Drug store embarrassment

I think buying condoms over the counter iis embarrassing for a lot of younger guys.

Buying condoms over the counter (in a drugstore or pharmacy presumably)?

C'mon, why the need to go to a drugstore or pharmacy, when you can buy them in the supermarket with them stocked next to the toothpaste and shampoo? Or from a vending machine?

The only time I'm the least bit self-conscious about such a purchase is if I know the cashier beyond just from frequenting the store.

I remember when I bought my first true enema syringe. I was, I think 15 or so. I had just started to drive and had $5 in my pocket. So, I went to the local mall where a Walgreens drug store was located. I entered the store and walked around, browsing I think it is called. Finally, I came to the feminine hygiene area where the enema and douche syringes were located. The Walgreen's brand was called Tyson. I looked around surveying whether there was anyone that I might know on the isle. There was none. So, I started picking up individual syringe boxes and looking at them closely. I had a Tyson fountain syringe box in my hand and was looking at the back of the box showing the diagram of the syringe when a female hand touched my shoulder. I turned and it was a store clerk, a middle aged women, that I had seen in the store several times before. She said, "that's a nice syringe son! Did your Mother send you for one?" I know I must have turned as red as a beet, but somehow I garnered enough strength (fortitude) to utter, "no m'am, it's for me." She patted my shoulder and said "I am sure that it will give you lot's of pleasure," as she walked away from me. Well, I quickly replied and said "I hope so!" and I went to the checkout area thinking "Well, the check out clerk can't be as embarrassing as that was" And it wasn't. After paying for the item, I proudly left the store with big green box sticking out of a plastic sack. I went straight home and tried it out. And you know what, the lady clerk was right - It did give me lot's of pleasure.

Yeh i think its more embarrassing for guy to buy enema in public them females

My first enema purchase was when I was 13 or so. I went to he local drug store that that I knew had a variety of the (this is in the early 70s, things have changed 😃 ),selected a nice little 3 oz Davol, took it t the counter and paid for it. I was embarrassed as all get out, just imagining what the checkout lady was thinking!

I never had the experience of being with mom when he bought fleets for me (at least I don't remember), but I've imagined it would have similarly embarrassing.

-BB

If any employee asks, just tell them you are buying it for your wife's feminine hygiene use.

This is one case where I would say, "I use them for health, don't you?" You may get an interesting reply, besides the expected no. This is now, as an adult, as a young person, I would go to drug stores in neighboring towns to purchase enema gear.

This thread is really hysterical to read. Guys are such wimps at the drugstore when it comes to buying almost anything personal. The funniest thing, at least at the time, was after the birth of our daughter and I sent my husband to the pharmacy to buy me a breast pump. Nobody had to ask if it was for him or not.

Many years ago, I was embarreaased, but not any more. I actually had a cute Hispanic clerk at Walmart smile and wink the last time a bought a combo bag!

Why let it bother you? Are you ever going to see that drug store clerk again? Don't you think that clerk has scanned thousands of tampons, condoms, suppositories, adult diapers, Massengill douches, K-Y jelly, FDS spray, jock itch spray and other "personal items?" Trust me, he or she isn't going to care if you buy an enema/douche kit.

And you could always drive to a part of town you don't frequent if you're worried about bumping into any friends or neighbors and having them see that in your shopping cart.

Or you could get even more creative and say something along the lines of your doctor told you to get a hot water bottle for your knee.

Or better yet, with all due respect, everyone poops, and sometimes like me they don't or can't. Everyone in their life has been constipated at one time or another, and anyone who says they haven't is a big fat liar. So man up and just buy the damn thing. No one really cares but you, and if you don't then that means that no one cares.

Goodness, if we women or you men got embarrassed every time we had to buy condoms or tampons women would be locked in their houses 7 days a month because they were bleeding like stuffed pigs and they wouldn't be able to contain their blood, or the world would be way more over populated than it already is because there wouldn't be any rubbers to catch the baby batter in and everyone would be pregnant. We might as well all change our names to Ma and Pa Kettle or the Duggers, lol.

Think about that for a minute.

Just man up and go buy you a red rubber bag and be done with it already. Trust me when I tell you, no one cares.

Mashie

Oh Mashie, you crack me up!!! 😁 😁 😁 You always know how to keep things in perspective. 😄

You know Mike, I have something for that, hehehe.

Mashie

I have to agree with liquidsky, there is no problem purchasing condoms or enema supplies anymore. There is no embarrassment, once we are seasoned enough.

There is that exhibitionist quality wherein a female clerk may make a comment. It has happened, but has never led to an E partner from a store meeting.

Another way of handling the embarrassment is to turn the tables, keep looking directly at the clerk and watch their uncomfortable reaction, and see how quickly and quietly the sales transaction is conducted.

Years ago, I was with two friends in Chicago and we were buying Enema cans at American Science & Surplus (a great place for kinksters and twisted people to shop). The other two each bought one can. I was last, and had the last 6 off the shelf. The young guy checking out said something about the cans. I looked him in the eye and said I was planning to use them for their intended purpose. He turned red and always avoided us when we were back in there.

Dan

Dan I love your balls! Thanks for your honesty. We need more people like you.

Mashie

It turned out not to be completely true. One can was wired for a night light, the rest were used for the intended purpose. What was unique, was the cans hold 2 1/2 qt. Otherwise look like any other enamel can.

Dan

I recently bought a large jar of Fleet glycerin suppositories at our local drugstore. I was slightly self-conscious --don't know if it qualified as embarrassment or not. Probably. I was checked out by a younger (30-something) woman. I don't know if she reacted...if she did she didn't show it. As for me, embarrassed or not I just sucked it up and acted like a grown-up. What else are you gonna do? At 68 I was determined not to skulk like a teenager buying condoms. In the end it was no big deal.

Rayme ...I did similar several months ago (previously posted about) & the amusing part was that I'd inadvertently picked up the children's product in haste only to have to return later for exchanging...Soooooo I had two bites at the cherry...it was worth it too

Actually I'd also engaged her in conversation over the benefits of goats milk soap, ostensibly because they had exhausted their stock of Simple Soap

T'was sneaky of me "butt" fun...Oh ! & the goats milk went down a treat !

Wow! Australian. Don't know if I would have had that much moxie. My rubber is off to you.

Aussie, you are my hero just so you know. I bet you have huge ones between those thighs of yours don't you? Mmmmm!

Mashie

^^^ LOL...A lil quip you may find enter-taining..."air the pair & let the thing swing" or "how to make friends & influence people" 😁

Yeah I stole the last quote from "Think & Grow Rich"...has a ring to it dontcha think

All I can say is it's a good thing for you that I am head over heels in love with my Doc, and that you live half way around the world or you might be in a big world of hurt Aussie. Yes, in a world of hurt.

Mashie

Ooooh !...complimentary medicine, thinkin butt "hurts so good"

LOL you 2 are so funny 😁 😁 😁 you make me laugh LOL 😜

^^^ Kid..."Downunder" has it's mom-ents, perhaps more than meets one's "eye"...haha

I see that That Australian lol 😁

I recall in the late 50's, our gym teacher told all the boys that they had to get a jock strap for gym class. I went to a local drug store and told the RPh. what I needed. He went down behind the counters where all the jock straps and rubbers were kept. He made a suggestion as to what jock would be good for a 7th grader like me and I bought it. At that same time, all feminine hygiene products and syringes were out front, not hidden from people's viewing. Those were the days when most women used a diaphragm and jelly for contraceptives and it was suggested that the lady flush out the jelly and semen with a douche.

My guess would be that the large majority of rubber goods were bought by women for douching. The fact that they could be used for rectal/colon flushing was just an added plus. Also, in the baby goods dept. there was always a selection of bulb syringes for infant enemas.

Things have really changed today. There is usually a section out front that has vaginal lubes, rubbers of all kinds and now, disposable douches. It's hard to find a store that carries flat rubber goods anymore. In the laxative section you find disposable enemas, oral laxatives, rectal wipes, suppositories, etc. Drug stores only carry items that sell.

In order to find large volume enema bags you usually have to go to a surgical/nursing home supply store and even there, you are limited to disposable plastic 1500cc enema bags.

Large volume bags just aren't in style anymore among most people. Only we klysmos want to buy this stuff; therefore, all the on-line availability.

Well I just bought a 4 qt silicone bag by Seeking Health from Amazon for $24.95, Amazon is the new "Sears" catalog. You can get lots of enema and related equipment there.

Thats why for us women to walk into a drugstore and buy what we have to, no questions asked. The last I bought a enema bag it was in a drugstore and the sales woman even helped me with it pick it out. And when I took it up the cashier nothing was said about it, I also bought a jar of glycerine suppositories with it. No problems what so ever.