How to Get a Vibrator if Underage?

If you’re a teen, you might think that a vibrator would be a helpful way to explore your feelings about your newfound sensuality. Though, if you’re a teen, what are you doing reading this magazine? You’re heading straight to Runescape, right? Good. For everyone else interested in the purely informational value of this article, teens often think of sensual aids as vibrators as a safe alternative to engaging in sexual activity. No risk of STDs, no risk of pregnancy, and it’s an opportunity to explore feelings of sensuality safely, in perfect privacy.

The hurdle is that sale of adult toys is strictly prohibited to anybody under the age of eighteen. Teens might think that they can skirt this hurdle through credit or debit card transactions, and while there’s the chance that their age won’t be discovered when they’ve made their vibrator purchase, perusing an adult site under false pretenses, including adult retail sites where vibrators are offered for sale, is a crime—you can get slapped with perjury charges and getting a hold of a vibrator is not worth running that risk. Not to mention that said adult retailers absolutely do not want the business of underage clientele—that’s a minefield fraught with all sorts of nasty ramifications including fines that could deep six the business.

However, the industrious teen can easily find acceptable vibrators no farther away than their local big box, discount department store or chain drug store. Personal massagers marketed as relief for sore, aching muscles are no different functionally than the vibrators sold through adult retail establishments. They don’t have any age restrictions on purchase, either, affording teens who want vibrators with the avenue to get a vibrator of their very own.

The subject of teens who are looking for vibrators and other sensual aids is a sensitive one, a subject that’s best broached directly by talking to your teen about their sensuality and emerging feelings. By being open and honest, you can discuss how best to deal with their newfound sexuality and build up trust in the discussion process.