Diapers & Condoms: The Winning Combo!

So I'll be running in the Irvine Lake Mud Run this coming Saturday with my sister, cousins and a bunch of friends. If you're not familiar with the Mud Run, it's a 3.8 mile race at Irvine Lake in Orange County and the course basically is inundated with mud pits and obstacles throughout. Which sounds awesome! So our team signed up a few months ago and we've named ourselves The Muddy Runs.....it's funny 'cause it means diarrhea. So we, The Muddy Runs, decided that we want to come into this run with a fury and make ourselves known. And we figured what better way to do that than by running in diapers, just to really emphasize the whole diarrhea thing. So we're all wearing diapers and matching wife beaters decorated with our team name written in puffy paint (pictures to come after the run) and I'm WAY exctied, but before this all can happen, we had to get our hands on some diapers.

So my sister Erica and I went around town yesterday looking for diapers, which honestly is a whole 'nother story. We went to about 5 or 6 different stores before finally finding the perfect diaper at Target. They're adult sizes covering 28"-44" waists and most impotantly, they're adjustable! So we all should have no problem fitting into them. But I couldn't help but notice that the adult diapers were conveniently placed in the same aisle as the the tampons, Vagisil, feminine douches and sprays, KY jellys, lubes and condoms. - Condoms! At first, I thought maybe this made sense. I mean condoms are designed to prevent the leakage of a substance much in the same way diapers and tampons/pads are, but the more I thought about it, the more I realized how out of place they were. Here we were in an aisle FILLED with items that are pretty much only bought by women (unless you're an awesome boyfriend who picks up lady-items for your lover) and there were the condoms; an item that's literally only worn by men. That would be like putting vibrators in the same aisle as ... well, condoms! And other male items. I mean, I get that women are an integral part of condom use (at least in heterosexual relationships) but I'd like to think that more men are purchasing condoms than women. So shouldn't the condoms be in like, the male razor aisle with all the after shave and guy deodarant and all that stuff? Why wouldn't they be there?! So now I'm questioning which gender purchases condoms more frequently. And have there been studies on this?? I'm sure there have, but what are the results? I mean, I'd give my own experiences with this, but seeing as sex is a prerequisite to condom buying, I have nothing to contribute. Oh God, now I'm depressed. I was in such a good mood too.

*EDIT*

I put together a little video of The Muddy Runs preparing their outfits for the Mud Run after originally posting this blog. Check it out here.