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Oh groan, don't mention condoms. I used to shop for them in a cut-price shop because you could pile them in the basket with toothpaste etc. One day I got to the till and the girl stood up and shouted to the back of the shop " are the coloured, ribbed condoms the same price as the normal ones?"

I remember in the 60's my grandmother decided to be'modern' and open minded and asked for' a packet of Kotex for my grandaughter please' in the middle of a small busy chemist. Can you imagine me creeping out of the shop. I don't know if a younger man would be so embarrassed, remember your older driver would be due to his age. My son, and others, think nothing of picking up sanitary supplies for his wife. Times have changed. Oh and I've seen young women buy condoms without any embarrassment at all.

Sorry, slightly off track but years ago I was with my dear old mum in the ladies toilets at a motorway service station. She was drying her hands under the blower and shouted out !Fancy selling sweets in a toilet!". Everyone looked around and I thought what the heck is she on about now. Then I saw the machine she was standing next to. Strawberry and Cream, Blackberry and Apple etc. You guessed it , it was a fruit flavoured CONDOM machine. Bless her I did'nt like to tell her.

I remember noticing once in Safeway that although there were signs aloft that said "tea, coffee, toilet rolls etc" there were no clues as to where to find "feminine hygiene products" I wonder if that is still the case in supermarkets. Must check.

When I was in hospital many years ago, being sterilised, a lady in the next bed was married to a foreign gentleman. One visiting time, she was a bit weepy, he held her hand and said, "Never mind, no more white doctors," she looked at him, puzzled, asked what he meant, and it turned out he meant no more Dr.Whites! It made her laugh, and cheered her up no end!

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Hattie64

Hattie64. You made me laugh for the first time today, thank you.

Hattie! I wish I'd been there.

Last year I had a bad skin infection all over, including my nether regions. I went to Boots to buy a tube of Canesten, and yes there was the young lad behind the counter who wanted to know what I wanted it for. I said it was personal, but he was adament he needed to know, so I said it was to put on my fanny. You should have seen his face.

Mishap.

KY! I don't know wether to feel sorry for you or be jealous? The latter I hope.

We used a FP clinic when we were courting.

On our 1st visit my DH was asked how old he was and he said 17 3/4 never let him live it down

It is indeed healthier, Mishap, but it still makes me feel a bit uncomfortable! I'm afraid old attitudes die hard.....

When we used to go to Europe camping for 6 weeks every summer my Mum would fill the boot with STs for the 3 females in the family as she was so worried about trying to ask for them in a foreign language - it left very little room for any other packing!

Talking of condoms, I can remember driving my D and (now) SIL to the FP clinic when they were in their teens. SIL (who is a bit of a character) emerged with 2 bags full of condoms, one for them and the other for me and my OH "as we were going on holiday and might need them!" I was not quite sure what to say, but took them anyway! I really like that sort of openness - in contrast to the secretive attitude to these subjects when I was young. Much healthier I think!

I once had a Saturday job in a chemist. One day a young man came in and asked for a packet of 3, well, whispered it actually and so I told him to repeat it, which he did. My reply was 'packet of 3 what?' in my normal voice to which this man blushed and after repeating his request and receiving a polite but blank expression asked to speak to the manager, who was also the pharmacist at the back. I called the manager [male] over and said again in my normal voice 'this gentleman would like a packet of 3 but I don't know what it is or where to find it'. The manager gently said he would take over!!!! Afterwards he kindly explained what they were and where I could find them in the future. So I learned something that Saturday! I was 15.

Oh Glass you plonker!

I bet DH hasn't glass

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nutty

I was at my yearly check up for my HRT a few years ago with a new surgery.
The Dr went through all the usual questions then said
'what do you do for contraception'
on seeing my shocked look and reply of ....
'we dont use any contraception'

She replied 'well I would not recommend unprotected sex at this time'.

I came out of the surgery in a daze, all I could think of was babies

Got home and phoned DD and told her and said OMG what could have happened we will have to use protection from now on....

'Mum she said Dad had a vasectomy years ago'

I had forgotten.

nuttynorah!

I went to buy the Canesten Combi pack (with the capsule) and the male pharmacist asked me if I was pregnant or breast-feeding. I was quite flattered as I'm nearly 58 but my husband disgraced me by laughing loudly.

Yes I think it is because constant thrush is a symptom of vaginal atrophy and it needs to be checked. Annoying though because you can't buy the combi tablet and cream in France - when I asked about it the doctor was amazed and said "in France we wouldn't use something we swallowed for thrush...."

Boots can be a bit funny about selling certain items. One assistant almost refused to hand over a bottle of kaolin and morphine, although our family has used it for years - she insisted there were better products on the market and quizzed me on what I wanted it for. Perhaps she thought I was going to somehow strain off the morphine! (Don't think there's actually any in it now).

Just Googled it and then saw nuttynorah's comment. The pharmacist knows my age - nevermind!!

I bought it my local chemist the other day with no problem.