is it "humiliating" for men to buy pads/tampons for GF/DW?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm a DH, and I don't mind necessarily. With self-checkouts, it's not really a big deal. Though there was one time where it announced what I was buying. I think I didn't move it to the belt quickly enough, but the computer announces "Move your...feminine products...to the belt." I could have done that.

The worst part for me is there are so many freaking brands and options. Of course, I didn't write my wife instructions down, thinking this would be easy, and I'm met with this absolute wall of pads and tampons. I think I stood there for five minutes scanning each shelf. Finally, a woman took pity on me, came up and asked me if I needed help, and when I told her what I was looking for, she found it in two seconds. Because of course she did.

This story made me giggle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've done it. I was neither embarrassed nor humiliated. They're menstrual products. So what?

It's a sure sign that you have a permanent female partner. It's one of the most heterosexual things a guy can do.

Never understood being humilitated by this.

Buying menstrual products and holding purses means you're pretty deeply in the friend zone -- so not all that heterosexual.

What are you 14? have you ever been in a relationship?

[Anonymous]

Friend sent DH to the drug store to buy tampax. Clerk thought he said "tacks" and asked, "Do you mean the kind you push in with your fingers, or the kind you nail in with a hammer?"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Friend and I visited another friend who recently had a DS and asked if we could do any errands/shopping for her but she said her DH was keeping up with it. She joked that he even had run out to get her the monster size pads one needs postpartum. When we left my friend was mortified and said she would never "humiliate" her DH like that. I said a man might be embarrassed by it but that's not the same as humiliation. We argued it out over the car ride back and agreed to pose it to DCUM for arbitration. Thoughts?

The year is 2015. There's no need for embarrassment or "humiliation". What the f? He's simply getting an item for his partner. I see it no different than getting it anything else... baking soda, loo paper, a loaf of bread.

Again, what the f.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just asked my DH, he said "No, because if anyone thinks I'm buying them for myself they are idiots so who cares what they think"

Winner, winner, chicken dinner!

[Anonymous]

My DH has bought me super plus tampons without hesitation. He just doesn't get embarrassed. He buys our KY jelly, too.

[Anonymous]

Any man embarrassed is an immature manchild. Seriously, who gives even a second thought to this past the age of 22?

Never curse a period.

[Anonymous]

I once walked up to the pharmacy section, put my arm around my girl and asked the pharmacist to get me a pack of Magnum condoms and a shoehorn.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Friend sent DH to the drug store to buy tampax. Clerk thought he said "tacks" and asked, "Do you mean the kind you push in with your fingers, or the kind you nail in with a hammer?"

that's an old joke

[Anonymous]

It's life. Why be embarrassed when 50% of the population uses these products ?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Bigger question:

Will you hold DW's purse when she's in the fitting room, and if so do you hold it normally or do you hold it like it's an explosive device ready to detonate?

I'll cop to the latter, though it's a very infrequent occurrence.

Dude. You hold it like a football. Every man knows this.

I never understood this, and I'm a woman. How big is your purse that you can't fit it in the fitting room with you?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think the truth is somewhere in the middle between embarrassment and humiliation. I'd do anything for DW but would really HATE doing that...

Guy here, I wouldn't do it.

has masculinity really become this fragile? in related news: http://www.buzzfeed.com/lukebailey/masculinity-is-strong-and-powerful#.ip050wzPQ

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My husband wouldn't like it but he would do it gladly if it needed to be done. And now with self checkouts at all the grocery stores/Phaeacians here's no interaction with the checker if that's an issue.

This. A real man does what he needs to do, confidently and without insecurity. Self checkout and move on with your day.

[Anonymous]

Honestly, men do not stress over buying stuff like that because they really do not care.

I have seen men in drugstores by pregnancy tests and KY Jelly without blinking an eye.

I am a Female and would rather eat live snakes than purchase something so personal.

[Anonymous]

Many years ago my sister had a miscarriage---that they were completely unprepared for, of course. She is a pooner gal, but of course, they tell you pads for this. She sent her DH to the store and he was willing, but ended up calling me because he was overwhelmed by the entire aisle of pink and purple packaging. His heart was totally willing, but he had no idea WHAT to buy