Throwback Thursday - Personal Products

Originally Posted October 4, 2008 (My how time flies)

Today, I stopped at Safeway to stock up on personal products.  Not because I was expecting anything but because the shit was on sale so I had better stock up.  In what year do we charge almost ten dollars for a disposable vaginal plug?  2008!  That's our claim to history folks!

Anywho, I was sitting there looking at the wonderful array of products when I saw the Summer's Eve and other such items.  I will admit to anyone and everyone, I was rather shocked.  Having not watched television for the better part of a year I did not realize those types of products were still in existence.  Furthermore I don't even believe they are stocked together on the same aisle at Wal-Mart.

As I walked out of Safeway, I wondered what I would do if my better half's penis smelled like a rose. 
I truly thought women had grown out of this phase.  When was it acceptable for our vaginas to smell like roses?  More importantly why?  Why for the love of all that is holy would you want your vagina to smell like a plant?!

Now don't get me wrong.  I love to smell so fresh and so clean like that one rap song says.  However, the line must be drawn ladies.  If your gentleman loves the smell of roast beef or freshly broiled salmon are you going to searching for a douche that tickles your better half's nasal passages in remembrance of a six course meal?  (My fingers are crossed that every woman would reply no.)
The truth is very simple.  We all sweat.  And when we sweat we will have an unpleasant smell if we neglect daily personal hygiene.  But rinsing one's personal area with flower flavored water is hardly the answer.

My suggestion is as simple as the truth.  Bathe thoroughly.  Like that?  I do, too.  Bathe thoroughly in all the nooks and crannies and make sure you rinse.  Then when you step out you are ready for the world...or at least a good 12 hour bout of sweaty sex (by the end of which neither party will be smelling like rose).

Another product I didn't know still existed...Noxzema!

How do you have a surprise family?

The answer is simple....an unplanned pregnancy!  
 
Seven years ago, I gave birth to a beautiful little girl.  I thought she would most likely be my only child due to the fact that three months into my pregnancy I found out her father was married with a family of his own.  No pity party needed here....I learned my lesson (and how to conduct Internet background checks).  Plus, her paternal grandparents are amazing.

Eight months ago, I met an interesting man who refused to let me be alone.  My mantra for the past few years had been, "It's safer to be alone.  It's easier to be alone."  I was content with friendship, but he wanted more.  I let him into my life slowly at first and faster in the end.  

You see it was interesting.  I had never had anyone in my life to help me before him.  He cooked for my daughter and I and when I got sick in October he took over completely.  This was very new to me.  I have been alone since the beginning of my single parenthood.  So alone, that I can't conceive on having any sort of help even now.  How do I go from being single mother to a parenting duo?  I've become so self reliant that I'm unsure how to be anything else.  It's going to be something new and possibly challenging and I hope to share it with other single moms. :)