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The Plumber's Wife...

Disclaimer:

I am in no means a plumber.  I am in fact a Plumber's Wife and sometimes I express my thinking differently than my dear husband does.  I am an untrained plumber, I'm just a wife who relies on my hubby to do the professional plumbing jobs.  This blog is to help pass on a few tips here and there while hopefully putting a smile on your face.  The thing about this blog is that you can take it or leave the information.  I can't warranty if you do something following my opinion.  I'm not responsible for what happens with your plumbing.  I'm just sharing my thoughts.  It's mostly my opinion and I'm entitled to it, just as you are entitled to your opinion.  Just enjoy and maybe some day you'll be sitting at a friend's house watching them run around screaming at their sink with puddles on their floor and you'll think back and remember how I shared with you how to avoid the entire situation.  Now that's what I'm talking about....

I'm just saying-

Your Plumber's Wife

April 20, 2026

Ladies this one is all about you, so if this is a gentleman reading this - you may want to stop reading now.

My husband would tell you I'm being a little more straight forward than he would be, but sometime the truth hurts (and this issue could definitely do damage to your wallet).  Today I'm going to discuss that thing that makes men shove their fingers in their ears while singing la, la, la, la to drown out words they don't want to hear.  That's right ladies - I'm talking about that time of the month.  Now why on earth would a plumber's wife want to talk about that on a company website?  Well I'll tell you:  1- I want to save you the embarrassment 2- I want save you money and 3- I want to save you from an argument from your significant other.

We've all seen the signs in the women's public restrooms, "Please do not flush feminine napkins or paper towels."  Now I know you are thinking, "Hey I'm not stupid, give me some credit!  I don't do that anyway!"  Well I don't think you're stupid either and I don't even know you BUT how many of you flush tampons?  Well my hubby calls them white mice.  Yup, you heard me and he really does call them that and DON"T FLUSH THOSE CRITTERS! 

But wait the box states that they're ok to flush right?  They also say some cat litters are ok to flush but that's a story for another day...

Look in a perfect world, you could just flush them and everything would be fine, BUT guess what ladies this isn't a perfect world and *&%$ happens!  Something gets caught in your sewer drainage pipe or there's a rough place in the sewer line and then OMG things start to slow down or worse back up!  Then you call my darling husband, who comes to your home and cleans out the stoppage.  Now your significant other go out to see what the plumber pulled out because they missed work, the golf game or fishing.  They see toilet paper and "white mice."  And innocently they ask, my hubby the plumber, what the heck are those things?  To which my hubby responds, "oh those are tampons.  I would suggest that your wife and/or daughters throw them out and not flush them."  After your significant other's eyes go back to normal size and he doesn't feel like throwing up anymore, they get a little upset because of the time and money it has cost - all from little "white mice."  Hubby has also told me there have been quite a few ladies who have been very embarrassed when they asked what stopped up the sewer.

Now you know that not everything is safe to flush, EVEN THOUGH the packaging says it is safe.  You should tell your daughters (and keep reminding them often - we had 3 daughters to remind and we'll have 5 granddaughters as well when the time comes).  Keep a garbage can by the toilet that way they are more likely to throw it away.  Oh and don't get mad if every female in the house swears, "I didn't flush one!" because they have friends and don't want anyone to know it's their time of the month so they flush it.

Trust me it doesn't do you any harm just to throw the "white mice" in the garbage because the alternative isn't worth it and can get very expensive.

Just a side note - even if you're renting landlords ask what was pulled out and this item would leave the tenants to pay the price.

I'm just saying-

Until next time,

Your Plumber's Wife