Seriously why are they even an option?? For purchase?? The moment I accidentally buy a pack of those godforsaken flightless bastards I have to prepare myself for a week’s worth of side stains and sideways bunching. Those horrible little scrunch ups that get stuck in your crack.**
And it’s not like the winged ones are more expensive! I’m begging somebody to give me a single valid explanation for these glorified Kleenex to not be eradicated off this planet. Thanks in advance
**does not apply to those real thin panty liners. those don’t really go anywhere
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I know this may be off topic and it’s obviously a personal choice, but I switched to the Flex disc and it’s life-changing not to have to worry about those type of things. $30 for something that lasts 5 years and you wear 12 hours at a time not even remembering it’s in
I got a good laugh out of your post. I had a really nasty time with bv and yeast infections a couple of summers ago. From personal experience the “flightless bastards” rubbed in a far less irritating way. That little bit of extra material was too much for my painful, oversensitive, skin at time.
The wings get stuck on my underwear when trying to change them out. They have different sizes, so I buy the size I need.
I hate the wings. They’re awkward to use. No wings is one adhesive strip and you’re done. Also, have you ever been in a hurry and forgotten to unfold the wings? Awkwaaaaaaard. To each their own.
Tampons are better
You mean you don’t enjoy destroying every single pair of your underwear with copious amounts of blood when it slips out of place??
I prefer mine with no wings. Anytime I use pads with wings I lose half my coochie hair trying to pull my pants down.
What did we even do before the wings? Of course, tampons are what’s necessary at the start of my period, I find.
there IS a reason- i forget to check because i forget they exist because they’re so useless
I hate the wings. They’re always slightly longer than the gusset so it ends up bunching my undies in a weird way or the wings stick on itself while I try to smooth them down. Or they stick to my pants and just won’t sit right. Hated pads with a PASSION so I switched to tampons and now I have an iud so all I need is the occasional panty liner.
Wings, 100% Flo/glo brand, biodegradable bamboo and cornstarch are my favorite brand but wings are the only way to go.
They’re just more complicated if they have wings.
I feel old. I remember before wings. I even remember when you had to pin them to a modess belt.
When I tried the wings they always got my pubes stuck to them so I learned to hate them
For people like me with HS, wings can cause a huge flare up. Didn’t have a problem with leakage if I bought the right size.
Friction. If you have to walk a lot, especially if you’re not too skinny, the one with wings can carve their way into the sides of your inner thighs. Without wings are the better option in that instance.
The ones with wings and are fine for light to medium flow, but some women basically need to layer on the pads till they make themselves a nappy and the wings make that hard to do. Especially at night. The winged ones mean you bleed all over the place.
The non-winged ones I’m thinking of are the big ones, though. I’m with you on the tiny wingless ones. They also have no noticeable adhesives so can fall down and out of your pants quite easily.
It’s like when you sneeze and someone offers you a single tissue. Very kind, but now the rest of the snot wants a home.
“Flightless bastards”. Sheer poetry xD
Others are complaining the wings rip off the coochie hairs but the non wings ALSO RIP OUT MY HAIR 😭 they just fold on top of themselves and act so useless #wings4life
I have thick thighs that rub together when I walk. During the course of the day friction and sweat join forces to make the wings lose their hold. The wings then flap against the side of my leg. I’m allergic to most adhesives and end up with a rash on my thighs from where the wings touched.
Safety pins to hold the pad into place or cloth pads with snap wings are my preference.
Here I am thinking you are talking about brake pads.
My daughter hates pads with wings. So as much as you hate wingless pads there are some people who prefer them. There are a lot more pads with wings than wingless pads and both options should exist.
Maybe period panties are the way to go.
I firmly agree that wings are better protection, but when I wear boyshorts, or men’s boxer briefs (which I actually prefer during my periods), wings are impossible. I like my menstrual cup anyway, so I don’t have to worry about grabbing any flightless bastards. 😂
I can’t stand pads with wings and neither can my teenage daughter. What is happening in others underwear that you need your pad fastened in so many places?
I haven’t bought pads with wings in years. I always managed to mangle the wings before I could get them secured to my underwear. So, I’d have to cut off the stupid wings or just throw away the pad entirely. I’ve also never had a problem with wingless pads staying in place.
No one reason
I got chafing and rashes from the winged ones.
I wear boxers so the wings have nowhere to flap around and then they flip in and get stuck in the pubies. Very unpleasant.
Whenever I wear the ones with wings, the wings come unstuck and end up on my thighs.
Absolutely hate wings. And it’s so hard to find decent pads without them.
I am completely the opposite, I hate wings. It’s been a couple years since I tried them but I used to find they always stuck to me instead of the underwear so walking would pull funny or move the pad around. Don’t even mention gym classes or biking.
Plus back then my flow was so heavy that trying to reach to unstick the wings resulted me getting stuff on my hand more than once or staining in the weirdest places because the wings would send it sideways or to my jeans etc. It was gross to me. Sorry for the tmi but I feel like its this thread so it’s not too bad.
Thank God for hysterectomies… but now… the incontinence pads are a whole other discussion…
Personally I’ve always hated how hard it is to find pads without wings. They just never fit right and are annoying AF. But my periods were never that heavy. That is until perimenopause. Now wings are a necessary evil. They’re still annoying.
Girl do yourself a favor and get the 360 degree protection pampers pads.
Peace of mind and no itching!
For every Icarus flying too close to the sun there are those of us who prefer our birds flightless.
TBH, it’s mad to me that anyone would choose pads over tampons or a cup. Its like wearing a nappy (diaper)
I found that no matter what permutation of pad + placement I use – wings/no wings, 28cm, 32cm etc. blood always trickles and finds spots it shouldn’t on the first and second day so I have accepted my fate and switched to straight period diapers. Bleed anywhere, throw the whole thing. This is the best solution and worth the extra $$
I hate wings! They stick to each other, stick to my legs, stick to anything but the gusset; they add extra bulk and are an unnecessary extra step. They’re useless to me. I’m actually having trouble finding any without wings, they don’t seem to make them anymore where I live 😢
I can’t stand the ones with wings, they never fit my underwear right. The only brand I buy are actually the generic store brand. They never move and they’ve been working all right for me.
I find I actually have worse bunching with the wings. I hate them.
I have always been a fan of wings until recently. I have been having gushers. The kind where everything is fine until you stand up and suddenly it feels like all your insides are shooting out of your body. I got some period panties to help with this, but they are rendered useless if I use pads with wings. The wings just convey the flow around the panties, defeating their purpose.
So now I get the wingless kind.
If pads with wings aren’t available and you need pads??? lol
I try to buy pads with no wings because I feel like they bunch no matter how careful I am about making sure the wings stick and are secured.
I put them inside my drums to add muffling. It gives them a nice round sound and the adhesive strips stick to the inside of the drum shell nicely.
I cut them off.
For the last low flow days, no wing is fine. But it does feel a little pointless.
I need the wings on mine, way too heavy to not have them. I need those 10-hour pads with wings. Normally, change them out after 4 hours, depending on my day.
I have no idea why, but every time I try pads with wings I bleed through to my pants. Without wings it stays on the pad. I also seem to have antigravity flow so I need extra long ones because I want coverage where it logically should be, but I need coverage mostly in the front. It’s so weird and frustrating. It’s also really hard to find long pads without wings, which further adds to the frustration.
I can’t tell you how many times I bought the same pads in a smaller size only to open them up and realize they don’t have wings when the bigger size does.
My daughter just started her period and we are starting off without wings, because with-wings were way too frustrating to apply.
Usually I buy them by mistake, but when they’re around, they’re great if you’re wearing a thong. If you’ve never had to get the wings unwrapped from a thong without ripping apart the entire pad in the process, you haven’t known hell
I detest wings. They don’t wrap flatly around my panties so I end up with sticky side against my skin or I have to position the Pad in such a way that it doesn’t actually catch what I need it to catch. Wings are awful and it is becoming harder and harder to find wingless pads.
Because, while I don’t have the problems you do with “flightless bastards”, I do find the ones with wings painful. With the fact I have hellishly long periods (yes, my hormones have been checked multiple times) it has left the skin where my leg meets my body bloody raw from the friction and I *really* like not walking around in pain for days while that heals. Also, I don’t know if this is the climate or something else, but I always have to hand wash the sticky residue the wings leave on my panties off because it won’t come off in the wash.
Some people also just like them better, which is really reason enough.
Omg it has to be no wings, I hate the wings
Tampon gang 💪
I only buy flightless pads. The wings made my skin itchy.
Athletes, mostly. You don’t want to start a hundred meter dash and accidentally meet the lift-thrust ratio required to take off.
I hate the wings! My anatomy likes to send some forward, a little in the middle, never backward, so I have to shift the pad forward to get full coverage. Then the wings don’t sit properly and it’s just awful. I don’t think there’s anything normal about my body though
The wings always get flipped up and stuck to my skin.
I hate the wings.
It’s like the difference between regular and boneless wings. One is clearly superior but some people just like suffering I guess.
I hate pads with wings. For me they’re more likely to come off/bunch uncomfortably than wingless ones. And when those wings come off, they ALWAYS turn upside down and adhere themselves to me
I’ve never worn one, since I have a penis, but my wife insists on the wingless birds. I think she prefers it being as small as possible.
I dunno.
As a man, once upon a time in my early 20s I thought pads stuck to the woman. I was very sheltered at the time.
I hate wings and refuse to use them when 80% of those available have them. So annoying.
Peroxide gets blood stain out amazingly. Even with the wings, they don’t always stay where they need to. 🥲
When you get an impromptu hair/skin wax from those wings, they start to lose their appeal…
They also don’t work well with boxer-brief/hot pants style underwear (which are fab for holding a heat pack in place for cramps-on-the-go)
My periods are super light now so the wings really aren’t necessary.
Hahaha. Totally get it. I’m a wing hater lol. Those darn sticky tabs seem to always pop open- and bug the beck out of me. I have to scan until I find the ones with no wings.
“God forsaken flightless bastards” poetry
Period undies are absolutely the solution. Put those flightless bastards to bed for good!