Condom buying fail...NBR

lovemyminions · February 2014

I apologize I don't post very often, but do lurk a lot so I thought I would share my shopping mishap for your entertainment. < br> I'm 30 and up to this point I have either been on the pill, been given free condoms from school nurse, or DH has bought them. Well we used up the last of our condoms from before dd2 so I decided to pick some more up when I went to the store. I had no idea there were so many kinds so I bought the box that was on sale. It was Trojan and was something like bare skin sensation, perfect as DH hates condoms. I proudly bring them home and we open the box up that night. These things are HUGE! I had no idea there were different sizes. They work but compared to the regular lifestyles they are jumbo.
I feel like an idiot. I am a grown ass woman who can't buy condoms. Feel free to laugh. And recommend what your favourite condoms are. Happy 'make a' family day everyone!

gutsymama · February 2014

When I buy condoms, I like to carefully select the accompanying purchases to build a "story" for the cashier's enjoyment. For example:

Condoms

Wine

Metamucil

Prunes

Baby Food

gutsymama · February 2014

skleigh said:

So glad im on the pill. Condoms are just so weird. Fun fact: DH and I have never DTD with a condom. I've always been on the pill (except when I went off of it to try for DS and when pregnant, of course).

Condoms are weird. I'd much rather not use them. But before TTC I had pretty much only had sex while on the pill - and I'm thinking the hormones must really screw with my body, because sex was occasionally uncomfortable as long as I can remember, super painful while pregnant and the whole time I was EPing, but now that I'm not KU, lactating, or on the pill it is the best it's ever been. So between that and how infrequently we DTD anyway - I'll take the condoms for now

EagleWife · February 2014

Ah, that's so funny

) Why ARE there so many kinds?

grapeskittles4lyfe · February 2014

Or when you go to another country and aren't familiar with the condom brands/sizes there and spend an inordinate amount of time excitedly discussing with your BF which one to pick. The little old lady at the register (in hearing distance, hrhr) gave us the best look when we finally moseyed up to pay.

lovemyminions · February 2014

@livvyx and @amparo1981 the story and gif are too funny!

lovemyminions · February 2014

@maryannespier Yikes! Fx that doesn't happen...maybe I will pitch the rest out. I love my babies but would prefer a little more space between them.

EagleWife · February 2014

livvyx said: One time I went to CVS to buy two things - a toothbrush and a tube of KY Jelly. The cashier held up the lube really high and said so loudly "you know this isn't toothpaste, right?" and everyone in the queue stared at me and I died. @livvyx - No way! How rude!!! :-O

(and hilarious - sorry)

)

KikiCohen · February 2014

mimi4347 said:

When I buy condoms, I like to carefully select the accompanying purchases to build a "story" for the cashier's enjoyment. For example:
Condoms
Wine
Metamucil
Prunes
Baby Food

Our grocery stores can't sell alcohol in PA, otherwise I would totally do this! It's still funny w/o the wine though haha.

mittensonkittens · February 2014

DH got snipped after this LO, and we still have a bunch of condoms in the drawer. I don't want to throw them out because they're still good, but what the heck do you do with them? I suggested we give them out to teenagers who came to the door trick-or-treating at Halloween. That sounded like a great idea until I thought of angry parents down the street coming to find me.

[Deleted User] · February 2014

A friend lived in Japan and he had to buy the biggest size they sold (which happened to be too small still). When he went to buy them all the old ladies looked longingly at him while 'oohhhing and aahhing'.

NKF312 · February 2014

maryannespier said:

I read an article at one point about accidental pregnancies being attributed to men buying magnum condoms when they didn't actually need them.

So I worked for a nonprofit that had a sexual health clinic for teens, they gave the kids a sex ed presentation and would take a regular sized condom and put their whole hand up yo the elbow in the condom, as an example of no one should need a magnum condom, and the accidental pregnancies caused by using one too big lol

ljs4117 · February 2014

mainerocks said:

Sort of off topic but I knew a girl in high school who used to buy beer and a box of tampons from a young male cashier so that he would be too embarrassed to card her and it worked all the time. The talk of funny combos reminded me of that.

brilliant!!

Kitten80 · February 2014

My husband doesn't like to buy condoms, but often complains at what I pick. So before LO3 was born, I told him he could buy condoms or pregnancy tests.

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EagleWife · February 2014

mainerocks said:

Sort of off topic but I knew a girl in high school who used to buy beer and a box of tampons from a young male cashier so that he would be too embarrassed to card her and it worked all the time. The talk of funny combos reminded me of that.

@mainerocks - we end up with some funny combinations sometimes too... once we had a shovel, a tarp, a fire proof safe, and mascara. The clerk totally looked suspicious.

yelyah4826 · February 2014

livvyx said:
One time I went to CVS to buy two things - a toothbrush and a tube of KY Jelly. The cashier held up the lube really high and said so loudly "you know this isn't toothpaste, right?" and everyone in the queue stared at me and I died.

I would have picked up the toothbrush and said "oh shit, that's not a vibrator?" Stupid people....

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