https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 08 Apr 2026 09:16:08 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hpt#post-228870 Fri, 20 Jul 2012 13:21:48 +0000 meaganceleste 228870@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I once stopped to get an HPT after being at the gym and I didn't have my rings on and I totally felt like the cashier was judging me! Another time, the cashier asked me if I was hoping for a positive or a negative...um hello, NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hpt#post-228274 Fri, 20 Jul 2012 08:31:07 +0000 Shutterbug 228274@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@GreenThumb: haha I like the self checkout, too! I once left the store because the HPTs were in plastic cases that only the cashiers could unlock, LOL! I buy them on Amazon (prime) now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hpt#post-228261 Fri, 20 Jul 2012 08:25:26 +0000 savanarunner 228261@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ha ha! I'm definitely worried about somebody I know seeing me! I've gone to the self check out before so I don't have to deal with a cashier (especially if it's the only thing I'm buying!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hpt#post-228247 Fri, 20 Jul 2012 08:17:56 +0000 Bookish 228247@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hehehe, I'm the same way! We went to HEB the other day so I could see how much their ovulation predictors were, and I made my husband wander around with me until there was no one left in the aisle. I don't know why it's so embarrassing! I'm married! I have to go to the dollar store to buy some pregnancy tests this weekend, and I'm already dreading it. Good grief! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hpt#post-228227 Fri, 20 Jul 2012 08:10:04 +0000 GreenThumb 228227@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a young male cashier say to me "Good luck with that!" as if I was hoping for a negative. I look pretty young (even though I'm 34!) so I do try to flash the wedding ring, too! I'm also a big fan of self-checkout at the grocery store. FRERs are actually less expensive at our grocery store than our drugstore - added bonus! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hpt#post-228164 Fri, 20 Jul 2012 07:19:56 +0000 oliviaoblivia 228164@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's so funny reading all your comments. It never crossed my mind that it was awkward. But you are totally right. I guess I was lucky the cashiers never said anything - especially when I was buying a few boxes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hpt#post-228078 Fri, 20 Jul 2012 03:28:14 +0000 Kemma 228078@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I bought lightbulbs with mine! And the cashier very carefully put them in the bag in the middle of the lightbulbs so that they couldn't be seen :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hpt#post-228010 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 23:44:14 +0000 Mrs. Blue 228010@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a cashier asked me excitedly, "Are you hoping for a positive or negative?" Awkward.</p> <p>I also try to flash my ring and act cool, but hello?!? It's not like I look like a 16-year old in trouble. Glad to know I'm not the only ridiculous one! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hpt#post-227957 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 23:04:29 +0000 MrsCastro 227957@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@dharmainitiative: thank heavens for Internet shopping. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hpt#post-227894 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 22:41:34 +0000 ChuckNorris 227894@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsCastro: LMAO!!!!!! That's too funny. I used to work behind the register and what would get me is when men would come in and buy pregnancy tests. It's like they have a stamp on their head with, "Shoot me. Here." I could tell they hated their life!!!!! LOL </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hpt#post-227890 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 22:39:56 +0000 MrsCastro 227890@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@dharmainitiative: I would die if anybody said anything to me. My worst nightmare is that they get on the loud speaker and ask for a price check. Maybe I would pretend I didn't speak English "no hablo ingles". LOL. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hpt#post-227795 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 22:03:56 +0000 MrsCastro 227795@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: I have bought condoms before and I am just as embarrassed. </p> <p>So I stopped by a CVS cruised up and down the aisle about 5 times. Grabbed a basket that could fit 20 watermelons ran to the pharmacy and there was a guy cashier and turned around and went to the front register. I was finally able to breath when I got to the car. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hpt#post-227784 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 22:00:46 +0000 ChuckNorris 227784@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsCastro: Hahaha. When I went to go pregnancy test shopping last, the girl was like, "Uh-oh. Is this a good thing or a bad thing? Did someone slip up?" And I said "It'll be a good thing if it's positive!" And she goes on to tell me how she recently was 2 mo late and had a pregnancy scare and blah blah blah.. I was cracking up. it amazes me how comfortable people are with random strangers! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hpt#post-227611 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 20:58:38 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 227611@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I usually order online in bulk, but I ran out this past cycle. We have a crazy small town, and I knew that if I tried to hide it. I would run into someone I knew. So I just marched right up to the cash and dropped them on the counter - no shame! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hpt#post-227525 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 20:31:59 +0000 Foodnerd81 227525@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm always a little embarrassed, but I get all defensive, like, what do I have to be embarrassed about, a-hole?? Even though no one has ever said anything to me, I'm ready for a fight for some reason. Now I get them at the dollar store and most of the cashiers don't seem to speak English, but it's also near work. which could be bad.</p> <p>Along the same lines... I've never bought condoms. I always make H do it. Yet, I had no problem picking up my birth control from the pharmacy. Stupid contradictory nonsense... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hpt#post-227438 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 20:11:00 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 227438@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I tend to use self checkout. I feel so awkward otherwise! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hpt#post-227259 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 19:23:13 +0000 Alivoo01 227259@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The first cycle, I checked out via self checkout. The second cycle I bought them online. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hpt#post-227219 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 19:05:19 +0000 Smurfette 227219@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I felt awkward every time too!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hpt#post-227218 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 19:04:41 +0000 Grace 227218@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. bird: Someone said that to me too!! I just smiled and got out of there. What a thing to ask! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hpt#post-227205 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 19:00:21 +0000 Andrea 227205@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is why I always ordered them online! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hpt#post-227201 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 18:58:52 +0000 Running Elley 227201@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I felt awkward every single time even though I was married with a wedding ring on and obviously an adult lol. I don’t even like walking around the store with them in my hands! I may have made my sister buy me one once or twice…. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hpt#post-227197 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 18:57:19 +0000 Mrs. Bee 227197@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>haha every time i bought hpts i would wonder what the cashiers were thinking of me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hpt#post-227190 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 18:56:04 +0000 mrs. bird 227190@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>haha. once when i was much younger, i was buying one and the pharmacist said, 'so, what are we hoping? a positive or a negative?' ummm..... whoa buddy, NOYB! really i just said 'it's good to know either way.' because i didn't really know what to say to him. maybe go somewhere with a self checkout line, avoid the awkward moment =D or just order on amazon </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hpt#post-227188 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 18:55:17 +0000 MamaMoose 227188@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I usually buy prenatals or something with the hpt to make it clear I'm hoping for a positive not a negative : ) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hpt#post-227186 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 18:55:02 +0000 lilteacherbee 227186@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Haha when I needed to pick up pregnancy tests, there was only one drugstore I would go in because I didn't know anyone there. DH's aunt, a few friends from high school, people that know my mom, etc all work at my "usual" drugstore, so I felt like I had to be all sneaky about it. Life in a small town... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hpt#post-227181 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 18:53:09 +0000 MrsCastro 227181@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>and let me add by saything that i always try to show my wedding ring...i know i know i am crazy and buying a HPT is nothing out of this world, i just dont want to run into anybody i know... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hpt#post-227180 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 18:51:53 +0000 MrsCastro 227180@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am just about to leave work and will be stopping to buy some HPT, why do i feel like i am 16 and trying to buy something illegal...i feel i need to wear a big coat, dark sunglasses and a big hat.... </p>