# On buying condoms. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 25, 2011, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-buying-condoms/586800 "2011-06-25T04:34:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-buying-condoms/586800/21 "2011-06-26T01:14:43Z")
My wife is embarrassed buying them, so I do. You’d think that would get me out of picking up tampons. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-buying-condoms/586800/22 "2011-06-26T03:00:14Z")
Never used them. I have had my tubes tied for a long while now. Many eons ago I was in a long term relationship. If I ever date again? dunno… Ugh, yet another reason I don’t want to date again, there’s THAT. Not that I’d be embarrassed to buy or use them, but don’t they rather damp down the fun a bit? ---
**Author:** ![nikonikosuru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@nikonikosuru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nikonikosuru)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-buying-condoms/586800/23 "2011-06-26T03:03:34Z")
My boyfriend and I alternate. He buys one pack, I buy the next. Seems pretty fair to me. He tends to feel a little nervous/embarassed when buying them but I’ve gotten over that long ago. We both like going sharing it and if I was to go on the pill again we agree that we’d split the costs 50/50. ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-buying-condoms/586800/24 "2011-06-26T09:25:37Z")
I buy them, although i have been given some from clinics, and condoms are cheaper than a hospital bill for childbirth. ---
**Author:** ![Shakester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shakester/32/437_2.png) [@Shakester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shakester)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-buying-condoms/586800/25 "2011-06-26T09:47:43Z")
> [@antonio107](#): > > Hey now! What are you insinuating there? Years of following “People of Walmart” have shown me the sort of sophisticated clientele that require a massive box of condoms for penii (third declension Latin ought to be “Penes,” but penii looks better) of various shapes and sizes. 😛 Penis is English. It’s a loan-word from Latin, but it’s part of the English language now. As such, since it ends in a sibilant, we pluralise it by adding “es” - penises. Most loan-words follow the basic English-language rules. There _are_ some exceptions, but penis isn’t one of them. I buy condoms, if they’re needed (I’m a guy). I can see the point of buying assorted sizes if you were expecting to encounter a variety of penises in the near future, though. Prostitution is pretty common, more so than many people think, and pros tend to buy condoms in bulk, I’ve been told. So there’s a market for assorted-sized condoms. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-buying-condoms/586800/26 "2011-06-26T12:03:28Z")
> [@CanvasShoes](#): > > Not that I’d be embarrassed to buy or use them, but don’t they rather damp down the fun a bit? Oh, yes, absolutely. But not as much as a 10 week old squalling at 2am, that I know from personal experience. Or gonorrhea (which I do not know from personal experience, but I’m just as willing to never find out.) 😉 But, joking aside, there may be a bit of an issue in the next few years as the Baby Boomers discover that Erectile Dysfunction and condoms don’t always mix well. When you’ve only got a tenuous erection to start with, the application of a condom can kill it pretty easily. That pretty much sucks, and hopefully someone will start seriously marketing female condoms in response. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-buying-condoms/586800/27 "2011-06-26T16:05:57Z")
I usually buy the “ribbed for her pleasure” ones, but I like to turn them inside out. > [@Sierra\_Indigo](#): > > The last fuck I had, he bitched the condoms were too small. I hate it when I can’t find condoms big enough for my massive shlong. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-buying-condoms/586800/28 "2011-06-26T16:38:23Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > They provide services for straight people too; that’s where I got my Hep vaccine. Cool place. I got my hep vaccine there, it was free. Too bad they charge for it now. And yes I know everywhere charges for everything now, but that’s the way it goes huh… Oh well ---
**Author:** ![Waxwinged](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c2a13f/32.png) [@Waxwinged](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waxwinged)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-buying-condoms/586800/29 "2011-06-26T17:59:35Z")
Why isn’t there a “Whoever’s at the store/Both buy condoms” option? ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-buying-condoms/586800/30 "2011-06-26T18:16:17Z")
Guy. I usually slip in a box in about 20 things when I am out grocery shopping and hope nobody notices. “Celery, Cereal, Cheese, Condoms”. Yeah I am squeamish. Shoot me. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-buying-condoms/586800/31 "2011-06-26T18:46:12Z")
I just use Hefty Cinch-Sacks. Way back when I was single, I would always make sure I was covered. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-buying-condoms/586800/32 "2011-06-26T18:59:33Z")
With my current girlfriend I bought a 12 pack our first night together and since we were away from them our second time she bought the next 12 pack. We’re still working our way through them but I figure I’ll buy most of them and leave the pill to her. If we last long enough we’ll probably end up splitting the costs of both. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-buying-condoms/586800/33 "2011-06-27T00:42:38Z")
[Tess Magill] “Mr Trask, didn’t you ever wonder how I got the idea of increasing sales at Target by selling condoms at Walmart? I mean, it wasn’t exactly as if it was out there in the Mainstream. Well, I was eating lunch at Walmart one day and I was looking out at all the people standing in line at the register and I thought… Walmart…condoms… Walmart…_condoms!!!_” [/Tess Magill] ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-buying-condoms/586800/34 "2011-06-27T05:53:08Z")
> [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](#): > > Advertised was boxes of condoms of assorted sizes. > > Now why would a guy buy assorted size condoms ? How many women require assorted sizes ? Which brand were they, out of curiosity? > [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](#): > > And if you do use condoms. who buys them ? The man or the woman? We only use them _ahem_ a few days per month and we got 'em in a megapack from Amazon after trying several brands out (allergies to lube, size). I assume that once we run out he’ll get them, since he has Prime. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-buying-condoms/586800/35 "2011-06-27T05:59:03Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > I just use Hefty Cinch-Sacks. Yeah, but that drawstring can get a bit snug. ---
**Author:** ![Double\_Foolscap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@Double\_Foolscap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Double_Foolscap)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-buying-condoms/586800/36 "2011-06-27T09:17:44Z")
I’ve used the same brand since I was first sexually active, apart from one girlfriend who was using the implant thingy. I used to be such an awkward dork I’d only buy them from vending machines, but now I’m a more confident dork I just go to the pharmacy on my way home whenever we need any. ---
**Author:** ![MegaBee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@MegaBee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MegaBee)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-buying-condoms/586800/37 "2011-06-27T18:12:41Z")
> [@CanvasShoes](#): > > Not that I’d be embarrassed to buy or use them, but don’t they rather damp down the fun a bit? Hell no, they don’t. I’m still about to have sex. I’m just about to have sex with much lower chances of consequences. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-buying-condoms/586800/38 "2011-06-27T18:28:11Z")
Married. Three kids. Snip snip. Don’t need 'em anymore, and it’s a relief. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-buying-condoms/586800/39 "2011-06-27T18:55:56Z")
My wife’s in her late 40s. At this point, we’re happy with just the Firebug and don’t have any interest in giving him a little brother or sister. I suppose there’s a theoretical chance she could get pregnant, but in 20 years of married life, she’s had 2 pregnancies, neither of which lasted a month. (The Firebug’s adopted.) I think we’re pretty safe without condoms. ---
**Author:** ![awldune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@awldune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/awldune)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-buying-condoms/586800/40 "2011-06-27T19:15:17Z")
> [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](#): > > Now why would a guy buy assorted size condoms ? Sounds like a useful one-time purchase for a guy to find his ideal size. OTOH, it would be a less embarassing way to acquire condoms marketed as “small.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-buying-condoms/586800.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-buying-condoms/586800.md?page=3)