Six of one, half a dozen of the other

Just to ease minds, I went out this morning to get a pregnancy test from the grocery store. (I didn't take my pills the two weeks I was sick, since I was throwing everything up anyway, and the monster fatigue since then had certain individuals worried)

The grocery store keeps its pregnancy tests, ovulation tests, condoms, other contraceptives and lubricants locked up.

I had to blink at that. I've NEVER seen the "family planning" section under lock and key before. Matt and I talked about it a little while waiting for the girl with the key to show up, and we came to the conclusion that yeah, it could be considered "high risk" merchandise: teenagers and others too embarassed to take it to the checkout just pocket it. But still....the girl unlocked it, asked me which one I wanted, and took it to the register. We weren't even allowed to carry it around while we finished shopping.

I mean, come on. I'm practically thirty, there with my husband, and I ASKED to get this thing out. It's not like I'm gonna pocket it then. I didn't even have any pockets on me! It was...irritating, I guess is the word I'm looking for. I wasn't embarassed to be buying a preg test when I went in, but with having to have it unlocked, and then having to go to a specific register, "Yeah, that's mine," I felt like I was sixteen and doing this illegally!!

And y'know, locking up the condoms might keep kids from stealing them, but it's not going to stop them from having sex. The theft rate might go down, but the teen pregnancy rate will go up. (That said, I don't know what Phoenix's teen birth rate is)

Oh, and it was negative, like I expected. No worries on this end.