Don't keep it in your wallet
I was out on the town with a big group of girls in a big city last weekend. One of my friends is getting married, and the rest of us were engaging in a little good-natured bride-hazing.
I was surprised and she was positively aghast that it took going to three bars and asking at least 50 people, mostly men, before we found somebody who was carrying a condom (or at least who admitted to it).
This wasn't a church supper we were at, it was in a throng of young people downtown in a big city on Saturday night. It's a well-known human mating ground, but nobody seemed to have come prepared to do it safely.
We came to two different conclusions about the apparent disregard for safe sex practices. I figured people had condoms at home or could procure them on the way to wherever they went together because all of that "don't keep it in your wallet" sunk in during the 90s. Why else would there be those machines in gas station bathrooms, right? My friend thought people were unconcerned about safe sex.
I suppose there is also the chance that everyone she asked wasn't out to score, but she asked a lot of people.
How many of you have a condom near at hand? I've been in a monogamous relationship for just less than the shelf life of the condoms I bought when I was single, so those are still around. It seems like even before then, I had people over for after hours enough that I dispensed a fair number to friends, too.
Sure, if people want to score that's no guarantee they will, just look at Wingman. But even people who never turn on the stove keep a fire extinguisher in the kitchen. Just in case.
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Always best to keep your condoms at home, I think.
It's not that I don't know anyone who would meet someone and end up having sex with them in a club bathroom or the back of a cab -- but I say keep them where you think you'll need them.
The chances of your actually needing a condom are probably inversely proportional to the chance of your reaching into your pocket for parking meter change and having a condom fall out in front of a date.
Better chance if it's one of these than one of these, probably -- but still...
Posted on October 12, 2007 3:23 PM
I usually need protection when away visiting friends and when not visiting I usually use other methods as never expect playtime unless away visiting and planning on such.
Posted on October 12, 2007 4:44 PM