I've never bought condoms

completedit

Is it really awkward or what? Do you ask the store assistants for advice on what condoms to buy or how does it work?

Signore Fancy Pants

You must be buying them for someone else.

Don't worry your little head about it.

Thelonious Monk

Can't say I'm surprised

completedit

completedit wrote: »

Is it really awkward or what? Do you ask the store assistants for advice on what condoms to buy or how does it work?

Just buy them on Amazon

Hijpo

completedit wrote: »

Is it really awkward or what? Do you ask the store assistants for advice on what condoms to buy or how does it work?

Buy four boxes of condoms (various varieties) three containers of lube and two bath towels.
The other people will feel so awkward the awkwardness of buying condoms wont be an issue for you.

beerguts

Condoms! Just get the lad to pull out of ya before he is done. Don't worry about STDs, just keep shouting 'No homo' while riding and that will prevent the cock rot

berocca2016

completedit wrote: »

Is it really awkward or what? Do you ask the store assistants for advice on what condoms to buy or how does it work?

Go into a pharmacy, there'll be no qualms if you have any question.

Buddy Bubs

The young one behind the counter will teach you how to put one on. Just ask

limericklad87

Bring them to the counter and ask where the fitting room is and do they have 30 day money back guarantee

Fils

Try one on in the pharmacy first, boots offer a fitting service.

gogo

You just have to walk discretely to the counter and slap it out, they take a quick look and will tell you what you need fairly quickly.
Don’t put it up on the counter or anything, they don’t seem to like that.. just hold it on your hand and wave it a bit so they can see …

completedit

completedit wrote: »

Is it really awkward or what? Do you ask the store assistants for advice on what condoms to buy or how does it work?

You try them on in the shop.

whiskeyman

You have to book a sizing consultation first.
Any shops will take a booking.

somebodies telling us about being a virgin

gogo

Archer Thundering Back wrote: »

somebodies telling us about being a virgin

Maybe he has 10 kids.. and doesn’t want anymore?

OP if you heard some of the things that pharmacists hear on a daily basis, you wouldn't be worried.
Someone in our friend group works as a locum pharmacist, she's seen some shit, literally. They get all sorts, like fellas coming in with their willies wrapped in tissue paper, oozing some kind of putrid discharge, asking for help. I'm still barred from that place.

It's just a box of condoms, do a bit of googling on brands. The pharmacist isn't remotely interested.

Pauliedragon

Has Mr Feg made a cum back? Just buy some rubbers op the 1st packet you find. They all work just fine.

Purple Mountain

Ask the woman behind the counter to show you where the XL sizes are.

completedit

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

OP if you heard some of the things that pharmacists hear on a daily basis, you wouldn't be worried.
Someone in our friend group works as a locum pharmacist, she's seen some shit, literally. They get all sorts, like fellas coming in with their willies wrapped in tissue paper, oozing some kind of putrid discharge, asking for help. I'm still barred from that place.

It's just a box of condoms, do a bit of googling on brands. The pharmacist isn't remotely interested.

I look like a 'bro' but if that the personality of Mark Corrigan from Peep Show. Things like this are awkward for me.

NewbridgeIR

You can buy condoms in Dunnes and Tesco. Just get them there with your grocery shopping.

completedit

Purple Mountain wrote: »

Ask the woman behind the counter to show you where the XL sizes are.

Mantis Toboggan

Swaine

Buy them in Tesco and use self service checkout. No need to interact with anyone.

Enjoy your posh ****.

theguzman

Crisp packets for the win

completedit

completedit wrote: »

I look like a 'bro' but if that the personality of Mark Corrigan from Peep Show. Things like this are awkward for me.

Just explain to the pharmacist that you're a bro, show him all the women on your insta., etc to prove that you're not just after a posh ****. Awkwardness averted.

km991148

Next time you are in for a haircut just ask for something for the weekend.

Oh wait I just realised - its 2021 not the 1960s..

Ubbquittious

I went to a shop once and asked for a pack of johnnies. Girlie behind the counter asked me if they were cigarettes

Another time in UK an Indian lad behind the counter looked at me confused , paused for a whlie and then said "jiggy jiggy!"

Purple Mountain

theguzman wrote: »

Crisp packets for the win

Except if they're Monster Munch.

Larbre34

Buy them in Tesco or Boots with the self checkout, bish bash bosh, home to stir her tea!

monkeysnapper

I remember as a young man of that age .... my mother would go into the local boozer on a Saturday afternoon so I planned on calling in just to say hi after working my Saturday job .... it was just a ploy to go into toilets to get my wrappers .... God I was so nervous...watching to door and bar to see if there was anyone in toilets....

Like a military exercise I nearly knocked the bloody door in going in .... 1 pound coin at the ready.... .... prize in hand .... mission accomplished!!!!

Only stupid me left the dam things in my ars pocket and my mum washed my work pants and they came out in wash ...

Op.... just go to chemist ....

Oh .... and girl dumped me shortly after so didn't need them anyway.... ��

gogo

Ubbquittious wrote: »

I went to a shop once and asked for a pack of johnnies. Girlie behind the counter asked me if they cigarettes "

This could of been me…. First year in college, working part time in a shop and a lad asked for johnnies, straight up from the country and thinking I was down with the lingo in Dublin, I got him 20 John Player Blue .. he rolled his eyes and said johnnies again, and I went back and got him 10 John player blue, him grumbling for ffs under his breath.. back and forth it went … until he roared at me that I was a f’in eejit.. ….. he was right to be fair

Hijpo

Hijpo wrote: »

Buy four boxes of condoms (various varieties) three containers of lube and two bath towels.
The other people will feel so awkward the awkwardness of buying condoms wont be an issue for you.

Or even better, buy a 4 pack with a "happy birthday mum" card.

bazza1

theguzman wrote: »

Crisp packets for the win

Tayto or King?

Mr.Crinklewood

bazza1 wrote: »

Tayto or King?

Hula Hoop.

Seth Brundle

monkeysnapper wrote: »

Oh .... and girl dumped me shortly after so didn't need them anyway.... ��

If you still have them, give them to the OP - problem solved!

The J Stands for Jay

gogo wrote: »

This could of been me…. First year in college, working part time in a shop and a lad asked for johnnies, straight up from the country and thinking I was down with the lingo in Dublin, I got him 20 John Player Blue .. he rolled his eyes and said johnnies again, and I went back and got him 10 John player blue, him grumbling for ffs under his breath.. back and forth it went … until he roared at me that I was a f’in eejit.. ….. he was right to be fair

Well, he's the idiot who couldn't name what he wanted.

monkeysnapper

Seth Brundle wrote: »

If you still have them, give them to the OP - problem solved!

I bought them in 1992 when I lived in Wales ..... ill call my mum later and ask if she can locate the 3 and send them over.

Ubbquittious

monkeysnapper wrote: »

I bought them in 1992 when I lived in Wales ..... ill call my mum later and ask if she can locate the 3 and send them over.

they'd be well perished by now

ClosedAccountFuzzy

I don't mean to sound condescending but what's the big deal? They're just condoms. The person behind the checkout isn't going to give a damn. Having a sex life is hardly something unusual or embarrassing.

I throw condoms, lube and all sorts of stuff in with the weekly shopping. I really don't see the big deal.

You can't get decent lube in supermarkets though.

If you want to get reviews of condoms, check online.

It's not like a shop assistant is going to know much about them and depending on your physical specifications and several other aspects of your sex life, different brands and types may suit.

You can get a lot of larger sizes online, or even products like My Size which are graduated to fit different sizes.

It's shocking when you think how recently this stuff liberalised in Ireland though.

Contraception was illegal from 1935 until 1980 and only by prescription until 1985.
Virgin Megastore got fined in court in Dublin for selling condoms in 1991!!!

It wasn't until 1993 that condoms could be sold in any shop in Ireland. 1993, not 1883..

FuzzyThinking

FuzzyThinking wrote: »

Contraception was illegal from 1935 until 1980 and only by prescription until 1985.
Virgin Megastore got fined in court in Dublin for selling condoms in 1991!!!

It wasn't until 1993 that condoms could be sold in any shop in Ireland. 1993, not 1883..

It is sort of mind-boggling that there are people still alive, possibly even still working in professional jobs like the medical professions, who opposed the liberalisation of access to contraception.

They've obviously gone very quiet.

In 1993, which was also the height of another pandemic, the AIDS crisis, the then-Minister for Health (John O'Connell, died 2013) refused to consider permitting condoms to be sold in vending machines. He thought it would help society to "mature" if people had to go into a pharmacy and ask for a condom. This man was also a medical doctor during a pandemic. That is criminal.

In fairness to most of the current members of the Oireachtas whom I can think of, who were around back then (The President, the Taoiseach, Richard Bruton, Willie O'Dea, Charlie Flanagan etc), they were all pretty liberal on access to contraceptives.

jlm29

NewbridgeIR wrote: »

You can buy condoms in Dunnes and Tesco. Just get them there with your grocery shopping.

Lidl too. Dunno would I chance them though.

Ubbquittious

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

It is sort of mind-boggling that there are people still alive, possibly even still working in professional jobs like the medical professions, who opposed the liberalisation of access to contraception.

They've obviously gone very quiet.

In 1993, which was also the height of another pandemic, the AIDS crisis, the then-Minister for Health (John O'Connell, died 2013) refused to consider permitting condoms to be sold in vending machines. He thought it would help society to "mature" if people had to go into a pharmacy and ask for a condom. This man was also a medical doctor during a pandemic. That is criminal.

In fairness to most of the current members of the Oireachtas whom I can think of, who were around back then (The President, the Taoiseach, Richard Bruton, Willie O'Dea, Charlie Flanagan etc), they were all pretty liberal on access to contraceptives.

Maybe they should have to get them from a pharmacy or a shop. If people got used to buying them from real people maybe the embarrasment would die a death and threads like this would cease to be made.

sdanseo

One word. Amazon.

circadian

completedit wrote: »

Is it really awkward or what? Do you ask the store assistants for advice on what condoms to buy or how does it work?

I wouldn't buy condoms. Steve Jobs bought loads of shares in latex companies and durex in the early 90s. Rumour has it he's alive in every single one.

Padre_Pio

Swaine wrote: »

Buy them in Tesco and use self service checkout. No need to interact with anyone.

Enjoy your posh ****.

Buy them on Amazon. Durex are 30 cent a pop, instead of nearly a euro in a pharmacy.

Sex is expensive.

circadian

Padre_Pio wrote: »

Buy them on Amazon. Durex are 30 cent a pop, instead of nearly a euro in a pharmacy.

Sex is expensive.

Having kids is more expensive. Exponentially so, worth the investment.

Ubbquittious

I used to be able to get them for free from collitch

Loafing Oaf

Larbre34 wrote: »

Buy them in Tesco or Boots with the self checkout, bish bash!

I'd say OP wants to go beyond bashing the bish...

Church on Tuesday

jlm29 wrote: »

Lidl too. Dunno would I chance them though.

It's probably the last thing you want to cheap out on....

ClosedAccountFuzzy

I always find Manix condoms an amusing brand. It sounds very much like a condom brand should in french, but in Ireland it just sounds like “Mannix’s Condoms”

Big brand in the rest of Europe, owned by same company that bought the Mates brand.

kowloon

It always amuses me that the first place I saw johnnies on sale in Ireland was in Virgin Megastores near O'Connel bridge back in the day.

Beware the non-latex condoms for sensitive flesh, I find they break open extremely easily. Haven't handled one successfully yet.