Carol Henderson

I Haven’t Bought Pads Since This Happened

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“It’s 2026… why are you still wearing pads?”👇 That was the question a complete stranger asked me in the middle of the grocery store last month…. I thought she was completely nuts, but she might be on to something!!! I’m 67 and I’ve been dealing with bladder leaks for years now, and like a lot of women my age, I eventually just accepted that pads were part of life. You wake up. Get dressed. Stick a pad in your underwear. Throw a couple extras in your purse. And go about your day hoping you don’t sneeze too hard at the wrong time. It wasn’t something I liked… But I figured, what else was I supposed to do? Anyway… I was at the grocery store picking up a few things. Some vegetables. Chicken for dinner. And those little powdered donuts my husband is obsessed with. Eventually I made my way over to the pad aisle because I was running low at home. I grabbed the same pack I always buy and was literally about to put it in my cart when I heard: “It’s 2026… why are you still wearing pads?” I turned around. There was this woman standing next to me who had to be at least 75. I actually looked behind me at first because I assumed she HAD to be talking to somebody else. Nope. She was talking to me. I said: “Excuse me?” She pointed at the pads in my hand. “Why are you still buying those?” At this point I’m thinking… Who IS this woman? And why does she care what I’m putting in my underwear? Before I could even answer, she started rambling… “They’re expensive.” “You have to keep buying them.” “They create all this waste.” “And you’re going to be spending money on them for the rest of your life.” She was VERY passionate about it. Maybe a little too passionate 😂 Finally I’d had enough. So I said: “Okay… then what the hell am I supposed to do instead? Just pee myself?” The look on her face changed immediately. Almost like she had been WAITING for me to ask that. She smiled. Opened her purse. And before I knew what was happening… This 75-year-old stranger was pulling UNDERWEAR out of her handbag in the middle of the grocery store. I wish I was making this up. She held them up and said: “These.” I just stared at her. She told me they were called Everdries. Soft, breathable underwear that’s 100% leakproof. Reusable. Machine washable. And according to her… She had stopped wearing pads by making this simple switch. Then she said: “Look them up when you get home and thank me later.” And walked away. That was it. No sales pitch. No pamphlet. Nothing. Just showed me her panties in the grocery store and disappeared. I stood there for a second thinking: What on earth just happened? And yes… I still bought the pads😂 But when I got home, I couldn’t stop thinking about what she said!! Because as strange as the whole encounter was… She REALLY believed in these things. Enough to walk up to a complete stranger and tell her to stop buying pads. So eventually curiosity got the better of me. I pulled out my phone and searched Everdries. The first place I went was the reviews. Because I’ve tried “leakproof” underwear before. And let’s just say… Some of them were a joke. Either they felt like someone had sewn a giant pad into a pair of panties… Or they were so thin I didn’t trust them to hold anything. So I expected Everdries to be more of the same. But there were thousands of women saying almost exactly what the crazy grocery-store lady had told me. They looked like regular underwear. They felt like regular underwear. But they actually handled leaks. That’s when I started thinking… Maybe she WAS onto something. So I ordered a few pairs. And a few days later, a discreet little package showed up at my door. I opened it immediately. And the first thing that surprised me was how normal they looked. No huge padding. No plasticky diaper material. No giant bulky liner. They were soft. Breathable. And honestly felt just like the underwear I’ve been wearing my entire life… Which actually made me MORE skeptical. I remember holding them up and thinking: “There is absolutely no way these are enough.” Because after years of wearing pads… Putting on underwear with NOTHING stuck inside them felt wrong. Like I was asking for trouble. So the first day I wore them, I stayed home. Just in case. And every time I sneezed… Coughed… Or felt one of those little leaks… I’d head straight to the bathroom and check. Dry. A little while later it happened again. Still dry. The Everdries trapped and contained every last drop without staining my clothes… The first time I thought: Okay… maybe I got lucky. But then I wore them again the next day. Same thing. And the day after that. Same thing. That’s when something strange started happening. I stopped checking. I stopped thinking about whether I had enough spare pads in my purse. I stopped doing that little mental calculation every time I left the house: “How long am I going to be gone?” “Should I bring another pad?” “Do I need to change before we leave?” And if you struggle with leaks, you know how big of a deal that actually is. Because the worst part isn’t always the leak itself. It’s constantly preparing for the NEXT one. Everdries made me realize how much of my day had been built around pads. Buying them. Packing them. Changing them. Throwing them away. Worrying whether they’d shifted. Wondering if somebody could see the outline through my pants. Now I just put on my underwear… And get on with my day. That still feels a little strange to say. I’m not going to pretend I’m suddenly 25 again. My bladder didn’t magically change. I still leak sometimes. Everdries just made those leaks a whole lot easier to live with. And for me, that has been a HUGE difference. Now… Am I going to start pulling my underwear out of my handbag in the middle of Walmart and confronting strangers? Probably not😂 But I finally understand why that woman was so excited about them. So if you’re over 60 and still going through box after box of pads… I’ll give you the same advice she gave me: Look up Everdries and see what you think. I genuinely recommend them. I actually just ordered more because Everdries are currently 50% OFF, which means you can get a 5-pack for $59.95. That works out to less than $12 a pair. And every order comes with their Perfect-Fit Guarantee. If the size isn’t quite right, they’ll send you another size at no extra cost, without making you send the originals back. Apparently they’ve already sold out several times this year too, so some sizes may not stick around forever. Anyway… Sorry this turned into such a long story. I just never expected a random woman in the grocery store to completely change the way I deal with leaks. But here we are. If you’re sick of buying pads over and over again, Everdries are absolutely worth a look. I’ll leave the link here for anyone who wants to check them out → shop.everdries.com/adv-comfort