Men In The Grocery Store

[Woodnaut]

These days it's pretty common for both partners in a marriage to work. I think the last statistic I read was that about 46% of the workforce are women. I know my wife has worked since she was 18. And for that reason I make sure I hold up my end of things whether it's in the house or elsewhere. Which brings me to the grocery store.

It seems that Saturday morning must be reserved for guys at the grocery store. And I'm not talking mostly guys, I mean all guys. Young Dads with their kids, old barnacles, and everything in between. I'm beginning to think they don't even let chicks in until noon. And then this evening I decided to stop by the store and pick up a few things on the way home. There were four guys in front of me and one guy in line behind me. It was then I said "Do women even grocery shop any more?" That's when these five guys stopped what they were doing and turned around and started grinning. It was funny.

Don't get me wrong - I'm not complaining or anything of the sort. In fact, I get home before my wife almost every day and do nearly all of the cooking. I like it that way. I married a wonderful woman (who makes a great second income), but cooking is not her thing. Which I guess is why I'm in the grocery store on Saturday morning.

 

[642mx]

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I've been married for 5 years and we dated for 9 before marriage... I've went grocery shopping twice.

I'm sure its different for a lot of folks, but my wife does all the shopping, I take care of the vehicles, boat, dirtbikes, etc... When its time to ride our mx bikes or go boating, she has the food ready, I make sure the equipment is ready. This system works for us.

 

[rbh]

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Do what ya gotta do!!!


We all gotta pull our weight!!!

 

[sublauxation]

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My wife hates grocery shopping so I do all of it, in fact I just got back. I must say lots of women still grocery shop, the younger ones go somewhere around 8-9 PM on weeknights. My brother actually goes there to meet women and has some luck (usually on Friday nights), and I have to say the scenery is usually pretty good.

 

[DECK SWABBER 58]

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I do a lot of the grocery shopping in our household. AND I HATE IT!!!

 

[puddle jumper]

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I do the Saturday breakfast shopping. Doest that count.

 

[royal0014]

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Th' wife quit letting me do the grocery shopping. I could go, spend less money, for more stuff, and take about a quarter of the amount of time it would take her....


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[ezmobee]

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I go probably 80% of the time. It's probably better that way. If I go, I spend $180 and there's food for meals. If she goes it's $300 and there's no food.

One time I went with her and she goes over to grab some hamburger buns and she picks up some Holsom ones or something like that which were like $3.89. I said good grief, the store brand ones are $.89. She said "goodness I didn't even notice". AHHHHH That's why I can't be having her go!!!!!!!!!!!! I kinda think she's being incompetent in that department on purpose.

 

[sublauxation]

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I go probably 80% of the time. It's probably better that way. If I go, I spend $180 and there's food for meals. If she goes it's $300 and there's no food.

One time I went with her and she goes over to grab some hamburger buns and she picks up some Holsom ones or something like that which were like $3.89. I said good grief, the store brand ones are $.89. She said "goodness I didn't even notice". AHHHHH That's why I can't be having her go!!!!!!!!!!!! I kinda think she's being incompetent in that department on purpose.

Same situation at my house. Its probably a conspiracy, but then that's likely why I do such a lousy job with the vacuum cleaner in the house yet my boat and truck are spotless.

 

[scrit9mm]

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I go probably 80% of the time. It's probably better that way. If I go, I spend $180 and there's food for meals. If she goes it's $300 and there's no food.

One time I went with her and she goes over to grab some hamburger buns and she picks up some Holsom ones or something like that which were like $3.89. I said good grief, the store brand ones are $.89. She said "goodness I didn't even notice". AHHHHH That's why I can't be having her go!!!!!!!!!!!! I kinda think she's being incompetent in that department on purpose.

I was the total opposite to you ezmobee. When I go I seem to get several different kinds of beer then things I used to eat in college. I have no skill for putting together a meal, or planning for a week or two. My bill would always be more than we spend now, with nothing to show for it. So now I am sent outside to "maintain" the house and our toys, I wouldnt want it any other way!

 

[greenbush future]

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Being single, I do it all, which is once a month, the rest of the time I eat out. It's hard to cook for 1 person and not waste. Tuesday's seem to be good days for me to shop. Lot's of eye candy at the stores. Man am I bad or what?

Happy 4th everyone.

 

[Beefer]

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I go. I hate it. But, I spend less, get more, and one hour from when I leave the house to when I get back. I go once every two weeks (milk and other perishables are replaced as needed in the interim). I only go on weeknights, and usually about 1 hour before closing. No lines, no crowds, no babies, no check writing old ladies, etc. Unfortunately, there's no eye-candy ever at the place I shop, but it may have something to do with the fact that it's FL, and all the hotties here are from out of town on vacation, and have no need to grocery shop.

 

[Cofe]

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Check this out. Wallmart is starting a online grocery shopping service. This is a beta site, and I think Silicon Valley is the only place so far that you can get this service. http://news.consumerreports.org/home/2011/04/walmart-conducts-test-of-online-grocery-shopping.html

 

[SuzukiChopper]

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My girlfriend hates grocery shopping as much as I do. I still make her go alone though because I'm the chef of the house and once I'm walking the aisles I start coming up with recipe ideas and we end up WAY over spending. When she goes, she gets what we need, finds the cheap deals, and all is well.

 

[dockwrecker]

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I LOATHE shopping of any type unless it's for boats or motorcycles
Therefore to keep the peace in our house, it's understood that my growly grumpy self is excluded from being drug about for three hours to get what can be got in five minutes.
Won't do it.

 

[Tyme2fish]

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Before I quitired I never went, now I go with the wife all the time. We shop at a mega grocery store that gives us senior citizens a 10% discount on the first Wednesday of the month. It's a hoot watching the living dead totter up the aisles, spend 20 minutes reading the label on a soup can and parking their electric (I'm too fat to walk) shopping carts in the middle of the aisle so no one can maneuver around them. Makes me feel much younger when I see what's going to happen to me in a few more years.

I've finally taught the wife how to look at the unit price of an item to get the best buy. We seldom purchase brand name canned goods and will purchase the store brand beans,soups,etc.

However, Heinz ketchup is the only brand of ketchup I'll buy and Lea and Perrin for Worcestershire sauce.

I shop for the canned goods and meats while the wife gets fresh fruit and vegetables. We then meet at the dairy case and get eggs,milk, and cheeses.

Our usual cost is around $200.00 depending if we buy soft drinks and snacks like Hostess Cupcakes,etc. I refuse to spend over $1.99 for a bag of potato chips. If over that price, no purchase. I wanted one red pepper the other day and the wife went to get it while I was in another aisle. She told me it was $1.79 and I said, nope, too expensive,they can keep it.

 

[IES99]

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Either of us go, but recently the wife more often. I don't mind going. I think I spend more.

 

[Cadwelder]

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If I had to depend on myself to buy food....the restaurants would love me. I just hate grocery shopping.

 

[CheapboatKev]

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I do 99 percent of the food shopping, since I know what I need to cook a specific meal, such as lasagne or stuffed chicken breasts or shrimp stir fry...

 

[Guest]

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I do the grocery shopping because my wife spends WAY too much $$$$ there (also she works and I don't as I am disabled) also I do most of the cooking and like to get what I need to make great meals for the both of us. At least then I know what is going into the food to make it tast great.