Why can't guys buy tampons, part 2

Monday, 20 July 2009

Why can't guys buy tampons, part 2
Dear Mancouch,
I don't know how to send you a message, but I'd like to hear your rebuttal to a question on the Datingish site.
- Why can't guys buy tampons
Women want to know, men want to rant about it. GO.
Mancouch replies: We sent that last post onto Datingish, because it seemed more appropriate there. Our favorite comment was from classicdisasterstory: "When my boyfriend buys me tampons he also buys condoms, even if we have plenty. Something about restoring his manhood, like, "Yea, I'm whipped but I'm also getting laid.""

Haha, that's awesome! I'll have to remember that one...

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haha. i don't see the problem with it...my boyfriend would do it if i asked him to.
xo
- 7/20/2009 11:19 PM
- JessxMaxine@xanga (message)
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Haha, i like that guy's approach to it. My boyfriend will buy tampons for me, no problem. He's just awesome like that, I guess :P
- 7/20/2009 11:26 PM
- steph@datingish (message)
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PSH, that comment is just another instance where women use sex to get what they want/men use sex as a reward for doing things they should want to do for their ladies without compensation.
I said my piece over there : Its not "taboo" at all. if its an
emergency sure no problem. But I've never been asked to go buy them without a smile being on the girl's face like she knows what answer she SHOULD hear and it just doing it to see what I say. Its bad enough I pretty much sterilize my kitchen/bathroom/pet area before you come over, now I gotta take care of this, something you've been having to deal with since you were 12-15 before you even knew me?
I'll even let you keep a box at my place, but sending me out at night to go pick some up? Get your ass up and go yourself. Or better yet, lets make it a date, I'll drive.
- 7/20/2009 11:51 PM
- erahslover@xanga (message)
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My first boyfriend jumped & ran like he was scared when he saw I had tampons in my backpack in high school. WTF? I dont see what the big deal is about buying tampons/pads.

It's kinda like a double standard. If a boy buys feminine products, they think he's "whipped" but if a girl gets condoms or other forms of birth control, she's often looked at in a bad light because she's active. Both are unfair.
- 7/20/2009 11:50 PM
- Shinbi_Belldandy@xanga (message)
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i would never ask my bf to get them because I can get them myself....
- 7/21/2009 12:32 AM
- Seen_More_Spine_in_Jellyfish@xanga (message)
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I wouldn't ask my boyfriend to get me anything like that, because I'd rather do it myself. I wouldn't want him buying something that I don't like to use. My mom used to buy those kinds of things for me and she'd always buy something different and I didn't usually like them all too much haha.
I think if the guy is okay with it and he's not being forced to do it than sure. If the girl does stuff for him that she doesn't particularly like, than he can do something he doesn't like for her.
But it does seem kind of awkward. It's a part of a girls world.... seems too... weird I guess in my opinion.
My boyfriend would pick them up for me if I was really sick or something.
- 7/21/2009 12:50 AM
- xjadersx@xanga (message)
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I don't think I would ever ask my boy to do this unless I absolutely could not do it for myself. Simply because, as stated above, it's just easier for me to get it myself. Besides, it's not worth having him squirm uncomfortably as I ask. Amusing, sure, but not worth it.
- 7/21/2009 1:02 AM
- live_for_love@xanga (message)
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we go together... big whoop. why would i make him go by himself?
- 7/21/2009 2:59 AM
- the_kick_is_so_divine@xanga (message)
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hmm wont ask you to buy me jock itch medication soo... plus the buying of your tampons is another test... test after test after test...why? there is no real practical reason otherwise... k..soo... why do you want us to buy your tampons? and should i choose to do so.. dont bitch about them being the supersized ones...
- 7/21/2009 3:30 AM
- beforedawn@xanga (message)
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I dont see what the big deal is. If my gf asked me I would just like I would hold her purse/bag thing. Ive seen guys do it and they act real akward about it... I dont get it. You love the chick vise/versa then do it. She'd do the same shit for you. Who cares if guy look at other guys funny.
Those that do are just insecure.
- 7/21/2009 3:46 AM
- Piercingsounds@xanga (message)
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MY GUY FRIEND DID IT :)
- 7/21/2009 4:30 AM
- immaairheadxl@xanga (message)
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dude, get over it. there's nothing wrong with a guy buying tampons.
- 7/21/2009 4:32 AM
- MissPixieGlitter@xanga (message)
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thats nothing, my boyfriend even bought pregnancy tests for me LOL.
- 7/21/2009 10:51 AM
- dearFLOPPY@xanga (message)
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A man once came into my store and asked where the "girl section" is. It took me a second to understand what he meant... lol
- 7/21/2009 12:30 PM
- reallifedemo@xanga (message)
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yeah a boyfriend of mine bought me tampons when i was at work and in dire need. I guess he really loved me or something. If he needed something Id buy it for him. I think guys act like theyd never do it but most would for a girl they loved. besides, like the cashier at Walgreens really gives a shit what people buy. Theyre just waiting for their shift to be over and not even paying attention. Mature guys man up and do it.
- 7/21/2009 3:39 PM
- xXxStarvingForAttentionxXx@xanga (message)
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why can't women buy their own tampons?
- 7/21/2009 4:01 PM
- C_UNIT42@xanga (message)
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Tell us exactly what you want and a second choice, otherwise get them yourself so we dont stand there forever or have to call you while at the store to ask your "type".. lol, but seriously
- 7/21/2009 5:57 PM
- Doubledb@xanga (message)
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my boyfriend would buy them for me ... & my poor daddy's been on tampon + pad duty on several occassions. i don't see the big deal ...
- 7/21/2009 5:59 PM
- turnyalightsdownlow@xanga (message)
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Oh, hell--what difference does it make? You're dating/married to a woman. Guess what? Unless the woman you're dating has had a hysterectomy or is on that birth control pill where she has 4 periods a year, there's a time where you may have to buy tampons. It's not embarrassing, fellas. I once bought a catheter, a male urinal, and other malely items for my ailing piano teacher. See, this instance is even worse! One, he's not related to me, two, he had to overcome his own embarrassment to ask me (even though by then, he wouldn't have cared if Satan had to buy them for him), and he also saw me in K-Mart (before he was ill) holding up one of those (what do you call them, they're like a bra and panties all together--they sort of smooth you out so your dress doesn't have any lumps while you're playing the piano). I wasn't embarrassed, hell, I don't think I've been embarrassed buying or talking about buying anything. Lord, I just love the whole condom section....so many new kinds!
- 7/21/2009 6:49 PM
- kindersczenen@xanga (message)
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lol i love the responses!! thanks for posting this up, it was fun to see what all the dudes had to say. and what you guys had to say. the buying condoms thing to save face is hilarious. thanks for making my night mancouch :]
- 7/27/2009 3:27 AM
- kacyy@xanga (message)
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