So, the other day I was having a conversation with a friend of mine and during a funny conversation about the movie 'The Hangover' and the hilarious "car in the condom" scene - she revealed a most alarming fact about herself...
SHE'S NEVER PURCHASED CONDOMS BEFORE! EVER!
I couldn't believe it! Going back and forth about why she didn't have the guts to buy them, I decided to blog about it and pose the question to you dear Bakotopians like a case study of sorts...
"Have you ever bought condoms before?"
Please gimme a 'Yes' or 'No' below and feel free to share a funny, embarrasing, or not so funny story with us. Why or Why not? Are you shy? Too embarrassed to buy from a liquor store, pharmacy, or? RU Celibate? Think it's the guy's job? Think it's the girl's job? OR?
I mean, condoms are a silly thing - look at the geek in the picture, and are a source of classic comedy ala 'The Hangover', etc...More importantly, safe sex is best, right?
We're all adults, don't be prudes...please discuss.
Also printed in Bakotopia magazine issue 57, 6-25-09
Comments
I'm very happy to have my son too msjosey!
I'd like to see the religious standings and other ethnic back ground stats as well. I think some guys are just goofy believing anything like: Green M&M's make you horny You put a aspirin in a girls coke and she gets horny.
Some times Dr.'s forget to tell you about birth control and antibiotics and things like that. I'm glad for those 1 percenters too! It shows they were MEANT to be born by the will of God. That's a cool thing!
Q. What does the receptionist at the sperm clinic say to clients as they are leaving?
A. Thanks for coming.
OK OK I didn't want to state this fact I just heard on John and Ken, I know it will piss some people off. I don't want to it's just their stats. They said that 15 percent of Hispanic women are pregnant by the time they are 20. I think that was in the southland alone.
This kinda goes along with the condom thing. I don't think it's so much a cultural thing but a religious thing, or kinda both together.
I have had millions of Hispanic friends.Some that said to use a condom goes against their religious back ground. But I think so is premarital sex. So I think I'd rather break both rules if it was the smart rules to break, by using a condom. I think myself being young once saying it was all BS (condom use),.The guy wants to feel that skin to skin feel. and will fore go the condom, I was there once when I was a teen/young man. DUMB Idea guys! I never got anyone pregnant or got any STD's Thank you God! But I look back thinking wow I could have! I want to know the stats on those guys that make babies with the 15 percent stick with the girl? Not many I think. Therefor girls? If he's gonna be a dog and not wear a condom say sorry, NO GLOVE? NO LOVE! You have to respect yourself as women! If he bails and you have a kid by 20 it will be twice as hard to get an education and make something of yourself!
These stats were actually given as John and Ken said was by La Raza
There used to be condoms with an aspirin in the end for that "f---ing" headache, or one with ink in the end so if you couldn't come you could write. And on and on. (Jokes)
Not so weird. *shrug...I need half and half for my coffee, and condoms to prevent future pregnancy. Costco is weird because I can also get a beach umbrella, the latest best seller, a laptop and a blender.
I have never bought condoms before . I was a virgin when I got married and have been married for 32 years and I have never cheated on my wife , soooo no need for condoms . when I was In high school I was shy and the biggest nerd so I never got lucky. durring my military years I stayed a virgin . I guess I never got drunk enough to get a tattoo or get a hooker ha ha ha
I love that movie. And why would buying condoms at Costco be weird for they have a pharmacy section. And btw I said comparing the two is weird sweetie not buying them together :)
That movie was so Cool I still like to watch it when it comes on! I think I was like hmmm 12 or 13 when it came out, With the tag like "where were you in 62?" hmmm I was a year old for most of that year! ha
I got all my groceries, a box of condoms and a beach umbrella today. Costco is so weird.
Did you ever see that movie "American Graffiiti", where the kid tries to buy booze, so he mixes in the request like...
Liquor Store Clerk: Want something?
Toad: Umm...yeah. Let me have a Three Muskateers and a ball point pen, one of those combs there, a pint of Old Harper, a coupla flashlight batteries and some beef jerky.
*Substitute the pint of Old Harper with "a box of the blue condoms," and you have one of my first rounds at buying wubbas at the licka stow! :-P
Twinkie!,..you have no female part anymore :O? Did you change you name to Chastity? he he
I think I would buy a whole bunch of other times if i was embarrassed to buy condoms , that or buy just the condoms and flip em up in the air over and over ,..singing "I got me a busy night to night " over and over
Rite Aid has the cheapest beer in town, yo. Plus you can get cereal, snacks, and soup! :-P
Rite Aid and CVS are where I go when I need one or two items but don't want to hassle with the whole grocery store mess.
Toilet paper
Milk
Eggs
Bread
Condoms
Beer.
Actually I should have put beer at the TOP of the list! :) Because that's the most important item! And I was kidding about the condoms. I'm married and have no more woman parts so I don't need them to protect myself from STD's OR for birth control. Well, I hope I'm protected. This is of course assuming Mr. Twinkie isn't dipping his pen at work or elsewhere unprotected?
hahah Donnie that's funny, I remember my dad would not let my mom place her maxi pads next to any food in the cart he thought it was insanitary haha . And Rite Aid is not a grocery store Matt they don't even sell bread there, it's more of a pharmacy.
Quick grocery trips to Rite Aid have included condoms in the basket! They even have them at the counter in these little credit-card like pocket holders. True dat!
Yeah, that would be weird MsJosey. Let's see I need:
Milk
Bread
Condoms
Eggs
Lettuce
I would not compare buying condoms to buying groceries. That's a weird thing to say.
Hi Yellow ...
Cute and funny story ... :)
*wink* and {{{{hugs}}}}.
K
And that's exactly right Dad ... and that's what I tell my own high school students about sex ... don't get any ... wait ... or for cripes sake, don't tell me about it.
... (and I really don't want to talk to them about it actually ... drugs, school, parents, grades ... all good ... but ... ahh ... sex too ????)
And I'm so glad you didn't tell one of those "ewwww ... too much information" stories about my Dad!
Hahaha!
I love you,
Karin
In 1948 when I first worked in drugstore, the condoms (and kotex and tampons) all had to be wrapped in brown paper, so you would buy them in a plain brown wrapper. It didn't matter much as not many of us in high school "got any" anyway.
My 1st experience with condoms went as follows...
Getting ready for my "1st time experience"...
1. I'm asked "do you have a condom".
2. "No"
3. "Then we can't"
4. I am now sad.
5. I Come up with the brilliant idea to go to the store to purchase condoms.
6. First stop 7-11... Sold out.
7. Second stop Fastrip... Sold out.
8. I am told this is a sign to give up "there will be another time".
9. I ignore sign.
10. Vons has condoms
11. Now I have condoms.
12. Mood is rekindled.
13. My experience with condom installation dampens the mood.
14. Down to last condom.
15. All systems go
16. Out of condoms
17. Interrupt friend in other room for more condoms.
18. Long night. Late to work.
19. Dad is shop foreman... Dad is pissed.
20. Tell Dad story... Dad is happy.
In short, all the strife was well worth the effort... and embarrassment.
Spermicide:
Unless having a cat claw it's way out of your penis is enjoyable stay far away from this tube!
... spermicide is harvested from the sweat glands of El Diablo himself !!!
Being embarassed to buy condoms would be like being embarassed to buy groceries. A girl's got needs.
The only funny condom story I can think of, and this happened after buying them without incident, is when a group of my friends would get together to watch the xfiles back when our kids were little. The kids had rummaged through the drawer in the night stand and each came out with a wrapped condom and asked, "What are these??" because they totally look like candy wrappers. I ripped one open, blew it up like a balloon and batted it across the room to everyone's relief. The other mom followed suit and soon we had a fun game that made all the adults laugh hysterically.
Fun, right?
We got together the next week and I had hidden the condoms in a different drawer somewhere. My daughter walked into the room where the adults were socializing and yelled, "HEY. WHERE ARE THOSE BALLOONS THAT MAKE YOU GUYS LAUGH?" We laughed. Then she got real serious, "WHY do they make you laugh?"
uh.
Fresh out of balloons, hun. Go play with playdoh on the carpet.
There's a moral in there somewhere.
A night with Venus a lifetime with Mercury, As I recall they said on that show,..
Mercury was what they used to "cure" STD's back in the day. I recall when i was a kid the worse you could get was Gono or the Clap. and you used an anti-biotic for it and clear it up,.now one night with some one with AIDS and sadly it's a death sentence so to speak,.. remember as they say,."wrap them rascals"
I watched David Carridine in Old West Tech and the making of the condom. and it's ,..reusable properties:( No he didn't tie himself up for this episode,.ahem,..
Lambskins are pretty bizarre - they remind me of fishing bait...ehhh....
Check out the history of the condom HERE.
I think we've found our next Bakotopia swag item! Blue Bakotopia condoms?
Ah hell you do it like dogs screwing Chandra turn the hose on him or kick em in the ribs HAHAHHAHA Trojan -ENZ baby! lubed for everyone's pleasure haha that was always my choice, and i used lamb skins sometimes,.that was interesting,..never looked at hot dog casing the same again ha ha
I have bought condoms. As in the saying it takes two to tango it's a mutual responsibility. Only embarrasing thing that has ever happened with the use condoms was with my exhusband whom was very well endowed and his penis turned purple from the cirulation being cut off. The real delima to cut with scissors, teeth or what. Should he hold it still I hold it while he cuts? Yelling for my roomates help to bring something. LOL. I laugh about it now and sometimes wish that it would of fell off since he couldn't keep it in his pants hence the exhusband.
Never bought condoms. My husband never had to buy them, either. His mom works at the Health Department and she would get TONS of condoms. I would TOTALLY get embarrassed when she would say, "What kind do you want Mijo, the flavored kind, glow in the darks? Which ones? Do you need some lubricants?" ....OH-EM-GEE, Mom-in-Law!! I didn't even know that they gave lubes at the Health Dept. LMAO!! But the funny thing is, with all that protection, we still managed to have kids. Four of them at that, LOL!
Interesting! Keep the stories coming! No pun intended...
I've never bought them. I take that back I bought a bunch of flavored ones at De Ja Vu love boutique for a bachlorette gift basket I made a friend. So I've never bought them for myself. I've always thought it would make me look desperate, why should I buy something that I don't wear. I say make the guy do it, he should feel lucky enough that I'm even doing that with him :)
Comdoms?
Whats that?
I have to use the Magnums so I'm not embarrassed.
too shy? Condoms- YES! hefty trash bag a and scissors- NO!
Hell when I was married at 19 My first ex was paranoid of getting pregnant so I had to buy them and never had sex with my ex without them for 8 year! along with boiling hellish spermicide it's like having your penis cooked in rubber,. sex with her was SOOO much fun!. Needless to say I was happy I did,..sadly she started sleeping around,.oh I'm sure they wore condoms too ha ha. That gave me the break I was looking for! Whoo hoo Freedom!!!!! Oh were were talking about condoms and not freedom here. um yeah bought them by the big jumbo pack,.I've bought everything from rubbers to tampons to fleet enemas, I'm not ashamed or embarrassed,. I relish the moment I could buy a pack of condoms a enema, and some kind of lubricant to blow the cashier's mind! Then comment like "yeah that should last me for the night ,.um yeah! Of course I never have had to buy that combo before, but it would be funny!
Dreamfusion, did your b/f husband carry his condoms In a wallet/ heat and old condoms might break I never had one break,.as you can see by the picture they will inflate to accommodate a bus!
Haha I think the first few times you can feel embarrassed. I know I did. It felt like everyone in the store knew what was in my hand, thank God for self checkout lines. I don't think its a guy or a girl job in particular, more than anything I think it's a self decision, if you want to be safe then you should take up the responsibility and buy them. I just hate how there are so MANY choices for condoms... womens pleasure.. lubricated.. spermicide... etc. It makes it hard to just grab and go, instead you have to stand there looking stupid and trying to figure out which one to get. I think it's not so great testing brands. I know with my now husband, some of them broke and we had a fun wait a month time span- and one actually resulting in my now 2 year old daughter haha. - now explain that one to your mother in law and what actually happened with the condoms- now THAT'S an embarrassing story.
I don't think I actually bought any until I was 19. Before that, I just somehow got possession of them one way or the other. Nowadays I buy tampons for my wife with no regard, but haven't actually bought condoms in ages.
I bought a pack of condoms ONCE for a friend who turned 18. I had made her a "NOW THAT YOU'RE 18 YOU CAN BUY...." basket. I filled it with condoms, cigarettes, lottery tickets. I've never actually bought them for myself though.
*I don't think you have to be 18 to buy them. I think I just did it for the *shock* factor? It completed my basket.
When I was single I "abstained" OR made the guy carry the responsibility of having one on him. Call me old fashioned?
One thing I've told my own kids, though is that if you're too embarrassed to buy them (guys) or to ask the guy to put one on (girls) then you should be too embarrassed to have it (sex)