Embarrassing purchases

[Nichole]

Is there anything that you're really embarrassed to buy?

Amanda's mention of Tucks pads in another thread made me think of one: Preparation H. I think I'd have to be in just complete and utter hemorrhoidal misery to buy it. :lol: For some reason, Tucks weren't hard to buy because I was buying them for post partum issues (which may or may not include hemis... ahem :shuffle: ). But now I'm not pregnant, so if I were buying them people would know why. :blush1: :lol:

[schwanda]

Amanda's mention of Tucks pads in another thread made me think of one: Preparation H.

Great. :rolleyes: I really want to be associated with hemorrhoids. Thanks.

Amanda

[Nichole]

:hehe: Isn't that a hazard of your profession? You with your moist mucous membranes and whatnot? :lol:

[schwanda]

There's a reason I'm a urologist and NOT a proctologist or general surgeon. I deal with the front half!!! :lol:

Amanda

[schwanda]

But to get back on topic.... I think I would still be a little embarassed to buy condoms. I'm married and I have 2 kids and all but still. For some reason buying condoms is like advertising, "Hey! I'm having SEX!"

Amanda

[Karri]

You know, I am not really embarassed, but I just reeeeeally hate tossing the big ole' box of 96 ct. super tampax up on the belt at the grocery with my milk and cereal and have the HS boy bag it :lol:

[Karri]

oh yes...speaking of the front half :lol: i am terribly embarassed to buy monistat :shuffle:

[schwanda]

I've been lucky enough to never purchase either preparation H (one advantage of c sections!) or monistat. To me those are medications and therefore not embarassing. I guess I still get a twinge when the teenage boy is ringing up my tampons.....

Amanda

[Michele]

You know, I am not really embarassed, but I just reeeeeally hate tossing the big ole' box of 96 ct. super tampax up on the belt at the grocery with my milk and cereal and have the HS boy bag it :lol:

Me too! Especially b/c I'm usually buying midol and chocolate at the same time!

I hate buying condoms too, I think I've only done it once in my whole life.

[AmyP]

I'm definitely embarrassed to buy monistat and the like. When Sarah got a yeast infection I had to buy it for her but I was still embarrassed! I don't mind buying tampons and pads. I'm also generally embarrassed to buy condoms. I'm married with a kid, but I am still embarrassed!!! Thankfully we don't use them, so it's a moot point for now.

I am getting a bit embarrassed to buy baby food when I have Sarah with me. Sometimes the cashier will tell me she's old enough for table food. Yeah, I know. Tell her that!!!

[Michal]

I refuse to buy condoms and anything that might go with them *ahem* and I don't like buying anything that suggests that I might be having issues down south. If I do have to purchase any of these items I always purchase alot of other things at the same time to sort of 'hide' the embarrasing item :lol:

[Mrs. Shae]

oh ... this came up this past week ... it is normal for me to call hubby when i leave work ... and ask what we [he/me/SIL] need from the store ... i pass right by it when i get off the freeway ... so i stop there most nights ...

he replied ... Coffee, Milk, and a Fleet Enema :eek: .. wtf ... he told me it was for SIL ... and i sheepishly said ... "well, i really love her so i will do it . . . " ... then he started laughing ...

besides that ... :blush: "the things that go with condoms" to quote the post before me ... [cannot believe i am posting this] ... seriously ... i order it from drugstore.com ... as i am in the store prob 5 times a week ... and they all know me and hubby ... i don't care to have them know me all that much [but i guess you all do now :blush: ] ...

[Karri]

...and a Fleet Enema :eek: .. wtf ... he told me it was for SIL ... and i sheepishly said

Ok...I think I would be more comfortable buying an enema than I would telling my brother that I needed an enema :errr:

[Michal]

Ok...I think I would be more comfortable buying an enema than I would telling my brother that I needed an enema :errr:

Eww, I agree!

[Joan]

Rat traps. Mouse traps. We had a recent problem and I didn't know which brand/type to buy so I got a about 6 kinds/sizes, etc. I was feeling quite icky at the checkout. It looked like we had an infestation. Embarrassing.

[Mrs. Shae]

Ok...I think I would be more comfortable buying an enema than I would telling my brother that I needed an enema :errr:

Eww, I agree!

ya ... you would think so ... but remember ... the three of us live together ... and there are not many secrets :lol: ...

like i said ... i love her to death ... and seriously ... that is the only way this whole living arrangement works :)

[Nichole]

Oh dude, me too! :errr:

In the condoms vein (yes, that is a little embarrassing), lube may be a little embarrassing to buy, too. :scan: That's just admitting more than anyone at the store needs to know, isn't it? :lol:

[Mrs. Shae]

Rat traps. Mouse traps. We had a recent problem and I didn't know which brand/type to buy so I got a about 6 kinds/sizes, etc. I was feeling quite icky at the checkout. It looked like we had an infestation. Embarrassing.

:laughat: i can imagine what they were thinking ... then again ... we often comment to the checkers at our store ... when we have *odd combos* ...

[pam]

Most of these items wouldn't embarrass me at my old age :lol: However, anything that would go with condoms probably would be something DH would have to buy or I would have to buy a lot of other things in the hopes that maybe it would go unnoticed. drugstore.com? good idea! me likey!

[Clare]

I am getting a bit embarrassed to buy baby food when I have Sarah with me. Sometimes the cashier will tell me she's old enough for table food. Yeah, I know. Tell her that!!!

Wow that's rude! :eek: The cheek of people! How do they know that you don't have a younger baby at home? It's none of their freakin business!!!!!!!!!

As for stuff that goes with condoms.....call me a prude, or old fashioned or just plain old :lol: but I have no idea what that might be :shuffle: I haven't used a condom for over 10 years and I don't remember anything going with it :scratch:

I don't really get embarrassed buying anything, but I clearly remember wanting the floor to open and swallow me up just after Sam was born and I was buying the jumbo pads and Emily said "oh those are the things that you put in your undies to catch the blood"!!! :faint:

[Mrs. Shae]

I don't really get embarrassed buying anything, but I clearly remember wanting the floor to open and swallow me up just after Sam was born and I was buying the jumbo pads and Emily said "oh those are the things that you put in your undies to catch the blood"!!! :faint:

OMG ... dying right now ...

[Lissa]

Not much bothers me either. I figure the checkers have seen it all before me.

I am curious though....what am I missing that makes a plunger embarassing?? :)

[Jayne]

I don't seem to get embarassed. DH does though. We were in the Outer Banks and I was on the last day of my period. I bought a box of tampons and a box of condoms (as DH forgot them :lol: ) And DH had to walk out of the store. He was so embarrassed :lol:

[Girlo]

Porn. :heee: Not lately though....... :lol:

[Silke]

Ahem...yes...condoms, monistat :lol:

[Silke]

Porn. :heee: Not lately though....... :lol:
well.....lookie here :hehe:

[Girlo]

It's a single girlo's best friend....at times. :heee:

It can even be a marital aid....at times. :heee:

[Lissa]

I refuse to comment

why? curious minds want to know.

[MrsPeacefrog]

Clare: I am thinking they are probably talking about lubricant.

I don't get embarrassed buying anything, Tony used to send me to go buy the porn :lol2: but for fun I ALWAYS place odd orders for Tony when he goes down to the shops :devil:

About a month or so ago I had chronic stomach virus and I had serious issues with my butt that got bad from pregnancy but was aggrivated from being sick and I rang him at 4am at work BEGGING him to go to the emergency chemist for me to buy me stuff. He came home and threw the wipes and cream at me and declares "There's your butt creams, thanks for embarrassing the HELL out of me" :giggle: too funny!

[pam]

About a month or so ago I had chronic stomach virus and I had serious issues with my butt that got bad from pregnancy but was aggrivated from being sick and I rang him at 4am at work BEGGING him to go to the emergency chemist for me to buy me stuff. He came home and threw the wipes and cream at me and declares "There's your butt creams, thanks for embarrassing the HELL out of me" :giggle: too funny!

Poor Tony!!! Oh my goodness....





























...not! Bwahahahaha:rotflmao: Really sorry about the butt issues, though :giggle:

[Cami]

Put me down as embarrassed with all of the above. I don't care a bit what the checkout person thinks but I'm always afraid I'll run into the last person I'd want to see while I'm holding that stuff (our pastor, a teacher, random cute guy). :lol:

I don't think I've ever bought condoms. But I worked at Drug Emporium (a big drug store) when I was in college. The first little boy who ever kissed me (when we were in the first grade) came up to my checkout with condoms. I'll never forget his face when he realized he knew the cashier. :lol:

[MrsPeacefrog]

random cute guy


:rotflmao: Love it!

[Nadine]

All of the above and .... stuff to get rid of hairlice. I HATE it when Shoham catches them.
And sadly - Yumi's meds. Embarrassed is not the right word. I just don;t want anyone seeing me buy it because we don't want anyone in the neighborhood to know for a fact that he gets Ritalin. Just because of their bad mouths and mean minds. He and we have been thru enough. (Only very few people IRL know he gets Ritalin.)

[Clare]

Put me down as embarrassed with all of the above. I don't care a bit what the checkout person thinks but I'm always afraid I'll run into the last person I'd want to see while I'm holding that stuff (our pastor, a teacher, random cute guy). :lol:



My best friend used to be librarian at a girls high school and she was mortally embarrassed whenever one of her students was the cashier when she was buying tampons :lol:

[schwanda]

Tom gets really embarassed about buying feminine products but he has done it. It just requires more instructions than I care to give!

Amanda

[MrsPeacefrog]

Amanda: that is one thing I never understood about a man, why would they get embarrassed about buying feminine hygiene products :scratch: I mean it's obviously not for them and if anything it means they have a partner, so they aren't losers! :lol2:

[MrsPeacefrog]

Poor Tony!!! Oh my goodness....





...not! Bwahahahaha:rotflmao: Really sorry about the butt issues, though :giggle:


:lol: thanks for your concern over my butt!

[Karri]

why? curious minds want to know.

I am guessing its becaue not everyone likes the world to know they clogged the toilet with a giant turd :lol: I myself would be mortified if it happened.

DEB! :lol2: Too funny.

[Barb]

Oh, the usual - feminine hygeine products. I've never had to buy condoms, but as someone who is soon to be single, I've wondered about that.

Pregnancy tests. I always felt weird about that. :dunno:

Toilet paper. I know, everybody needs it but I don't like to advertise it.

And dandruff shampoo.

[Lissa]

I am guessing its becaue not everyone likes the world to know they clogged the toilet with a giant turd :lol: I myself would be mortified if it happened.



Thanks, Karri! I guess I equate clogged toliets with too much paper not too much poopie! :lol:

[Barb]

Lissa, you don't live with my husband. Lucky you. :lol:

[Melissa]

I am guessing its becaue not everyone likes the world to know they clogged the toilet with a giant turd :lol: I myself would be mortified if it happened.

DEB! :lol2: Too funny.
I have a great story about this! My BIL is known for being crass and disgusting. He is very proud of his big turds and will describe them to our family. Well, we were having a family vacation in Cancun and he clogged the toilet. He wasn't very proud that he had to call down to the front desk to ask for a plunger, when the guy came to the door of their room he sheepishly grabbed the plunger and fixed the toilet himself. :lol:

Anyway, I always feel odd about buying pads/tampons, don't know why, you'd think I'd be over it by now.

[Lynn]

:toofunny: Ooooh, I haven't laughed like this in ages!

I'm weird about buying pregnancy tests, especially more than one brand and/or more than one. Like Amanda, I'm admitting I'm having s-e-x.

[MamaGoofy]

I don't get embarrassed often but when I was PG and had to buy K-Y to help things along I got terribly embarrassed.

[Barb]

I'm weird about buying pregnancy tests, especially more than one brand and/or more than one. Like Amanda, I'm admitting I'm having s-e-x.

Exactly. I have a thing about people knowing I have sex, poop and menstruate. :lol:

[Nichole]

I felt weird buying pregnancy tests, too. I don't know why, though.

This thread is uh... interesting at breakfast time. :scan: :lol:

[Lissa]

Lissa, you don't live with my husband. Lucky you. :lol:

Yes! And unlucky you!!!! :lol:

[schwanda]

The plunger thing never bothers me. I guess because I've always bought one as part of "moving in" supplies rather than as an emergency.

Amanda

[Jillian]

I am getting a bit embarrassed to buy baby food when I have Sarah with me. Sometimes the cashier will tell me she's old enough for table food. Yeah, I know. Tell her that!!!


Yea...I avoid that by just making baby food...no one knows I'm going to puree the sweet potatos in my cart and then mix them with yogurt and try to force feed them to my almost 3 year old...

[AmyP]

I felt weird buying pregnancy tests, too. I don't know why, though.

Me too. Even when we were trying. :dunno:

[Jayne]

I hadn't thought of the PG test. I have the worst time with that one. I think it is because I was PG at 18 and I was ashamed of being pg that young so I have a hard time with it even to this day. Even when we were trying to get pg with Alyssa. :dunno:

[Bridget]

After I had Ahna I had really bad issues "down there". My husband had to make an emergency run to Wal-Mart and bought an enema AND suppositories. :lol: He said he felt kind of embarassed buying ONLY that stuff and practically running while getting it. :lol:

I hate buying my granny underwear. :bullhorn: It's like, hey here comes the lady buying the enormous granny pants!!! My recent ones came from Sams and they were in a plastic tube (like a 3 pack). That was much better. :lol:

[Bridget]

And note I didn't use the word "panties". ;)

[Barb]

But now you just did. :lol:

[Jayne]

But now you just did. :lol:

:toofunny: I kept thinking it every time she was avoiding it.

[bunybomb]

For some reason buying condoms is like advertising, "Hey! I'm having SEX!"

Amanda

And a lot of people would be envious of you! :lol:

[Cami]

One time when I bought a pg test, the cashier (a teenage boy) said, "good luck." :chin:

[MamaGoofy]

And note I didn't use the word "panties". ;)

Is there a reason we are avoiding "panties"? :scratch:

[magoo]

I've been lucky enough to never purchase either preparation H (one advantage of c sections!)
Just for the record, I needed the tucks long before Anna was born. :blush1: :lol:

I bought condoms once. I buried them under a basket full of other stuff and used the self checkout. :lol:

[magoo]

Oh, I recently had to purchase pepto bismal AND immodium for my dad in the same trip. The cashier said "How are you today?" I felt like telling her to look at what I was buying and take a wild guess at how I was feeling. :lol:

[Lynn]

One time when I bought a pg test, the cashier (a teenage boy) said, "good luck." :chin:
A couple of years ago I bought 2-3 (or maybe it was 5 :whistle: ) pregnancy tests at the dollar store. The cashier, who happened to be the store manager, went on and on about how they were his number one most stollen item. And then he was going on about how if someone couldn't afford a $1 pregnancy test then they shouldn't be having kids yadda yadda yadda. I was like, "Uh, here's your $5.30. Can you just quickly shut up about the fact that I bought pregnancy tests?" :bolt:

[Barb]

Stealing pregnancy tests from the dollar store? Duh, maybe they were embarrassed!

[Jillian]

Stealing pregnancy tests from the dollar store? Duh, maybe they were embarrassed!

Or 15!

I bought a pregnancy test when Janelle was 2 months old and the cashier said "haven't you figured out where those come from by now??" The lady behind me in line told her to shut up an do her job.

[Bridget]

Is there a reason we are avoiding "panties"? :scratch:
Oh yeah... :lol: Someone in the "words you hate" thread said they hated that word! Sandy it twas. :lol:

[Karri]

My recent ones came from Sams and they were in a plastic tube (like a 3 pack). That was much better. :lol:

Isnt the tube (or plastic package) worse than the individual panty? :lol: That's advertising that you wear cheap undies :lol:

[schwanda]

Just for the record, I needed the tucks long before Anna was born. :blush1: :lol:

I'm friends with the doctor who ran student health for my med school. He loved to tell the story of all of the medical students who showed up hysterical because they saw a bit of blood when they wiped. When he told them it was just hemorrhoids, everyone got all defensive - but I'm only in my 20's, how could it be hemorrhoids, etc. Guess what guys??? It's pretty common! :lol:

Amanda

[magoo]

I'm friends with the doctor who ran student health for my med school. He loved to tell the story of all of the medical students who showed up hysterical because they saw a bit of blood when they wiped. When he told them it was just hemorrhoids, everyone got all defensive - but I'm only in my 20's, how could it be hemorrhoids, etc. Guess what guys??? It's pretty common! :lol:

Amanda
Well, I'm relieved to say that I was pregnant with her so at least I can blame the pregnancy. :lol:

[Mrs. Shae]

Oh, I recently had to purchase pepto bismal AND immodium for my dad in the same trip. The cashier said "How are you today?" I felt like telling her to look at what I was buying and take a wild guess at how I was feeling. :lol:

it's not *embarassing* ... but it kills me when the cashier scans "chicken soup, orange juice, and cold medicine" ... and asks "how are you today?" ... :slap: DUH ... how do you freaking think i am? ...

[Barb]

I worry about combinations - like diapers and beer. I'm not embarrassed so much as I wonder what the checker is thinking.

[Mrs. Shae]

I worry about combinations - like diapers and beer. I'm not embarrassed so much as I wonder what the checker is thinking.

my first thought ... *beer and condoms* ... you KNOW what they are thinking :rotflmao:

[Barb]

Here in the bible belt, there's probably some kind of law that prevents buying prophylactics and alcohol at the same time. :lol:

[Bridget]

Isnt the tube (or plastic package) worse than the individual panty? :lol: That's advertising that you wear cheap undies :lol:


Well... yeah. :loser: I do. :lol:

But somehow I like it better when they're stuffed in a tube than dangling from those tiny hangers. :lol:

Here in the bible belt, there's probably some kind of law that prevents buying prophylactics and alcohol at the same time. :lol:

:spitwater

[MrsPeacefrog]

I once bumped into a friend at the grocery store who I hadn't seen in a few months, he was holding a punnet of strawberrys, a can of whipped cream and a tube of lube! NO SHIT! :lol2: I said "Well there is no mistake what you are up to tonight :giggle: " He of course did no denying!

[Bridget]

I once bumped into a friend at the grocery store who I hadn't seen in a few months, he was holding a punnet of strawberrys, a can of whipped cream and a tube of lube! NO SHIT! :lol2: I said "Well there is no mistake what you are up to tonight :giggle: " He of course did no denying!

:spitwater: Now that IS embarassing!

[MrsPeacefrog]

Yeah you would think, but he was male! He was proud more than anything! I must say though the girl he was spending the night with did eventually become his girlfriend and then wife! :nod: so the strawberrys and cream worked I guess! :lol:

[schwanda]

Too funny Deb! :lol:

Amanda

[MamaGoofy]

:spitwater Deb that is to funny!!!

[Melissa]

I just remembered, I'm going to a "slumber party" (aka passion party) on Saturday, I'm sure there will be lots to be embarrassed about then!

[Melissa in Italy]

Being pg I am embarrassed to even make a wayward glance at the beer aisle in the grocery store (or go in a liquor store), much less buy it even if it's not for me - or for a recipe, which has happened.

I am embarrassed to look at the tabloids at the checkout, even though I love to read them! I will buy an US or People, but I have never bought an Enquirer or the like.

[Silke]

I once bumped into a friend at the grocery store who I hadn't seen in a few months, he was holding a punnet of strawberrys, a can of whipped cream and a tube of lube! NO SHIT! :lol2: I said "Well there is no mistake what you are up to tonight :giggle: " He of course did no denying! :lol2: You didn't :lol: I could tell ya something about an experience during my early working days as a security officer. :lol: