Does This Drive You Crazy?

[Foodfuzz]

This is most likely a rhetorical question but here goes. You are shopping with your wife or girlfriend for something YOU want. It can be anything like a baseball cap, sweatshirt, jacket, pants, etc. You locate said item and say, "That's what I'm looking for that's the one." The lady in your life says, "Are you sure?" You know they make that cap with a double bill and a propeller on top." "You know that sweatshirt comes in lavender too." Or, that jacket over there is insulated with elf dust." It says so on the tag." What's inside that Carhartt?" I have to bite my tongue. I know she wants me to be happy with a gift, but, I sometimes feel like I'm speaking a foreign language when I tell her that's what I really want.

[sophie]

Nope, I don't have that problem.

_________
James

[NFrameFred]

You seem to start from a flawed premise to begin with that she actually pays attention to what you say. Women hear what they want to hear - it's not their fault, it's genetic. Having lived in a house with three females for a good portion of my adult life I have come to realize this.

The sooner you realize this will never change the happier you will be.

A man who desperately tries to understand women should have a second option to substitute for this desire . . . go out to the side walk, place your thumb on the concrete and smack it with a 2 pound ball peen hammer. It's more fun and the pain doesn't last nearly as long . . .

[Mickey D]

I go shopping for myself, by myself.

[diamonback68]

Simple, I just don't let her go with me when I'm buying something I want. I get more guns that way too 'cause I wore her out at the first couple gunshows, now I can't pay her to go.

[sps282]

Rule number one...never let them know what you want, it will come to no good in the end.

Rule number two...never let them go shopping with you...unless you like pain & suffering.

[Airpark]

Your shopping sounds like Hyacinth in the PBS Sitcom from England..

"Keeping Up Appearances"

[A10]

Know what drives me nuts?

"This is the song that never ends.
It goes on and on my friends.
Some people started singing it not knowing what it was,
And they'll continue singing it forever just because....."

[tork'd]

now you know why it takes them so long to shop for themselves... and only come home with a bag that could fit in your back pocket after 6 hours...

[mkk41]

Why do I get grief for buying $5 holsters outta the bargain bins at gunshops or at flea markets for guns when "you never wear big guns!" , but she can buy $5 shoes that she admits are too tacky/ugly/uncomfortable and she'd "never wear them in public!"?

[GKC]

I am usually very picky, and I know exactly what I like and don't like or want...although I have made a few impulse buys. However, in most things, I have very specific tastes and preferences. After 34 years of marriage, though, my wife still feels the need to offer "alternatives" when I am buying something that is solely and alone for me, or to critique a purchase that I have already made that is solely and alone for me. That critique is usually prefaced by "Did you want that?" I've learned that "No, I didn't....it jumped in the basket and I didn't notice it until after I had already checked out" isn't a good answer...it just leads to more grief.

Another thing...for many years, we have given each other "lists" of things we'd like to have for birthday or Christmas gifts. Care to guess how many times I have gotten something that is actually on my list?

I guess it is genetic...there certainly isn't any rational explanation otherwise.

[pharmer]

Since this is kumbayaah therapy, let's get honest. Both sexes "edit" conversations. Whatever I'm talking about, my wife hears only the parts she wants to hear. I show her the same courtesy. Keeps me from putting my head in the oven (although it's electric). Joe

[dcxplant]

uh, whazzat?

[ogilvyspecial]

Originally Posted by A10

Know what drives me nuts?

"This is the song that never ends.
It goes on and on my friends.
Some people started singing it not knowing what it was,
And they'll continue singing it forever just because....."

Oh man........I remember that show. I surely do.

[LVSteve]

Originally Posted by mkk41

Why do I get grief for buying $5 holsters outta the bargain bins at gunshops or at flea markets for guns when "you never wear big guns!" , but she can buy $5 shoes that she admits are too tacky/ugly/uncomfortable and she'd "never wear them in public!"?

No, no no. You cannot even think of equating a gun obsession to a woman's thing about shoes. I married into a family of trainee Imelda Marcos clones so I know what I'm talking about here.

On the bright side, it made buying presents pretty easy.

[Ron H.]

Originally Posted by Foodfuzz

This is most likely a rhectorical question but here goes. You are shopping with your wife or girlfriend for something YOU want. It can be anything like a baseball cap, sweatshirt, jacket, pants, etc. You locate said item and say, "That's what I'm looking for that's the one." The lady in your life says, "Are you sure?" You know they make that cap with a double bill and a propeller on top." "You know that sweatshirt comes in lavander too." Or, that jacket over there is insulated with elf dust." It says so on the tag." What's inside that Carhartt?" I have to bite my tongue. I know she wants me to be happy with a gift, but, I sometimes feel like I'm speaking a foreign language when I tell her that's what I really want.

Sir, what you're seeing is the difference between what you want and what she thinks you ought to have. Happens all the time, and it works both ways; you're most likely to see a man do it when shopping for a car for his wife or daughter.

Hope this helps, and Semper Fi.

Ron H.

[ditrina]

Originally Posted by A10

Know what drives me nuts?

"This is the song that never ends.
It goes on and on my friends.
Some people started singing it not knowing what it was,
And they'll continue singing it forever just because....."

Originally Posted by ogilvyspecial

Oh man........I remember that show. I surely do.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...6OGVCdov8#t=1s

[ChattanoogaPhil]

Originally Posted by Foodfuzz

You are shopping with your wife or girlfriend for something YOU want.

Do WHAT???

[P&R Fan]

25 years ago this Christmas was the first one I shared with the future Missus P&R Fan. Back then the 3/4 length denim coats for Women were very popular. She is 4 1/2 years older than me and her sister is 4 1/2 years younger than me. I have NO taste when it comes to picking clothes so I asked her sister to go with me to the mall. I told her what I wanted and she assured me she could find one. We go into the first department store and lo-and-behold there's the perfect coat at a decent price. I said "great, lets get it". My future sister-in-law looked at me in horror and said "no, we need to look around". OK, I'll just follow you.

She drug me around that mall for TWO HOURS!!!

Guess which coat we bought?
Yeah, it was that first one we saw.

I know a lot about Women......I don't understand ANY of it.
Jim

[JJEH]

Shopping with my wife is a breeze... I pick, she pays... or the other way

[zonker5]

Going shopping with your wife is like going hunting with the Game Warden.

[CAJUNLAWYER]

If you are shopping for something YOU want, why would you bring wife, girlfriend, sister, mother or any female for that matter???? For that matter why would you bring anyone. The only exception is if you are going after something big or so truly out there that you need a wingman in case you start to waiver. ie truck-boat-shrunken head-stuffed penguin, etc.

[kozmic]

I don't believe my wife has ever made it 10 minutes shopping with me without rolling her eyes and walking away. My goal is 5 minutes.

[Hillbilly77]

Originally Posted by ditrina

The Song that Never Ends - YouTube

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[LVSteve]

Originally Posted by P&R Fan

25 years ago this Christmas was the first one I shared with the future Missus P&R Fan. Back then the 3/4 length denim coats for Women were very popular. She is 4 1/2 years older than me and her sister is 4 1/2 years younger than me. I have NO taste when it comes to picking clothes so I asked her sister to go with me to the mall. I told her what I wanted and she assured me she could find one. We go into the first department store and lo-and-behold there's the perfect coat at a decent price. I said "great, lets get it". My future sister-in-law looked at me in horror and said "no, we need to look around". OK, I'll just follow you.

She drug me around that mall for TWO HOURS!!!

Guess which coat we bought?
Yeah, it was that first one we saw.

I know a lot about Women......I don't understand ANY of it.
Jim

I freaked out a girlfriend years ago by getting in and out of a busy shoe store in about 12 minutes. I found what I wanted in the right size and paid. What else was there to do?

We were staying with some of my family at the time and she related the story to the other women like it was a bad road accident involving kittens.

[DeathGrip]

Originally Posted by LVSteve

I freaked out a girlfriend years ago by getting in and out of a busy shoe store in about 12 minutes. I found what I wanted in the right size and paid. What else was there to do?

We were staying with some of my family at the time and she related the story to the other women like it was a bad road accident involving kittens.

That's the truth, except the kitten part.

[cowboy45]

Originally Posted by NFrameFred

You seem to start from a flawed premise to begin with that she actually pays attention to what you say. Women hear what they want to hear - it's not their fault, it's genetic. Having lived in a house with three females for a good portion of my adult life I have come to realize this.

The sooner you realize this will never change the happier you will be.

A man who desperately tries to understand women should have a second option to substitute for this desire . . . go out to the side walk, place your thumb on the concrete and smack it with a 2 pound ball peen hammer. It's more fun and the pain doesn't last nearly as long . . .

LOLOLOLOLOLOL!
Thats about the funniest response I have ever read.

You are correct and if the OP listens to yur response, he might live.