Me{"men seem to have problems shopping" Him" no its just boring thats all"

I like going for grocery stores. it may not take much time. But cloth shopping that is boring. Women take a longer time to decide on selection. With me it is different. Whenever I go for selecting clothing I decide it quickly. it depends on the occupation of the male member. If he is in a job involving too much pressure may be he may not be able to accompany for shopping for grocery.

I've always done the shopping so I don't really know what men do. Your discussion reminded me of my ex. He did not do a weekly shop, he would just buy a few items as he needed them. He had no real appetite for food, and could get by eating very little. One thing he would buy....your discussion triggered these thoughts remember (lol), was a single serve packet of lasagne from the frozen foods. It was so delicious. Now I feel like lasagne and it's all your fault.

Personally I have never had a problem sending my husband Grocery shopping and actually he does not mind doing so which is Good. He was single for so many yrs. that he had to do this, and is actually a good shopper when it comes to getting things in the house that we really need. As for other things, it does depend on his mood. If he knows we are buying things for the house, or if he can also look at things he wants then it is easier to get him to want to go. But with all my Health problems I am glad that he is so helpful for sure.

well, my dad didn't exactly enjoy shopping, but if he did it, he stuck to the list (except he might get Hostess cupcakes or Little Debbie Swiss Rolls.) but mom didn't enjoy it either, so she wanted to go to a clothes store and get WHAT she wanted and get OUT ASAP! The best thing she ever found was an outlet store of her favorite brand! Granted, she had to drive to San Marcos to go there, but she KNEW she'd like (and fit in) most of the clothes! Last time we went, we had my mom, the roomie and her mom. The gal at the store thought she had 3 generations - that my mom was my roomie's mom... and we were the daughters - the roomie had to dispel that idea... Funny thing is that my mom was only about 5'1 and so am I and the roomie and her mom are both about 5'10... I guess that beats those who think I'M the roomie's mom!!! (must be the white hairs)

My b/f always goes and sits on the benches with the other men when he goes to the mall with me and the girls. He likes to get what he needs and go while me and the girls like to look at stuff when we shop. I think it might actually be a man thing. He does really well with grocery shopping..he even goes sometimes by himself..but when it comes to the mall...well...he usually doesn't go with us anymore

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I think men go out and buy the exotic things so we will get mad and refuse to let them shop. Some partners may even scold them for doing it "wrong".It makes it easy to get out of it.

My husband doesn't really like shopping but if I ask him to go he will get what I ask him to get and either nothing else or not much else. When I hand him a list he gets what is on the list that is it. When I go with him shopping he just follows me around. He tells everyone he is just there to carry the bags and laughs. He does not rush me and when I say I'm ready to go he will ask am I sure. He is pretty good about it 99% of the time. But then I don't like to go that much so it's not like I go all the time.

hi hatley.... i agree with you that men buy many unnecessary things when they go shopping ...they hardly care for budget..may it be grocery or dome other thing...i always do it myself...and also while purchasing clothes etc..i don't go with him as they are not at all interested in our women things and they just find it boring...even you won't find them helpful in choosing anything...so why spoil your mood ..its wonderful thing to meet somewhere at the end of the shopping and enjoy together...

Hiya Hatley, Oh a big no no for Men in this House to do any shopping for me as they always bring me what I don´t want (grin). They also spend way too much on things that they take a whim and fancy to as well. As they go by the Shelves they just start shoving everything into their Basket no wonder the Stores make a fortune with them. My Husband is the most patient as well he won´t buy anything fancy if he is with me he will pick it up look over it and then say nah for another time. He is watching his waistline more than me actually. I watch my waistline but not too much not to extremes anyway. I put them the odd Chocolate Bar in now and then and that way it comes more of a surprise and they don´t take it for granted not that they say thank you either but I know its appreciated. Most times I prefer to go on my own as I come back with only what is needed and that´s it. There are Men here that put their Basket in the queue and go walking off and think that they can come back a bit later say half an hour and just get back into the queue like nothing has happened. It seems the Basket keeps their place for them. Me quite honestly Hatley I just cannot be bothered to argue with them but they seem hell bent on arguing with someone so they wait for another Woman to start protesting which they often do. One or two Men where I go take it too seriously more than us Women and they cause a lot of trouble. Then there is a Morrocan Man here he always complains when there is only one Cashier for all of us but he is very funny and really his bark is worse than his bite (grin).xxx Take care Hatley luvya.xxx

For me, it's a money thing. When budget is tight, and I know that I only have so much to spend on groceries, then it becomes a chore. But, if money was not a problem, then I think I would be like your late husband. I would love grocery shopping, but half of things in my cart would be something 'exotic'!

Hiya Hatley! Hubby is very good at grocery shopping. Every month we do a big shop and he gets bits we run out of from (either) the corner shop or the bigger store over the road. He never complains. In fact, he makes a point of asking me what I want. Dad, on the other hand goes shopping for Mum whilst she's at work and he hates it. Always moans even when he's brought home something decent (which is rare in their area as the shops aren't great..they're desperate for a bigger supermarket) so I can't really comment on the "genes." As for clothes shopping, however, I cannot remember the last time John bought himself some clothes..and my Dad's the same. He sends my Mum lol.

hell Maam Hatley, contrary to popular belief I love shopping although I prefer earning the money to buy stuff more, but just a little bit LOL. Since I love to cook, I am sort of more like your husband, buying exotic food, spices and condiments that's good to experiment with. I love to hang around the hardware looking for tools, DIYs, home improvement stuff, small gadgets for emergency situations saving energy and out door, if it's wife's turn to buy the basics then I just remain patient and bare with her and the children. Oh my view, I'm budget conscious so i seldom over spend, I just buy what i can afford and categorize what the most important things to buy.

As part of the male population, I also don't really like waiting on girls doing their shopping spree. Most males tend to already have what they would buy if they go over the shopping store. With girls, this is not the case, as women generally tend to move from one place to another checking on clothes and stuff. We are very direct in term of our buying habits. I don't have problems with shopping but I hate it's time consuming ways and infinite walking spree attached to it. Regarding the grocery list, I always don't want to roam around the place that's why a list is really needed if I will do the grocery shopping. Well, I'm just saying what I feel in this case and it shall not represent or generalize the male population. Just my two cents in here!

My first husband still hates having to shop, and often drags our daughter (who I taught to shop) with him. My last boyfriend claimed to do it himself (like I believed that!), and my current boyfriend loves to shop, but is an impulse shopper (though he's learning!) that needs to be on a tighter leash. All I want to do is be like my mom--she would go shopping, bring in the bags of perishables, and my dad would bring in the rest of the groceries. I'd LOVE to be waited on like that!

Men are rather impatient. Also when my husband and I were shopping, he wanted to go around the outer aisle of the store and if he did not find anything to buy there, it was not there. As a result (this is before he got sick), I had to go out later to get what I wanted and that was not very often. Oh and grocery shopping. WE never had enough toilet paper, or meat, or stuff for cleaning, but when it came to vegetables and salad stuff well they cost too much. I had to practically sneak it into the grocery cart. He did get better when he started to get the als, but by then I was doing much of the shopping myself.

I have to say even being female...i HATE shopping. I'd rather send someone else to get it but i dont have someone else to send unless i ask my mom or sisters to do it. No main male presence in my life right now. I have found though that some men are way better at sticking to lists...and others they want to get out so bad they miss half the list! My dad used to drop us off at the mall or walmart...and he'd head off to princess auto or peavy mart or one of the tractor/farm supply stores. We'd be done long before he was because he liked looking at those...groceries and clothes he didnt really care.

Shopping, grocery or otherwise is not boring per se. Shopping with females is boring, usually A man goes shopping for a need. Women go shopping and get lost because they are distracted by anything and everything. For example, I go to Walmart to buy something. I head for the item, get it and go straight to the checkout and I am done. The girls go into the store for an item, and an hour later they have other things in their cart and still have not picked up the item they went into the store for. Yep, it's a gender thing

I love shopping. However, I believe the only difference, is that I love shopping when I do have plan of purchasing something right there and then. My style would be knowing what I would like to buy and then go to the stores that would be selling this item so that I could get the best option and then come back during the second visit. Unlike my partner, who roams around the whole shopping mall just for the sake of checking out anything and ended up with nothing to actually purchase in mind. And if she does have something to purchase in mind like let say a shoes, she really doesn't know what she like so we will end up going in circle again and ended up not being able to buy anything. Well, I believe, men want it straight forward when it comes to shopping. IThat it just my opinion though. Have a good day.

My husband hates most types of shopping especially the browsing around female variety because he is like a lot of men I know; he likes to know what he needs to buy, walk in the store, make his purchase and leave because he sees no purpose in looking around aimlessly, as he puts it. He doesn’t mind grocery shopping because in his mind that is an activity with a purpose. I do agree that if he comes food shopping with me I will inevitably spend more than I budgeted!