Pre-T: Being stealth and your cycle (kinda gross)

[JohnAlex]

I suppose everyone is different.  because I can't feel tampons in me.

[driven]

Wow I'm honestly surprised that so many other people do the same thing :p I thought I was just weird hah.

Me too. It's so funny to see other people with the same weird quirks I have. I've always hidden my hygiene products, even when I lived alone. I don't want to think about that time of the month and I sure as hell don't want to see any evidence of it.

I also had my parents buy the stuff for me until I was probably in my 20s 'cause it's just too embarrassing to stand there with the package at the register. No idea why I thought it was better to have my dad handing me a package of maxi pads...ick. 

I just remembered another method I use. If I ever have any food bags, like potato chips or something, I leave it in the garbage and fill it with wrappers. Since no one is digging around in garbage, no one notices.
Also, these methods only work if your garbage isn't completely gross. I suggest just having a little bin in your room if you don't already have one.

I used this method a lot back when I had roommates. Most people won't go scrounging through a soggy bag of fast food, so it works pretty well.

[Sharky]

I suppose everyone is different.  because I can't feel tampons in me.

I normally can't unless I do something wrong.
Fun Fact: my grandma's junk is crooked so she could never comfortably ware them. She just randomly told me this one day. XD

[mm]

Once the tampon is in place I don't feel or know it is in their.  I have no problems with them leaking, I do use the super size so I can usually need change only morning and evening.  Buying them is worst part right now, I guess letting others see I need these things.  I am dressed as a guy most of the time now, so why would a guy need them.  Hopefully they will think they are for his gf.

[Alex37]

so, i'm going to slightly derail the topic- sorry 

I tried diva cups, but they leaked every time, and I HATE pads.  So, I use tampons.     The problem with those is that on the first two days I have to change them every two to three hours at times.  And I'm going back to school this semester, and my school doesn't have any single stall or unisex restrooms.  The best solution I've thought of so far is just finding a restroom that isn't used often, waiting until no classes are changing, and then making a run for it.  But that obviously could go very very wrong.  Any ideas?

And I always hide tampons too- even from myself.  Actually, I have a habit of carrying a swiss army knife with me and cutting part of the string off since they're like four times longer then they need to be.  That way, if I'm just peeing I don't notice the string.  I usually just wrap them in lots of TP and then put them under things in trash bin in my room. 

On a side note, one of my worst memories comes from an incident that happened before I even realized I was trans.  I was living with three guys over the summer, and I did everything I could to make it seem like I didn't have a period.  Then one night one guy invited a crazy (really, she was out of control) girl over, and I fell asleep to her fighting with them.  Late next morning I woke up, walked into the bathroom that we all shared, and since we didn't have a trash can in the bathroom, sitting on top of the counter was a massive, bloody, brown pad.    I wanted to faint, but I just removed it, and sanitized the area.  god that was horrible. 

[mm]

Alex, I feel for you having to change every 2-3 hrs for a day or two. I used the super size and on the first day probably change twice during day, after that only morning and evening.  I am in school and use a restroom in another building when there are few guys there and wrap it up in tp and push it deep in the trash.  Never though to cut the string shorter so not to be so noticeable.  I don't feel it once it is place so half the remember to change before I leak.

I sure like the guys restroom, no machines to remind you all the time that you get the red death every month.  Also no bins in the stalls with part of a pad or tp hanging out to remimd you again.  Sure wish I could master a STP and had the balls to use the urinals.