that’s how I tend to look at it. Condoms in retail are just another product, no need for shame. The cashier does not care at all, unless you bring a combo like a shovel. Even then, they’ll laugh to themselves for 5 seconds before ringing up 3 more customers and totally forgetting your order. The shame you feel is a societal projection, created by like 3 dudes who happened to have money.
Because it’s one of the most vulnerable situations we can be in, so we constantly joke about it but never address it as an important educational topic
I personally think it’s because of my parents
Try it without them there, it goes a lot smoother I’ve found.
So condom-buying is not awkward because of an outing as sex-haver, but because of relational uncertainty?
that’s how I tend to look at it. Condoms in retail are just another product, no need for shame. The cashier does not care at all, unless you bring a combo like a shovel. Even then, they’ll laugh to themselves for 5 seconds before ringing up 3 more customers and totally forgetting your order. The shame you feel is a societal projection, created by like 3 dudes who happened to have money.