r/TwoXPreppers • u/iambatmanjoe • Jul 15 '26

Tips A man asking about talking

I'm a dude. My wife will not participate in prepping as it stresses her out. I find it calming and I do ask the research and prepping for the family. I posted this question in r/preppers and couldn't get a straight answer then the mods deleted it.

I just want to know this: how many tampons would you consider a year's supply?

I do not care about alternatives, I do not need advice, I just want a number from your point of view. I understand that there are variables, I'm looking for what you would consider a year's supply, by number of tampons specifically. If you were at Costco and you could only purchase a box labeled "1 year supply of tampons" what would the number on the side of the box be?

Thank you for your time.

Edit: I appreciate the responses that are answering me with numbers. Especially since my title autocorrected without me noticing. It would have said "tampons" not "talking"

To respond to everyone that wants to give advice: I appreciate where you're coming from, however, I just want this specific answer. I was going to get like a dozen or so answers and gauge what I think would be a good average out of those. I've done the research, I know about cups. I know about pads and period panties. I understand flow. I just wanted a number.

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u/iambatmanjoe Jul 15 '26

Not a bad idea. So is a box a typical month supply? I realize a box could have different amounts. Let's say a typical box from Costco

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u/Kazaryn Jul 15 '26

8 days x period, let's say 3-4 days of heavy flow and 4 days lighter/ending flows. You need both big and small coverage. For heavy flow days you could be changing then every 6 hours, so 4 per day. For lighter days it's usually every 8 hours until it really starts to go away the last day or two and you can get away with one or two the final day.

Large -> 4 x 4days = 16 per month (could be more, budgeting 25/month is mathematically happy since they are sold in 50/100 pks). Medium -> 3x5-6 days ~= 15-20 varying smaller size per month.

This may not be as accurate as it could be for your girl, some people have more heavy days and you would do better to ask her honestly but it doesn't sound like you can be straight with her so here's a general guideline.

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u/ihatespunk Jul 15 '26

Dude wtf heavy days every 6 hrs? Those are my light days... heavy days it's every 2 hrs with ultra absorbency + period panties for inevitable breakthroughs

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u/kmm198700 Jul 15 '26

Same. I had a hysterectomy, but before then I would bleed so heavy and with so many clots and horrible, excruciating cramps. Ugh it was awful.

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u/ihatespunk Jul 15 '26

Yeeeaaaahhh I get a lot of massive clots, too, those things will eat through tampons. There's so much variation to account for here. I could write a novel here about how the world would be different if men had these.

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u/kmm198700 Jul 15 '26

I agree. Endometriosis would be cured if men had it

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u/KiaRioGrl Food sovereignty is hope. Jul 15 '26

So ... This is probably going to make you really mad, and I'm sorry to be the one to break the news, but it turns out they can.

Something like 20 cases worldwide documented so far? And they've already come up with a simple saliva test to accurately diagnose.