Does your significant other go to stores with you?

Verisure said:
I took the liberty of zooming out on your map .....
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Reminds me of a joke;

A couple were Christmas shopping. The shopping center was packed , and as the wife walked through one of the malls she was surprised when she looked around to find that her husband was nowhere to be seen.

She was quite upset because they had a lot to do and she became so worried that she called him on her mobile phone to ask him where he was.

In a quiet voice he said, "Do you remember the jewelers we went into about five years ago where you fell in love with that diamond necklace that we couldn't afford, and I told you that I would get it for you one day?"

The wife choked up and started to cry and said, "Yes, I do remember that shop."

He replied, "Well, I'm in the bar next door."
 

OMG...after a trip to Burlington, you needed a collar!? Gee Pam, sorry it went that way for you...but as they say, a lesson well learned. I hope your neck will continue to feel better.

I was blessed in that my husband loved to shop. Since he was in his late 20's or early 30's, he owned a retail business that sold a variety of things including clothes, hats, oils, music and costume jewelry. That was way before we met. So I learned early on that shopping was his thing. I hated to go with him on his shopping trips to N.Y.C. though. Parking was horrendous and I always had to move the car. I've driven in many cities but I hated driving in Manhattan. Anyway, we enjoyed our other shopping trips from Costco to Dollar Tree to clothing stores to Home stores. We never rushed.
 
In my younger years, I enjoyed shopping. Real department stores were still in their glory and customer service was the rule. People actually dressed up to go shopping. None of that holds today plus the aches and pains of old age take the fun out of strolling through the shops that still exist. Plus........there is nothing I need or want anymore that would engender recreational browsing.
 

Well, My wonderful husband passed away but he would take me places but sit in the truck to wait for me while I shopped.

This is funny! one day He waited outside Walgrens, in the truck, while i ran in to grab a few things.
Cowboy hat, white Dodge pick-up. Other men did the same while their wives shopped.
I ran out of the store, jumped in the truck and said, "Honey, They had a sale on the candy you like,
so I bought a bunch of it for you! Want one now? I reached in the bag and opened his candy bar, gave it to him.
A strange voice said, "Yeah, I like candy!" I looked up and a strange man with a cowboy hat in another
white Dodge pick-up truck was sitting beside me! I got in the WRONG TRUCK!
 
Don M. said:
I expect my wife to be in the stores for some time. If there is a Lowe's/ Home Depot/etc., nearby, I drop her off and go wander a bit on my own. If we're at Walmart, I browse the auto/sports sections while she is doing her thing. "Time" is of little concern.
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Many of us seek refuge in the tool and machine department. Do you remember when they had a couple of chairs in the dress department just for us?
 
Gary O' said:
Reminds me of a joke;

A couple were Christmas shopping. The shopping center was packed , and as the wife walked through one of the malls she was surprised when she looked around to find that her husband was nowhere to be seen.

She was quite upset because they had a lot to do and she became so worried that she called him on her mobile phone to ask him where he was.

In a quiet voice he said, "Do you remember the jewelers we went into about five years ago where you fell in love with that diamond necklace that we couldn't afford, and I told you that I would get it for you one day?"

The wife choked up and started to cry and said, "Yes, I do remember that shop."

He replied, "Well, I'm in the bar next door."
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Oh yes! (y)(y)(y)

O'Shannesy: "How much time do you have today, Gary me' boy?"
Gary: "Oh, at least three hours."
 
Verisure said:
I'm going to let you in on a personal trick of mine and I don't think there is another person on this planet who's figured it out yet. You know those long queues that we all try to avoid? Yeah. Well, I take a closer look at them and often the queue is long only because there are 2, 3, and even 4 friends in a clump but only one is actually purchasing anything. And sometimes it's a woman with a pram who's taking 3 or 4 places. So, once the woman with the pram or the only one in the clump makes his/her purchase the queue shrinks like testicles in ice water! (y)
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I, too, have wisely invested time on that same field of study. I'm guessing you can also spot the one in line who is most likely to use more than one method of purchase.
 
Murrmurr said:
I, too, have wisely invested time on that same field of study. I'm guessing you can also spot the one in line who is most likely to use more than one method of purchase.
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Yes, you're right. All of their items have been tallied up, the shopper behind has got all of his/her goods on the conveyor belt, the cashier looks at them, and then .... only then ... do they start to rummage through their purse/pocket for their money. šŸ¤¬
 
I would much rather go shopping by myself. Hubby is very impatient and everything on my list has to be in the order that the store sells the item. No going back for anything.
I found that I get a little extra time on my own if I give him a cornflake coupon and tell him the sale price. Sometimes the sale and coupon is on 4 boxes but if you bought 5 you can use another coupon , sometimes there is digital coupon involved. Add in the fact that there are 15 size boxes of cornflakes it takes him awhile to figure out the cost per ounce using all the coupons..
He can't resist a good sale. A situation like this can give me a good 20 minutes to restore my sanity.
We do end up with a lot of cornflakes though.
 
Ruth n Jersey said:
..... Hubby is very impatient and everything on my list has to be in the order that the store sells the item. No going back for anything. ....
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Men are (or most are) efficient in nearly everything they do. If you shop systematically you'll never have to go back for anything, you'll be finished likety split, and you'll even find something that wasn't on your list.
 
Verisure said:
Men are (or most are) efficient in nearly everything they do. If you shop systematically you'll never have to go back for anything, you'll be finished likety split, and you'll even find something that wasn't on your list.
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Sometimes you have a certain recipe in mind. You pick up all the ingredients in order and find that the last ingredient is not available. Now you have to go back and get the ingredients for another dish or a substitute ingredient.
Happens quite a bit with shortages we have now.
 
Ruth n Jersey said:
Sometimes you have a certain recipe in mind. You pick up all the ingredients in order and find that the last ingredient is not available. Now you have to go back and get the ingredients for another dish or a substitute ingredient.
Happens quite a bit with shortages we have now.
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Yes, I see what you mean.
 
My grocery shopping I do during the week during the day so the crowds are down and my husband is working. Most of the time when I go shopping my husband declines and would rather sit in the recliner and watch television.
 
A good part of the time my husband and our dog Darla wait in the car while I run in to get a few things that we need. Once in a while I will go walk the mall just to get out and relax by myself. We also order online which makes it so much easier.
 
Yes, my bf takes me shopping almost every week. He shops too so we have a system. I shop with my walker and pile stuff on the seat and he pushes the grocery cart. He likes to shop and knows everyone so people stop to talk to him. The only place he annoys me is at the self check-out. I do all the scanning, even his stuff. At times he will try to tell me what to do and interrupt my routine. By that time, I am getting grumpy because I have been on my feet too long. So best he stay quiet.
 
Gaer said:
Well, My wonderful husband passed away but he would take me places but sit in the truck to wait for me while I shopped.

This is funny! one day He waited outside Walgrens, in the truck, while i ran in to grab a few things.
Cowboy hat, white Dodge pick-up. Other men did the same while their wives shopped.
I ran out of the store, jumped in the truck and said, "Honey, They had a sale on the candy you like,
so I bought a bunch of it for you! Want one now? I reached in the bag and opened his candy bar, gave it to him.
A strange voice said, "Yeah, I like candy!" I looked up and a strange man with a cowboy hat in another
white Dodge pick-up truck was sitting beside me! I got in the WRONG TRUCK!
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I do hope you managed to get out before your husband or the guys wife saw you, could have been a bit
awkward (not to mention embarrassing) explaining to them. šŸ˜
 
most stores no, grocery mostly together. The other day we were at a mall and she wanted to go to Macy's, I walked into a hoppy shop and was looking around. the owner came over and asked if she could help."...."No, I am just looking around, my wife is at macy's." I am sure that is not what she wanted to hear. Then I texted my wife and said take your time, I am in the car with my book.
 
Reading this brought back memories from the past. Years ago my husband and I would go to the supermarket. He insisted on wheeling the cart. As we would be shopping he was never in the same aisle that I was, so I would have to carry the groceries until I could find him with the cart. Luckily they started that you could shop from home and they would deliver the groceries and if you bought a certain item they would deliver the groceries free of charge. I loved it.
 

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