Home Pregnancy Tests Should Not Be An Impulse Buy

I’ve probably said this before, but I just don’t think that home pregnancy tests should be an impulse buy. I’m just going to ignore whether or not I’ve talked about this before, because a friend of mine went to Casa Bonita last night and that happened to remind me of this issue.

Last time I went to Casa Bonita, we happened to go to the grocery store in the same shopping plaza as the restaurant. As we were checking out, I happened to notice that the impulse buy aisle had home pregnancy tests.

Now, it may be that I am not as enlightened as I like to consider myself, but this seems like a disturbing state of affairs. The impulse buy section is for items that you never knew you needed, things like candy bars and sodas that a grocery store convinces you to buy last-minute and you never planned on. As much as I don’t think I should tell people how they should order their social lives, I think home pregnancy tests should be a purchase you PLAN…not one you happen to decide on upon impulse.

For example, I don’t think this situation is a good one: Hmm. I’m standing waiting to check out at the grocery store. Hey, there’s a home pregnancy test. I wonder if I might be pregnant. Maybe I should get one of those.

This, in my view, should not happen. If you might be pregnant, I think this should occur to you prior to the checkout line at a grocery store. I think they should be easily available, but I definitely think purchase of such should be part of a planned course of action. The first time this occurs to you should not be on a whim at a grocery store.

Of course, I have no right to tell people how they should live their lives. Regardless, this is my opinion.