Visit the store before you buy your condoms. Take a few minutes to see what section e. If the condoms are kept behind a counter, you may want to purchase your condoms from a different store. Plan to shop during off peak hours. Visit the store when it's relatively quiet and there are only a few other shoppers. Stores are less busy in the early morning hours and very late at night.
You will not have to worry about running into other people in the aisles or other people noticing that you are buying condoms. Think of the condoms as just another item. Think of your condoms as just another personal care item that you are buying like toothpaste, shampoo, or deodorant.
Changing your mentality can help you be less nervous. Simply include that aisle during your shopping trip, pick out what you are looking for and continue shopping. Appear calm and confident when you purchase the condoms. You do not want to draw extra attention to yourself because you are acting nervously. Method 2. Buy a few other items. While not necessary, you might feel more comfortable if you buy a few things and put them in your cart before buying condoms.
This way, you are not standing at the counter with nothing but a box of condoms. You can also use the other items in your cart to cover up the condoms. This way other people will not be able to look in your basket and automatically see the condoms. Go to a convenience store. Convenience stores and gas stations often sell condoms as well.
These stores are smaller and have less people. If you purchase from a convenience store, you may have to talk to the cashier and let him or her know that you need to buy condoms, as most times they are located behind the counter. If you do not mind interacting with the cashier, but want to avoid large crowds, this may be an option for you. Use cash and throw away the receipt.
Throw away your receipt at the store. You do not want to walk around with a condom receipt in your pocket, wallet, or jacket. If you throw away the receipt as soon as you walk out of the store, you do not have to worry about a parent or friend finding out about your purchase.
You will not have to answer any questions about a charge in your card. Try self-checkout. Instead of using the checkout line, buy your condoms from a store that has an automated checkout, where you scan your purchases and bag them yourself. This will allow you to avoid talking to a cashier.
Most grocery stores and large retailers have self- checkout stations. If self-checkout is not an option, paying for the condoms at a more secluded register in the back e. Buy in bulk. Buying condoms in bulk will keep you from having to go to the store so much.
Marlene grabs the box with her herculean grip, exposing garter-snake-sized veins twisting around her forearms. Her eyes, all cocked to hell, attempt to stare at me. I maneuver to find an equal plane of vision for eye contact, but fail.
Crooked bastards are never still. Just the condoms ," I say, defeated. Her eyeballs ping around their sockets. She enjoys the guilt. She feeds off it. She probably goes home and tells her husband, who's named Burt or something, about all the young people she shamed at work. They must laugh and celebrate with a glass of milk and a half dozen Hostess snacks that Marlene gets an employee discount on. However, on this night, my shaming is over. The condoms are stowed in a plastic bag and I'm walking out of the store until my wretched phone vibrates with a text message from Jessica:.
I could tell her no. Could say that I had only enough cash for her condoms and that the stores credit card reader was disabled. I could power off my phone and cite a dead battery for my absentee response or drop the phone in a storm drain. Anything not to face Marlene again.
Condoms come in loads of different sizes, brands, textures, colours and flavours, some are lubricated or non-lubricated, some latex or non-latex. Get hold of a mixed box, try a few out and see what works the best for you. Not a bad reason to have a load more sex, right? You can buy condoms from your local supermarket, c hemists or pharmacies, c onvenience stores, p etrol stations, Youth Health Centres, and Sexual Health Clinics. There are even speciality condom websites where you can order them online and get them delivered.
Where can I buy condoms? Nervous about buying condoms? Lipstick has oil in it too. Use a water-based lubricant. A pharmacist can give you advice on which lube to use with condoms. You can buy lube from a pharmacy or supermarket. Myth: Condoms cut off my circulation. A condom should be a comfortable fit. If it's too tight it might split and if it's too loose it might leak. There are lots of different shapes and sizes. If a condom is too small or big for you, try a different size or brand.
Myth: My girlfriend is on the pill, so we do not need condoms. Truth: Yes you do. The pill does not protect you or your partner from STIs. Also, if your partner forgets to take a pill, does not take it correctly or is ill, the effectiveness of the pill is lower and she could still get pregnant. Read more about being on the pill and having sickness or have diarrhoea. Myth: If I ask to use a condom, my partner will think less of me. Truth: Insisting that you use a condom suggests that you know how to take care of yourself and your partner.
Myth: You do not need a condom if you're having oral sex.
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