The whole situation became quite a hoot and that's not bad. Everyone in that family was at ease, had broken the ice, had progressed through the earlier chapters of our book. Kids out for a Saturday night are out in the community. Whether sexual activity will be confined to a car, someone's apartment, a park, a beach, a special rendezvous, is anyone's guess. When that special opportunity comes about, chances are it has NOT been specifically planned for.
Sexual opportunity arises by the combined effects of many uncontrolled happenings.
We'll have more to say about effective carrying of fresh condoms in a later instalment but the lesson here is that drug stores are usually open, some to very late hours, and drug stores are out there in the community where the action is. No matter how liberal and modern you may be, even to the point of offering to supply a condom when needed, kids, like us, don't like having to reveal to their parents that they hope to have sex that night. Condom machines in schools are not the answer. For the very same reason of happenstance, and the fact that schools are not usually open at night, late, this is not a good source. Bite the bullet, teach them independence.