:

PSA: to all people who do not have periods: please do this immediately, if you are able:

• go to your local convenience or grocery store
  
• pick up a package of plain sanitary pads, regular absorbency, no fragrance
  
• put them under the sink in your bathroom (or wherever your bathroom storage is)
  

“But,” you may ask, “why would I do this?”

BECAUSE: I guarantee you 100% that at some point, a person who gets periods will end up in your bathroom, and need a pad, and despite knowing that you are a person who doesn’t get periods, and perhaps no one you live with does, they will still check your bathroom storage in the desperate hope that someone left some there at some point.

And in that moment, you can be somebody’s hero. For the love of all that is good, all humans should stock their bathroom with some basic pads.

“But,” you may ask, “don’t people who get periods carry their own products with them?”

Well, yes, we try to. But inevitably, one finds oneself in the awkward situation of needing one and not having one. Maybe we recently switched bags. Maybe we used ours or gave it to someone else and forgot to replace it. Maybe we went to open it and it was just an empty package (true story). Maybe we can’t afford them right now and were really hoping our paycheck would come before our period this month. Maybe we just didn’t expect to need one today.

So please. If you want to spend a few minutes and a few bucks today to ensure that your bathroom is a lovely oasis of need-meeting rather than a desolate desert of well-I-hope-this-TP-holds-up, go acquire some basic pads and stock your bathroom.

P.S. And make sure your bathroom also has a trash can somewhere in it.