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

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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?

Ah, you’ve got to the point of trying to make this poster look stupid.

What @MartinCrieffsLemon said was quite self explanatory.

I have explained upthread. Feel free to find it yourself.

You find it all fine and dandy? Gotcha. I don't. That's it.

but this is the whole point: yes of course sex is to be enjoyed between consenting adults. But sex is two bodies, as its most fundamental. Sex toys are a choice, not essential for sex or for pleasure. And if there are vibrators on the shelf, why stop at that? Why not a whole array of accessories? Why not nipple clamps etc? Would they not also then be fine? Why not a bondage section next to the imported sausages?

Oh hello again.

This is the most sensible comment in 21 pages of posts.

YOU dont no. But some of us who are menopausal do.

No. Wrong again. MartinCrieffsLemon said that I'd referred to their deleted post. I haven't.

I hope you appreciate the irony of suggesting bandage stuff might be found next to the imported sausages.

I might put this thread forward for classics if that isn't too wanky.

Oh god not this again.

So only things essential for sex or pleasure should be sold in supermarkets?

Can you hear what you’re saying?!

What’s your problem here, my love?

At the recommendation of a previous poster I've just read some of the reviews
😂😂😂😂

do you think I would not have said that about sausages as a bit of a joke? words really fail me.

No, the irony was not lost on me. In fact, I deliberately created it as a humorous comment. ...

Well, it is nearly Halloween……

?? supermarkets are not sex shops, in my clearly deeply upsetting opinion.
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I was asking if you realised what you’d said. Only things essential for sex or pleasure.

Therefore vibrators fit your description.

I gave up at page 7. It was becoming like a trip to Downton Abbey.

But you are happy for them to sell other adult (and non-adult) products, all of which are far more harmful than a few sex toys.

Aisles and aisles of sugar-filled products, booze and tobacco - all of which destroy thousands of lives each year, and you think that a couple of tiny vibrators hidden away with the boring medical stuff is the problem?

I'm not that bothered about kids seeing them, because the world is already saturated with sexual imagery in a way it really wasn't 50 years ago. It's a bit like expecting children to grow up to mid-teens without ever hearing someone swear.

I do feel a bit weird, though, that shoving manufactured items inside every orifice seems to be expected of us all nowadays. I know I sound like Mary Whitehouse saying this, but I wish we could go back to the days when everything didn't revolve around sex.

I'd feel happier about the situation if I really believed that it had naturally evolved through gradually liberating ourselves from the hangups of the past and choosing pleasure in a healthy way. It just doesn't feel that way. It feels more like the insidious influence of marketing bullshit, which has infiltrated and corrupted our lives. I find it sad, not joyful, that intimacy is now just another product to sell us.

Because you can disagree and see my point like an adult

Thank you

A discreetly packed vibrator is not the same as a full blown gimp suit. Even I draw the line there

how do you control all external triggers for conversation without keeping your children in the house at all times and removing access to tv, radio and the internet? Kids see and overhear inappropriate things every single day, when they’re young it goes over their heads and as they get older you can have a ready supply of stock phrases like “that’s for grown ups” or “ask me about it when we get home”. (To give you time to come up with an age appropriate explanation).

I recently bought a bullet vibe in Asda, it was on the shelf with condoms. Scan and shop on my phone with some cat food. Of course the checkout selected me for a “random” scan check, but the assistant and I got through it without spontaneously combusting. I actually forgot that until this thread reminded me.

Except YOU keep mentioning me being reported, which leads to deleted posts.