Married Men Doing Grocery Shopping

[pharvey]

I enjoy the shopping, much faster on my own!

And cheaper

Most things are on your own.....

[dozer]

Jeez, it seems to be a growing trend

Supermarket bromance: More men are shopping
An increasing number of men are sharing grocery responsibilities, while some are even taking on a majority of the shopping load.

http://money.msn.com/personal-finance/s ... e-shopping

[StevePIraq]

^ That's what I do, I was and engineer so I'm very logical and organized (hence my unhappiness living in Thailand) so I make a list asking my wife what she needs and I go shopping and enjoy it. Since marrying a Thai woman and retireing here I have a sad life so grocery shopping is the highlight of my week...

HHF maybe it's the right time to start a club, "Sad retired engineers of Hua Hin",
we could get together once a week, make shopping lists and plan weekly shopping trips, do our shopping in gangs with lines of trolleys causing chaos at Makro, maybe even get some leather biker jackets and come up with our own colors.

What a sad life, time for another beer.

[Terry]

Don't know what all the fuss is about....................

I'm in BKK Sunday evening until Friday afternoon / evening. I often pop into Villa in Soi 24 to get 'my' bits for the week on a Sunday evening.

Mrs.T shops for the restaurant all week - either at Makro or at the Market.

Not uncommon for both of us and sometimes me alone (to give her a break) - to go to Makro and get the 'heavy stuff'.

I'm a bit indifferent about it, but it's no big deal.

[STEVE G]

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[StevePIraq]

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Question, son or husband in the trolley?

[STEVE G]

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Question, son or husband in the trolley?

I don't know but it's clearly not a Hua Hin retiree "living the dream" in Market Village Tesco's.

[hhfarang]

I went to Tesco shopping on my own today... the only problem was that when I left home there were about 3 things the missus needed and the rest was stuff I went for. While there, the phone kept ringing every 5 minutes adding 3 more things until finally I had a trolley full and turned off my phone!

Can't a guy even grocery shop in peace!

[margaretcarnes]

@margaretcarnes

Sexist drivel, pure and simple!

You got it Korky!

[Big Boy]

Just back from Tesco, where I vented my favourite rant

Our smallest dog somehow slipped his collar overnight, and decided to shred it with his teeth. We were walking past the pet supplies aisle, so I thought buy him a new on, even though the cost will be 5 times more than the 20 Baht shop....... Tesco have re-organised again - not there.

I won't follow the corporate plan and play their stupid games by going off in search of the item. I'm afraid he'll be without collar now until we pass the 20 Baht shop.

How on Earth can men enjoy shopping in a store whose policy is hide and seek?

[dtaai-maai]

Goodness me, BB, your life is truly full of woes...

[Big Boy]

Very little makes me lose my cool, but supermarkets wanting to play hide & seek is one of them - probably the biggest actually. I find the fact that 84% of the male members of this forum actually enjoy their stupid games absolutely amazing.

Idiot drivers I accept because they've never been properly trained, but supermarkets blatantly train their staff to confuse.

[STEVE G]

I'm with you on that one BB, it's the main reason why I hardly ever go to large supermarkets anywhere, I can't be bothered hunting for things. It's like here where I work in Europe, I stay in a hotel at the moment so I only need the odd thing like toothpaste and other toiletries and it drives me up the wall trying to find them.

[PeteC]

^ I agree. They treat people like lab rats. I've never experienced that anywhere before, certainly not in the west. Carrefour here used to be the master of chicanery and change aisles and products overnight about every 3 months. I assume Big C has taken up the habit now as well. I used to shop more before than now and it used to drive me batty when they did that. I voted with my feet and frequented places back then that didn't do it, or didn't do it too much. Pete

[Big Boy]

In fairness to local supermarkets, the system is just as frustrating in the UK. The theory being that while you're searching for a dog collar, whilst pushing your oversize trolley, you just might add a few more items. Not me, if Mrs BB didn't have me on a tight leash, I'd be out of there.