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JustBrowsingTheWeb · 2024-10-27T17:10:20+00:00

Went to buy some toothpaste with my kids, 7 year old wants to see new toy in plastic boxes, it’s rows and rows of vibrators. Is it just me or is this a bit much for the weekly shop?

MartinCrieffsLemon · 27/10/2024 21:05

CJsGoldfish · 27/10/2024 20:58

Meh.
I'm far more bothered by the fact that alcohol is an accepted part of the 'weekly shop'. In plain view and so utterly normal
Pretty sure alcohol has a far, far greater impact on children and society as a whole 🤷‍♀️

Oh no, saying that is weird and creepy apparently

Delphiniumandlupins · 27/10/2024 21:05

Reserved101 · 27/10/2024 20:24

That's not a butt plug?

Also, 19 years ago is not "literally decades".

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10 years = a decade
19 years = 1.9 decades
Literally

RedHelenB · 27/10/2024 21:03

JustBrowsingTheWeb · 27/10/2024 17:17

I guess if I could pick I’d probably put condoms behind the pharmacy counter too, I get that people may want to buy these items it’s just that as a parent I want to choose when my kids hear about these things rather than just get exposed to them.

Supervised your kids closely then they'll not notice them.

Bromptotoo · 27/10/2024 21:02

There are all sorts of things from female hygiene through condoms, explicit books/magazines, KY jelly and its variations to Viagra that kids will see and want to ask questions about.

You just have to deal with it.

Reserved101 · 27/10/2024 21:01

Completelyjo · 27/10/2024 20:59

Someone is spending a lot of time looking for the sex products in Tesco!

I through the whole point of was that some people preferred them being behind the counter? If they are at customer services they are behind the counter by definition because that’s the layout Tesco use.

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Well that's just it, I wasn't looking for them - they were just there on display, and I found it surprising, particularly given their proximity to things marketed at children.

Completelyjo · 27/10/2024 20:59

Reserved101 · 27/10/2024 20:53

At my local store they're on the aisle and also at the customer service counter, a shelf or two over from Pokémon trading cards and alike.

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Someone is spending a lot of time looking for the sex products in Tesco!

I through the whole point of was that some people preferred them being behind the counter? If they are at customer services they are behind the counter by definition because that’s the layout Tesco use.

CJsGoldfish · 27/10/2024 20:58

Meh.
I'm far more bothered by the fact that alcohol is an accepted part of the 'weekly shop'. In plain view and so utterly normal
Pretty sure alcohol has a far, far greater impact on children and society as a whole 🤷‍♀️

StripyHorse · 27/10/2024 20:57

Bit much for the weekly shop?
Yes.

If you need to pick up a new vibrator weekly, that probably is a bit too much.

An occasional purchase - not a problem.

Pureasthedrivensnowww · 27/10/2024 20:55

People making jokes about brown bags and dodgy backstreet shops seem to forget that this wasn't 100% about sex being shameful....it was also about not exposing children to inappropriate things.

@Missmarple87 what like their dad leering over 16yr old Samantha Fox topless over cornflakes? Or the newspaper countdown to when 15yr old Charlotte Church was ‘legal.” Come off it. Sexual pleasure was monopolised by men. Women didn’t come into it. Now women can come. Of their own accord, after a trip to Tesco.

Needmorelego · 27/10/2024 20:53

@Reserved101 why would you children be looking at it?
Edit : I doubt the sales assistant will confuse one with Pokémon cards and sell the wrong thing. It's not like your children will see it up close.

Reserved101 · 27/10/2024 20:53

Completelyjo · 27/10/2024 20:50

Why would children be browsing the condom and lube aisle?
These products aren’t placed next to the sweets! They’re already with adult products.

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At my local store they're on the aisle and also at the customer service counter, a shelf or two over from Pokémon trading cards and alike.

Completelyjo · 27/10/2024 20:50

Reserved101 · 27/10/2024 20:44

I mean, does anyone really not think that having this on supermarket shelves is just a tad weird, or at least a big cultural shift?

At what age, and in what setting, do you really want your kids being introduced to the concept of butt play?

Why would children be browsing the condom and lube aisle?
These products aren’t placed next to the sweets! They’re already with adult products.

Completelyjo · 27/10/2024 20:49

jen337 · 27/10/2024 20:39

A good wank can do wonders for a headache tbf.

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A lot of posters on this thread could do with a good wank it seems!

Christwosheds · 27/10/2024 20:48

BalletCat · 27/10/2024 17:36

In Iceland you can only buy alcohol in vinbudins which are dedicated government owned alcohol shops, only open for a couple of hours a day with a purchasing limit. No corner shops or supermarkets sell alcohol. Apparently it's because they had a lot of problems with alcoholism so the government is now super strict on it.

My husband was devastated 😂

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It’s similar in Sweden .

Reserved101 · 27/10/2024 20:44

I mean, does anyone really not think that having this on supermarket shelves is just a tad weird, or at least a big cultural shift?

At what age, and in what setting, do you really want your kids being introduced to the concept of butt play?

Vibrators on sale at Tesco, thought it was a bit much

jumpintheline · 27/10/2024 20:44

jen337 · 27/10/2024 20:39

A good wank can do wonders for a headache tbf.

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🤣

MartinCrieffsLemon · 27/10/2024 20:44

Vettrianofan · 27/10/2024 20:40

Was beginning to wonder that too...very creepy and sinister posts.

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Seriously

Explain how it's creepy and sinister to point out the hypocrisy?

You're acting like I've said we should give kids actual lessons on sex toys. Whereas I've actually said "you don't need to give kids details if they ask" unlike the poster who said they'd tell their son it was "what mummy sticks in her fanny"

Completelyjo · 27/10/2024 20:44

FergusSingsTheBIues · 27/10/2024 20:21

It’s vulgar and makes my children really uncomfortable

Do you regularly walk your children up and down the condoms and lube having a browse?

GivingUpFinally · 27/10/2024 20:43

Boing98 · 27/10/2024 17:12

I went down the party aisle and found some straws to clutch

I just wanted to say you're an absolute hero . One of the best replies of all time. Bravo. Genuinely, dying with laughter.

Vettrianofan · 27/10/2024 20:40

AlwaysGinPlease · 27/10/2024 20:17

@MartinCrieffsLemon You are sick. Reported your disgusting posts.

Was beginning to wonder that too...very creepy and sinister posts.

MartinCrieffsLemon · 27/10/2024 20:40

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I don't know I'm "fucking weird" because it's not weird to think it's hypocritical to say it's fine for children to be exposed to LITERAL POISON but not fine for them to see a sex toy on a shelf.

jen337 · 27/10/2024 20:39

SauviGone · 27/10/2024 17:12

YANBU. I thought I was seeing things.

They’ve put them next to the paracetamol and vitamins in my local Tesco

A good wank can do wonders for a headache tbf.

AlwaysGinPlease · 27/10/2024 20:39

Rocknrollstar · 27/10/2024 20:33

Where shall we hide the tampons and sanitary pads, not to mention the Tena.

If you think that's the same as sex toys, you have issues

AcceptAllChanges · 27/10/2024 20:38

They have their fingers in just about everything

🤪

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