Our Story
The idea of the condom necklace first appeared in 2010, after a night out together with our friends. After a couple of hours the conversation led us in to talking about sex and one of our friends shared a story of meeting a person in a bar which our friend later that night decided to follow home. One thing led to another and suddenly they found themselves in the bedroom. Our friend, who is a very anticipating person, had brought a condom - just in case. The problem now was that the clothes had come off already in the living room, and the condom was in the pants pocket. The awkwardness of having to bring up the topic of a condom as well as having to get up naked and exposed to go get it in the other room, resulted in the condom remaining unused for the night.
Our other friends confirmed similar self experienced stories. One of the said: “I never use a condom, it is just in the way.” Another was afraid of getting comments such as: “what are you planning to get?” and everyone agreed that it is uncomfortable to bring it up. “How and what should I say?”
The night came to an end and as we walked home we wondered why the condom brings forth such strong feelings of awkwardness and unease. Shouldn’t it rather be a signal of responsibility? Why is is so uncomfortable to talk about? The more we talked the more we came to understand that it is the actual talking that results in the condom not being used and when it is needed it is not always within reach.
Then and there, a late summer night on a deserted street on Söder, the idea of Feeling Lucky and the #condomnecklace as its obvious product, was born.
