When we were in Spain my husband was always keen to visit especially those in Benidorm and he haggled so well - got 2 for 1 on lubes and massive discounts on sex toys and lingerie
I agree they can be expensive but try and haggle
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I always used to be fine.Now that i am a feminised Sissy and subservient to my Wife and Mistress things have changed.I always have to tell the assistant the items i buy are for my use ie realistic dildoes even when they are for my wife.If itās lingerie i have to try it on if possible or hold it against myself.On the magazine stands if there is a Gay magazine or Playgirl type magazine i also have to purchase one of those after a few minutes of leafing through the pages.Although i feel uncomfortable in these situations i also get a sort of sexual thrill too and it really does please my Mistress and makes her juicy when i recount the visit.
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Mrs and I were in the city in the early days. Wandering past an adult store she suggested we pop in for a look. Got talking to the girl behind the counter and said we were looking for a vibrator. Had a discussion about use, styles, materials etc before buying a soft silicon vibrator that rotated as well. Appreciated her advice and matter of fact conversation. No EFT in the store back then so I had to leave the wife in the store and pop out to get some cash ! She said she was fine in there while I was gone. Had many years of use together, although I remember coming home from work and Mrs. told me she had been reading one if my porn mags and ended up in bed touching herself and using the vibrator to finish off. Asked her to show me how it went and ended up in bed for some hot time together. A few years ago she decided we needed more action and went searching on line and discovered LH. Best find ever! Now enjoy a varied sex life especially with her toys and lingerie. Also starting to use restraints, blindfolds and at her suggestion spanking. Loving this stage of life together with open discussions, a bit of porn and mutual exploration. Big thanks to LH and the community for helping with variety and the confidence to try new things.
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Was thinking about this chat yestartday when catching up with some of my old college girls. We went to this really dodgy place downstairs in an arcade in southampton. three of us had a few drinks and all went and got these very rubbish rampant rabbit things. it was the first toys we all had though and when we had them in out bags we bumped int these guys from college and were SO worreid they would see them. silly really as Iām sure they were wanking 5 times a day and would have loved to know we had them
this was in like 2000 by the way!
I never feel embarrassed shopping on my own ā I even end up chatting with the staff sometimes! But once I went with a friend, and she said it was still kinda awkward.
Very. Was in one over the weekend a major high street brand, the OH had purchased some lingerie, but inadvertently picked up crotchless panties to match the bra, the shop assistant asked if she knew they were crotchless, the OH said and the shop assistant was going to change them, explaining that many people get caught out.
When I said we should keep them, she didnāt bat an eyelid, just gave a knowing smile and parceled them up.
I am pretty sure that there is nothing these shop assistants havenāt heard or seen before, so why be embarrassedā¦
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With Christmas approaching I will be joining the other males wandering the lingerie aisles, some looking rather awkward. Luckily age allows me to much less self conscious although thereās always the risk of bumping into a colleague from work 
LH purchases are great but there is still something to be said for looking and feeling a product in reality and imagining my wife in it. 
Iām contemplating going to one, but I am a bit nervous. Only because when I looked up reviews for a place, everyone mentioned how chatty and friendly the staff are. I donāt want them to talk to me! I want to be left completely alone to choose my purchase, pay quickly and leave. So thatās the reason Iām hesitant. Are all sex shops like that? I wanted to go an check out stuff for my husband for Christmas.
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I wasnāt bothered about being in there, I didnāt feel intimidated, even as a bloke on his own. The only reason my visit was so short was down to the store and its lack of stock/choice. Very accommodating to the more petite customer for lingerie and the toys were plain, it was only a small store though.
Have you considered shopping online? Postage is relatively cheap and quick and it means you can avoid the awkward small talk.
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Absolutely. Not long after I met me current OH we were out shopping and passed a sex shop and decide to go in. We bought a new dildo as the OH had fancied one, but never bought one. While we were at the counter paying the mature assistant asked if we would like to buy a vibrating pebble clitoral vibrator. She gave us the sales patter and said that she had one and it felt amazing. We bought one and to be honest it wasnāt to bad, especially when used with the dildo we just bought. LOL
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I havenāt had any problem shopping them. I find it sort of exciting. But with so many online and easy shipping options. Itās just easier to shop from home. 
The one closest to me is this odd building that is all that is left standing from when the area had more businesses on it and Iāve never had the urge to go in.
Iāve been to a few in Amsterdam.
Only embarrassing thing was, what it said on my credit card statement. Something like "Sonjaās sex emporium " 
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Obviously a computer error, and translation issue.
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This may sound weird but no, Iām not comfortable being in a sex shop and that is the thrill of it for me. Iāve only been in a high street sex shop in the UK. Iāve been with my wife a few times and that didnāt feel uncomfortable but when Iāve been in alone, usually picking up an order, or buying some lingerie for my wife or some basic BDSM equipment for us or a cock ring I really get a buzz out of what the shop assistants think of me (note; I know in reality they think nothing, this is just a job to them and I am not the centre of their universe for those forty seconds).
I should add, I never act, do or say anything inappropriate. Itās just a little kick I get in my own head.
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@be3169
My first time inside a sex toy shop, I was the only one in there.
It was a school day and all the school aged kids were in school.
I obviously chose a good time of day to go visit the sex shop!
I bought a basic $30 male masturbator.
Now, I want to step up my experience!
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I wouldnāt be comfortable on my own. Iād be more so with my OH but even then wouldnāt feel great and would be painfully self conscious of buying anything.
However I know that feels very different in Amsterdam.
Iāve only been in one shop IRL. Some years ago my wife and I were living temporarily in a large city and stopped in on a date night. At the time our toybox was only two vibes, some cock rings, and beginners anal beads, all from Amazon.
The store was very overwhelming as we really had only just started dabbling in toys and didnāt know what we were looking at, and werenāt really looking for anything specific. But it was very clean, brightly lit, well organized. We didnāt really explore the DVD and curtained viewing rooms that were also present. Now I donāt really remember how much we took in, but we left without buying anything. We never did get a chance to stop back in.
Iām a little disappointed in ourselves more recently as we were in Paris and staying just up the hill from Moulin Rouge and all the sex shops along that street. There were some that of course looked pretty seedy, but there were a few that from the storefront displays were in that vein of brightly lit, sexy and classy retail spaces. I think if weād stayed a few days longer we probably would have made space for our curiosity and been comfortable with it, but it was a pretty short trip and by the time we were back in our neighborhood every evening we were quite bushed and ready to turn in. But I think we would have been more comfortable now than 13 years ago
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