Condom.

No other word can make a guy blush, splutter, grin, giggle, and fidget at the same time. What is it about condoms that can make some people just so awkward? Especially when you have to go out and buy them - some guys have told me that's the most uncomfortable thing to do. I remember once I was at a checkout and there was a box of condoms in my basket, and the checkout lady gave me this brief look as she scanned them, sort of like a 'oh I know what you're up to' kinda thing...it didn't help that she was Indian. So anyway, I shot her back my most bitchiest look - at least if she had opened her mouth and recommended a particular flavor or brand, I wouldn't have slammed her head into the cash register like I did. But in life, you learn from your mistakes. So back to the condoms - isn't it the most awkward thing in the world when you've both assumed that the other person is bringing one along? Ever had to make a dash to the closest 24hr store or pharmacy to pick up an 'emergency' stock of ribbed ones at 3am?

I remember when I was about nine when I had gone to a pharmacy with my mum, and on the counter was a box of chocolate flavored condoms. Now obviously being the sweet innocent boy that I am, I demanded that mum buy me a box of these rather odd looking chocolates. In the end I did get a resounding slap to the back of my head, and years later, I found out they tasted like they were made in the 1860s.

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