Right.
From now on, the only thing I’m keeping in my medicine cabinet is a family of funnel webs.
Not because, you know, I don’t have any boundaries or anything; but because “I’m just curious.”
I voted “No” because I’m not a snooper. However a couple of things for full disclosure: my SO and I had a conversation comparing our meds really early on. And I can’t resist opening (already open and on display) bottles of shampoo and shower gel to see how they smell.
Only if invited. and that would be weird. I have no business invading another’s privacy. It would not be appropriate.
“Hey sweetie, while you’re in there why don’t you have a peek inside my medicine cabinet wink wink”
I’d be hoping there’s a window in the bathroom so I could climb out of it.
I’m starting to feel like I should make a “Dear Men” video.
No, I’m sorry to report that I didn’t even think of getting reimbursed for what he used. Mostly, I was just all about gettin’ his ass outta our beach house.
Micropenis.
I voted no. Not because I’m not nosy (although I try to keep it restrained to asking obnoxious questions rather than snooping through people’s stuff), but because I apparently haven’t dated enough crazy to find anything interesting in the medicine cabinet.
I don’t know what that is (nor would I know most meds) and I don’t care (and even if I did, I would forget the name).
How do you know if you haven’t looked? 
(I’m not saying you SHOULD look, just wondering how you know)
What someone’s taking to control the “crazies” might actually be *controlling *the crazies. Finding a certain medicine in their cabinet doesn’t mean its for them. Perhaps granny forgot her pills on her last visit? Maybe it’s something for the dog or cat? What makes you think you know enough about medicine and psychiatry to decide someone is “damaged goods” just because you saw “medicine X” in his/her medicine cabinet?
I suggest if that’s why you’re looking, they’re better off without you.
Nah, it’s less confusing if we keep them separate. But it’s not a confidentiality thing, it’s just easier to keep things organized if we each have our own space for meds.
I’m not sure why you quoted me, since you don’t seem to be replying to me. On the off chance you are replying to me: I said that I didn’t think they should look. (And I voted that I don’t look in the poll)
It might’ve been a multi-reply where I forgot what I was going to say specifically for that quote, so I just went on and said what I was going to say anyhow. Sorry about the confusion.
Seriously, if somebody went through my medicine bag I doubt they’d recognize many of the meds I take unless they were pharmacists (or were taking these meds themselves). I take stuff to control anxiety and depression (in addition to other things). Does that mean I’m crazy? To a layperson it might, so if it scares off a potential mate, I’m probably better off without that person in my life.
Perhaps I should have rephrased that to “all the crazy I’ve dated has been obvious enough from publicly visible objects/behaviour”. Either way, the medicine cabinet has never struck me as a particularly interesting place to start looking.
If it’s a prescription medication, it would be labeled with their name. If there’s an anti-fungal cream that has a label saying it’s for Fluffy McWhiskerson, I’ll assume it’s for the cat.
It’s still unethical to obtain that information without permission, regardless. It’s a violation of the trust of the person the medicine cabinet belongs to. Just because it’s not locked doesn’t mean you are justified in looking anyway. If you went somewhere and forgot to lock your door, would that give your boyfriend/girlfriend permission to enter the place and go through your things while you weren’t present?
I have never done this, and have never even thought of doing this. Not that it’s because I’m not particularly snoopy–I can be. It’s just that it’s never occurred to me to do so, and I’m not sure I’d do anything interesting with that information.
Yes, I know. I’m actually agreeing with you, in a way (I think). Finding medication in your new SO’s medicine cabinet doesn’t necessarily mean it’s for them. If it had someone else’s name on it, I wouldn’t assume they were using it. Of course, if it does have their name on it, obviously it’s theirs.
At any rate, I wouldn’t look in someone’s medicine cabinet unless I was looking for something specific, like an aspirin. And I’d ask first.
I bet I can think of six other reasons without trying hard. Let’s see:
- MACROpenis. It’s not a problem I’m afflicted with, but I’m informed that penises can easily be too big for a woman’s comfort, or even her lack of pain.
- The bride, on the honeymoon, accepted that she was a lesbian.
- The groom, on the honeymoon, accepted that he was gay.
- The groom, on the honeymood, admitted that while he loved sex with women, he could only be really satisfied if he were wearing woman’s dress beforehand and women’s undies during.
- The bride, once protected by spousall privilege, told the groom about her extensive criminal pst.
- Either of them slept with a wedding guest at the wedding, or a hotelier on the honeymoon, or so forth, and was discovered.