I've been using pads ever since I started my period, and I'm 20 now, and I'm getting really tired of them🙄.  I figured I would try a tampon, so I tried the standard tampax tampon with the cardboard applicator. Since this was my first time using one, I looked up instructions and inserted it fine the first time with very little discomfort...until I realized I left half the cardboard applicator inside me when I pulled the other smaller part out 😂