Uh, birth control please?

It was 11pm, TheMarriedSage and I were at Wal-Mart with one very awake Miss Munchkin in tow. I don't like shopping at Wal-Mart, but it was the only store still open and we needed groceries. It had turned into one of those days.

First on the list? Condoms. Why? Because we're responsible adults.

When we first arrived in this town they were near or in the "Feminine Needs" aisle. (Ever wonder what they would put in a "Masculine Needs" aisle?) The Married Sage says they were in the aisle next to the pharmacy counter. In the end we checked both places.

Then we checked all the other aisles. TheMarriedSage decided Wal-Mart is part of the conspiracy for him not to get any and that they must be favor of abstinence. Which is why they keep moving them. Only serious, desperate people can find them.

Searching the aisles for a second time, I decided they were Catholic. They didn't think you should be having s-e-x without wanting to conceive, so they no longer stocked them, period.

I finally gave up and asked one of the zillion restockers where they were.

"By Register 22."

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The tobacco counter. They have put the condoms behind the counter with the cigarettes!

Supposedly, they were having to many people shoplift them. I know it happens. Personally, I don't get it. Why be ashamed you are trying to be responsible? Or that you're intelligent?

If you can't afford them, fine. You still don't have to steal them. Newsflash! Lots of places will give you condoms for (get this) FREE!

For starters, your local health department. When I was working at McHell and making next to nothing, I went to the county health department . They gave me std test, pregnancy test, a pap smear, a years worth of "The Pill", and a whole bag full of condoms all for around twenty dollars! The bag of condoms are free and you can just walk in, get them, and walk out!

Check your local churches. It may seem odd, but I'll bet somebody gives them out. Especially if you are in a bigger city.

If you don't want anyone seeing your face or knowing that you're "doing it" or whatever the problem is try here for FREE packs or search for yourself.

Just, please, stop shoplifting them. I'm not to embarrassed to tell the cashier I want xyz brand from before the counter in front of my toddler and the ten people before me in line. A tad annoyed, but not embarassed. But what about all those people that were buying them with a half a dozen other things, just so they could pretend condoms weren't in the mix. How many people (young and old) are now walking out without their only source of birth control, because a) they just can't find it and b) if they could they're not gonna ask permission to get from behind the counter!

C'mon people! Wake up!