My husband has picked them up for me on occasion. He is happy to because he is so proud to be a married man and this is just one more way he shows he is a good provider, making sure his family's need are covered. It's very sweet of him.

I have to admit I still get embarrassed at the store though! Yes I'm sophomoric.

Married 13 years and I do the shopping. I've been buying feminine products for my wife for at least the last 10 years. If she can, she gets it, but when it's not convenient, she puts it on the shopping list and I get it.

Why is this a big deal? It's unlikely that anyone is going to think that the products are for me. If anything, if you want to be sophmoric, it's almost a hint that you're MORE masculine because it tells the world that you live and sleep with a woman and are not some lonely single guy who can't get a date on Saturday night.

Jesus grow a pair already, will you prissy guys.

Signed,
a DH

No big whoop.

Really, I feel like I'm never truly out of feminine supplies. If I think I'm running low, or out, there's always some tucked away in my purse, or my other purse, or my other bag, or my overnight toiletry bag I never unpacked, or the diaper bag, or my coat pocket. Enough to hold me over until i get to the store. So, only once, maybe twice have I ever truly needed dh to buy them.

But I do 99.999% of the shopping. If he were our usual shopper, he'd have to pick them up more often

Anonymous wrote:Ha, I had my father in law buy a package of huge pads after my baby was born! I asked my dh ahead of time if he thought his dad would mind, and he said no. FIL didn't bat an eye. I think I've asked my dh to buy tampons once in our many years together, I don't think he cared. At the very worst, maybe he cringed a little, but his sense of equality overrode any iffy feelings.

I love your FIL! Mine looks like he's going to pass out if I mention anything remotely "private". Or if I were BFing across the room with a cover.

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

+1

It's only an issue if you're immature or insecure.

Ha, I had my father in law buy a package of huge pads after my baby was born! I asked my dh ahead of time if he thought his dad would mind, and he said no. FIL didn't bat an eye. I think I've asked my dh to buy tampons once in our many years together, I don't think he cared. At the very worst, maybe he cringed a little, but his sense of equality overrode any iffy feelings.

My dad is old, grew up in an educational wasteland/conservative/poor part of the U.S., is stubborn, flawed, and a big 'ol supporter of equal rights. He bought sanitary napkins and tampons for my mom, and did so for me when I started menstruating. Because he's not a pathetic punk-assed man who desperately believes in a masculinity he doesn't have access to anyway because of insecurity.

Real men don't get sweaty at the thought of people staring at what they buy at Safeway. Same for real women. Real adults.

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

+1

I take a picture of the box of tampons she uses or ask her specifically for enough detail so I know I'm getting the right one. I'd walk through hell and back for my woman so this is absolutely no big deal.

Anonymous wrote:Someone brought up holding the purse. He will not only hold my purse comfortably, sometimes he even hooks it over his wrist. He is very naturally masculine, so that is a funny sight!

I'm pretty sure I just saw him the other day...

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When I was younger I was slightly embarrassed by buying condoms and would never by them without also buying other stuff like shampoo, shaving creme, etc. Seems silly now but for some reason buying only condoms and nothing else felt weird.

No need for condoms now but if I had to buy them today I'd probably buy them along with a fifth of whisky and a can of cheeze whiz...and give the clerk a knowing wink.

My boyfriend in my 20s went to the store to buy condoms. He also bought a one-pound bag of M&Ms and a case of beer. Turns out...the checkout clerk is someone he knew from high school, who just looked at him and said, "Looks like a fun night to me!"

LOL! Perfect. Chocolate, beer, and sex. What more could you ask for? Well, maybe some chips...

Was the clerk he knew from high school male or female?

My husband likes to have the exact name of the product written or texted, so he gets the right thing. He has called to ask specifics while standing there looking at the wall of pink and purple packages, and I had to walk him through it. He is not remotely embarrassed.

Someone brought up holding the purse. He will not only hold my purse comfortably, sometimes he even hooks it over his wrist. He is very naturally masculine, so that is a funny sight!