I’m not bothered in the slightest. Sometimes H and I go together, sometimes I pop in on my own
In my city the ‘seedy’ shops are gone, and they’re clean, bright and thoughtfully laid out. They’re are so many beautiful toys, outfits and accessories now. And mine are more often than not staffed by women so we can have a good natter.
The market must be significantly larger now for clothes, toys and accessories than when I was younger - and enjoying sex, and communicating with your partner was almost seen as strange.
My recent move into wearing women’s lingerie has been a godsend for my wife. She never knew what to buy me for birthdays, Christmas etc but now she knows that she can buy me stockings, suspenders, hold-ups, knickers and bras.
I love it when she buys me a nice matched set.
To which the correct reply is “I asked you to find the advanced set not the beginner ones, stop messing around we need to focus here! Plus it needs to squeak when I clench my cheeks”
He used to buy me toys when we were first together, before lots of internet shopping, and I was so worried about someone seeing him. We went into one in soho yuears back on a dirty weekend, video land or something, and i told him id get him a dvd. we were looking at the shelves and the bloke in there asked what we were after. hubby asked for suggestions and then we had a totally normal chatty conversation about anal, big boobs, cum shots and fetishes and all kinds of stuff and it was actually really fun. We got cum swapping sluts 3, I know the name because we still have it in the top of the wardrobe haha!!
After that I quite liker going in when we pass one. feels fun to just chat about sex in a very open way! I don’t think I would go without husband tho!!
Me and my Wife used to go in them now and again in our earlier years, when we were much younger and care free and there was no internet but I would say im more hesitant to go in now and would much rather shop online which is mad because the older I got I thought I would have cared less. I think if we were out shopping and my wife wanted to go in then I wouldn’t have a problem but im more comfortable online and browse much longer than I would in a shop. I think its not the shopping but the being seen by someone I/we know but maybe next time we are shopping in town its on the task list for the day.
I love going to a couple of specialist fetish shops. They sell the type of items LH doesn’t, and I love a good browse and get to touch thing, as I love textures.
I’ve got loads of ideas from them and have made a good number of purchases, including our sensory deprivation suits, which were custom-made.
Not been there for a while. Must make time next time I’m down that way. The thing is I’m there half a day, so the staff are lovely and always up for a chat and are a fountain of knowledge and ideas. The staff make all the difference.
I’m not fussed now going in, but in my youth (20’s) it was almost abit of a taboo going into one.
On a funny note. In our 20’s, My partner and I thought we were going into a magic shop and discovered very quickly that the name of the shop did not match what the contents were inside. The memory that sticks is seeing a dildo like tree in the middle of the shop and wondering what on earth I had walked into…. First experience in a sex toy shop. Very quickly left
Apart from my very first adult sex shop visit when I was much younger, I always been very relaxed and thoroughly enjoy browsing and purchasing whatever take a fancy to.
It’s a shame there’s not many about now, I suppose online as closed a few. That said, online shopping with the likes of Lovehoney is much easier !
At first I was pretty nervous, I remember buying my first masturbator and DVD thinking that lady behind the counter now knows how I like to jerk off . I must have been ten shades of red placing them on the counter. I am more comfortable now, whether I am buying a thong or stroker is has gotten easier !
I can’t say if I’m comfortable or not, because I have never been into an ‘adult store’. I don’t even know if there is one in our nearest town (which is a small town). When I lived in a big town in the south, there were several including the usual suspect, but I never ventured in. Not sure what my partner would have said if I had suggested a visit. Back then we had no sex related products at all. No lube, nothing!
It depends, some shops have parking up against the road and those ones we prefer to avoid simply because our vehicles are very distinguishable and we dont need a relative, colleague or boss to see our vehicles at a sex shop. Others have side or rear parking and those ones we have zero issue with. Aside from parking, we dont mind or feel awkward, we have actually found workers there to be extremely kind and helpful, and havent had any issues with awkwardness.
I occasionally shop in store at a shop in Canterbury Kent.
I was waiting to pay for my lingerie & toys at the checkout. A lady in front of me got a very aggressive with me, accusing me of being a pervert due to the fact that she was buying a double ended dildo for her & her girlfriend.
She spent ages telling the lady on the checkout what they do with the dildo. No need to go into detail, getting a kick from telling the checkout lady I guess.
Yes, she was flirting with the young lady on the checkout, making her feel awkward, the shopper was engrossed, but oblivious to me waiting to pay for my items.
The lady shopping for the double ender accused me of listening to her conversation with the lady on the checkout, I felt bloody awkward to say the least.
Told her that I was just in the queue waiting but she was having none of it.
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