I use trojan ribbed. I find this a perfectly acceptable conversation. To think that condoms is a dirty idea that kids should not be exposed to is a terrible attitude. My daughter was born in my wife and my senior year of High School. We are a teenage pregnancy. As a parent now, I beleive you should be able to talk about a condom with a straight face, comfortably and not as a dirty idea. You should be able to keep them on your night stand instead of your sock drawer. Your kids should be able to talk to you about it. We cannot deny the amount of sex in our society, the casual attitude towards it today, and the inevitable desire for it. To avoid talking about condoms is to pretend that sex does not exist or cannot hurt a person and a family. A condom is a good thing, and I will always deal with a condom as easily as I deal with a toothbrush, or a comb. Is it appropriate in the threads? Yes, it is life, folk is life, music and frieds and life is what this is all about. Sorry to the annoyed, but I don't see anything wrong with it here. Especially with such fine, open minded people that are the Mudcat.