Just so that everyone is clear, we treat all individual's relationships with RYL as entirely their own business, not to be broadcast or "exposed" in any way to anyone else. People's exposure or concealment of their membership of the site re their families is their own affair, not ours.
Therefore shop orders go out entirely anonymously in plain white padded Jiffy bags which measure approx 6" x 8". The only marking on the bag is the recipients name and address, written in black felt-pen in my own fair (or not so fair) hand. There is no "return to sender" address on the bag. The bags we use are opaque and only by deliberately holding them up against a very bright light can you just perhaps determine that they contain bracelets. Tattoo only orders are sent in a plain white A4 envelope, mixed orders in the usual Jiffy bag. All orders are further sealed with sellotape, so no curious family member can tamper with them.
The exception to the above has to come with overseas orders. I am obliged to attach a Customs Declaration to the standard Jiffy bag. This will typically state that the contents are a gift and are, say, 2 glass bead bracelets, weight .01 kg, value nil. I have to sign and date the Declaration and also to put the senders name and address on the back, which I put as RYL, Magdalen House, Eye, Suffolk. I have no way round this even though I know that it is a bit of a giveaway at the recipients end.
But of course anyone, both in the UK and overseas, can always nominate a friend, together with their name and address, to be the recipient if they feel that their order is sensitive from the family point of view.
I hope all this provides some reassurance for those who need it. Your use of the site is your business. So too is how you deal with your own family if this is sensitive. We can only provide the site while at the same time respecting people's privacy so far as we possibly can. We don't judge. We hope we support.
Tony (don't hesitate to PM me if I can help with your particular order if it is a special case of any sort - we're flexible!)
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