cup etiquette?
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i was at a friend's house the other day & we were discussing my diva cup. i mentioned that you typically empty it out into the toilet & rinse in the sink, which he thought was sort of gross (the whole "period residue in the sink" thing). he thought that it would be better to rinse off in the shower.
so my question is: when the time comes to empty your cup & you happen to be at someone else's house, do you go ahead & rinse it in the sink, or would you just clean with toilet paper (as though you were in a public restroom) or rinse in the shower?
so my question is: when the time comes to empty your cup & you happen to be at someone else's house, do you go ahead & rinse it in the sink, or would you just clean with toilet paper (as though you were in a public restroom) or rinse in the shower?
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Date: 2008-01-05 04:27 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2008-01-05 05:09 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-01-05 05:35 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-01-05 05:36 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-01-05 05:50 am (UTC)It would be a little strange to turn on someone's tub or shower to rinse the blood down.
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Date: 2008-01-05 05:56 am (UTC)At someone else's house, though, I'd probably use the sink. I'm not sure if it would sound the same as running the tub, and I wouldn't want to have to explain that one. That said, I wouldn't feel too badly about dumping and rinsing, as long as I made sure to clean up everything afterward.
The way I figure it, if I'd gotten my hands royally bloody and messy while changing a tampon -- or, for me, even just from wiping after peeing -- I wouldn't hesitate to wash off the blood in the sink. That's "period residue," too, and for me, it can be a considerable amount. What gets dumped out of a cup might or might not be substantially more.
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Date: 2008-01-05 07:04 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-01-05 08:54 am (UTC)Mostly, though, I empty it when I wake up and when I go to bed.
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Date: 2008-01-06 11:37 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-01-05 12:57 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-01-05 07:55 pm (UTC)And if it's my personal bathroom, well, my sink is pretty old/stained/slightly gross as it is so someone's blood in it for a few minutes isn't going to make it any worse. :P
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Date: 2008-01-05 09:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-01-06 06:19 am (UTC)That said, I know my bathroom back home in Australia has the toilet separated from the bathroom and its sink, as do other friends' houses here - in that case, I'd empty the cup in the toilet and give it a bit of a wipe down with toilet paper, then wash it with hot water next chance I got. (In the shower if I'm home.)