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Sadly you can’t if there is a age limit on the item. I think condoms have an age limit of 15/16.
I embarrassed myself doing this one time and my card wouldn’t scan
Comment by random_nightmare at 23/12/2018 at 18:39 UTC
119 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Never had a issue doing it at Walmart. I’m old enough but I’ve never had to have someone confirm that for condoms. Just alcohol.
Comment by Kazimierz777 at 23/12/2018 at 19:04 UTC
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How can condoms have an age limit? Not being able to buy them doesn’t mean teenagers aren’t going to have sex.
That’s exactly the kind of shit policy why there’s soaring teen pregnancy. In Europe there are places where you can go and pick them up for free anonymously.
Comment by [deleted] at 23/12/2018 at 19:44 UTC
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There is no age limit on condoms in the US. Federal law. You can be arrested for denying them as a cashier/clerk
Comment by TRUMPS_A_LYING_PUSSY at 23/12/2018 at 19:14 UTC
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What dumb Fuck put an age restriction on buying condoms!? What if a sexually active 13 or 14 year old wants to practice safe sex but can't ask a parent or anyone older to buy them? They just have unprotected sex and expose themselves to STDs and unplanned pregnancy?
I'm a 36 year old father of two, my oldest boy will be a teenager soon, and while I don't love the idea of him having sex at such a young age it could be reality. Hopefully he feels comfortable asking me or his mom but if not I'd be terrified if he couldn't get them himself.
I'm just going to start leaving some in his room when he starts going through puberty. I'll do the same for my daughter when she reaches puberty but also help her get on birth control. It's just the smart thing to do!
Comment by vadkert at 23/12/2018 at 19:40 UTC
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Who told you that?
I've seen some store policy age restrictions-- energy drinks, canned air, lighters, mouthwash if you're in the hillbilly ghetto, but never on condoms and never for anything under 18. As in, you had to be 18 but never anything on the absurd and arbitrary 15/16 year old distinction.
And to be clear, it was merely store policy to ask for ID or a birthday. It wasn't a legal issue, it was just CVS or whoever wanting to restrict their own sales for various reasons.
Where do you live and where did you hear about condoms having an age restriction? That stinks of some over-reaching abstinence only education BS: *Not only do condoms not work but you can't even buy them without filling out paperwork in triplicate and getting parental approval as well as a lien holder for your taint.*
Comment by ConyThePony at 23/12/2018 at 19:37 UTC
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Condoms don’t have an age limit, at least not anywhere I’ve heard of, at least not in the US
Comment by GlitchyNinja at 23/12/2018 at 19:49 UTC
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I used to work at Walgreens. No age limit on condoms. And if there were, I'd just hit the button that says the customer looks over 30. No need to check a ID.
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Comment by AwkwardBomb at 23/12/2018 at 19:47 UTC
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hell my high schools health center gives them out for free
Comment by braulio09 at 23/12/2018 at 19:48 UTC
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Age requirement, my dude. Unless you mean you can only buy them if you are under 15. Bit messed up
Comment by m-simm at 23/12/2018 at 20:25 UTC
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In the United States there is no minimum age to buy condoms. Legally speaking, even a five year-old should be able to buy one if he/she wants to.
Comment by [deleted] at 23/12/2018 at 20:26 UTC
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Weird, I get condoms at self-checkout with zero issue.
Comment by Realhuman221 at 23/12/2018 at 21:04 UTC
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That's false everywhere in the US. It was decided in the Supreme Court case Carey v Population Services International
Comment by [deleted] at 23/12/2018 at 21:26 UTC
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where the fuck do condoms have an age limit
Comment by Hawk_015 at 23/12/2018 at 21:49 UTC
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Lol what? What country do you live in? That's so strange.
Comment by BHughes3388 at 23/12/2018 at 22:03 UTC
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I just looked it up, there is no age limit in all 50 states.
Not sure about other countries tho.
Comment by caremal5 at 23/12/2018 at 22:05 UTC
1 upvotes, 1 direct replies
In the UK theres no age limit, it's stupid for anywhere to put an age limit on them in the first place.
Comment by jun-nee at 23/12/2018 at 23:35 UTC
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No age limits. They used to hand them out in high schools.
Comment by SpaceTurtle917 at 24/12/2018 at 00:28 UTC
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There's never an age limit. I think it's illegal to prevent anyone from birth control of any kind.
Comment by ryno_25 at 24/12/2018 at 00:46 UTC
1 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I did it at Walmart and just paid cash
Comment by EverGreatestxX at 25/12/2018 at 23:26 UTC
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Idk about were you live but where I am you can technically buy condoms at any age. I'm not sure if the cashier is even aloud to ask the buyer how old he/she is. Fyi this could be bullshit since this was told to me like 5 or 6 years ago by a middle school teacher, and middle/elementary school teachers love to talk to about shit they don't know about.
Comment by Xelacik at 27/12/2018 at 00:28 UTC
1 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Man is there anything good about the US? Reddit makes it seem so terrible in every way...