Poll: Who buys the condoms?

[beniki]

Oh yes! You have no idea how long I've been sitting on this story.

I had been with my girlfriend for just a couple of months when it happened. We were still in that giggling, honeymoon phase... and still are if I'm honest, but that's not relevant. We had had the occasional accident and subsequent scares (riding around late at night for an open chemist is something I think everyone does at some point in their lives), and she doesn't like the idea of birth control pills. They give her headaches, so rubber wallys are the only way to go.

Anyway, what isn't really common knowledge is that condoms don't all have a uniform size. Just check on the back of the boxes... you'll see some measurements for diameter, and here in Vietnam at least, some sizes aren't very comfortable for my governor of love. This has led to some embarrassing situations where I've broken the condoms just by putting them on.

My girlfriend knew this, and as a (sweet?) act of kindness went to a pharmacist to do some research. She boldly went up and asked for some condoms. For her brother of course... this is still traditional Vietnam. The man behind the counter gives her a neutral look of understanding, and produces a box. She scrutinises the box for a while and shakes her head.

"Are these the big ones?"

"Er... I don't know."

"I need the big ones."

"I... I see."

They spend the next half an hour with a growing piles of condom boxes on the counter, checking the sizes of each one, the pharmacist's wife and assistant coming along t help check.

That evening, when we met for dinner, she proudly handed me the box of condoms and beaming with satisfaction said, "Don't worry, I've got the big ones."

I've never felt more of a man.

Captcha: milkshake

 

[R3dF41c0n]

I always buy them (I'm a guy), but I think she might have bought a box at one point in our relationship.

 

[TITAN59650]

My wife is on the pill and I don't like condoms so neither of use buy them, that option was not on the poll.

 

[Mike Laserbeam]

You both go to the doctor, get an STD/I screen done. Then she takes the oral contraceptive pill or gets an implant. Then you bareback.

Exactly this. You'll be less likely to get the female pregnant, and it feels a thousand times better.

 

[JochemHippie]

Snip

...Not sure if trolling, or living in the 19th century.

Well, I am certainly not trolling, but I live in the 21st century.....*goes back and looks at post* Is this because of the "No sex until marriage and only to have children" thing.

Good guess!
I think my username would've been enough of an hint though XD

Just the first time I've come across someone who actually upholds those value's on the internet I mean.

I mean no offense, but they are kinda dated...

 

[Bara_no_Hime]

I'm bored, so I was just wondering, Escapists, (I'm also presuming the people answering this will be in heterosexual, exclusive relationships, because I'm in one, so it pertains to my life, sorry everybody else!)

Both.

Any sexually active adult who plans on having sex should carry protection. It's just good sense.

In a long term relationship... condoms (or other protection) usually ended up going on the grocery budget, just another thing to pick up when we went out to get bread.

 

[Gitty101]

My lovely partner and I take turns. After all we both enjoy it, so we should both equally ensure that we do it safely.

 

[chadachada123]

In a relationship, both should, since the vast majority of guys will fit average condoms just fine EDIT: in the United States, at least.

But, since I can't always rely on females for one-night stands or first encounters, I keep my own just in case.

I must say that I'm surprised by the poll results. I consider them a little bit sexist (though it's possible that many of the people that voted for it don't have sexism in mind but only what's standard right now), but it's not nearly sexist enough to warrant complaining. I'll continue buying my own anyway until I get into a committed relationship.

 

[soren7550]

Well, let's put it this way: I don't make the boyfriend buy my lady things, and there's no way I'm buying him his man things. It's embarrassing enough to get my lady things!

 

[Colour Scientist]

Both, of course.

I haven't actually used condoms for a very long time (I prefer the pill, I'm in a long term relationship and we split the bill) but if you're single everyone should be responsible for their own protection. It's stupid to expect someone else to do it.

 

[Philip Petrunak]

She take care of the birth control, why is it her responsibility to cover the costs of condoms too?

 

[DoomyMcDoom]

Both, though last time I let a woman buy the condoms, she bought ones that were relatively thick, and it felt like I was wearing a car tire, couldn't feel a bloody thing, that wasn't a fun night, I couldn't get off, and we tried... for like 4 hours, I was paralyzed from exhaustion, cuz we tended towards the rougher end of the scale, but not like violent, so energy expenditure was WAY high, she had a lot of fun though, so I guess it's not all bad, though she did seem to take the fact that I never came as something personal... which rather sucked.

I usually buy in bulk, so I never run out, mainly cuz I got the herp, also interesting story, got it from the same woman who took my virginity, we'd been together for months, and apparently she was misdiagnosed at some point earlier in life, so as far as we knew we were both "clean", well, yeah, we were wrong, and now I'm stuck as a "sex leper" as far as most women are concerned, and have a much much harder time getting laid, I can get a woman in my bed no problem but when it comes to the discussion of who's got what, then it usually ends with her freaking the fuck out, and me sleeping alone for a few nights and then trying again, with the same result... needless to say I haven't gotten laid propper since last summer. So yeah, I give up, fuck the world, I don't need sex, I got a hand and I got me my vidya games, and my martial arts, and my car and truck to work on, and I've got a bass guitar to play, and tons of other stuff, not my fault that most women seem to freak out about something which has a danger level entirely negated by propper use of a condom, it's not like I have aids or something.

Man, the capchas are getting eerily personal mine says: "lost love" fuck, GET OUTA MY HEAD CAPCHA! OUT!

 

[RipRoaringWaterfowl]

Weird suggestion: Buy some each, keep at respective houses, don't need to go shopping every time you feel horny.
Just my crazy branch of lateral thinking.

Genius.

Good thinking, and I mean it!

Oh, and just remember, geniuses usually are a bit crazy, so don't worry.

 

[RustlessPotato]

"my governor of love."

This might be the best thing i've read today xD.

O.T I always buy them. I'm not in a relationship, but living in a city dedicated to university and its student almost everyone of us is under 25. And girls here tend to get horny after exams for some reason, so casual sex happens. Therefore I buy them because I need to protect my "governor of love" (thanks beniki !). Also kids is the worst kind of STD i could get right now so that's another reason to buy them as well.

 

[Fappy]

Condoms are incredibly stretchy and you are unlikely to find them in more than two sizes (with the second size really only there to boost guy's egos. You could put a regular sized condom over your head. Nobody has a penis that large.

The length can be problematic for well endowed men. Condoms stretch outward fine, but not downward so much. Comfort is also a factor. A guy might not enjoy a condom with a tight base, but a loose base is no good either.

I'm sorry you were saying? I doubt many will be filling that any time soon.

Oh lord that was hilarious XD

 

[legend forge]

Guys.... since its their dick that needs covering.. but women can carry them too for emergency situations but i think the responsibility mostly falls on the men.

Yes because sex is exclusively for the man's benefit, and in no way should the woman/receiving partner have to pay an equal amount. It may not be the most expensive part of a relationship but I think everything should be equal. That's how we have been doing it and it works great.

 

[mitchell271]

I buy the condoms, she buys birth control. More or less we're each buying the prophylactics that pertain directly to us.

Exactly the same here. We have a contingency in case the condom breaks and I just leave a couple at her place and a couple at mine. Problem solved.

 

[The White Hunter]

Neither. Partner is allergic to latex. But in the UK contraceptive implants and the pill are free, so use those instead xD much less hassle

...buy? My uni gives them out for free. Just grab a few handfuls.

Uni also gives them for free. Plentyful free johnnies for all! xD Go national health and student unions!

 

[EboMan7x]

In general, its the guys thingy, so its his responsibility to deal with it, and in general he's more likely to have them anyway. In the end I guess its more about which one of them wants sex more.