
I was in my early 20s and considering the possibility of becoming sexually active. I didn't want to go to my family doctor for the Pill, because he was also my parents' doctor and I was paranoid that he or his staff might mention it. Therefore, I looked in the phone book and chose an OB/GYN on the far side of town.
First appointment, went in, filled out the paperwork, including that I was not sexually active and had had no previous pregnancies. Nurse reviewed it and went away.
Doctor comes in. "So you want a prescription for the Pill?"
"Yes," I said.
"How many pregnancy scares have you had?"
"None. I've never had sex, I'm just thinking about it, and I want to be on the Pill first," I said.
"You're still a virgin."
"Yes," I said.
"And you want to start taking the Pill before you have sex."
"Yes," I said.
"And you haven't had any pregnancy scares."
"No," I said.
"I don't believe that. I've never had a woman come in here for the Pill without having been scared into doing it."
Now, that's when I should have put on my clothes and walked out, but I was naive, so I just said, "Well, now you have."
He did give me the scrip, and for my foolishness I continued seeing him until I moved out of state. It wasn't until then that I discovered PAP smears don't have to hurt for two days.