This is a delicate subject, but I feel obligated to share with you the experience Lenny and I have had with Charmin' toilet paper. When we were first married and setting up household in Casper, Wyoming we made a trip to the local Target to get essentials. We got to the paper goods aisle and I picked out the store brand of toilet paper. MISTAKE No. 1 in our marriage (maybe No. 2). I was informed in no uncertain terms that the only toilet paper we would be using was Charmin'. Back on the shelf went the cheaper store brand. Over the next several years I was to discover that Lenny was very serious about his toilet paper. He traveled some with his job and always packed Charmin' along with his toothpaste, deodorant and razor. If we went on vacation he may forget his billfold and phone but never the Charmin'! His motto was, "You can't leave home without the Charmin''. I never asked him if he'd had a bad experience with another brand of paper. I didn't want to know the details if he had. Over the years I came to appreciate the soft, silkiness of Charmin' myself. Little did we know the hidden problems it was causing. Several weeks before Christmas I went in the basement to carry up totes of decorations. I noticed water seeping out of the bathroom. Not good! I called Lenny downstairs and after doing some investigating he realized the sewer was backing up. A quick phone call was made to the plumber. He arrived and immediately began using a long flexible squiggly thing to unplug the drain. It took some time as it was packed tight for many feet. Guess what it was plugged with? Charmin' toilet paper! The plumber told Lenny that Charmin' paid his bills and sent his children to college! Who knew?! He did a demonstration for Lenny with two different brands of paper. One brand disintegrated in water immediately, while the Charmin' never did break up. What now? Tragedy had struck in the Brewer household. Things would never be the same. Lenny's quality of life would suffer. I tried to be patient and understanding. After all, his love affair with Charmin' had come to a painful end. (hehe)
So, my dear readers, if you value your sewer pipes and if you don't want to spend money on plumbers, DO NOT USE THE CHARMIN'!
Whoa! I also appreciate the softness of Charmin but I always felt like it fuzzed up the wall around the toilet. It was like it fluffed out little tufts or something, leaving a white dust. However, that was simply cosmetic. You have indeed reported a much more serious issue. Thank you for the warning.
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