[QUOTE=mog28;167121]I want to know if anyone else has this problem and how one would go about getting over it. I get really embarrassed/shy when I go to the store to buy condoms. I only get them at my local Walmart because they have self checkout so I don't have to hand them to someone to ring them up. I also have to wait till noone is around the condom section to even look, much less pick up, a box of condoms. Is this normal? :o[/QUOTE]

Yup it's normal, just imagine what might be worse on the EMBARRASSED SCALE...going to a doctor and having to explain why your "winkie" is falling off because you DID NOT use condoms??...or finding out from your girlfriend that she is pregnant because you didn't WRAP it...:)

Find a friend to buy them for you.

When I was in college, I had a roommate who was actually quite happy to buy them for everyone else. He figured that after numerous purchases, the salesgirl would be pretty impressed with him.

[QUOTE=NizeGie;167128]Find a friend to buy them for you.

When I was in college, I had a roommate who was actually quite happy to buy them for everyone else. He figured that after numerous purchases, the salesgirl would be pretty impressed with him.[/QUOTE]

lol... xD!

as for buying condoms~ i used to be nervous as hell to get them, even look at them... but then id think of all the possible consequence of not using them and it would push me to go look through em grab 3-4 boxes and run to the check out.

My fiance used to be really squeamish about actually going and buying condoms. So one time I refused to replenish the stock. We ended up having to go to the local drugstore to purchase some because he knows the rule of no condom meaning no action. It was funny because it was actually his first time going condom shopping so we spent almost half an hour standing there because he was like a kid in a candy store, I mean, he acted as though I didn't provide a wide variety of choices. (Totally untrue- my college has a Protection Connection and I get the variety pack!) But I was just happy that he got over that issue. It was starting to be really funny to be that girl walking across campus with that telling brown paper bag.

Happy Humping.

Well, I am 41 and have to admit to this day, I have always hated to buy contraceptives or when I was married a pregnancy test. I always wound up in line where there was the little old ladies behind me gawking at what I was getting, they always looked at your ring finger too (I did not like to wear my wedding band). They would, and still do, give you this "look" or I am just paraniod. After you do it enough, you just get better at it...keep using the self check out!!!

Nope, never had a problem buying contraceptives - toss them in with the rest of the groceries. The harried check out clerks couldn't have care less as they tried to ring up two carts' worth. As for those telling brown paper bags - it is cough syrup! LOL

I used to be nervous at first, but these days, who cares!

I still loved the look on the face of the guy working at the campus "Protection Connection" though. I guess it's a little abnormal for them to see someone walk in and buy several dozen condoms and know exactly what they were looking for. He even asked me the one time "got some plans?" And I couldn't help but be a little sarcastic and tell him that it wasn't any of his business if I was hosting an orgy- I had the proper permits! LOL

An orgy?!?! And you didn't invite me?? Now I am so hurt!

It wasn't one of those high-class orgies though. We only had some of the fun kinky stuff- the second chocolate fountain was malfunctioning and we had a lube shortage. It was a catastrophe. LMAO

Buy condoms from ebay then. They're really cheap as well.

Why would you be embarrassed? Buying condoms means you're getting laid. Walk out their with a proud face & the knowlege that you're getting some hot wet pussy.

Sorry to hear it, Sass!

seriously mate get comfortable with the fact that your a human being and your having sex and you need condoms.

You should not be ashamed what so ever. It always makes me laugh when i go grocery shopping and i have two boxes of condoms and astroglide on the conveyor belt on a sunday afternoon.

i work at a drug store and ud be surprised how many people and what type of people buy them...everyone buys em...i eeven bought em there ,

I've never worked in a drug store but I have worked at a gas station and a small town grocery store. I know what you mean- you get all kinds buying condoms.

But the ones that I always loved were the people who would buy condoms and something like laxatives at the same time. It was really awkward asking them if they had everything they needed. Especially the one time this little old lady said "Oops. I almost forgot," and grabbed a bottle of chocolate syrap and wet naps. It was so wierd!

Perhaps lack of embarasment comes with age. Don't have a need for condoms anymore but never bothered me to buy them when I did. Like EEK says, checkout people working for minimum wage could care less what's in your buggy. I've bought tampons, a bra for my GF when she moved in, Depends for my mom (rest her soul) , lube the list goes on. Oh wait, don't forget cigarrette papers, arguably more embarraseing than condoms? Just put your head up & pay. If they got it on the shelf, you can bet other people are buying it or it wouldn't be there.

Yeah normal. Lol! One of my Ex's used to wave them around the store and shout over at me saying "Are these the ones you wanted?" At least it made me less embarrased in the end as all we got were a couple smiles from people

Lol you got some funny stories guys :) I've never personally bought condoms. I've always made my boyfriend buy them. Although I did buy a condom from one of the loonie vendors in the females washroom.
I work in a grocery store, and I laugh (inside of course) of all the people who buy condoms and hide them in their groceries. I obviously can't talk I've never bought them, but it's still humerous.

[QUOTE=mog28;167121]I want to know if anyone else has this problem and how one would go about getting over it. I get really embarrassed/shy when I go to the store to buy condoms. I only get them at my local Walmart because they have self checkout so I don't have to hand them to someone to ring them up. I also have to wait till noone is around the condom section to even look, much less pick up, a box of condoms. Is this normal? :o[/QUOTE]

haha, don't be afraid to look at them man, if people see u looking they're most likely gonna assume you're getting laid, which isn't really a bad thing. and the embarassment part, don't worry I had the same issue a few months ago when I bought them for the first time. This is gonna sound really rude and possible racist, and it's not, but I went to a bunch of stores till I found an older chinese lady, and when I buy them I just pretend she doesn't speak english and doesnt know what they are hahahaha. no problems now. ALSO, like 10 minutes from my place there's a sexual health clinic and they give out free condoms AND lube!!! free!. I grabbed a ****load it was awesome. so look for a sexual health clinic in your area cause they might do the same.

Dude my aunt works for the county public health clinic and she brings me hundreds of the things mostly as a joke I think my mom put her up to it but hey I get free condoms