You shop. I'll play.
By p1kef1sh
@p1kef1sh (45681)
October 21, 2008 5:10am CST
When I go food shopping with my wife I am invariably told at the supermarket door that I can "go and play". This is her way of telling me that appreciated though I am she would rather shop without a 50 year old child running amok down the aisles. Throwing things we don't need into the trolley/cart and, at this time of year, frightening the real children by donning a Halloween mask and making silly noises. So I go and look at all the technological wizardry on display. Fiddle with the CDs, watch some TV (about the only time that I do), if I've got a few pennies I'll buy a cup of tea, open and close washing/dishwashing machine doors and be a general nuisance. After 20 minutes or so I then set off through the store trying to find my beloved. This is a principal form of aerobic exercise for me, coupled with loud sniffs and sobs as I realise that she just HAS to have left without me. Then I see her, my heart resumes it's normal pace and I get told off for sticking that bar of choccy in the cart that my waist really does not need. So here is my plea to Supermarket owning myLotters. Please install an adult creche. Let's have a ball park, a "take something technical apart" bit, perhaps. If we must, a newspaper or two and a TV. An Xbox or similar would be good. Then our shopping wives would know just where to find us and could come and take us way when they've finished their shopping - perhaps via the check out so that we can pay and be brought back down to earth!
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44 responses
@Humbug25 (12540)
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21 Oct 08
Oh p1kef1sh you are a one!
I think that you and your wife have such an understanding relationship and you sure know where your place is!!! 
. I think a creche for the guys is definately a good idea as I too am very much like your wife, prefer to shop on my own!
. I think a creche for the guys is definately a good idea as I too am very much like your wife, prefer to shop on my own!
@cinderella2007 (2662)
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21 Oct 08
ha ha hilarious!!! I can just imagine all the trouble you get into!! As you say, Boss probably enjoys not having you running amok, she wants to focus on what she needs so that she can get out and go home before the frozen stuff defrosts!!
Maybe supermarkets should have seats that fasten you in (so that you cant escape and wonder off) and you have to stay their doing nothing until she has paid (bit like a naughty seat but obviously you dont have to be naughty to sit there!! lol)
Having a creche would be good, but to have an adult creche that is just too much to cope with!!!
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
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21 Oct 08
You could be the creche supervisor Cinders. No? A large child seat might be one option although I have sometimes been told to keep one hand on the trolley so that she knows where I am. But that gives me some range still. One of my favourite tricks is to take her by the arm, lift her slightly and then run us down the aisle. Even she laughs at that! Do they do that in Sheffield supermarkets? If not I must get up there and demonstrate!
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@cinderella2007 (2662)
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21 Oct 08
I would love be creche supervisor but unfortunately thyy wouldnt be able to pay me enough!! lol
Maybe a large child seat in the trolley, that would be good!!! You will have to come and demonstrate in the Sheffield supermarkets, just not in my supermarket!!!
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@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
21 Oct 08
Oh P1ke I am laughing so much here the tears are running down my Cheeks as I am sitting here just imagining it and feeling sorry for your poor Wife lol
I have to say though if I saw it I would be so busy laughing I would not be able to shop lol
Thank you for the good Laugh I certainly needed that lol
You and Gissi would make a right pair lol xx
@p1kef1sh (45681)
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21 Oct 08
I aim to please Gabs. But why not? Look at the faces of the men as they shop. Do they look like they are having a good time? Do the women for that matter! I used to go to department stores with The Boss whilst she went shopping for clothes etc. I used to go and wait in the appropriate place - the lingerie - but it ruined my complexion. I kept getting my face slapped. I didn't know that I was NOT supposed to linger there. Wondered why there were always half dressed women about. I thought that it was to entertain the men! (and if you believe that...)
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@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
21 Oct 08
I could never take my husband shopping when I was married. I'm very frugal and barely filled half the cart for us and the two boys. When my ex went along, we'd need a second cart! And we spend more than my entire budget for the month when he went shopping with me! Usually, I'd find that when I got home we had a lot of groceries but really not much to make a meal out of--maybe 2-4 meals came out of that shopping trip and my menus were irrelevant at that point.
So, all you guys--stay home!!
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
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21 Oct 08
LOL. Were we married to each other? LOL. I'm not a bad shopper on my own. I spot the bargains better apparently. But together I regress to a child like state. I would stay at home and sometimes do. But she doesn't drive and we've usually given the chauffeur the day of so I have to take her. She does get a taxi home sometimes if she shops in town.
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@thebohemianheart (8827)
• United States
21 Oct 08
*LOL* oh, pikey, you are a big child, aren't you?
coupled with loud sniffs and sobs as I realise that she just HAS to have left without me. Then I see her, my heart resumes it's normal pace
Now this sounds like hubby. He says he gets scared when he realizes no adults are around. Meaning he has wondered off and can't find me anywhere.
Men are such little boys, sometimes.*L*
You may just have a good idea though. If there was one place for the guys to go to do all the things they wander around the store doing, it would make the wives jobs finding them a lot easier.
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@Munchkin547 (2778)
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21 Oct 08
Haha, you sound just like me, i hate shopping at the supermarket, i much prefer the electronic and music bits! I think it might be a good idea but it would mean i would never ger any of my shopping done - so i think they should be put everywhere apart from preston!! lol xxx
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@Munchkin547 (2778)
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21 Oct 08
I'm a good shopper- brilliant bargain hunter but i absolutely hate food shopping!! supermarkets freak my out a bit!! lol this is why i need a nice man in my life to take care of these tedious tasks for me!! lol (am not sure whether it's a man or a butler i'm really looking for!!) xxx
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@chertsy (3798)
• United States
30 Oct 08
I don't have to worry about that, my husband stays home when I go shopping. Now when I go with him, it would be nice to have an area for him to park his butt so I could get what I needed and not have to worry about what he's going to put in the cart. The xbox 360 with tons of games would be good, along with other people to play with him. Maybe a batting cage would ge good as well. Just things to keep him busy. Then when the wives are ready to go home, she can go and say lets go. Wish there was a place for women to hang out when the hubbies wants to get things for themselves and us wives gets taken for the ride.
Besides throwing things in the cart that you don't need, you sound like you would be fun to go shopping with.
@chertsy (3798)
• United States
31 Oct 08
With the woman's area, there should be a tv with cable, so we can watch programs (not soaps). Internet access, so we can look around online. I don't drink tea, so maybe flavored coffee's would be nice. I try to plan ahead for meals, but my husband is good at making a meal that will last awhile, so we don't have to worry about that part.
@p1kef1sh (45681)
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31 Oct 08
I'm quite good at shopping really. Although I am perhaps better at buying the next meal than the next week's meals! A couple of people have suggested a women's area, but haven't been too forthcoming about what they want to see there other than a library and someone to make a cup of tea!
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@ElicBxn (63250)
• United States
22 Oct 08
well, these aren't normal mcdonald's. they are store fronts and they would allow you to sit at a table, drink a cuppa joe and read the paper
they are not your normal mickie d's, no playground, it doesn't have the normal kiddie traffic because its more of a grab and go place.
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@CanadaGal (4304)
• Canada
21 Oct 08
You are too funny my dear! But your examples are precisely why I prefer to shop alone. I don't even like to "window shop". Period. I have my list of things to get, and get the job done in record time.
Granted, I'm guilty of purchasing a few things here and there that I don't really NEED. Like yesterday's Hallowe'en costume for me, or that new brown sweater. lol.
@CanadaGal (4304)
• Canada
22 Oct 08
I have a list of future husbands in my future lives. I think you've just added yourself onto that list. 
@p1kef1sh (45681)
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21 Oct 08
I'll make a note to drive you but not come round with you. I'll do the same when you're off for the trousers or skirt to match the new brown sweater. No, your bum doesn't look big in that. Honest. Shoes to match? Of course. Bag and other accessories. Naturally. You look fab! and I didn't set foot in the store once. Credit card bill? Oh alright. Paid!!
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@cynicalandoutspoken (4725)
• United States
21 Oct 08
You sound as bad as my 2 sons! If not for needing you to carry my packages I would be leaving your butt at home. Our local shopping mall has an area set up with recliners and a TV and some books and newspapers where people can go and sit and relax. It is always full of men. lol So at least someone on this side of the pond has heard your plea, long before you ever made it a public outcry.
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@ellie333 (21016)
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21 Oct 08
Hi P1kef1sh, An adult creche eh! Thing is if I played games whilst my son run round doing the shopping it really would be filled with chocolate LOL and yes being met at the checkout to pay would take all the fun out of it. I love the way you describe your aerobic exercise in trying to find your wife again though, vsualise the panic on your face trying to find her. Huggles. Ellie :D
@mercuryman3a (2477)
• India
21 Oct 08
Yes ladies love to shop alone or with other ladies. A man is only the banker required to pay th bill.
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@Shar1979 (2722)
• United States
21 Oct 08
LMAO you made me laugh. geez. thanks for that. hahaha nice sense of humor. i guess if supermarkets give sucker and balloon to kids...then they might as well provide a playhouse for adult men then the wife will just pick then up after paying at the counter.
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@Darkwing (21583)
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21 Oct 08
You're right, my friend. The supermarkets would be much easier for us women to manoevre if the droopy faced men were kept out of them. They need something to occupy their minds, even if it's only the sports page in the Mirror! lol. We can do without them slouching around the shop looking as though the weight of the world just dropped on their head. Let's face it, they would much rather nip down to the nearest pub and have a quick pint whilst the wife was shopping!
You never know, my friend, you might just be rewarded with that little bar of chocolate you so desire! lol.
Brightest Blessings.
@Loverbear (4918)
• United States
22 Oct 08
Your wife is missing out on a wonderful time! I shop with my BF and we have so much fun together. And, I also get wonderful input from him when it comes to doing house hold renovations.
He goes to the thrift shops with me, and he wanders through finding wonderful treasures for me, and when he gets tired of doing that he either sits down and watches people or he will find a magazine or book that catches his interest. I get loads of compliments on how wonderful he is! Your wife is really missing out! Shopping with a spouse or Boy or Girl friend could be soooo much fun if one opens to the fun side of a person. I bet it's a riot to see yu popping up wearing a Halloween mask and making silly noises...and so what if you slip in a candy bar. She needs to remember that nothing is forever and she needs to love and appriciate you while she has you. Shoot, give me your address and I'll mail you a case of candy bars! I'll even manage to sneak a hug or two in the box.
Life was meant to be enjoyed and one needs to remember to have fun and laugh a lot. Life wasn't meant to be one where a person deprives him or her self of enjoyment, whether it is a candy bar or the fun of donning a mask and making silly noises. Keep having fun and sneaking those candy bars in the cart. It keeps you young and happy.
@Loverbear (4918)
• United States
23 Oct 08
...and when we get a bit older we can make them too!(LOL)
@p1kef1sh (45681)
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22 Oct 08
I think that you misunderstand me. I love my wife to pieces and we have a huge amount of fun. We'd not have lasted 22 years if we didn't. She definitely loves and appreciates me as I do her. I like to be told to go and play, I do shop with her too. Please don't go away with the impression that either of us finds the other a drag. But thanks for the candy offer though and the hug is especially welcome. XX
@p1kef1sh (45681)
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23 Oct 08
We hug and tell each other that we love them all the time. She calls me during the day too. That said we don't live in each others pockets and do or own stuff too. But I'll give her another hug and kiss just because you told me to! I don't know about being fun to know. You'll have to ask some of my myLot friends for the answer to that one!! I hope that you and your love have a wonderful life together. Remember, we "oldies" can hold hands and splash in the puddles too.
@applefreak (3130)
• Singapore
22 Oct 08
that's the exact opposite of my partner and me. he rarely let me go to the supermarket alone. he is the one that prevents me from throwing things we don't need into the trolley. all the stuff on display are so tempting that i couldn't resist. he'll be there to talk sense into me. if not i think my grocery bill will be in the hundreds each time i vist the supermarket. 
@applefreak (3130)
• Singapore
23 Oct 08
don't think i'll be needing the women's creche any time soon. it'll kill me to not be able to do grocery shopping. that is the kind of shopping i enjoy most. the ability to buy a lot of items at a not-so-much price is really a good feeling. 
i'll need a women's creche, however, when my partner goes shopping for his fishing equipments. a library and a good cup of tea will be much appreciate. how about some board games and even victoria secret's fashion show video?
i'll need a women's creche, however, when my partner goes shopping for his fishing equipments. a library and a good cup of tea will be much appreciate. how about some board games and even victoria secret's fashion show video? @p1kef1sh (45681)
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22 Oct 08
You need our new Women's creche where you can do what you like without the annoyance of men, unless you want them in too. Trouble is I'm not too sure what women would want in their creche. So far I've got a library and someone to make a nice cup of tea! Any further requests Madam? LOL.
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@DonnaLawson (4032)
• United States
22 Oct 08
Why in the world is your wife taking my husband shopping??? I can imagine that if your duo and my duo went into the store together, we would be mistaken for a set of twins.. His most recent silliness was going a bit ahead of me, and knowing that I would be in the vicinity in a couple of minutes, he set about 5 or 6 alarm clocks to go off at the exact time as I would be standing in the aisle.. He knew that I was shopping for a new alarm clock and I would be in that aisle, so of course, it worked out perfect for him.. I almost jumped out of my skin when these alarms bells started loudly ringing, he was standing in another aisle laughing his a** of and I was so embarassed.. Everyone in the area looked at me like I was a nut of some kind, as I was trying to shut them all off and he was really enjoying himself laughing at me from another aisle.. Boy, did he ever pay for that one, now he is consigned to the magazine aisle, although I did see him wandering through the electronics aisle one day but I steered clear of that aisle after seeing him there, no telling what madness he was up to then..
@p1kef1sh (45681)
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22 Oct 08
Thanks for the alarm clock tip Donna. My wife loves clocks so getting her there should be easy! These places are wonderlands for us. I went to a Toy R Us the other day. Heck there's nothing there that can cause as much mischief as an alarm clock! LOL. I'll see your husband in the creche then?
@DonnaLawson (4032)
• United States
22 Oct 08
Oh dear, I may be in trouble big time with your wife, tell her I said sorry, I didn't mean to give you more kindling for the fire.. I will be sure not to let mine know any of your tricks, lol.. He is bad enough as it is..
@stryker5 (52)
• United States
22 Oct 08
I so needed that laugh. Our house is the complete opposite. I am the one running amok. I absolutely have to go look at the power tools, electronics, garden tools, etc.. He is the one who does the clothes shopping. What's even worse is that I don't know what half of the tools are used for but boy I sure would like to buy them and find out.
@stryker5 (52)
• United States
23 Oct 08
Oh, I have and he is not going to recognize our house when he comes home for r&r next week. I have completely remodeled the downstairs bathroom by myself along with painting a couple of rooms a different color and still have more to go. Basically, I am finishing what he started but he messed it up so, I tore it back up and redid it that right way. (Boy, that statement sounds like a typical female doesn't it) Oh well. It was fun. LOL Keep running amok. You guys will have some great stories to tell grandkids.
@ShellyB (5241)
• United States
22 Oct 08
I find the discussion cute, right now I go grocerry shopping alone and there are days when I am the kid that should have stay home, I need to plan my meals or I will end up with a lot of junk food by myself, I do not need the hubby or the kid for that somedays.
