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re: Men shopping with wives

Posted on 4/19/26 at 8:11 am to
Posted by TopWaterTiger
Lake Charles, LA
Member since May 2006
12356 posts
Posted on 4/19/26 at 8:11 am to
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I grudgingly went to the Mall of Louisiana today, looking for a Mother's Day gift.


Mothers Day? In mid May? Man you’re prepared early!
Posted by Odysseus32
Member since Dec 2009
10038 posts
Posted on 4/20/26 at 8:24 am to
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I can understand a guy sitting in a chair in front of the fitting rooms, playing on his phone. What I don't get is the active participation in picking out and discussing clothes. Maybe I've been missing out?


Do you not like the style of certain things?

My wife tries on clothes and some of them look very nice. Some of them look not as nice. She asks my opinion. I tell her which colors I like. I tell her when I like something, but I'm unsure if it looks good to others. I tell her when clothes accentuate certain parts of her that she may or may not appreciate.

I don't see how that's a crazy thing to imagine if you're present with the person you're shopping with. If you'd rather be doing other things, sure.

Personally I'd be upset if I was with my wife doing something I like, let's say picking out gym equipment, and she was worried about being home watching a TV show or something. I feel like it's only right to try to not make her feel that way and be with her when we are together. It's also easy to do when you actually do want to be with the person.
This post was edited on 4/20/26 at 8:28 am
Posted by NytroBud
LaFayette
Member since Jun 2009
6048 posts
Posted on 4/20/26 at 9:40 am to
quote:

88-year-old with dementia.


Just wrap something out of her closet, she'll never notice
Posted by DustyDinkleman
Here
Member since Feb 2012
19967 posts
Posted on 4/20/26 at 9:42 am to
quote:

What gives??


Jody does to your wife

quote:

88-year-old with dementia.


Or did…I guess
Posted by Rabby
Member since Mar 2021
1708 posts
Posted on 4/21/26 at 11:37 am to
quote:

we got my mom a tablet loaded with photos that sat on a shelf and constantly scrolls through the pictures, you could log it on to wifi and send new photos
I got one of the scrolling photo screens, but it confused and disturbed her. The card makes her happy. Puzzling, but true.
Cruel ailment.
Posted by KemoSabe65
70605
Member since Mar 2018
6989 posts
Posted on 4/21/26 at 11:47 am to
Went to hobby lobby with wife yesterday and a lady told me I was a saint for being there with my wife.
She did buy me some of those cherry hard candies for being good.
This post was edited on 4/21/26 at 11:49 am
Posted by ChestRockwell
In the heart of horse country
Member since Jul 2021
7582 posts
Posted on 4/21/26 at 12:11 pm to
I'd rather have a root canal with no anesthesia than a wife , period.
Posted by SteveLSU35
Shreveport
Member since Mar 2004
15054 posts
Posted on 4/21/26 at 1:34 pm to
My wife is awesome, if we're on vacation and she wants to go shopping I'll mix a drink, and go have a good time. She doesn't waste hours doing it and trying on stuff.
Posted by AwgustaDawg
CSRA
Member since Jan 2023
14007 posts
Posted on 4/21/26 at 1:44 pm to
I'd rather stand in a TSA line or at Disney than shop for ANYTHING. If UPS, FED Ex and the USPS was to quit delivering packages and grocery stores quit delivering groceries I'd be shite out of luck in a week....I despise shopping with or without my wife....
Posted by AwgustaDawg
CSRA
Member since Jan 2023
14007 posts
Posted on 4/21/26 at 1:46 pm to
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quote:
It's hard to find something for an 88-year-old with dementia.
Not to be a dick, but I feel like the dementia would make it very easy



Just buy her the same thing as last year...she won't remember it.


I can say that since both my parents have dementia and, in the case of my dad, he jokes about it all the time...says "I can read the same book over and over...it's great!".....
Posted by AwgustaDawg
CSRA
Member since Jan 2023
14007 posts
Posted on 4/21/26 at 1:51 pm to
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I like my wife.

Doesn't really matter too much what we're doing. Pretty happy with all the time we get to spend together.



I love my wife and cherish the time we spend together, especially since we do not perform mundane tasks like clothes shopping together. She will accompany me, on occasion, to Home Depot, and about half the time we wind buying some shite we didn't need of didn't particularly want except in the minute. I can sit in a boat with a rod and reel for hours without as much as a nibble and be happy...she'd be bored out of her mind. We have been married for 37 years, if we spent every free minute together I suspect one of us would have murdered the other one years ago....
Posted by MorbidTheClown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
76139 posts
Posted on 4/21/26 at 1:54 pm to
Some guys actually like spending time with their wives. sorry you chose poorly.
Posted by AwgustaDawg
CSRA
Member since Jan 2023
14007 posts
Posted on 4/21/26 at 1:56 pm to
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Those men you saw shopping are guaranteed to have better things to do, but they are supportive of their spouses needs. Kudos to them.


My wife may be an outlier, I have only the one so my experience is limited, but I am pretty certain she is capable of buying an outfit or a pair of shoes without my support. I am actually certain of it considering she has a closet the size of a starter home in 1970 full of outfits and shoes and god knows what all. She is also not one to parse words...had she needed my support to fill that cavernous space up she would have made it abundantly clear.
Posted by Potchafa
Avoyelles
Member since Jul 2016
4422 posts
Posted on 4/21/26 at 2:17 pm to
We’ve been in the change room together many times. If you know what I mean. I like my wife also.
Posted by bbarras85
Member since Jul 2021
2395 posts
Posted on 4/21/26 at 2:52 pm to
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Going to Bath and Body Works and Hobby Lobby at least once a month


frick. That.
Posted by WickedTiger
Member since Apr 2026
43 posts
Posted on 4/21/26 at 3:34 pm to
quote:

I like my wife.

Doesn't really matter too much what we're doing. Pretty happy with all the time we get to spend together.


This. Some might even say I love my wife.
Posted by Auburn1968
NYC
Member since Mar 2019
26399 posts
Posted on 4/21/26 at 5:08 pm to
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