So this evening I went to the drugstore under the premise of buying a 90th birthday card for Matt's step-grandfather, but really it was for pregnancy tests and chocolate (a good combination, no?)
I got to the checkout and noticed when the tests were rung up that they were on sale. Here is the conversation that followed:
Me: Oh, I didn't know they were on sale. Bonus!
Cashier: With my last pregnancy I bought so many tests that I ended up just buying dollarstore ones, these are so expensive!
Me: I know! I found a place to buy them online for only $0.50, it's so much nicer...
Cashier: Ohh, I did that for the ovulation kits! (!!! She knows about OPK's?! And USED them?!)
Me: I do that too! But when you're out, and you've got to test...
Cashier: I know!
So, nothing earth-shattering, but I can't tell you how excited it made me to meet someone who had obsessed enough to find out that there are $0.50 OPK's and HPT's to be had online. It was a moment of...I don't know, acceptance? Sisterhood?
Whatever it was, it made my day.
As I left the store I thought to myself how funny it is that I normally feel so embarassed to buy pregnancy tests, like I'm some teenager trying to hide it from their parents, and making sure it isn't the cashier they know personally! I felt that way for years when buying pads and tampons, like people shouldn't know I get my period, and now I feel like that about pregnancy tests. The above experience helped me to realize the cashier isn't sizing me up and guessing about my marital relations and whatever other nonsense I think when I'm feeling insecure.
Am I the only one to feel this way? Does anyone else ever feel a little insecure about buying HPT's???
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