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Originally Posted by Sheree Scott
Great thread guys, but as a Mum to a heavy wetter then referring to hemp and bamboo as unnecessary is very unhelpful.
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Mmm, I'm not sure where the original is that said this, but I'm wondering if you're each working on slightly differing interpretations of "necessary"?
Some people most likely take it literally - as in, it is possible to do this without hemp/bamboo (H/B), therefore H/B are not necessary. Whereas you are saying that H/B made it much easier and more convenient for you, therefore, in your particular situation, you would consider it to be necessary, because if you didn't have H/B available, you may have made a different choice. H/B are worth it to you, but that doesn't make them an absolute essential.
It's still a choice - hemp and bamboo were basically unavailable only a few short years ago. Heavy wetters still used cloth, they just had to adjust their routines and methods (and yes, most commercial clothes were cut a bit bigger in the past!)
For me, my microwave oven feels "necessary"... but I know perfectly well that I managed without one before they were invented, and that other people manage now without them too!
Lara