Why is the age 25 a magic number.

[ICanSeeTheSun]

I have been doing nurse bank shifts, this week I have been covering a sexual Heath clinic.

What I noticed was a lot of signs on the wall. These signs was for a C card, which enables under 25 to get condoms, dams and lube.

I don't know the stats, and I am very new to bank nursing as a HCSW ( old name NA) so didn't want to rock the boat and ask this.

It seems to be car insurance also.

I passed my test at the age of 18 and the car insurance was astronomical. By 25 I had 7 years NCB. Yet someone who just passed had the same car as me was the same.

Because when the clock strikes midnight on your 26th birthday, you instantly transform into a shrivelled up old has been with no use for condoms, dams or lubes.

Or your mopsy and popsy's financial wherewithal to bankroll you through tertiary education.

Every cloud, eh?

Young Person's Railcards are up to age 26.

Dunno but I've just turned 26 and I feel like I'm an adult now rather than a "young person"

Not entirely sure I'm grown up enough to be an adult, mind, but there you go...

I'm guessing you're supposed to be high flying in a fabulous career by 25 and able to buy everything yourself

Free entry into major European museums and important sites for the under 25s too.

Or just not have time from the high flying career to be able to go to the sexual Heath clinic

Do you think MN should do a campaign.

I guess there has to be a cutoff somewhere to distinguish between young people and everyone else. 25 is a nice convenient number that's as good as any.

What is or are dams?

Interesting

Isn't 25 the age they are proposing to raise claiming housing benefit to? Ie people younger than that won't be able to claim?

I've never heard of a dam before

Going to stock up on free condoms before I turn 25 in a years time!

I've yet to find anyone who's used a dental dam for oral sex

Oh, I've found a brace retainer works just as well, if not quite what the orthodontist had in mind.

I jest.

You learn something new every day!

I haven't heard of anyone who admits to using a dam.

Isn't it like a Femidon? One of those things that they continue to promote despite the fact that nobody on earth has ever used one apart from as a joke.

I will admit I have used a femidom, well tried too much faffing about.

What's a dental dam?!

I've never heard or been offered a Dam before. I feel I've missed out on... something.