Guys buying tampons or pads

[AnqeiicDemise]

I've asked my husband to go get me some tampons before. He just shrugged his shoulders and asked me "tampon or OB, maximum absorbency or regular?"

I asked him if it wasn't a bother and he replied "Love, when you wonder into the bathroom at midnight have you ever fallen into it because I left the seat up?"

No, I reply. I havent.

To which he then looks at me, grins and says: "Mom taught me better than that. Thank her."

[TNT]

I never really got why it's a big deal. More guys should look at it as meaning they've been near a girl without breaking a restraining order.

That's probably the best way of putting it I ever heard. I'm a guy and it's never occurred to me to be embarrassed about buying such things. Might just as well be embarrassed about buying toilet paper. Geez.

[ShootMePlease]

My Dad used to own a store, and guys would wait until he was there to buy porn from him. It was funny, because they would come in while I was there and make sure we had what they wanted. I think it's cute that they get all goofy about those things.

[Rubber Ducky]

Eh, it's not really that big a deal, pretty obvious they aren't for me. I have a harder time with pregnancy tests though ...

But my all time most embarrassing purchase at the counter? WoW trading cards.

I feel like such a damn nerd ... and I don't even play the card game. Just trying to get that turtle mount or a vanity pet for my woman. :/

[Fawn]

I don't think my Dad has ever gone to store to pick up girl stuff? He rarely goes anywhere unless its for work, so Mom and I pick up everything.

Buying Condoms has made me a little nervous. Pregnancy Tests on the other hand.. ugh...

I don't get why some guys are SO squeemish when it comes to girls period... I mean come on? Guys/Girls still do it during that time of the month. *shrug*

[Knightmare]

I've never had a problem buying womanly things for my woman. She needs it, I get it. Simple as that.

Same with the purse. I have no problems holding her purse. When my daughter was a wee lass, I'd hold the very feminine diaper bag and my ex's purse.

And I felt manly.

[InsanityInc]

I like the way one of my friends put it. "I figure it shows I got a woman, and she ain't pregnant."
My one job, we had a manager who wouldn't even LOOK at the requisition order for a dispenser in the ladies room when he signed it.

[monolayth]

There was a letter on PFB suggesting that they put "Part numbers" on the products for guys who get sent to pick them up for the wife. She can just say get X Brand, Y number and he knows he's getting the right thing. Funny thought, but maybe not a bad idea...

I second it! I want part numbers!.

I have never had anyone else ever buy my tampons for me because I am very picky about my brand. Not even my mother.

[earl colby pottinger]

I get the opposite problem

When I am in the ladies section I am there to buy products that meet my needs. Problem I end up asking questions that tend to stump the less senior staff and they have to go find someone in the know.

Nail Polish: Locite is expensive, which nail polishes bond to metal best to lock screws/bolts in place.

Alcohol: 99%, 80%, 50% which do you have, and what type of alcohol. No, I can't use rubbing alcohol it has extra chemicals in it, 99% is always hard to get.

Oil of Winter Green: Works as good as Rubber Renue, again I need the stuff without extras added.

Mineral Oil: Best oil to use to lubricate parts when you don't know what was originally used. Plus it does not have the long term problem of WD-40 or Sewing Machine 3-1 oil. Again must be pure.

Tweezers: What finish is on the tip (flat finishes are the worse).

Cotton swabs (NOT Q-TIPS), cotton balls, manicure kits, dyes ... the list goes on for computer repair.

[Jester]

I have never had a problem buying tampons. Of course, the fact that I grew up with two sisters and a mom probably has something to do with it. All I have ever asked when being sent on such an errand is "what brand/size/etc. do you want?"

As I explained it to my more squeamish male friends back in college, "Dude, if you're buying tampons, it probably means you have a woman.....what's wrong with that?" I say probably because, hell, you might be buying them for sisters, nieces, friends, whatever. Hell, I am a helpful Jester....I'll pick anything up at the store for my friends!

[Nephy]

I had a guy walk up to me sheepishly one afternoon, and hand me a list. At first I was pissy, because I am not a personal shopper, but he told me that is wife was sick, and sent him to the store. She told him to ask one of the girls for help so that he would actually come home with the right product. Most of it was tampons, panty hose, and hair products.

But I second the fact that cashiers don't pay any attention to what you're buying, and if they happen to notice, they forget what you bought by the middle of the next transaction.

And you know what, cashiers don't really care what you're buying. Could be something embarassing, and all the cashier is going to care about is finding the barcode.

So stop getting your boxers in a twist boys!

[draggar]

They'd whisper to me..."It's not for me". So I'd say..."I figured that"..lol.

Really?

[Sparky]

I swear this is a true story:

I was passing through the femine-hygiene aisle at Wally-World one day, and encountered a man standing there with a look of near-panic on his face. I mean, we're talking total "deer in the headlights" look. I watched for a couple of minutes as he stood studying the rows of tampons, mouth open, looking absolutely lost. Finally, taking pity on him, and also being nosy (I was a customer), I asked what he was looking for.

"Tampons," he said.
I said, "Some fool woman sent you to buy tampons and didn't tell you what kind?"
Frightened nod.
I grabbed a multi-pack and said "Here, this should cover anything."

He grabbed it, exclaimed "Oh thank you!" and ran off looking like I'd saved his life.

I mean, really. It's one thing to ask a guy to buy supplies. It's another to assume that just because he lives with you he's ever actually LOOKED at that box in the bathroom and has any idea what to buy. But on the other hand, this man was really kind of ridiculous. I mean, how far wrong can you go?

Still, sending a man out even with explicit instructions can be a risk. I knew a girl once who'd suffered a miscarriage, and sent her boyfriend to the store for pads. She told him exactly what brand, size, and kind to get. "Pink box" she emphasized. But, of course, when he got there the company had just changed all the packaging.

[MamaMootz]

Yes, and this is what has caused my poor husband to call home totally confused on the cell phone while he was standing in the feminine protection aisle.

I gave him explicit directions on what to get, and the manufacturer changed the packaging on it, which sent him into a tizzy. He never READS packages or labels and often buys the wrong thing, hence the panicked phone call.

I think maybe partnumbers of some kind of easy identification system would work well for the poor guys and the letter writer on PFB had a point about this.

[Ghostlightkeeper]

They'd whisper to me..."It's not for me". So I'd say..."I figured that"..lol.

Actually, I was told that some gay men use tampons for when their partner has been too rough with them and they are bleeding. So actually there is a chance that a guy could be buying tampons for himself. The odds are pretty slim but still.

Before you ask. No, I'm not gay and I don't know for sure about this, but I work in the theatre and I know a lot of gay men. That's how I came to find out.