A post on another thread about a prudish mother making her daughters turn their backs as she adjusted her bra, reminded me of this incident.
Twelve years old, mum sent me to chemist with a note "packet of STs".
I couldn't face asking the man and the lady was at lunch. I saw a little girl (4-5 year old) whom I didn't even know, gave her the note and the money and asked her to go in and waited outside.
She came out and in front of all the shoppers going to and fro,stood a few feet away, opened the brown paper bag, held out the sanitary towels and said loudly, Here you are. I was totally mortified.
People nowadays wouldn't actually realise how I felt.
Thankfully times have changed.
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