Do couples really need to run ERRANDS together?

My husband and I run errands together all the time. He works all week and works late a lot, so that is the time we get to spend together. It's not that we are inseparable, but we enjoy being with each other.

do couples really need to do that....no. but it all depends if that is the only time they can be together so they make most of it. in a busy world every single one of us have, if we can only be together for an hour then couples makes the best of it. me and my wife is unseperable too and whats funny even now that we have a child we even drag him along with us. we go to market together, go to the grocery together, we go to pick up prescribed meds together. as long as it is possible to be together then we make it possible. if we can not go out together then it is okay. i dont see anything wrong with that.

Uh oh...my beloved and I are guilty of just that...we run most errands together! Believe it or not, its some of the only alone time we get! Our daughter spends part of Saturday with friends so off we go to the Dry Cleaners, Pet Supply Store, Grocery Store etc! We aren't inseperable but our schedules don't mesh that well during the week. And it makes it abit more fun if we can be together and get things done at the same time. During the week, I see him at breakfast which is a hurried event and then at dinnertime, it's family time and then homework and bathtime and bedtime and then he's off to work again. So most Saturdays when our daughter's playing at friends we are together and can talk about just about everything and anything! And we still hold hands even tho we've been together for many years so many people who meet us for the first time think we are a new couple...NO PDA tho unless hand holding counts...lol. It's generally a safe bet to address the women since she's the one who usually organizes the chores and grocery lists etc. Most men forget how to do some of these things once married or coupled...lol

I agree it is pointless for both people to always need to go to run do things. My husband is like this he always wants me to go with him. Actually in my situation is its a control thing he is not wanting to give me anytime alone and in doing so is pushing me furhter away but thats a whole nother topic lol. I think if i was in your situation in a work setting i would just automatically talk to the girl first in the situation there was a couple there together too.

I really don't understand why you use the word need. That almost makes it sound like you think that one can't do anything without the other when in a relationship. The whole point of being in a relationship is because you enjoy the person's company, right? Everyone can take care of themselves on their own; singles like you do it every day! It's not about need; it's about want. Why get a boyfriend, girlfriend, wife, or husband if you don't want to be with the person? What's so bad about being inseparable? How is enjoying someone's company and spending as much time with them as possible a bad thing? You ask why; I ask why not? To answer the question, yes, I do things with my husband when he doesn't really need me around. I'm content with staying in the car if he is only going to be a few minutes, but I will also walk in with him if I am bored or we're having an interesting discussion that I don't want to finish yet. If you haven't noticed, sitting in the car isn't exactly the most entertaining thing in the world, haha! I suppose a laundry mat isn't either, but I find that something as simple as walking around makes the time pass quicker compared to just sitting there doing nothing. Also, if I am out on my own, I have no problem picking things up by myself. Like I said, it isn't about need. When it comes to not knowing who to speak to, I normally just ask, "So who is paying for this today?" or something similar. I can see how that would get annoying if neither wanted to approach you and make it clear who is taking care of what.

We do run errands as a family. and we take the 2 teenagers along. We grocery shop together, We pray together. We are all independent but people have forgotten "FAMILY". So many people are worried about making money and they forget to take time out to spend with family. And because we work for people that really do not care about family we spend time togther by running errands.That is not where all our time is spent together,But when you have fulltime jobs and you work 1hr from home,not to menton late hours..YOU SPEND TIME WHERE YOU CAN FIND IT. I look at it like this we will stand in line together to pay bills. People fight over whose turn it is and that will not happen with us because it is always both of our turn. The only way we do it alone is someone is sick. We enjoy it! We usually go out to eat afterwards we make it fun.

I run errands with my partner all the time. It's quite enjoyable really. I work 40 hours a week and my partner works 20 hours a week and is in school part time so I don't get to see them much. Running errands together gives us time to see each other in our downtime so I'd prefer to run errands together when we're both feeling up to it.

When we were both working often running errands together was the only time we had to chat, mostly about the kids, so we considered it our weekly date, had breakfast out and then did all the errands. There may be many reasons why couples come in together. The reason you probably address the female in a time of questions is that somewhere in your upbringing the female was in charge of the maintenance of the clothing.

I agree that it's not necessary to run the errands with your spouse but it does make simple and boring tasks a lot more fun and interesting when I'm with my lover.

I personally know a lot of couple like that, in fact many of them are friends of mine. Anyway, I really find couples who couldn't part even for a very short while to do errands as clingy and needy couples. They strike me as people who lack the confidence to deal with other people without their BF/GF around. Of course a partner boosts one's confidence up a LITTLE notch but it is still nice to see a confident person even without a BF/GF clinging to him or her.

My husband and I like to go grocery shopping together because we have such different tastes in food that it's almost impossible for one person to do the shopping and still produce meals we'll both enjoy. On our way to the grocery store, we'll often stop places like the post office, library, etc. and get all our errands done at once. It's just easier and gives us time to talk and unwind after a busy day. As far as cashiering and addressing the man or woman: I don't know your personality, but when I was a cashier I was pretty outgoing and I joked with my customers all the time. It was easiest for me to just address the women so that the men wouldn't think I was flirting with them and the women wouldn't hate me for it. Talking as a woman with other women made the whole situation much more comfortable. The only exception I made was when the women were overwhelmed and distracted with kids or something, and then I would intentionally not say things especially cute or charming when I addressed the guys. It made sure no one got the wrong idea, and honored my husband at the same time. I saved my smiles for him :)

I am a very independent woman also but I understand running errands together. We have such busy lives that sometimes even doing mundane things together is enjoyable. It seems like these are some of the few moments we have to talk to each other. Also sometimes I think it is good for a person to see what the other person has to do to keep a household running smoothly. I think mostly it is the time together that counts.

my girlfriend is not protective to me even we not countinously seeing anyother but we still can manage our relationship and is all fine, and wonder if us get any problem we can pind a conclution with our cold head.

me and my gf do as much together as possible. since i work and we don't see each other all day we will go every where together when were not apart. i love being with her all the time

The only tome we do is when we both need something from somewhere. Otherwise, I run the errands.

Probably not. My husband and I used to run errands together. Mostly grocery shopping. He never really helped with the actual shopping though. As soon as we'd get to the store, he'd head straight for the magazine rack leaving me to shop all alone. LOL I didn't mind though. I kind of preferred it. The one thing I liked about going together was the drive. It can get kind of lonely by myself. However, now I just take one of my kids with me instead and I'm not lonely anymore! LOL Happy mylotting!

in your case, i'd address the person closest to the counter coz that's the person who's likely to settle the bill. hehe i am such a romantic i think that being together even on small errands would be nice for couples. shopping or paying bills, keeping the other some kind of company while waiting in line. such mundane tasks can be made enjoyable when you have someone to share it with. dull moments doing stuff alone can be made pleasant with company with you. i'm recently single and have been very independent since i was a kid. but i wouldn't turn down the company of a friend/bf/spouse if there's an opportunity to spend time with them.

When I was living with my ex-boyfriend, we hardly ever ran errands together. We usually divided the errands between us, and one of us often picked up the things we needed on the way back from work. Sometimes we went grocery shopping together if we needed to buy a lot of things, but most of the time we went to the shops alone. I am in another relationship now, and my husband and I often run errands together. We live in the countryside, there is a grocery shop in our village but no other shops. When we want to buy other things etc we have to go to the nearest town. We like to go together, because then we can talk in the car, it is a little boring to go alone.

We usually do shopping errands together, groceries and stuff like that, but quite often one of us will just stop on our way home from work. If I have to go to the bank or pick something up I'll usually just do it on my lunch hour. But if he has to go pick up something like a car part and I'm with him I wait in the car. I don't care about car parts, the part is not for me, why do I need to follow him into the car part store? Same goes for little things like running into the ATM, it doesn't take two people. BUT if it's dark out or late at night he comes in with me. Our bank is in a kind of scummy part of town and he doesn't like the idea of me going in there alone, which I appreciate.

Hi What a question?I love it..Anyways, me and my huband used to go to the shops together be it picking up drycleaning or if something required a hand.Otherwise,we don't go together especially,now that we have kids. It is much of a problem,to take kids out of the car seats and then strap them back. But I think,it is just very common for couples to walk together,unless they've had a arguement or something. I think it is a great observation. Hope this helps!!!!