Grow enough courage...

[jbgarcon]

So tonight as I was driving home, I passed by an adult store on the interstate. I took the exit, drove into the parking lot, and couldn't get myself to stop. I was so excited but also so so nervous.

How do I build up the courage to actually stop and go inside.

What If I knew someone inside? what if someone drove by and recognized my car?

Help!

Agree with some of the past comments - look for a woman owned store, or those marketed to both sexes that don't look like you need to be quarantined after going inside. We have a nice, clean, well lit, high end sex shop near my home town. I'm self employed with a public facing business, so I'm always mindful when out in public. At the time a few years ago, I was in my own sexual self exploration phase when I decided to finally visit this shop that I had known about for years. The ALL women staff were really fun and helpful. I felt no embarrassment and only wished these kinds of shops were around when I had been at the opposite end of the age spectrum like you. You should feel no shame for sexual self discovery and seeking this kind of pleausre.

 

[jbgarcon]

So what if someone seen you ! They are horny just like you are! Maybe something happens with them! I wouldn’t worry about it ! Enjoy yourself!

HAHA - you've got that right!

A few years ago, I visited a store near my home for the first time and had no issue - for the same reason you stated... very good point!

 

[SunnySU]

Meghank,
I know exactly how you feel because I've been through it myself a few years ago. Though I'm male and quite a bit older then you, my first time to enter such a store was quite stressfull. But the shop was very neat, tidy, lots of light, and several other women and man were checking out stuff, just like in any other shop.
To my surprise, the two ladies running the shop (well, they were employees) were véry young girls, they really looked like 16 year old kids, and they were very, very cute. I suppose they must have been at least 18. But then again, I was asking myself: "Do these girls, at this young age, really are sex experts, having tried all these toys by themselves?" and "Am I a weirdo that I'm so unexperienced while I'm old enough that I could be their father?" (the answer is yes) After a few minutes I couldn't find what I was looking after, so I had two options: leaving without buying anything (what a lot of people do I suppose) or just finding the courage to ask them to help me to find what I was looking for (the idea of asking those two little girls to help me with choosing sex toys was so weird, because they looked so young!
So, well, in the end she found my toy and I bought it. For a few seconds I even had the evil thought that perhaps she would like to teach me how to use it, at the back of the shop? But I didn't ask, thinking that perhaps it would be a very old joke, typically asked by a certain type of customers.

But I must admit that was the one and only time I went to such a shop. I've bought my next toys online, it was easier. But perhaps you don't want to do that? I wouldn't, if I were still living at my parents' house, knowing how véry curious they (still!) are.

 

[SmokeInMyEyes]

The first time my wife visited an interstate toy store, she had her Smith & Wesson inside her "Concealed Carrie" hobo bag (yes, she has a permit).

She found it to be an extremely painless experience. She was on a mission but regretted she hadn't budgeted more time to shop. She also admitted that she felt pretty dumb she'd been so paranoid about it in the first place.

The brand name of her bag is no joke, btw, and just the thing for Lit ladies who want to carry their heat in style: https://www.concealedcarrie.com/collections/bags/products/crocodile-print-leather-hobo

 

[KatieDoes]

The first time my wife visited an interstate toy store, she had her Smith & Wesson inside her "Concealed Carrie" hobo bag (yes, she has a permit).

She found it to be an extremely painless experience. She was on a mission but regretted she hadn't budgeted more time to shop. She also admitted that she felt pretty dumb she'd been so paranoid about it in the first place.

The brand name of her bag is no joke, btw, and just the thing for Lit ladies who want to carry their heat in style: https://www.concealedcarrie.com/collections/bags/products/crocodile-print-leather-hobo

I don’t think OP is afraid of needing to engage in a shootout above the dildo case as much as afraid of running into someone she knows and being embarrassed.

 

[SmokeInMyEyes]

I don’t think OP is afraid of needing to engage in a shootout above the dildo case as much as afraid of running into someone she knows and being embarrassed.

She picked the store she did because it was well off the beaten track to where we live. Being recognized by another shopper, she figured, would not enhance her career as a school teacher.

The revolver went along as her parking lot security blanket. When she drove by in the past, she felt the many semis parked there gave off a particularly "creepy vibe."

 

[JuanaSalsa]

When I was 18 I worked at a BDSM supply store (I'm female). So, there may be a girl just your age in there waiting to help you! Most of my customers were rational people and I worked the 7pm-2am shift. Only 1 or 2 creepy people a month. Frankly I met more creepy men working in fast food. So, if you can go to McDonald's, the sex store is less scary, I promise!

I've visited many varieties over the years, both chains and boutiques and there very little difference in clientele creep factor. Boutiques have better products and more knowledgeable employees. Still, the best vibrator I've ever bought came from a chain.

If you meet someone you know in there, then you are both in that same boat together! I never had any customers who knew me from elsewhere and I worked only a few miles from where I was going to college.

So, all in all, nothing to worry about! You can do it!