You know how ppl ask you stuff b/c they know you're a nurse? This tops it all....

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Specializes in LDRP.

My sister is 23. (i'm 24).

She called me the other day, crying about her boyfriend thinking he was cheating on her. He said her lady parts smelled like a latex condom (that they hadn't been using). Thought she was cheating on him b/c of this. (Yes, this is getting to the point....)

She's so upset, she can't think what would possibly make her lady parts smell that way. She says "well you're a nurse, I thought you would know."

She even asked if I would come to her house and smell it. :uhoh3: I really HOPE she was kidding, but I don't think she was.

I got in some good education though, telling her about the need for a STI test (she says "I was tested a year and a half ago, and I haven't slept with anyone else since"), birth control (they aren't using condoms or any other bc but no, she's not trying to get pregnant, and doens't want to be pregnant), the need to see a gynecologist, etc.

SO!that may be the absolute strangest conversation i've had b/c someone knew I was a nurse.

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Specializes in Family.

Wow! I don't know how I would have handled that one! I am glad you got to do some teaching regarding STI's.

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please pretend that i hadn't read this post

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That makes me nervous.

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Specializes in Peds - playing with the kids.
:eek: :eek: yikes!!!:eek: :eek:
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Specializes in ACNP-BC.

Oh my that is too funny! You handled it well though. The weirdest question I was ever asked is "So why doesn't this hospital have a Dunkin Donuts in the lobby?! St Vincent Hospital up the street has one." This got me so mad because I was trying to take care of my pt's IV while her friend barked this at me, almost in an accusing way, like it was my fault I didn't put a D & D in the lobby! I looked at the friend, said I have no idea & now I really need to focus on this IV here.!!!!Some people are from outer space, honestly. As if coffee for *itchy visitors is my priority!!

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Specializes in LTC,Hospice/palliative care,acute care.
3She even asked if I would come to her house and smell it. :uhoh3: I really HOPE she was kidding, but I don't think she was.

Tell her to check out the Museum of Menstruation on the web-lots of good info there....

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That's hilarious!! I work at a State Funded STD (Sexually Transmitted Disease) clinic and I have been asked a lot of strange questions like "Will saran wrap work as protection during oral sex if I can't get a dental dam?" But I think this is even better. Opportunities to educate the public present themselves in the most unexpected ways.....

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Ortho.

Uhmmm, i think her first instinct is probly right. The dude is probly steppin out and she's better off lettin him go. If id already had to do a STI test, hed been gone then.

Just like a guy to blame their indescretions on the female,, geezzz. What a jerk.

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I work at a State Funded STD (Sexually Transmitted Disease) clinic and I have been asked a lot of strange questions like "Will saran wrap work as protection during oral sex if I can't get a dental dam?"

Well, will it? Inquiring minds want to know.

Anyone old enough to remember the Fugs?

"After the prom,

You ain't got no bags.

Saran Wrap.

Saran Wrap."

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That must have been some odor for her to notice.

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This may be a case for Judge Mathis:lol2:

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