AIO? my bf (30M) keeps telling me (24F) to wear a thong + pad instead of wearing my “granny” panties during my period… idk what to say to him?

Hello. Long term lurker here and I never thought I would be posting in this sub coz I thought my relationship was solid… Until this happened I guess

Just for more context, i get really bad periods… like heavy flow and leaking. I can’t wear normal panties with pads or tampons or cups etc. I’ve tried everything. then i started using these thick padded panties i found online, and they actually helped a lot.

But my bf keeps saying it’s unattractive (coz it looks like granny panties) and he doesn’t get why i can’t just wear a thong with a pad/panty liner?? like bro?? what???

i tried telling him it’s not that easy to just wear a thong but he still keeps saying it’s not “sexy” and i’m just need to try harder to make it work. He even suggests we go shopping together to buy the thong he likes.

The thing is my padded panties don’t look that bad. They almost look like regular underwear tbh. I don’t understand why is he so grossed out by it.

And also i don’t think he gets how bad it is. i have felt so gross during my periods and this padded panty is the only type of underwear that I can wear without feeling icky. But now i feel even worse cause he makes me feel bad about it…

And he doesn’t stop there…. He actively throws them out. Now I literally don’t have any for my period which is in 2 days.

how do i even explain this to him? Or am I being dramatic? It took so long for me to find something that worked for my periods and I really don’t want to give it up

Edit: hello guys. I didn’t expect sooo many comments at all. But Thank you for all your advice. Some of you have been saying I am under reacting and not speaking up for myself. That’s the problem I’ve been trying to work on. I’ll talk to him about it, and if he still insists, I don’t think I can continue being in this relationship.

Also, there were comments asking me for the link to the panties and it’s this:

https://www.etsy.com/sg-en/listing/4308560252/3pcs-1-day-use-padded-period-panty

They’re not like normal cotton panties. I don’t really know how to describe them. But they are good so far