Shopping hours are an eternity. My friend and I go shopping with our wives. We pick out what we like and buy it and are done. Then we go and have cocktails while we wait for what seems like an eternity while our wives shop. Just a difference in decision making.
I used to have to do shopping with my mother. My father would wait in the car where he could watch the pretty girls go buy, I had to go in the store, sit on the little stool or couch, and hold her purse. My father got the best deal of it.
Going shopping, for something you don’t want, with someone who whined to get you to come, in a store that has nothing that interests you, and your required to pay for it takes forever.
Could be my life experience but I discovered the difference between NEED & WANT long ago. Needs are essential to life and are quickly consumed or utilized. Wants tend to pile up in closets, garage, attic, storage shed, and end up in resale shops or landfill. To be CONTENT with what I have also stretches my limited income.
Problem solved Earl! China has come up with this … https://www.timesnownews.com/viral/china-introduces-husband-storage-pods-in-malls-for-lengthy-shopping-trips-article-90281873
I like to shop, although I’ve gotten pickier over the years, and don’t buy as much as I used to. I can drive myself, I earn my own money, and my husband only comes along if he wants to.
I think women who do the shopping in families should take a few months off of any shopping. Let’s see how the household runs. Maybe a whole year, give the rest of the family a little time to learn how difficult it can be.
My stepdad was one of those rare men who LOVED to go shopping. The only place he refused to go into was the fabric store (after the time the cutting table ladies ignored him, thinking he was “just there with someone”). He’d take mom there, but then he’d sit in the car with his Kindle.
Shopping hours are like the last two minutes of a football game; tied score, both teams have all their time-outs and the network has a bunch more commercials to run. I’m glued to the TV, so I figure it’s only fair…
My father loved to go shopping, while my mother did not. On visits to see my parents after I was living on my own, my father enjoyed taking me to the local shopping center (this was in pre-mall America) and had fun helping me pick out clothes. He had a great eye for what would look good on me!
“When you sit with a nice girl for two hours you think it’s only a minute, but when you sit on a hot stove for a minute you think it’s two hours. That’s relativity.” Attributed to A. Einstein
C about 2 years ago
That they are
cleokaya about 2 years ago
Shopping hours are an eternity. My friend and I go shopping with our wives. We pick out what we like and buy it and are done. Then we go and have cocktails while we wait for what seems like an eternity while our wives shop. Just a difference in decision making.
Ryan B Premium Member about 2 years ago
And the hours increase double inside the purse stores.
Templo S.U.D. about 2 years ago
On my most recent grocery run on my day-off therefrom, one co-worker jokingly said to me that I overstayed my welcome.
Uncle Kenny about 2 years ago
I used to have to do shopping with my mother. My father would wait in the car where he could watch the pretty girls go buy, I had to go in the store, sit on the little stool or couch, and hold her purse. My father got the best deal of it.
Concretionist about 2 years ago
Earl’s right about this one!
nicka93 about 2 years ago
Going shopping, for something you don’t want, with someone who whined to get you to come, in a store that has nothing that interests you, and your required to pay for it takes forever.
iggyman about 2 years ago
You go to the mall (if you still have one) and you see the men sitting in the chairs while their wives are out shopping!
rekam Premium Member about 2 years ago
My brother is a browser when we go into a store. I’m his sister and it drives me nuts.
Bullet Bronson Premium Member about 2 years ago
Shopping hours are longer for men than they are for women. That was proven by Einstein’s Theory of Relativity.
pcolli about 2 years ago
I go to the store, get what’s on the list & come home on the next bus.
scote1379 Premium Member about 2 years ago
I’ve always considered J.C. Penney’s a twilight zone , My late Wife would say to me in and out 15mins tops , 1hr. 45mins. Later still no sigh of her !
Thechildinme about 2 years ago
Could be my life experience but I discovered the difference between NEED & WANT long ago. Needs are essential to life and are quickly consumed or utilized. Wants tend to pile up in closets, garage, attic, storage shed, and end up in resale shops or landfill. To be CONTENT with what I have also stretches my limited income.
Doug K about 2 years ago
It seems like he had a full head of hair before they left home.
andrew5 about 2 years ago
Amen to that.
I’m pooped just thinking about it.
More Coffee Please! Premium Member about 2 years ago
You got that right!
mckeonfuneralhomebx about 2 years ago
Older people need naps, I look forward to it daily.
cdward about 2 years ago
It’s true! I can survive 45 minutes in a mall before having to evacuate.
Rob Langevoort about 2 years ago
Problem solved Earl! China has come up with this … https://www.timesnownews.com/viral/china-introduces-husband-storage-pods-in-malls-for-lengthy-shopping-trips-article-90281873
Redd Panda about 2 years ago
The shopping hours phenomenon depends on what it is, that you’re shopping for.
Clothes, shoes or wallpaper? Yup.
Tools, boats or motorcycles? Nope.
ANIMAL about 2 years ago
Yeah…… I HEAR ya..!!!!!! – - – - Worse than DOG years…….
Zebrastripes about 2 years ago
Ugh! I hate to shop! It’s the loading, and unloading and putting away that gets me
MIHorn Premium Member about 2 years ago
I like to shop, although I’ve gotten pickier over the years, and don’t buy as much as I used to. I can drive myself, I earn my own money, and my husband only comes along if he wants to.
rickmac1937 Premium Member about 2 years ago
Got that right
Wichita1.0 about 2 years ago
Cosmic Truth # 135.
swanridge about 2 years ago
Sooooo true!!
snowedin, now known as Missy's mom Premium Member about 2 years ago
I’m with Earl; I hate to shop!
mistercatworks about 2 years ago
Well, the shopping “hers” are longer.
Moonkey Premium Member about 2 years ago
I think women who do the shopping in families should take a few months off of any shopping. Let’s see how the household runs. Maybe a whole year, give the rest of the family a little time to learn how difficult it can be.
phboles about 2 years ago
Yup!
TheTrueNorth about 2 years ago
https://www.pcmag.com/news/chinese-mall-introduces-husband-storage-pods
zeexenon about 2 years ago
Yes, like dog years, except they were octopus (not to be confused with Octomom).
anomalous4 about 2 years ago
My stepdad was one of those rare men who LOVED to go shopping. The only place he refused to go into was the fabric store (after the time the cutting table ladies ignored him, thinking he was “just there with someone”). He’d take mom there, but then he’d sit in the car with his Kindle.
mwksix about 2 years ago
Shopping hours are like the last two minutes of a football game; tied score, both teams have all their time-outs and the network has a bunch more commercials to run. I’m glued to the TV, so I figure it’s only fair…
David Huie Green LosersBlameOthers&It'sYOURfault about 2 years ago
It adds hours to your life. You just lived an extra 7 in one. Well, LIVED may be overstating it a mite, but you felt it slowly pass….
stillfickled Premium Member about 2 years ago
I enjoy going to the grocery store by myself.
Christine Morgan Premium Member about 2 years ago
Me being dragged along to go grocery shopping with my husband! He likes to go several times a week.
christelisbetty about 2 years ago
Yet plopping in front of the TV for a six hour football game…………….
MarshaOstroff about 2 years ago
My father loved to go shopping, while my mother did not. On visits to see my parents after I was living on my own, my father enjoyed taking me to the local shopping center (this was in pre-mall America) and had fun helping me pick out clothes. He had a great eye for what would look good on me!
kaycstamper about 2 years ago
I agree, Earl, and I have a 2 1/2 hour commute to shop! Hate it…
Sailor46 USN 65-95 about 2 years ago
Much longer, especially at a fabric store, now time speeds up in the Hardware store, it’s an unexplained phenomenon.
w16521 about 2 years ago
Earl is so right! Shopping with the wife for an hour feels like a full day’s work.
RetVet24 about 2 years ago
“When you sit with a nice girl for two hours you think it’s only a minute, but when you sit on a hot stove for a minute you think it’s two hours. That’s relativity.” Attributed to A. Einstein