When did you first buy your own enema?

Enema equipment, cans and Higginson syringes weren't sold in most pharmacies in the UK in the 1960s and 70s. However rhere was a pharmacy called John Bell and Croydon in Wigmore Street in London who did and somehow I found out about this. As a very bashful eighteen year old I entered the shop and encountered this most sophisticated lady who asked if she could help me. I stammered that I was looking for a Higginson syringe. She smiled and said "of course". She told me to wait, went off and a few minutes later returned with a cardboard box. She took my money and I fled! What she actually thought I really don't know, but with the benefit of hindsight she made the process as un-embarrasing as possible. And that syringe lasted for years.

Probably 14 or so and I’m still buying enema equipment as well as dildos and plugs and of course silicone nozzles as well my collection is pretty vast shamefully.

I was 20 yo in a mall. I still have that enema bulb, see here https://en.zity.biz/index.php?mx=gallery;ox=showalbum;ax=11490

In my early twenties, I was in a medical supply store. I tried to look as casual as possible. My pants were tight, and I probably had a bright red face.

In my early twenties, I was in a medical supply store. I tried to look as casual as possible. My pants were tight, and I probably had a bright red face.

Nice memories for sure !! - decades ago !!

I was away at college and didn't have my enema bag from home. I finally went into a pharmacy supply store store and bought a 2 quart open top bag. The clerk was a guy about my age and he was clearly uncomfortable probably because of me being uncomfortable. I rushed at home and immediately put it to good use!

A couple of months before we got married my soon to be wife bought us a combination syringe that we still have all these years later. But to answer the question I have never bought an enema bag.

@Westy said,

A couple of months before we got married my soon to be wife bought us a combination syringe that we still have all these years later. But to answer the question I have never bought an enema bag.

When I was growing up, a douche/enema bag always hung in the bathroom shower at home and grandmas. When my wife and I got married, she already had a couple of bags of her own. An open top, primarily used for douching and enemas, and a closed top mainly used as a hot water bottle. Tho it was occasionally used for enemas. Consequently, I never had the need to purchase an enema bag by myself. A year or so into our marriage, she added a three-quart pumpkin bag. Then, once we bought a house, we stocked the upstairs bathroom linen closet with a new open and closed top bag. However, many years later, purchasing online is a totally different story.

@rick6981: When my wife and I got married, she already had a couple of bags of her own.

When my wife bought that combination bag she already had owned a folding syringe for hygiene so was no stranger to them. I posted elsewhere that growing up we had a combination bag for enemas but there was an open top that all we were told was that it was only for mom's use. When I got older I understood that she used it for douching.