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Upset over something stupid but my confidence is rattled

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penciltin · 28/09/2024 12:11

Met my friend this morning for a yoga class, then we went into town for a coffee and we stopped off at the chemists and both bought some items and at the till I also bought some painkillers to which the pharmacist explained about the use and risks as usual. Then my friend was served and she bought the same painkillers I bought but this time the pharmacist who served both of us asked her, only her not me if she could be pregnant my friend said no, got the same spiel about safety then she paid and we left.

We are both the same age 48 years old and I know it was likely nothing but I just keep thinking that the chemist asking my friend and not me means that while my friend still manages to look all lush and fecund, I'm just so obviously past that stage nobody would dream to ask if I could be pregnant.

My friend does look great, she's always had really lovely skin and good genes, her family all look younger too. Its just that over the past 5 years or so I feel I've really aged a lot and I know I look 50sih while she still looks 30ish. I do just try to accept that aging is natural and that we can't help out genes but its just sometimes I get a real wobble about it and just feel like shit and start looking at the prices of Botox and filler which I know I'd probably hate if I did do it.

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Psychoticbreak · 28/09/2024 12:36

I would be more upset being your friend in this instance cos I would thnk the pharmacist thught I looked pregnant!

penciltin · 28/09/2024 12:41

Psychoticbreak · 28/09/2024 12:36

I would be more upset being your friend in this instance cos I would thnk the pharmacist thught I looked pregnant!

She's very slim and that was apparent by how she was dressed so it is quite clear that it was because she looks young. But thanks anyway, I appreciate that take!

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Crinkle77 · 28/09/2024 13:03

I find it odd that you got this spiel from the pharmacist for buying painkillers. I've never been asked if I am pregnant when buying it.

penciltin · 28/09/2024 13:05

@Crinkle77 It wasn't for aspirin.

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Gigihadid · 28/09/2024 13:07

Crinkle77 · 28/09/2024 13:03

I find it odd that you got this spiel from the pharmacist for buying painkillers. I've never been asked if I am pregnant when buying it.

Edited

If you buy painkillers with codeine you often get asked if you are pregnant or breastfeeding

LadyKenya · 28/09/2024 13:07

I find it hard to believe that any of this happened. It is a bog standard painkiller.

Crinkle77 · 28/09/2024 13:08

I bought paracetamol with codeine a few months back but don't remember being asked. Perhaps I was but have forgotten.

penciltin · 28/09/2024 13:14

Gigihadid · 28/09/2024 13:07

If you buy painkillers with codeine you often get asked if you are pregnant or breastfeeding

Yeah we both bought the paracetamol with codeine, I have a some knee pain at times and use it occasionally for that.

@Crinkle77 Well perhaps they only ask people who look young enough to be pregnant? I have no idea how old you are or perhaps some staff don't mention it, were served by the actual pharmacist.

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penciltin · 28/09/2024 13:16

LadyKenya · 28/09/2024 13:07

I find it hard to believe that any of this happened. It is a bog standard painkiller.

Well believe it, because it happened.

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Crinkle77 · 28/09/2024 13:30

penciltin · 28/09/2024 13:14

Yeah we both bought the paracetamol with codeine, I have a some knee pain at times and use it occasionally for that.

@Crinkle77 Well perhaps they only ask people who look young enough to be pregnant? I have no idea how old you are or perhaps some staff don't mention it, were served by the actual pharmacist.

Edited

I'm 46 so it's within the realms of possibility. I wasn't served by the pharmacist.

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