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There is a time and place for everything.  

secret_lade 49F
14389 posts
12/7/2020 3:51 pm
There is a time and place for everything.


Men...

When the 'place' is the Tampax section of the health and beauty isle... Now is NOT the 'time' approach your female coworker and try strike up a conversation.

Trust !

I was quietly mulling over my options when I heard the unmistakable voice of the Gentle Giant.

"Well, hello there! Fancy meeting you here."

Uh... Yah. What the hell is he doing in the feminine hygiene section?!?

"Hey stranger..."

I was trying act all cool and collected, but I was horrified.

"I thought I saw you standing over here, just thought I'd come say hi. So.... Hi!"

Oh dear God, let this end soon. The only thing worse than awkward silence is awkward conversation with the Gentle Giant.

"I'm glad you popped over say Hi. So, see ya tomorrow then?"

"Yep, I work tomorrow. I'll see you tomorrow!"

I started to breathe a sigh of relief when I heard him start talking to someone else...

"Guess who's here? [Secret_Lade] is here. She's standing right over there..."

Wait... What the hell is going on here?? Is he pointing me out to SOMEONE ELSE???

Sure enough, the next thing I knew the Most Annoying Person Alive was walking up to me to have a long, drawn out conversation.

A conversation in which all I could do was stare at his missing front tooth.

I started running scenarios through my mind on how I could continue to shop for the appropriate box of tampons while still managing to hang on to what little dignity I had left in this scenario.

If there was one moment in time that I would have killed to be menopausal, this was that moment.

I finally decided to just go for it and grab the boxes of tampons do my comparison. If this didn't get rid of him, nothing would...

Yah...

Before I knew it, he was in line behind at the register, still telling about his 81 year mother.

Happy Monday.

secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
12/9/2020 3:55 am

    Quoting jajo696:
    All natural parts of life. Everyone knows the human body does things and hence needs things to address those things...lol

    A friend went to get sanitary napkins for me as i was back at the room in dire need. It was an education for him...he called or texted me..." some have wings , do you want wings?". We had such a laugh when he came back....i dont even remember if he bought the wing ones.

    Yup....all natural parts of life ~~
I helped a poor guy find Midol yesterday. He just stood there, looking at me with a box of tampons in his hand, finally saying he needed help. I just smiled and said "no problem".


jajo696 113F
4287 posts
12/9/2020 12:03 am

All natural parts of life. Everyone knows the human body does things and hence needs things to address those things...lol

A friend went to get sanitary napkins for me as i was back at the room in dire need. It was an education for him...he called or texted me..." some have wings , do you want wings?". We had such a laugh when he came back....i dont even remember if he bought the wing ones.

Yup....all natural parts of life ~~


tickles4us 62M
7262 posts
12/8/2020 9:55 pm

    Quoting secret_lade:
    Oh no, he's a masker. But he is one of those that feels the need to pull it down to talk. That's become my new peeve, btw.
Yeah, at least with the people who don't wear a mask you can see them coming and avoid them. But the surprise unmaskers that spew their germs forth on the unsuspecting when they have closed in on you...well that's when you need to have a portable spit shield on a stick that you whip out of your pocket and shove up against their face or a can of Lysol, (I prefer the lemony fresh scent kind) to start spraying in the air between you as they start to speak.

Vive La Difference


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
12/8/2020 2:38 pm

    Quoting mc_justmc:
    I can't say I've ever been in that kind of situation, but I do think about what I buy when I know I'm gonna face a cashier, so for condoms, anything that says "Grande" or "MAX" on the box.
This does not surprise me! LOL


srkaficionada 70F

12/8/2020 12:26 pm

    Quoting  :

Fair enough. I guess it’s the same way I feel about grown men showing their underwear because “fashion!”. Meanwhile, I want to cuss them out for being gross.


mc_justmc 63M

12/8/2020 4:08 am

I can't say I've ever been in that kind of situation, but I do think about what I buy when I know I'm gonna face a cashier, so for condoms, anything that says "Grande" or "MAX" on the box.


srkaficionada 70F

12/8/2020 3:24 am

Fair enough and thank you for that.


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
12/8/2020 3:24 am

    Quoting MrWrong4RghtNow:
    Just more proof that God (or whatever you worship) has a wicked sense of humor. She just loves to see her children trapped in the most ridiculous circumstances. Only thing better would have been the Giant or Annoying one holding a pack of condoms and saying they are out of his size again lol
Oh my... LOL I can only say how thankful I am that they didn't do the condom thing. LOL


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
12/8/2020 3:21 am

    Quoting srkaficionada:
    Why is this a bad thing? I’m genuinely curious. Is it a generational thing? We all know women wear lingerie. Heck, some men AND women get turned on when they see a woman wearing panties and such. Why then is it taboo for men to see said lingerie on their way to the men section?

    Same goes for the tampons and such. What person above the age of 16 doesn’t understand that most biological women need all that crap until around 45 or so?

    It’s sad that women get to feel horrified when they’re buying their pads and tampons and whatever tools they need to deal with nature every week or so once a month. I wonder if men feel the same horror when they’re buying their viagra pills, condoms and whatnot.

    It says a lot really. If you have/had a female partner, do you not share a bathroom? Do you not end up seeing her wearing the lingerie/ the tampon box/carrying case? Or does she hide it out of shame? 🥴

    👀👀
We all have our own comfort levels when it comes to this kind of stuff. Just because I find myself embarrassed by this does not mean every other woman should, because.... We all have our own individual right to feel what we feel.


srkaficionada 70F

12/7/2020 11:57 pm

    Quoting  :

Why is this a bad thing? I’m genuinely curious. Is it a generational thing? We all know women wear lingerie. Heck, some men AND women get turned on when they see a woman wearing panties and such. Why then is it taboo for men to see said lingerie on their way to the men section?

Same goes for the tampons and such. What person above the age of 16 doesn’t understand that most biological women need all that crap until around 45 or so?

It’s sad that women get to feel horrified when they’re buying their pads and tampons and whatever tools they need to deal with nature every week or so once a month. I wonder if men feel the same horror when they’re buying their viagra pills, condoms and whatnot.

It says a lot really. If you have/had a female partner, do you not share a bathroom? Do you not end up seeing her wearing the lingerie/ the tampon box/carrying case? Or does she hide it out of shame? 🥴

👀👀


srkaficionada 70F

12/7/2020 11:56 pm

I’m genuinely curious: why would you be horrified? Do you get horrified when buying tissue paper? Or soap/body wash? Or toothpaste?

You’re horrified because someone is what? Going to realise that you’re a healthy woman going through a natural body function and you’re getting the tools needed to get through said function safely and with dignity? Maybe he wasn’t bothered by it because there’s nothing to be horrified about? If you were choosing toilet paper, would you have been as horrified? In both scenarios, your body is expelling waste and doing what it’s designed to do.

Maybe it’s just me but there’s nothing to be horrified about. Have that conversation if you want to and save your horror for them pulling down their masks


MrWrong4RghtNow 57M
2439 posts
12/7/2020 10:52 pm

Just more proof that God (or whatever you worship) has a wicked sense of humor. She just loves to see her children trapped in the most ridiculous circumstances. Only thing better would have been the Giant or Annoying one holding a pack of condoms and saying they are out of his size again lol

My name is MrWrong and I approved this comment


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
12/7/2020 9:58 pm

    Quoting tickles4us:
    Hmmm, one of those that doesn't think he needs to wear a mask?
Oh no, he's a masker. But he is one of those that feels the need to pull it down to talk. That's become my new peeve, btw.


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
12/7/2020 9:55 pm

    Quoting Paulxx001:
    Horror stories all have their own plots.
    I've never read one like this. Eee... 😮❗❗❗
Oh, it was definitely a horror story for me. Lol I was raised to think of womanly stuff as taboo and a deeply personal thing. I didn't even shop for this stuff with my ex husband.


tickles4us 62M
7262 posts
12/7/2020 9:50 pm

Hmmm, one of those that doesn't think he needs to wear a mask?

Vive La Difference


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
12/7/2020 9:48 pm

    Quoting  :

I hadn't thought about that aspect.... The feminine hygiene products were along the back wall. Every isle opened up to the back wall so anyone shopping health and beauty can see you. Lol Nothing like being on display!!


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
12/7/2020 9:44 pm

    Quoting positively4you:
    Lol..wait till menopause. You can then converse with them in the Depends section. 🤦‍♀️
Oh my! Yikes!! Lol


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
12/7/2020 9:42 pm

    Quoting pagancountrygirl:
    That's when you grab an extra box or two off the shelf...and ask him to hold them while you're comparing information on a couple in your hands. Then switch them around a time or two. Maybe talk to yourself a bit. Then head toward the check-out, while he's still holding a box or two.
Honestly, I don't think it would have fazed him. He was not in the least bit concerned by any of it. He would have probably read the stuff off the box to me if I'd asked.... Yikes!!


Paulxx001 67M
22642 posts
12/7/2020 8:09 pm

Horror stories all have their own plots.
I've never read one like this. Eee... 😮❗❗❗


positively4you 74F  
4605 posts
12/7/2020 7:13 pm

Lol..wait till menopause. You can then converse with them in the Depends section. 🤦‍♀️


bbuckwwheat 65M
6265 posts
12/7/2020 5:57 pm

    Quoting pagancountrygirl:
    That's when you grab an extra box or two off the shelf...and ask him to hold them while you're comparing information on a couple in your hands. Then switch them around a time or two. Maybe talk to yourself a bit. Then head toward the check-out, while he's still holding a box or two.
I don't care who you are, this is funny

Classic passive aggressive

Private mailbox at my blog bbuckwwheat
Fayette, Iowa


pagancountrygirl 66F
6466 posts
12/7/2020 5:07 pm

That's when you grab an extra box or two off the shelf...and ask him to hold them while you're comparing information on a couple in your hands. Then switch them around a time or two. Maybe talk to yourself a bit. Then head toward the check-out, while he's still holding a box or two.

Pagan
Hmmmm....I know I left that wand around here somewhere!


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