[Anonymous]

I'm hoping this is in the right section.

Today my mum went to pick up her prescription at the chemist, and the lady behind the counter gave her my prescription for the pill, this lady is well-known for being a bit of a chatterbox and told my mum what my prescription was.

My mum came back from the chemist, threw my prescription at me and demanded to know who I was sleeping with, I'm not sleeping with anyone, I only got the pill last time because my period was due to start on my birthday and wanted to skip it, I'm going to a festival around the same time that I'll have my period next month and so want to skip it again, I told her this but she doesn't believe me and says that she wants to speak to me about it later on. I have no idea what to do now, any advice?

[Lumos]

how old are you? to be honest, if you're 16+ it's none of her business and you shouldn't feel that you have to justify yourself to her, even if you were sleeping with someone. It's her problem if she doesn't believe you about your period, you could say you didn't tell her about being on the pill because you knew she would react like this, or because you didn't think it was a big deal. I'm pretty sure the chemist has a confidentiality agreement.. she really shouldn't have given your prescription to anyone other than yourself. I'd give them a piece of your mind.

[For The Love Of Giraffe]

If that was the reason for being on the pill, why did you not tell her before, out of interest? That is probably why she doesn't believe you, because if it was just a minor reason, I guess she expected that you would have spoken to her.

Moreover, why the hell did the pharmacist give it to your mother?! Surely that breaches certain rules?

Anyway, I guess all you can do is keep telling her your story and if you really need to, why don't you take her to the doctor who prescribed it so that she can see the dates that you were given it, so if they match up to your story, hopefully she'll believe you.

I guess just try to wait for her to calm down and then show her the proof of the dates if you can. Or tell her that if you really were trying to be sneaky, surely you would have gone to a pharmacist who didn't know your mother and was likely to screw the story up for you. Just say you were embarrassed to ask your mother if you could take the pill for fear that she'd take it the wrong way. But next time just talk to her about it before you get it, for the love of God.

[Anonymous]

(Original post by Lumos)
how old are you? to be honest, if you're 16+ it's none of her business and you shouldn't feel that you have to justify yourself to her, even if you were sleeping with someone. It's her problem if she doesn't believe you about your period, you could say you didn't tell her about being on the pill because you knew she would react like this, or because you didn't think it was a big deal. I'm pretty sure the chemist has a confidentiality agreement.. she really shouldn't have given your prescription to anyone other than yourself. I'd give them a piece of your mind.

I'm 20, I've had boyfriends staying over in the past and she's never had a problem with it so I'm not sure why she's angry about this. I go to the chemist to pick up my other prescriptions for my asthma so the lady who works there knows me and my mum quite well, it's quite a small one and she was there long before I was born so I'd feel bad if I did complain and anything happened. Thanks for your advice.

[littleone271]

I think you should tell your doctor about the chemist breaching the confidentiality agreement. And it's none of your mum's business what medication you're on, whether you're having sex or not. When the conversation arises again just tell her the truth and that if you were having sex then you wouldn't be ashamed to say it because there wouldn't be anything wrong in doing it.

[BethaneyJ]

(Original post by Anonymous)
I'm 20, I've had boyfriends staying over in the past and she's never had a problem with it so I'm not sure why she's angry about this. I go to the chemist to pick up my other prescriptions for my asthma so the lady who works there knows me and my mum quite well, it's quite a small one and she was there long before I was born so I'd feel bad if I did complain and anything happened. Thanks for your advice.

Tell her the truth, then tell her it's better than the alternative if you WERE having sex.

[My-My-My]

There's not much you can do re. your mum. If you're 20 it's completely up to you what you do. Just keep telling her the truth and hopefully she'll come round.

I really think you should make a complaint to your chemist. What she did vary very wrong and it doesn't matter whether you know her or not, she acted in a completely unprofessional manner that has ended up with you being in a difficult situation.

[pr0view]

20, thought you were gonna be like 14

[besomebody]

You're 20. Even if you were sleeping with a football team the most she can do is disapprove. She has no right to be angry. Just keep telling her the truth when she asks about it - you don't need to go to lengths to prove it.

[Mr Einstein]

Seems like a rather harmless mistake tbh, don't complain about the chatterbox I don't think that would do any good, just when you next see her tell her what happened and she will probably learn from her mistake. It's hard to give you good advice without knowing her disposition, but try and keep any confrontation very calm, she is much more likely to believe you if you keep your cool, this is risky but you could mention even if you were sleeping with someone it is totally moral in your view and does not see the need to inform her of every relationship, sexual or otherwise that you have.

[Anonymous]

Thank you to everyone for your advice.

[Anonymous]

(Original post by Anonymous)
I wasn't sleeping with anyone when I took the pill, I used to pill to skip periods.

A little off topic, sorry, but can you just randomly start taking the pill if you want to skip a period?

[kaypc]

how can a chemist do that, you should complain about it, that's so unprofessional and as for your mum you need to assert your independence and show that you are responsible and are not having sex.

[Theoneoranro]

(Original post by Josh93)
Why do you care how many people she's slept with...Or why she's using the pill?



Go back to the stone age, troll.

Edit: I would neg you but I'm out of rep.

Yeah and sleeping with everything you see isn't stone age is it? That's on the level of an animal because that's the type of sh*t my dog gets up to.

[Anonymous]

(Original post by Anonymous)
A little off topic, sorry, but can you just randomly start taking the pill if you want to skip a period?

I believe you have to take it a little bit before your period is due, and you normally have to start taking the pill during your period just to make sure you're not pregnant.

[My-My-My]

(Original post by Anonymous)
A little off topic, sorry, but can you just randomly start taking the pill if you want to skip a period?

If you want to skip a period for a reason (eg going travelling for a month) then visit your doctor. There are pills you can take over the short term that are better for this. Norethisterone is commonly used. The standard oral contraceptive can also be used, but this is less common and is normally taken longer term.

[derangedyoshi]

ITT: people responding to a completely obvious troll. Don't do it.

edit: to clarify, the person being horrible and calling the OP a slut is the troll, not the OP. Sorry!!

[alexsasg]

I think the pharmacist was in the wrong by giving the prescription to your mum...that's definitely not right, especially with more delicate issues like contraception.

I think you should just tell your mum what you've told us on here - the truth. She should believe you, at least after a little while. (I know you said she doesn't believe you, but the alternative is to lie and say it is because you are having sex). Plus, at 20, she really shouldn't be treating you like a child.

[Anonymous]

Thanks again everyone, I'm going to speak to the chemist on Monday and ask her to keep our prescriptions separate from now on, my mum and I have regular prescriptions and if we've ever both needed something at the same time she normally puts them together and gives them both to whichever one of us picks them up, I've never given this a second thought until now!

[Feartheunknown]

If you have acne, tell her you were on the pill to help treat it. I know people get the pill to help with acne