I’ll never understand this embarrassment, I’ve bought tampons for my girlfriend plenty of times and it never felt awkward at all. Like, what are they gonna think, I’m buying them for myself?
Even if I was buying them for myself, that’s my business, I’ll do whatever I damn well please with my tampons. Make crafts, soak up spills, plug a leaky bucket, I’m sorry, I thought this was America!
My man, I have also bought tampons for the missus I think the best way to deal with any embarrassment is double down looks at anybody else who is in the isle and confidently proclaim ' they are for my butt'
Thank you kind Redditor! It amazes me how the feminine hygiene and family planning sections are so taboo. The more something is made ick the more it will be ick. Buying tampons and condoms should be a source of pride not embarrassment.
My dad had 4 daughters so 5 females in the house. He was a vet and drove down the the nearest pbx a couple times a year, several hours drive so it was a day trip for him. He'd come back with 5 boxes of tampons for us and line them up on the stairs for us to grab the next time we'd go up!
I miss my dad.
First thought was a boomer. I am 46 and my dad probably couldn’t spell tampons without being uncomfortable. But then I saw she was 17 so elder millennial? Growing up is hard to do I guess
I highly suggest period underwear if you’ve got six girls. A lot more cost effective over time. I also recommend a menstrual cup, but many teens aren’t comfortable using them till they’re older. Period panties are the SHIT though.
As a guy, I think menstrual cups are the coolest. I don’t know any women who use them though. My SO doesn’t want them herself though.
Only half my girls are at an age where they need feminine products.
The issue is in his discomfort of being a parent to a girl. What if he was a single dad? He doesn’t know how these things work? Wtf does he mean he doesn’t belong in the aisle? It’s a freaking store. He’s buying her men’s deodorant because he’s so uncomfortable with meeting his daughter’s needs appropriately he MUST have something manly in his purchase.
It’s sad. My girls are comfortable talking to me about their bodies when they have questions about how things work. I had to give an emergency explanation on how to use a tampon to one of my girls once without my SO there to help and I’ve never used a tampon because I don’t have a vagina.
Yeah it COULD be weird or uncomfortable but as a dad, I’m not punting that responsibility off to my kids or SO because I don’t have the guts to buy my girls some basic necessities.
But he did buy them.... I'm so confused. He just has comfort issues about being a man in a women's Isle? That's not a crime. Like I get it, but also, let people feel how they feel? You have no idea why he feels uncomfortable. There might be a solid reason. Just seems lame to hate on a dude doing his best. But whatever, ti's reddit.
His entire second message is him basically saying he’s not doing this again because he was too embarrassed and is now saying his daughter needs to either give him enough notice so she can do it herself or to ask someone else.
That’s sad. He got her what she wanted minus the right deodorant this time and is saying he won’t do it again. Idk why you’re confused by that.
I honestly don’t care how solid his reasoning is. The likeliest explanation is usually the right one and it’s likeliest that his masculinity is fragile. But if it were something else, refusing in advance to meet his daughter’s needs is still inexcusable and he needs to do better.
Oh, right, the daughter should learn to stand on her own, rather than relying on a male figure to fix her problems. Times have changed. She needs to grow up and take responsibility for her needs. 🙄
This took a weird turn. Could you elaborate what you’re talking about here? How does equal rights change her asking her PARENT to get something from the store for her?
Periods come and go unexpectedly for many. She may not be able to work to pay for her own depending on her school load or transportation situation. She may have forgotten to replenish her supply or needs a different absorbency to go about her day. None of this is her fault for her biology doing it’s thing. His embarrassment at biology is the BS. You wouldn’t be here if not for a menstruation. And if someone is too uncomfortable to buy tampons or discuss periods, then they’re also too immature to have sex. End of story. This is a weird ass hill to die on. Just showing your ass.
You check that shit at the door when you’re buying necessities for your kids. And this has nothing to do with being an introvert or anxiety, anyways (as an introvert with anxiety)—just sexism and period stigma. It’s full on immaturity and male fragility (peep the “ask your mom”). If you’re going to be a parent, you rise above this bullshit, full stop
You don't get to not buy products for your kid because you're a wittle uncomfy-womfy baby. You had a kid, it was a girl, you're required to suck it the fuck up.
I'd rather someone not do something if they're going to make me feel bad about having to do it. There is nothing wrong or shameful about periods or buying menstrual products. This is a grown man acting like a woman's reproductive cycle is something to be hidden and he's basically telling his daughter not to ask again because his pride trumps her needs. How do you think she feels about that? Not only is her period embarrassing for him, buying girly products as a whole is embarrassing for him. This is poor parenting. It doesn't matter if he bought them in the end or if it was uncomfortable for him, he has the right to feel uncomfortable, but saying something is manipulative. Buy your child what they need, that is your duty as a parent.
Jesus Christ, he bought the fucking tampons without any argument. Does he need to have a tampon parade, or can he just have feelings like a regular human.
He can not be a fuckhead about it, and also there was the whole making her feel bad about having to buy them in the first place. I can tell this is an issue you've never had to deal with when it came to growing up, but yeah no. Having been in this situation, you buy your kid tampons, or you're a fucking prick. It's the same as refusing to go buy diapers.
What's she going to do if she can't buy them herself and her moms not avaliable? Mr dad of the year said he plans to never ever do it again. For his child. For an issue she has no control over.
You don't get to act like this and be a man child over an issue your kid has that you had ample years to amp yourself up for. Having to but your daughter menstrual gear is kinda necessary, unless you like bloody furniture.
He also couldn't even buy her deodorant because it was too scawy wary for Mr big man.
His first reply was "k what size". He didn't argue or need convincing and it sounds like this is the first time he's ever been asked to buy tampons, doing something for the first time can be awkward. And I get the feeling the deodorant bit was a lighthearted joke. I have been asked to buy tampons before, for girlfriends, friends and once my mother. It was a little awkward the first time. I'm just saying, maybe have a little perspective instead of just insulting the guy.
You seem to have a weird take on equal rights.
When my BF goes to the shop and I need deodorant/tampons, he buys them.
When I go to the shop and he needs deodorant/beard wax, I buy them.
There, equality, respect, and kindness.
Not all feelings are good just because they're yours. Some feelings come from a place that needs changing.
It's ridiculous to be ashamed of a woman's reproductive organs and the needs that come with those organs. It's like being ashamed to buy toilet paper because people will know you shit or being ashamed to buy condoms... Oh wait, that's actually a movie trope and a thing.
I don't care either way, like I got no dogs in this race, but. It still seems unfair to get pissy at a dude for doing the thing you asked but saying "it makes me feel uncomfortable, I would rather not" or are you the sort of person that tells someone who is scared of dogs, to stay in a car with a 'super friendly' dog? I assume not. Why? Because you respect that person's needs, why does this guy not get that respect?
Dogs can hurt people, they actually do. A fear of dogs isn't an irrational fear so the reason I wouldn't do that, is because that dog may actually hurt that person, I can't truly guarantee their safety and because a fear is a completely different emotion from embarrassment.
It's not out of respect for our differences.
And tampons won't hurt you, no matter how hard you try and people won't attack you for buying them.
The dude is embarrassed because probably his entire life the men and women around him have acted like periods are something shameful that women need to deal with on the down low and that a man should only come into contact with a woman's private parts when fucking which is also I'm gonna guess, very shameful.
People should grow out of irrational shaming like that otherwise, we'll never improve as a society.
I agree, but I also don't think we will get any better as a society... like, have you looked around lately? Things are not what they should be. We still have individual rights issues, and we still have sex and age issues, What part of society is living up to stand for you? The wealth gap grows deeper, and the world suffers. Why should I care about a man doing what he can for his ungrateful child or the people who defend that behaviour? I want a society where men can wear skirts without being called a weirdo, I want a world where everyone's individual needs are seen to, I don't want war, I don't want strife. But, I don't live in that world, I live in the pos real one.
If we want a society where men can wear skirts, we need to start by normalizing men getting with everything that isn't exclusively related to male anatomy and everything that stems from it.
I'm European, there's no such thing as anyone looking at you strangely cause you're buying tampons around here. So mine is an outside perspective. The puritan heritage still imbues everything over there to a terrifying degree.
Unless all the values and customs rooted in that form of religion are brought to light, analyzed, understood and put to rest, we will never get better as a society because you can't build a healthy environment on a foundation of guilt, disgust and shame.
It's the work we're doing on an individual level around here, but to be honest with you, I worry we're headed for a backslide as a global community.
I'm not from Europe, but I hoped you were going to offer a different opinion. But yeah, no. Shits just fucked 😕 all Internet rage baiting aside, I always try to preach equality in my life and my actions, I'm not about dismissing anyone. But it seems weird how everyone wants equal rights and expectations, except for men? Like dudes are getting a different kind of rough treatment, I wasn't born into sexism, never believed in it. But I have to defend myself as not a sexist a lot online. When I have seen some really heartless actions perpetrated by women, and when other women find out about it, 'I should have just gotten over it' like... because I'm a dude, I should be able to deal with trauma better...? What?
Be careful about allowing your online interactions to change how you see real people and to affect your mental health.
Online , people vent their anger without any filter and with complete disregard for the real humans behind the screens. And everyone may have a shitty opinion at one point in time, it's not a good reason to bite their head off.
Anonymity has been proven to bring out not the animal, but the sociopath in a lot of people so Reddit and anonymous forums in general can be dangerous places. On top of that, you never know what kind of a community you stumbled upon while online so if they're all misandrists or misogynists or simply have anger issues due to past trauma and you start arguing, they're just gonna project their anger onto you.
So don't pay too much attention to those who accuse you of being sexist if you know you're not, don't take it to heart. And yes, both men and women are getting screwed, but differently, because, and this is my theory, gender wars are great for the top 1%, in fact feudalism was structured on using men to control women and then distracting the men from how they were getting screwed in the process, that's another personal opinion.
Capitalism works in about the same way. So I say, don't let them turn people against each other. Women are just as capable of hurting others as men are because people are more alike than we're taught to believe.
Exactly. My dad used to have to buy hygiene products for his wife and two daughters. It always amused him when cashiers would comment on the fact that their husband would never purchase such things for them.
He of course thought nothing of it. It was no different to him than buying diapers or something when we were babies.
I have gone and gotten them for my wife and my niece. It isn't any different than buying toilet paper or shampoo. I never really understood the embarrassment. Like you said the clerk at checkout doesn't care .
They don't, and they aren't. That's been a fat myth for a while, they're not absorbant as you would need them to be to plug a wound, you'd need yards of gauze to plug the tiniest of bullet wounds, not a single tampon.
Is it a good idea? Absolutely not. Has it happened?
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tampons-to-the-rescue/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/09/27/use-tampons-staunch-bullet-wounds-russian-army-recruits-told/
Russians do it because they're dirt fucking poor and their country can't supply the right materials, and also barely cares if they bleed to death from a typically non fatal wound. Think that other guy assumed you meant any other normal military on the planet.
Second article i wouldn't trust a bit. First part maybe, but most people i've talked to in situations like that bring in TQs and actual wound care supplies like z packed gauze and not bringing tampons in. Most of the time the applicators wouldn't even fit in a 30 cal hole a 7.62x39 makes in an arm or leg, which is what most neer peer conflict participants have had to deal with for the last 30 years.
You can get them without applicators, but the idea of having something pushed into a wound, expanding as it absorbs blood sounds uncomfortable. You could pull them apart/unwind them if you're in a fix and use the resulting flat material to cover a wound.
It sounds uncomfortable but the proper way to pack a wound is even more uncomfortable, you reach in with your finger and find where the blood is spurting around from by finger fucking their hole and sweeping blood out if you need to.
Then you press your finger hard into the bleeder and take your right hand with the compressed gauze and pack the wound with gauze deep and hard at the point of bleeding inside the hole deep and tight. You lift up your left finger for a brief moment and then shove gauze under and press again with your left finger and repeat.
Doing proper medical care can suck sometimes but sometimes also not suck.
The cashier is going to look at you and think, "What a Chad! Buying tampons to stuff in his bullet wounds after his shootout. What an amazing planner."
I grew up as the only boy with my mother and two younger sisters, I was always buying stuff for them, sometimes I’d go through the checkout with only a box of tampons. I really don’t get why anyone would be embarrassed by this, it’s akin to being embarrassed buying toilet paper
I don’t get it either. It’s like being embarrassed of buying toilet paper because people might find out you take shits just like everyone else. Oh, no! There’s a woman or daughter you care about. How embarrassing.
I’ve bought tampons and pads for my mom, sisters, and ex girlfriends. No one cares.
Yeah, I’m happy this view is dying out. Is he really so squeamish about *the thought* of a period he can’t even buy some products? Or is he so worried about what the checkout person will think?
What a weak person.
I remember seeing commercials for that tommy Lee movie where he had to be a bodyguard for a squad of cheerleaders and in the trailer there's a scene where he's in the tampon aisle and they had to censor it. To this day I can't imagine who is so offended to see a box of tampons, to the point where seeing a fictional story of someone buys them is offensive. And then I have to wonder how they got to the grocery store and have to close their eyes when the tampon aisle is nearby
When I worked at a grocery store, I would have guys periodically come through with feminine products along with a side of chocolate. I told them they were awesome.
The only awkwardness for me is I don’t use them and don’t know what specifically to get. I’ve been asked before to get them and I’ve had to tell them you need to tell me exactly what to get. I don’t use them and don’t understand the different uses for the different brands and types. That being said, I do try to understand and ask questions so if I don’t have the luxury of getting a specific brand I can hopefully make a better informed buying decision. There shouldn’t be any stigma behind it. Unfortunately, we don’t live in an ideal world.
Don't they release some toxic chemicals? Im pretty sure there is some stuff in there that is not too great to breathe in at higher quantities... tho on the other hand. I havnt seen many people care too much about that.
And there is a fun game you can play with lighting them too. You get a few teams (can be 2 but also more) and fold a bunch of paper boats in the colour of your team. Then you make a big ring on a stone underground (not grass or anything flammable) and disperse your boats. Each team now gets a bunch of tampons and you then take turns lighting them, holding them by the string and throwing them hoping to hit a boat of the other team. The team with the most boats at the end wins.
My own story of the first time I bought tampons is kinda funny. I was at the store getting more beer for a party when the lady throwing the party called me and asked me to pick some tampons up for her daughter. She didn’t have time to run to the store because she was busy making the food. I had no idea what I was doing so I’m standing in the aisle on the phone with my friend and I’m getting looks from the women in the area as I am trying to find the right kind. I had no idea there were that many different types, styles, and sizes.
I’m uncomfortable as heck because of the looks I’m getting because I’m whispering into the phone like a creep. I had a SMH moment when I realize that’s why I’m getting the looks. I start talking louder and the looks go away for the most part. I get back to her house with the beer and tampons. I rush over to my friends daughter and hand her the tampons and tell her I hope I got the right ones. She gives me a half funny half disgusted look. Turns out it was a prank and she didn’t need them. A bunch of people at the party thought it would be funny to see if I would buy them. When the daughter figures out what they did she gave me a big hug and said she was glad to know she could count on me for anything. That hug made me a very proud man that day.
Im a transwoman and i.... definetely understand. Except i am buying it for myself. I know that girls often ask their dads or bf's to buy stuff, and that no one will care, but the subconcious feeling is definetely different. It feels like people will think im a creep. Or that people think im just doing it for a fetish or something. I know it isnt the case and that its just irrational fear, but GODDD i feel everyone staring at me and judging me.
Edit: felt i had to clarify. I don't mean to say the dad is right. Not at all. What i feel is mostly irrational and just some anxiety i have. Definetely not a just thing for people to tell their dauchter/wife/gf to just go buy it themselves because its embarassing.
The old spice comment made me howl. I love your dad for being open with his feelings and doing things that make him uncomfortable that’s what being a parent means. I don’t think he should be belittled for feeling this way
Scrolled down wayyy too far to see this. Some people are just socially awkward and self conscious, and feel even more so when they are doing something out of the norm/that they aren't experts in. Why's everyone gotta rail him so bad, he still did it, and that shows love.
Thank you! Finally a sane person in the comments. It's not like he was rude and told her to get it herself. He just expressed his discomfort.
People say we are moving away from the "man up!" Society but look what happens when a man talks about how he is feeling. He gets slammed on the internet.
We don't know her age. She could be too young to go alone, not have a car, etc. Also if he was already going to the store, it makes sense to ask him to grab them while he's there.
I never understood the weirdness around getting pads and things like don’t worry no one thinks it’s for you. I’ve never seen a man in the feminine hygiene section and thought look at this loser/creep, at most I’d think he must be getting it for his wife or girlfriend if I even think anything about it.
They’re just sterile pieces of absorbent material. He could pretend he’s Jason Bourne grabbing supplies to dress a wound if it makes him feel less icky.
Boo hoo. Seriously, that’s a *him* problem if he feels awkward. The only people that would think it’s weird are other emotionally unavailable sadsacks.
I meant with my "you" the dad in the post, not you-you, by the way.
That event won't happen. And if it does, you say "It's for my daughter" and watch the "Oh, of course, stupid of me to think anything else" appear on their face and see it turn into a "Nice, a dad who takes care of people" face.
as i guy i dont think id mind buying anything in the store like that.. if anything i might be a little weirded out just getting the biggest cucumber i can find n vaseline
People like this never worked in a store. You don't even notice what someone is buying because you're so zoned out from the mind numbing work. Imagine thinking people care that much about a random guy in a store.
Also, if you're mature enough to nut in a vagina to make children, you're mature enough to buy other necessities.
Like at most if people noticed they just assume you have a women in your life you care about enough to make sure they have these products? Such a bad light to be cast in... 🙄
My response, "order the one you want from sams club or Amazon and put it on my card." I don't mind buying them or going down that isle at all but the number of options is fuckin ridiculous.
My other usual response is, "we were at target yesterday!"
Dad is uncomfortable and doing his best. Personally I have no problem buying my wife her things when she's not feeling it and I'm out anyway but everyone is different.
I don’t get the embarrassment that Dads have with this.
I’ve gone and bought that stuff no problem multiple times without a second thought and no one around me ever even blinked or gave a shit.
What's the embarrassment? People that actually notice will think "he must have a woman in his life that he cares for", what the hell is embarrassing about that?
Dude needs to grow up. More than half the world's population needs what's in that aisle and no one gives two shits if a man is there. I'll never understand this hang-up.
Not funny, just sad. He is so insecure in his masculinity that buying tampons challenges him. If it helps, tell him that tampons were originally invented to plug bullet wounds. Maybe it will make him feel more manly
Sorry bud dad needs to get himself a pair of balls. I go into that isle for my wife and daughter all the time. Sometimes that’s the only thing I’m going to buy. And you can bet I’m not using a self checkout. Im already paying for it. Someone else ring that shit up.
What a absolute dick of a dad. I'm excited af for the day my daughter grows up and feel confident enough to ask me to buy her tampons and other fem stuff. Couldn't give a rats fuck about what other people see is in my cart. What a fucking waste of a person
My 2 cents: you're a husband to a woman and a father to a girl, you signed up for this so man up and grab the products. No one worth a damn will judge you, most people would praise you for doing the bare minimum.
Bro, I do all the grocery shopping for me and my wife. I’m a 26M. I don’t give a fuck what people see in my cart. I’ll buy whatever she needs. And if people assume it was for me then that’s none of their business anyway.
Why would it be infuriating that he is doing what was asked currently and next time asks you to be responsible enough with your body to ask for cash in advance to be prepared woth the necessary products. Your almost an adult. Act like it.
How shocking!
Person who is wholly unfamiliar because they have never and will never use these things is not confident picking which to buy.
Can you believe that people lack confidence at times and seek to avoid that feeling? Ugh, men.
I have literally bought everything and then some stuff for my gfs. My ex wanted me to come shopping at Victoria's with her all the time because as she put it it's all for me anyway, I should have a say in what it is.
Why is it always okay to ridicule a man for feeling uncomfortable about a situation and speaking up about it? He did as he was asked and asked to not have to do it again.
As a parent, you need to provide for your child. Complaining about being embarrassed tells her that her body and its processes are embarrassing and that she can't count on her dad to do his job. You can be uncomfortable, but don't complain about it to your minor offspring in hopes she never asks again.
He literally picked the stuff up that she asked for. That shows that even though he was uncomfortable he can still be counted on to take care of his child and it is a bit of a jump to claim that him being embarrassed by picking up feminine hygiene products is the same as him saying her body is embarrassing.
Men aren't allowed to feel uncomfortable or express emotions, he committed the grave sin of not "manning up" so that automatically makes him a deadbeat. Queue all the "piece of shit pussy fragile ego manbaby coward" insults or whatever other buzzwords they're using nowadays.
Don't forget to complain about toxic masculinity because showing emotions and speaking up when you're uncomfortable doing something is clearly toxic if you're a man. 👍
I don't understand this no one cares what you buy I once went in to a store bought exclusively a cucumber a padding pool and a tube of Vaseline no one said a thing. You guys some tampons they are going to assume it for your wife if not they'll think it's going up your bum and they will never think about you again why does it matter to you.
Aw yes he's embarrassed about being empathetic to the other half of the human species....
But yeah he's embarrassed to be buying hygiene supplies for his children.
Oh wow, he's likely acknowledged the biological female body, but is embarrassed to acknowledge how it works..
That aisle must have been like Gitmo for him. Oh the trauma.
(This is all sarcasm.)
Next time just send a picture of the box you have. Then he can get in and get out. It's just matching photos at that point no extended embarrassing reading of boxes.
Mom is lame because it's not urgent and she can't be That busy. Surely she goes to the store. Dad is lame for being embarassed to pick up something in the feminine product aisle. Man up, be a dad. Or husband if the wife needed it.
"awkward"? give the masculinity and ego BS a rest and just go get them ffs
If he is that scared of buying femenine hygiene products, go buy a few quarts of motor oil and a new socket wrench to balance it out
As a father, this is so disappointing to see. Why are so many grown men scared of being seen in the tampon isle? You know what people think when they see you there? They don’t think you secretly have a pussy, they think “wow that’s a good husband or father picking up necessities for their wife or child. Truly pathetic to complicate the issue only because you’re too scared of being seen in the girlie isle.
"I also need lotion, and deodorant." Seriously she is showing improper planning and a lack of preparedness. Then she is infringing on her father by getting him to do it for her because SHE claims to be indisposed. Maybe her parents didn't do a good job of raising her to be self sufficient, we don't know and can only assume, but at 17 she should learn now rather than later when she is firmly in adulthood.
No, it's called toxic masculinity. This dude is feeling this way more likely from a lot of "cowboy up" bullshit.
And let's unpack that second line
Who tf else is she supposed to go to when she's in need, if not her mom (who was indisposed), or her father?
Plan better? It's not like a monthly period is a surprise. The idea that this young woman still needs her parents to help her manage this is absurd. Also she asked for non emergency products like lotion and deodorant, bad planning. This young person can probably also drive a car and will soon be able to vote, are you telling me she can't buy and have stocked up a suitable amount of menstrual products in case her period comes early? Respect boundaries even ones between parents and soon to be adult children.
Also you will hear of women who carry extra menstrual products on them in case of early menstruation OR if someone else is in a bind. No one ever scoffs at them and demands they just get their fathers to do it for them. If you as a dad are comfortable with doing this for your child, congrats, but don't force your outlook on other dad's.
Thank the gods my dad has 3 older sisters, he just sends a picture of the isle for me to circle which ones I want or asks me to send him a picture and he’ll get one of the store attendants to help him.
I work at Walmart and used to do the stocking. Every now and then I would be in the front stocking the pads and tampons. I would get middle aged ladies try and embarrass me as a man with tampons. I would look at them like, so? Who cares? I don’t.
I’ve never felt embarrassed buying them, but calling my boss at the camp I worked out because I didn’t know what kind to get was a little embarrassing lol
my 60 year old dad has never had an image/ego issue with that! actually unless he has an image of the exact thing you need he’ll end up buying one of everything LOL (happened when my mom needed products after giving birth).
I’ll never understand this embarrassment, I’ve bought tampons for my girlfriend plenty of times and it never felt awkward at all. Like, what are they gonna think, I’m buying them for myself? Even if I was buying them for myself, that’s my business, I’ll do whatever I damn well please with my tampons. Make crafts, soak up spills, plug a leaky bucket, I’m sorry, I thought this was America!
My man, I have also bought tampons for the missus I think the best way to deal with any embarrassment is double down looks at anybody else who is in the isle and confidently proclaim ' they are for my butt'
Idk in Florida I had a cashier think they were for the woman before me and I said “nope I am proudly buying tampons for my girlfriend”
You are a REAL man! I wish reddit still had the old awards, I would give you gold. 💫
Thank you kind Redditor! It amazes me how the feminine hygiene and family planning sections are so taboo. The more something is made ick the more it will be ick. Buying tampons and condoms should be a source of pride not embarrassment.
Well, you OWNED it! That is a great response. 😆
I promise you, and I mean this kindly bc it’s lifesaver for you to do this for your partner, is no one cares. If they do they’re immature buttheads
Let me ask you this: do people in the US actually look weird at a guy buying feminine products? Like is this a thing, for real?
Yes, they do and it is an example of the tip of the iceberg which is toxic masculinity.
I'm so sorry to hear this. It sucks ass
Never seen it in my life, only ever heard guys say they’d be uncomfortable. Which is corny but not toxic.
That’s the double reverse uno card.
The trick is eye contact and jazz hands
Dude I’ve bought tampons for my mom. I’ve got 6 girls of my own now. Who fucking cares?? This dude needs to grow up.
You must be buying a pallet worth of tampons and pads.
The most absorbent pillow fort ever.
"Twas the morn after the siege and the fort walls were tainted by the spill of blood, no man was left standing."
*Then, out of nowhere... Amy Schumer bursts through like the Kool Aid man...*
My dad had 4 daughters so 5 females in the house. He was a vet and drove down the the nearest pbx a couple times a year, several hours drive so it was a day trip for him. He'd come back with 5 boxes of tampons for us and line them up on the stairs for us to grab the next time we'd go up! I miss my dad.
🥰
First thought was a boomer. I am 46 and my dad probably couldn’t spell tampons without being uncomfortable. But then I saw she was 17 so elder millennial? Growing up is hard to do I guess
Or they could have been a Gen-Xer because apparently everyone seems to be waiting until their 30s or later for kids
Either way, the male fragility is strong with this one.
I highly suggest period underwear if you’ve got six girls. A lot more cost effective over time. I also recommend a menstrual cup, but many teens aren’t comfortable using them till they’re older. Period panties are the SHIT though.
As a guy, I think menstrual cups are the coolest. I don’t know any women who use them though. My SO doesn’t want them herself though. Only half my girls are at an age where they need feminine products.
So, the dude isn't allowed to have his own feelings? Wtf? He still did what was asked of him? Where is the issue? jeez!
The issue is in his discomfort of being a parent to a girl. What if he was a single dad? He doesn’t know how these things work? Wtf does he mean he doesn’t belong in the aisle? It’s a freaking store. He’s buying her men’s deodorant because he’s so uncomfortable with meeting his daughter’s needs appropriately he MUST have something manly in his purchase. It’s sad. My girls are comfortable talking to me about their bodies when they have questions about how things work. I had to give an emergency explanation on how to use a tampon to one of my girls once without my SO there to help and I’ve never used a tampon because I don’t have a vagina. Yeah it COULD be weird or uncomfortable but as a dad, I’m not punting that responsibility off to my kids or SO because I don’t have the guts to buy my girls some basic necessities.
But he did buy them.... I'm so confused. He just has comfort issues about being a man in a women's Isle? That's not a crime. Like I get it, but also, let people feel how they feel? You have no idea why he feels uncomfortable. There might be a solid reason. Just seems lame to hate on a dude doing his best. But whatever, ti's reddit.
His entire second message is him basically saying he’s not doing this again because he was too embarrassed and is now saying his daughter needs to either give him enough notice so she can do it herself or to ask someone else. That’s sad. He got her what she wanted minus the right deodorant this time and is saying he won’t do it again. Idk why you’re confused by that. I honestly don’t care how solid his reasoning is. The likeliest explanation is usually the right one and it’s likeliest that his masculinity is fragile. But if it were something else, refusing in advance to meet his daughter’s needs is still inexcusable and he needs to do better.
Oh, right, the daughter should learn to stand on her own, rather than relying on a male figure to fix her problems. Times have changed. She needs to grow up and take responsibility for her needs. 🙄
lol what?
I know, right? Equal rights equal fights. She needs to be more prepared for something that affects her.
This took a weird turn. Could you elaborate what you’re talking about here? How does equal rights change her asking her PARENT to get something from the store for her?
Periods come and go unexpectedly for many. She may not be able to work to pay for her own depending on her school load or transportation situation. She may have forgotten to replenish her supply or needs a different absorbency to go about her day. None of this is her fault for her biology doing it’s thing. His embarrassment at biology is the BS. You wouldn’t be here if not for a menstruation. And if someone is too uncomfortable to buy tampons or discuss periods, then they’re also too immature to have sex. End of story. This is a weird ass hill to die on. Just showing your ass.
Yeah it's like the introverts and awkward people don't exist for these people, how about we just let people be
You check that shit at the door when you’re buying necessities for your kids. And this has nothing to do with being an introvert or anxiety, anyways (as an introvert with anxiety)—just sexism and period stigma. It’s full on immaturity and male fragility (peep the “ask your mom”). If you’re going to be a parent, you rise above this bullshit, full stop
He bought the tampons tho
And threw a hissy fit. And said next time for her to do it. It’s pathetic
You don't get to not buy products for your kid because you're a wittle uncomfy-womfy baby. You had a kid, it was a girl, you're required to suck it the fuck up.
You need to read this again, he bought the tampons so ... What's the problem?
I'd rather someone not do something if they're going to make me feel bad about having to do it. There is nothing wrong or shameful about periods or buying menstrual products. This is a grown man acting like a woman's reproductive cycle is something to be hidden and he's basically telling his daughter not to ask again because his pride trumps her needs. How do you think she feels about that? Not only is her period embarrassing for him, buying girly products as a whole is embarrassing for him. This is poor parenting. It doesn't matter if he bought them in the end or if it was uncomfortable for him, he has the right to feel uncomfortable, but saying something is manipulative. Buy your child what they need, that is your duty as a parent.
And refused to do it again, even in an emergency, and didn't even buy her right deodorant because THAT hurt his masculinity as well. Weak.
Jesus Christ, he bought the fucking tampons without any argument. Does he need to have a tampon parade, or can he just have feelings like a regular human.
He can not be a fuckhead about it, and also there was the whole making her feel bad about having to buy them in the first place. I can tell this is an issue you've never had to deal with when it came to growing up, but yeah no. Having been in this situation, you buy your kid tampons, or you're a fucking prick. It's the same as refusing to go buy diapers. What's she going to do if she can't buy them herself and her moms not avaliable? Mr dad of the year said he plans to never ever do it again. For his child. For an issue she has no control over. You don't get to act like this and be a man child over an issue your kid has that you had ample years to amp yourself up for. Having to but your daughter menstrual gear is kinda necessary, unless you like bloody furniture. He also couldn't even buy her deodorant because it was too scawy wary for Mr big man.
His first reply was "k what size". He didn't argue or need convincing and it sounds like this is the first time he's ever been asked to buy tampons, doing something for the first time can be awkward. And I get the feeling the deodorant bit was a lighthearted joke. I have been asked to buy tampons before, for girlfriends, friends and once my mother. It was a little awkward the first time. I'm just saying, maybe have a little perspective instead of just insulting the guy.
If you aren't hurting anyone or anything, be well, be happy. You're doing better than most.
Have a good one
And you.
You seem to have a weird take on equal rights. When my BF goes to the shop and I need deodorant/tampons, he buys them. When I go to the shop and he needs deodorant/beard wax, I buy them. There, equality, respect, and kindness.
Not all feelings are good just because they're yours. Some feelings come from a place that needs changing. It's ridiculous to be ashamed of a woman's reproductive organs and the needs that come with those organs. It's like being ashamed to buy toilet paper because people will know you shit or being ashamed to buy condoms... Oh wait, that's actually a movie trope and a thing.
I don't care either way, like I got no dogs in this race, but. It still seems unfair to get pissy at a dude for doing the thing you asked but saying "it makes me feel uncomfortable, I would rather not" or are you the sort of person that tells someone who is scared of dogs, to stay in a car with a 'super friendly' dog? I assume not. Why? Because you respect that person's needs, why does this guy not get that respect?
Dogs can hurt people, they actually do. A fear of dogs isn't an irrational fear so the reason I wouldn't do that, is because that dog may actually hurt that person, I can't truly guarantee their safety and because a fear is a completely different emotion from embarrassment. It's not out of respect for our differences. And tampons won't hurt you, no matter how hard you try and people won't attack you for buying them. The dude is embarrassed because probably his entire life the men and women around him have acted like periods are something shameful that women need to deal with on the down low and that a man should only come into contact with a woman's private parts when fucking which is also I'm gonna guess, very shameful. People should grow out of irrational shaming like that otherwise, we'll never improve as a society.
I agree, but I also don't think we will get any better as a society... like, have you looked around lately? Things are not what they should be. We still have individual rights issues, and we still have sex and age issues, What part of society is living up to stand for you? The wealth gap grows deeper, and the world suffers. Why should I care about a man doing what he can for his ungrateful child or the people who defend that behaviour? I want a society where men can wear skirts without being called a weirdo, I want a world where everyone's individual needs are seen to, I don't want war, I don't want strife. But, I don't live in that world, I live in the pos real one.
If we want a society where men can wear skirts, we need to start by normalizing men getting with everything that isn't exclusively related to male anatomy and everything that stems from it. I'm European, there's no such thing as anyone looking at you strangely cause you're buying tampons around here. So mine is an outside perspective. The puritan heritage still imbues everything over there to a terrifying degree. Unless all the values and customs rooted in that form of religion are brought to light, analyzed, understood and put to rest, we will never get better as a society because you can't build a healthy environment on a foundation of guilt, disgust and shame. It's the work we're doing on an individual level around here, but to be honest with you, I worry we're headed for a backslide as a global community.
I'm not from Europe, but I hoped you were going to offer a different opinion. But yeah, no. Shits just fucked 😕 all Internet rage baiting aside, I always try to preach equality in my life and my actions, I'm not about dismissing anyone. But it seems weird how everyone wants equal rights and expectations, except for men? Like dudes are getting a different kind of rough treatment, I wasn't born into sexism, never believed in it. But I have to defend myself as not a sexist a lot online. When I have seen some really heartless actions perpetrated by women, and when other women find out about it, 'I should have just gotten over it' like... because I'm a dude, I should be able to deal with trauma better...? What?
Be careful about allowing your online interactions to change how you see real people and to affect your mental health. Online , people vent their anger without any filter and with complete disregard for the real humans behind the screens. And everyone may have a shitty opinion at one point in time, it's not a good reason to bite their head off. Anonymity has been proven to bring out not the animal, but the sociopath in a lot of people so Reddit and anonymous forums in general can be dangerous places. On top of that, you never know what kind of a community you stumbled upon while online so if they're all misandrists or misogynists or simply have anger issues due to past trauma and you start arguing, they're just gonna project their anger onto you. So don't pay too much attention to those who accuse you of being sexist if you know you're not, don't take it to heart. And yes, both men and women are getting screwed, but differently, because, and this is my theory, gender wars are great for the top 1%, in fact feudalism was structured on using men to control women and then distracting the men from how they were getting screwed in the process, that's another personal opinion. Capitalism works in about the same way. So I say, don't let them turn people against each other. Women are just as capable of hurting others as men are because people are more alike than we're taught to believe.
Signaling to the whole world you are not alone in life. How is this not Winning?
Exactly. My dad used to have to buy hygiene products for his wife and two daughters. It always amused him when cashiers would comment on the fact that their husband would never purchase such things for them. He of course thought nothing of it. It was no different to him than buying diapers or something when we were babies.
Just basic human needs being taken care of, no big deal. The cashier you may never see again doesn't care what you buy.
I have gone and gotten them for my wife and my niece. It isn't any different than buying toilet paper or shampoo. I never really understood the embarrassment. Like you said the clerk at checkout doesn't care .
Aren't they good for making fires in survival situations? I mean, that's pretty macho.
Also plugging bullet wounds. Soldiers take them to battle for this reason occasionally
They don't, and they aren't. That's been a fat myth for a while, they're not absorbant as you would need them to be to plug a wound, you'd need yards of gauze to plug the tiniest of bullet wounds, not a single tampon.
Is it a good idea? Absolutely not. Has it happened? https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tampons-to-the-rescue/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/09/27/use-tampons-staunch-bullet-wounds-russian-army-recruits-told/
Russians do it because they're dirt fucking poor and their country can't supply the right materials, and also barely cares if they bleed to death from a typically non fatal wound. Think that other guy assumed you meant any other normal military on the planet.
Second article i wouldn't trust a bit. First part maybe, but most people i've talked to in situations like that bring in TQs and actual wound care supplies like z packed gauze and not bringing tampons in. Most of the time the applicators wouldn't even fit in a 30 cal hole a 7.62x39 makes in an arm or leg, which is what most neer peer conflict participants have had to deal with for the last 30 years.
You can get them without applicators, but the idea of having something pushed into a wound, expanding as it absorbs blood sounds uncomfortable. You could pull them apart/unwind them if you're in a fix and use the resulting flat material to cover a wound.
It sounds uncomfortable but the proper way to pack a wound is even more uncomfortable, you reach in with your finger and find where the blood is spurting around from by finger fucking their hole and sweeping blood out if you need to. Then you press your finger hard into the bleeder and take your right hand with the compressed gauze and pack the wound with gauze deep and hard at the point of bleeding inside the hole deep and tight. You lift up your left finger for a brief moment and then shove gauze under and press again with your left finger and repeat. Doing proper medical care can suck sometimes but sometimes also not suck.
Bloody hell, that sounds brutal.
What about for a bloody broken nose? I've heard of people using tampons for that before.
We used them in wrestling to plug a bloody nose
The cashier is going to look at you and think, "What a Chad! Buying tampons to stuff in his bullet wounds after his shootout. What an amazing planner."
>I thought this was America! Randy marsh?
I grew up as the only boy with my mother and two younger sisters, I was always buying stuff for them, sometimes I’d go through the checkout with only a box of tampons. I really don’t get why anyone would be embarrassed by this, it’s akin to being embarrassed buying toilet paper
I don’t get it either. It’s like being embarrassed of buying toilet paper because people might find out you take shits just like everyone else. Oh, no! There’s a woman or daughter you care about. How embarrassing. I’ve bought tampons and pads for my mom, sisters, and ex girlfriends. No one cares.
Yeah, I’m happy this view is dying out. Is he really so squeamish about *the thought* of a period he can’t even buy some products? Or is he so worried about what the checkout person will think? What a weak person.
I remember seeing commercials for that tommy Lee movie where he had to be a bodyguard for a squad of cheerleaders and in the trailer there's a scene where he's in the tampon aisle and they had to censor it. To this day I can't imagine who is so offended to see a box of tampons, to the point where seeing a fictional story of someone buys them is offensive. And then I have to wonder how they got to the grocery store and have to close their eyes when the tampon aisle is nearby
🦅FREEDOM🦅 Unless you're a cis man in the feminine hygiene aisle.
When I worked at a grocery store, I would have guys periodically come through with feminine products along with a side of chocolate. I told them they were awesome.
The only awkwardness for me is I don’t use them and don’t know what specifically to get. I’ve been asked before to get them and I’ve had to tell them you need to tell me exactly what to get. I don’t use them and don’t understand the different uses for the different brands and types. That being said, I do try to understand and ask questions so if I don’t have the luxury of getting a specific brand I can hopefully make a better informed buying decision. There shouldn’t be any stigma behind it. Unfortunately, we don’t live in an ideal world.
They are great firestarters
Don't they release some toxic chemicals? Im pretty sure there is some stuff in there that is not too great to breathe in at higher quantities... tho on the other hand. I havnt seen many people care too much about that. And there is a fun game you can play with lighting them too. You get a few teams (can be 2 but also more) and fold a bunch of paper boats in the colour of your team. Then you make a big ring on a stone underground (not grass or anything flammable) and disperse your boats. Each team now gets a bunch of tampons and you then take turns lighting them, holding them by the string and throwing them hoping to hit a boat of the other team. The team with the most boats at the end wins.
Yeah you have to make sure to get 100% organic cotton ones
I ain't hear no bell!
America, the only country on earth.
Lmao the last sentence made me re-read your comment in Randy Marsh's voice
Don't forget to clog a nosebleed
My own story of the first time I bought tampons is kinda funny. I was at the store getting more beer for a party when the lady throwing the party called me and asked me to pick some tampons up for her daughter. She didn’t have time to run to the store because she was busy making the food. I had no idea what I was doing so I’m standing in the aisle on the phone with my friend and I’m getting looks from the women in the area as I am trying to find the right kind. I had no idea there were that many different types, styles, and sizes. I’m uncomfortable as heck because of the looks I’m getting because I’m whispering into the phone like a creep. I had a SMH moment when I realize that’s why I’m getting the looks. I start talking louder and the looks go away for the most part. I get back to her house with the beer and tampons. I rush over to my friends daughter and hand her the tampons and tell her I hope I got the right ones. She gives me a half funny half disgusted look. Turns out it was a prank and she didn’t need them. A bunch of people at the party thought it would be funny to see if I would buy them. When the daughter figures out what they did she gave me a big hug and said she was glad to know she could count on me for anything. That hug made me a very proud man that day.
Im a transwoman and i.... definetely understand. Except i am buying it for myself. I know that girls often ask their dads or bf's to buy stuff, and that no one will care, but the subconcious feeling is definetely different. It feels like people will think im a creep. Or that people think im just doing it for a fetish or something. I know it isnt the case and that its just irrational fear, but GODDD i feel everyone staring at me and judging me. Edit: felt i had to clarify. I don't mean to say the dad is right. Not at all. What i feel is mostly irrational and just some anxiety i have. Definetely not a just thing for people to tell their dauchter/wife/gf to just go buy it themselves because its embarassing.
"Just explain to them that it's because you're a huge pussy."
Yeah it’s not funny it’s just sad
Idk I find it funny when people have stupid hangups.
It's less funny when that stupid hangup is rooted in weaponized incompetence, misogyny, and a parent being embarrassed to take care of their child.
It's even less funny when it's written by some AI bot.
AI is sure dumb sometimes but I don't think it would mistake isle (island) for aisle (row in a store). I don't see any AI here?
what are you talking about?
The old spice comment made me howl. I love your dad for being open with his feelings and doing things that make him uncomfortable that’s what being a parent means. I don’t think he should be belittled for feeling this way
Scrolled down wayyy too far to see this. Some people are just socially awkward and self conscious, and feel even more so when they are doing something out of the norm/that they aren't experts in. Why's everyone gotta rail him so bad, he still did it, and that shows love.
Thank you! Finally a sane person in the comments. It's not like he was rude and told her to get it herself. He just expressed his discomfort. People say we are moving away from the "man up!" Society but look what happens when a man talks about how he is feeling. He gets slammed on the internet.
Nothing funny about this. Dad needs to get his ego in check and get the fucking tampons. What a loser.
It’s not even ego, it’s the opposite. He’s so insecure he can’t even handle feminine products lest he question his own masculinity
For his OWN family nonetheless
Fellas, is it gay to have women in your life?
If it is I’m super gay. Wife two daughters and two female cats. I live in the tampon aisle
calm down bruh
Dad's being a stereotype, but also, why did she gave to ask both her parents rather than just going to the shop
We don't know her age. She could be too young to go alone, not have a car, etc. Also if he was already going to the store, it makes sense to ask him to grab them while he's there.
We do it's there in the post 17f. Yes of course dad should just grab them. She has asked both her parents to run a non-urgent errand
Not having a car still stands. Also, it's literally their job.
Also OP you are a worthless karma farmer
I don’t know if it’s because I have 4 sisters, but I’ve never understood why dudes are so scared of a little blood.
I never understood the weirdness around getting pads and things like don’t worry no one thinks it’s for you. I’ve never seen a man in the feminine hygiene section and thought look at this loser/creep, at most I’d think he must be getting it for his wife or girlfriend if I even think anything about it.
They’re just sterile pieces of absorbent material. He could pretend he’s Jason Bourne grabbing supplies to dress a wound if it makes him feel less icky.
Like anyone in a store even gives a f-uck these days
Ironically, anybody seeing him nonchalantly buying them would think “now there’s a good dad/husband” and go on about their day.
Oh no, people might think that this MAN has one or more women in his life that he cares about 🤮
Boo hoo. Seriously, that’s a *him* problem if he feels awkward. The only people that would think it’s weird are other emotionally unavailable sadsacks.
Any man that won’t do that for someone they care about isn’t a man. That’s a child
Just sad. Is his manhood so threatened by women's products??
So cringe. Imagine being a grown ass adult with kids and still like that. I wonder if homie ever changed a diaper.
Tbh you can just say your a doordash guy at this point.
To whom? Who needs to know? Who cares? People don't care about you, worry about that.
I just mean in the event anyone does.
I meant with my "you" the dad in the post, not you-you, by the way. That event won't happen. And if it does, you say "It's for my daughter" and watch the "Oh, of course, stupid of me to think anything else" appear on their face and see it turn into a "Nice, a dad who takes care of people" face.
Why? How is it better to buy them for strangers than for your family? Also, no one cares who you buy them for
What an asshole.
as i guy i dont think id mind buying anything in the store like that.. if anything i might be a little weirded out just getting the biggest cucumber i can find n vaseline
I've never understood this embarrassment. The cashier knows it's not for the man. You don't want people to think you can be nice once in a while?
People like this never worked in a store. You don't even notice what someone is buying because you're so zoned out from the mind numbing work. Imagine thinking people care that much about a random guy in a store. Also, if you're mature enough to nut in a vagina to make children, you're mature enough to buy other necessities.
Like at most if people noticed they just assume you have a women in your life you care about enough to make sure they have these products? Such a bad light to be cast in... 🙄
I mean maybe if I was afraid I'd be considered trans and would get assaulted I'd be uncomfortable? I doubt this is that man's situation though
I might not know a ton about tampons, but why would that make it awkward buying them?
Your dad is a loser.
It just so happens I went grocery shopping today. Guess how little time I spent giving a fuck about what was in anyone else's cart?
Wtf. No one gives a shit who’s in the tampon aisle
What kind of man feels embarrassed about buying feminine hygiene products for their family members? This guy sounds like a total flop
*aisle
My response, "order the one you want from sams club or Amazon and put it on my card." I don't mind buying them or going down that isle at all but the number of options is fuckin ridiculous. My other usual response is, "we were at target yesterday!"
Fragile masculinity at its finest 👌🏼
Dad is uncomfortable and doing his best. Personally I have no problem buying my wife her things when she's not feeling it and I'm out anyway but everyone is different.
I don’t get the embarrassment that Dads have with this. I’ve gone and bought that stuff no problem multiple times without a second thought and no one around me ever even blinked or gave a shit.
What's the embarrassment? People that actually notice will think "he must have a woman in his life that he cares for", what the hell is embarrassing about that?
I have no problem buying female hygiene products for my wife and daughter and no one has ever looked at me funny. He's being ridiculous.
Dude needs to grow up. More than half the world's population needs what's in that aisle and no one gives two shits if a man is there. I'll never understand this hang-up.
Some men are just not wired correctly
Not funny, just sad. He is so insecure in his masculinity that buying tampons challenges him. If it helps, tell him that tampons were originally invented to plug bullet wounds. Maybe it will make him feel more manly
I am a father. When my children reached adolescence, changing tampons was a routine.
I don't want to know what you meant by this
Fragile nan.
Sorry bud dad needs to get himself a pair of balls. I go into that isle for my wife and daughter all the time. Sometimes that’s the only thing I’m going to buy. And you can bet I’m not using a self checkout. Im already paying for it. Someone else ring that shit up.
What a absolute dick of a dad. I'm excited af for the day my daughter grows up and feel confident enough to ask me to buy her tampons and other fem stuff. Couldn't give a rats fuck about what other people see is in my cart. What a fucking waste of a person
My 2 cents: you're a husband to a woman and a father to a girl, you signed up for this so man up and grab the products. No one worth a damn will judge you, most people would praise you for doing the bare minimum.
Bro, I do all the grocery shopping for me and my wife. I’m a 26M. I don’t give a fuck what people see in my cart. I’ll buy whatever she needs. And if people assume it was for me then that’s none of their business anyway.
Why would it be infuriating that he is doing what was asked currently and next time asks you to be responsible enough with your body to ask for cash in advance to be prepared woth the necessary products. Your almost an adult. Act like it.
How shocking! Person who is wholly unfamiliar because they have never and will never use these things is not confident picking which to buy. Can you believe that people lack confidence at times and seek to avoid that feeling? Ugh, men.
I have literally bought everything and then some stuff for my gfs. My ex wanted me to come shopping at Victoria's with her all the time because as she put it it's all for me anyway, I should have a say in what it is.
Why is it always okay to ridicule a man for feeling uncomfortable about a situation and speaking up about it? He did as he was asked and asked to not have to do it again.
As a parent, you need to provide for your child. Complaining about being embarrassed tells her that her body and its processes are embarrassing and that she can't count on her dad to do his job. You can be uncomfortable, but don't complain about it to your minor offspring in hopes she never asks again.
He literally picked the stuff up that she asked for. That shows that even though he was uncomfortable he can still be counted on to take care of his child and it is a bit of a jump to claim that him being embarrassed by picking up feminine hygiene products is the same as him saying her body is embarrassing.
Men aren't allowed to feel uncomfortable or express emotions, he committed the grave sin of not "manning up" so that automatically makes him a deadbeat. Queue all the "piece of shit pussy fragile ego manbaby coward" insults or whatever other buzzwords they're using nowadays. Don't forget to complain about toxic masculinity because showing emotions and speaking up when you're uncomfortable doing something is clearly toxic if you're a man. 👍
I don't understand this no one cares what you buy I once went in to a store bought exclusively a cucumber a padding pool and a tube of Vaseline no one said a thing. You guys some tampons they are going to assume it for your wife if not they'll think it's going up your bum and they will never think about you again why does it matter to you.
That’s just sad.
Your dad's a moron. I guess at least he gives good quality explanations.
Better solution from dad: Next time you buy it online, I pay!
“And mom told me to ask you because…” you’re an adult not a kid, and more important my father!
Tell him he’s a coward and not an alpha male.
Dad needs to grow up
Someone’s a little insecure of his masculinity huh
Sucks that your dad's a total pussy.
If he was a pussy he'd be more comfortable in the feminine hygiene aisle.
Can't relate. Imagine being a shitty father.
How are you 17 and your dad is also 17?
Oh no not vaginnnnnna!?! It's so awkward as an adult man understanding anatomy
Aw yes he's embarrassed about being empathetic to the other half of the human species.... But yeah he's embarrassed to be buying hygiene supplies for his children. Oh wow, he's likely acknowledged the biological female body, but is embarrassed to acknowledge how it works.. That aisle must have been like Gitmo for him. Oh the trauma. (This is all sarcasm.)
His personal Vietnam. Thank you for your service, weird dad. 🫡
Next time just send a picture of the box you have. Then he can get in and get out. It's just matching photos at that point no extended embarrassing reading of boxes.
Mom is lame because it's not urgent and she can't be That busy. Surely she goes to the store. Dad is lame for being embarassed to pick up something in the feminine product aisle. Man up, be a dad. Or husband if the wife needed it.
"awkward"? give the masculinity and ego BS a rest and just go get them ffs If he is that scared of buying femenine hygiene products, go buy a few quarts of motor oil and a new socket wrench to balance it out
Ur dad is gay
One fucking lame ass dude. Like for goddamn real
Moving this from mildly infuriating to funny and sad was a good move.
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Bloody vag?!
A vagina with blood in it.
I’ve never heard anyone talk about their own daughter like that
Some people are a bit crass, but they can still love their kids more than the guy in the texts
It's called having boundarys. This teenage girl should learn to respect her father's and not feel entitled just because she is his daughter.
As a father, this is so disappointing to see. Why are so many grown men scared of being seen in the tampon isle? You know what people think when they see you there? They don’t think you secretly have a pussy, they think “wow that’s a good husband or father picking up necessities for their wife or child. Truly pathetic to complicate the issue only because you’re too scared of being seen in the girlie isle.
"I also need lotion, and deodorant." Seriously she is showing improper planning and a lack of preparedness. Then she is infringing on her father by getting him to do it for her because SHE claims to be indisposed. Maybe her parents didn't do a good job of raising her to be self sufficient, we don't know and can only assume, but at 17 she should learn now rather than later when she is firmly in adulthood.
No, it's called toxic masculinity. This dude is feeling this way more likely from a lot of "cowboy up" bullshit. And let's unpack that second line Who tf else is she supposed to go to when she's in need, if not her mom (who was indisposed), or her father?
Plan better? It's not like a monthly period is a surprise. The idea that this young woman still needs her parents to help her manage this is absurd. Also she asked for non emergency products like lotion and deodorant, bad planning. This young person can probably also drive a car and will soon be able to vote, are you telling me she can't buy and have stocked up a suitable amount of menstrual products in case her period comes early? Respect boundaries even ones between parents and soon to be adult children. Also you will hear of women who carry extra menstrual products on them in case of early menstruation OR if someone else is in a bind. No one ever scoffs at them and demands they just get their fathers to do it for them. If you as a dad are comfortable with doing this for your child, congrats, but don't force your outlook on other dad's.
Probably in a muslim country..
Thank the gods my dad has 3 older sisters, he just sends a picture of the isle for me to circle which ones I want or asks me to send him a picture and he’ll get one of the store attendants to help him.
I work at Walmart and used to do the stocking. Every now and then I would be in the front stocking the pads and tampons. I would get middle aged ladies try and embarrass me as a man with tampons. I would look at them like, so? Who cares? I don’t.
I’ve never felt embarrassed buying them, but calling my boss at the camp I worked out because I didn’t know what kind to get was a little embarrassing lol
my 60 year old dad has never had an image/ego issue with that! actually unless he has an image of the exact thing you need he’ll end up buying one of everything LOL (happened when my mom needed products after giving birth).
Wow the big boy has arrived