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Husband left in tears after being humiliated for buying wife sanitary pads

The man said he ended up crying in his car having "never felt so embarrassed" after a woman accused him of taking photos of her in the feminine hygiene aisle

Kelly-Ann Mills

07:06, 12 SEP 2020

Humiliate： /hjuːˈmɪlieɪt/ vt. 羞辱；使…丢脸；耻辱  

sanitary pad：卫生巾  sanitary/ˈsænətri/ adj. 卫生的，清洁的；n. 公共厕所

feminine hygiene aisle：女性用品专区

Hygiene  n. /ˈhaɪdʒiːn/  卫生  •food hygiene 食品卫生 •personal hygiene 个人卫生

A man has spoken out after he claims he was accused of being a pervert while buying feminine hygiene products for his wife.

The husband said he ended up crying when he retreated back to his car, after a female shopper approached him in the shop and demanded the police were called.

pervert  /pəˈvɜːt/

1.to change a system, process, etc. in a bad way so that it is not what it used to be or what it should be 败坏；使走样；误导；误用 •Some scientific discoveries have been perverted to create weapons of destruction. 某些科学发明被滥用来生产毁灭性武器。

2.to affect sb in a way that makes them act or think in an immoral or unacceptable way 腐蚀；侵害；使堕落

3. 性变态者 •a sexual pervert 性变态者

4.  perˌvert the course of ˈjustice： 作伪证；妨碍司法

 feminine hygiene products：女性卫生用品

The ordeal left the man rattled and he said he'd “never felt more embarrassed and humiliated” in his life.

ordeal  n. /ɔːˈdiːl/  /ˈɔːdiːl/  ~ (of sth/of doing sth) a difficult or unpleasant experience 磨难；折磨；煎熬；严酷的考验 • They are to be spared the ordeal of giving evidence in court. 他们将免受出庭作证的难堪。

rattle /ˈrætl/ vt. 使发出咯咯声；喋喋不休；使慌乱，使惊慌；vi. 喋喋不休地讲话；发出卡嗒卡嗒声；n. 喋喋不休的人；吓吱声，格格声

The man says his wife asked him to pick up some sanitary towels on his way home, but while in the store he FaceTimed his wife to make sure he was buying the right products.

He said: “I got a call from my wife when I was getting off work and she asked me to pick her up some pads from the store.

“I asked her to send me a text with a picture of the ones she uses to make sure I got the right kind.

“I get to [the store] and I cannot find the kind she texted me so I FaceTimed her in the pad aisle and was showing her the section where her brand is to see if I could find another kind.

“About 30 seconds later a woman comes up to me and tells me I am being inappropriate and she was going to report me. Mind you my wife is on video with me this entire time. I tell my wife to text me a backup pad that I could get for her and end the call.

“Right as my wife is texting me, a man (store manager) and a female clerk come up to me with the woman behind them and he asks what I am doing and that he got a complaint that I was behaving inappropriately.”

The man said despite explaining the situation, things escalated even more.

escalate  v. /ˈeskəleɪt/  ~ (sth) (into sth) to become or make sth greater, worse, more serious, etc. （使）逐步扩大，不断恶化，加剧 • The fighting escalated into a full-scale war. 这场交战逐步扩大为全面战争。

“The woman then starts shouting that I was taking pictures of her and I was lying,” he said.

“I showed the manager the texts from my wife and I told him I just wanted to get my wife her pads and leave.

“The manger and the woman went up to the front of the store and the whole time she is screeching to him that he needs to call the police and have me arrested for being a pervert.”

While the woman carried on shouting he said the sales assistant helped him find the item and he was able to go on his way.

He added: “I paid for the pads and left.

“And when I got to the car I cried. A grown ass man crying in his car.

“I have never felt more embarrassed and humiliated in my life. When I told my wife what happened she went pale and hasn’t stopped apologising to me.”

网友评论翻译

Greenfiend: Yeah sure! No town or city mentioned! I’ve bought these and Tampax for my wife and daughter sometimes over the years and nobody gives a damn! 

常见的配方！迷之小镇迷之城市！我给老婆妻子买了多少年卫生棉条，没有一个人diao我。（讽刺假新闻）  Tampax n. 丹碧斯月经棉塞（商标名）

Billwizz  5 HRS AGO

My wife asked me to get her some xl condoms on my way home. It wasn't until I was driving home I remembered I'd had a vasectomy years ago. I still wonder now why she needed them.

vasectomy /vəˈsektəmi/  n. [泌尿] 输精管切除术

我老婆叫我回家顺道买一些大号套套。直到快到家我才意识到我早就做输精管切除手术了。到现在我依旧好奇她要着干啥？

Muffinman 5 HRS AGO

He was so embarrassed by it that he decided to have it put in a national newspaper。

他觉得非常尴尬难堪，所以将这段经历发到全国性的报纸上···

CecilyHolland7 HRS AGO

FAKE NEWS!  Actually no not news just another fake story purloined from reddit

purloin v ./pɜːˈlɔɪn/  /ˈpɜːlɔɪn/   ~ sth (from sb/sth) ( humorous) to steal sth or use it without permission 偷窃；擅自使用

假滴！实际上没有新闻，只是有一则从reddit剽来的假故事。

原文链接：https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/husband-left-tears-after-being-22667946