Sex and the City. We’ve all heard of it, watched it, or even talked about it in some capacity. It follows the lives of a few fabulous women making their way in sex, love, fashion, and friendship in NYC. Though its run on TV has ended, their origin tale is still in production on The Carrie Diaries, which follows the unique story of Carrie Bradshaw upon her introduction to city life. 

There are some pretty wild rumors floating around about what counts as birth control. Below is a list of seven of them. Don’t feel badly if you’ve believed any of these…it can be hard to sort out fact from fiction when it comes to sex. Do, however, take the time to double check your knowledge, and if you hear your friends perpetuating any of these, set them straight:

Pick up your wallet, take out the cash, hand it to the cashier…ah, if only buying condoms were that easy!  But as you may imagine, this purchase can come along with healthy dose of both confusion and embarrassment.  To help with that, here’s your play by play: