Women are asking their boyfriends what the letters on tampons mean and they have no idea

When X user Evan Worthen took to social media to make a joke one day, he probably had no idea that he'd start a viral trend. But that's exactly what he's done, and thanks to Worthen we now have some pretty hilarious exchanges between women and their boyfriends asking what the letters on tampons mean.

Worthen joked after finding one of his girlfriend's tampons in his apartment. He took to X to write: "My girlfriend left a tampon at my apartment and [I don't know] where the left one is. Anyone know where I can get a single left tampon to keep a set here for emergencies?"

Worthen is clearly joking, but just in case you didn't know, the “R” stands for “Regular,” "L" for "Light," and "S" for "Super." The joke inspired some women to text their boyfriends asking them if they knew what the letters on their tampons stood for without actually Googling it. Thankfully for us, none of them did. 

This woman's boyfriend guessed that the "R" might stand for reusable, which we definitely don't recommend. 

Rectangle? Really now? 

Nope, tampons don't "rawr" like a lion. 

This might just be the furthest anyone has been from the correct answer. 

No, there's not any "left" or "right" involved in any of this, young man. 

One boyfriend figured that tampons must come in a variety of sizes. 

At least one woman was proud of her boyfriend for giving it a shot, tweeting "I asked my boyfriend if he knew what the R on tampons meant, he said: 'REAL BAD' He tried."

Most women are just straight up embarrassed. 

No, that's not even close to being right. 

How does a raccoon have anything to do with tampons?! 

No, it's neither of these two. 

"Soak up" is pretty close, so we'll give this guy a five out of ten. 

To be fair to all the men out there, a couple were spot on. They probably Googled it, though. 

Editor's Note: The article was originally published in September 2019. It has since been updated.