a man couch

I'm happy if there's just a wooden chair or stool available to sit on while she tries on endless variations of clothing etc. I always take a book with me when shopping with SWMBO - gives me something to do while leaning on the wall outside.

Related, but on really on-topic ... NEVER give an opinion when asked "which of these do you prefer?", unless you REALLY hate one of them.

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Originally posted by Dungassin:
I'm happy if there's just a wooden chair or stool available to sit on while she tries on endless variations of clothing etc. I always take a book with me when shopping with SWMBO - gives me something to do while leaning on the wall outside.

Related, but on really on-topic ... NEVER give an opinion when asked "which of these do you prefer?", unless you REALLY hate one of them.

I like them both dear.

well, which one should I buy?

both

mn

Mine hates shopping!

Last time I waited while my daughter tried on clothes, I suggested that they have a chair handy because old people with money, like me, would be inclined to spend more time in their store.

They found me a chair, and it was still out when I went by a couple of weeks later.

I think a more suitable name would be a
Man Creche

I think a more suitable name would be "the pub"

Agree about the seating. On being dragged around:

Don't go and don't have a joint account,

Spend the day dragging them around shops you enjoy. When they tell you they are bored, reply "Now you know what it is like for me every Saturday.",

If somehow you find yourself in a clothes shop being asked "Does my bum look big in this?", reply "Your bum looks big in anything." and be done with it.

Cheers,
OW

Man Creche?

Those pen type things for kids that are full of brightly coloured balls for jumping about on. We should the balls with breasts for the men forced along to these places, I don't think it would such a hardship then.

I use the Apple Shop as a man creche on such occasions.

My wife and I never shop together. When we arrive in town we'll agree a time and place to meet and go our separate ways. She has no interest in where I want to go, i.e. music shops, bookshops and model shops and I have no interest in her shopping. If she wants a second opinion she'll go with a friend. That way she feels no embarrassment at wandering round town for five hours then going back and buying the first pair of shoes she tried on.

If SWMBO and I separate when doing shopping, we always arrange to meet a little later at a specific point. I'll say something like "outside Superdrug in 20 minutes". I usually turn up well within time and am still waiting half an hour later than the appointed time. If I arrive 1 minute late (or even on time) for the meeting, and it's one of the rare occasions when SWMBO is actually already there, I usually get the third degree about "where were you? Why weren't you here?. Of course, I am supposed to say nothing after waiting more than 30 minutes for her. It's why I always take a book with me when we go shopping together.

I try to avoid shopping with her if at all possible. The only times I consent is when I am require as what my brother calls "a shopping Sherpa", or if we're buying furniture or something similar.

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Originally posted by OscillateWildly:
If somehow you find yourself in a clothes shop being asked "Does my bum look big in this?", reply "Your bum looks big in anything." and be done with it.

Asked similar about a thong I replied "Like cheese-wire through blancmange."

She should have known.

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Originally posted by nap-ster:
I think a more suitable name would be "the pub"

This is exactly where I used to go pre Oz and have done a few times since our return.

In Brighton days I'd last about an hour to an hour and a half before I'd give up buy a newspaper and head off to the Basketmakers. These days it's similar in when we shop in Oxford although there are still too many "new to me" pubs to have a regular. For me in Brisbane shopping was hell on earth because there was nothing ... absolutley nothing at all to look at other than more identical shops in some massive tacky mall. Back here I don't mind it as much because usually there are some interesting buildings to look at, a park or a river to walk in/alongside or as mentioned a nice pint of real ale in a proper drinking establishment.

Cheers
Scott

Adam

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Asked similar about a thong I replied "Like cheese-wire through blancmange."

You were trying on thongs?

Jim