Shopping with Hubby

Well i may tell you that i am neither female nor married....... then surely the next logical question would be...... "toh phir title ka MATLAB" IT happens so that i came through a blog of a newly married lady. it's her musings. NOW WHY HAVE I ADDED THAT HERE........... for the simple reason that the lady gave her side of story and reading here can get the reason for wild (NOT)Shopping spree...... it can be found at the following link. http://o3.indiatimes.com/anu3001/ The Blogs Goes at Under Last week my husband and I went to M.G. Road. How we landed there is a different story altogether that I will narrate some other time. There were a lot of sales happening, this being August, and my sole purpose was to window shop, become familiar with the market, and kill some time, in that order. Accordingly, we entered a KSIC showroom. There were yards and yards of lovely silk sarees and, as any Indian lady would vouchsafe, it's a natural impulse to check out each saree in its six-yard splendour, feel its texture, and glance at the price tag. While I was still rapt in this magical silken world, hubby broke into my reverie with a "Do you want to buy this one?" I gave him a bewildered "Of course not!" look. Men!!! Just because a man admires a beautiful woman, it doesn't mean he's going to marry her. Similarly when a woman admires a dress in a store, it doesn't necessarily follow she's going to buy it. Most shopkeepers who are male cannot understand why a woman may sometimes admire a thousand dresses and yet not buy one and at other times may buy a dozen outfits off the rack without giving them a second glance. The truth is, apart from impulsive or compulsive shoppers, most women are smart enough to know what to buy and where. Many of them will rarely buy anything from a new shop the first time they visit it -- unless they are on a holiday. Women like to scout shops and compare their stuff for future buys. Men, on the other hand, are likely to pick the first thing they see at the first shop. Coming back to my story, my husband, soon as he realised I had no plans to actually buy anything, wanted to get out of the shop as quickly as possible. He finds it "embarrassing" to look around a shop without buying anything whereas I find it perfectly natural to reco the market before buying what I want. That day was a revelation to both of us -- we learned a few things about each other that were hitherto hidden. (Those who plan to get married should go on a shopping binge with their intended life partners before making the final commitment. :) They may yet discover a few secrets. ) My husband, like most men, needs to justify every action, even something as trivial as shopping. So if he goes to a store, he has to buy something to show there's a reason why he went to the store in the first place and why the trip isn't a waste. Women thankfully don't need to justify anything. We rounded off our sojourn with a stop at Kidskemp. One persistent saleswoman there kept trailing us all over the place, showing off their various collections. I would have much preferred to look around on our own but, out of sheer courtesy, we let her guide us. It was then I realised how easy it is to browbeat a guy into buying something totally useless. No wonder women are able to sell everything from cars to shaving cream! So this time it was I who hastily dragged my husband out of the store. P.S. Have you ever wondered why in a store having a sale the one thing you want is either not on sale or is selling at the lowest possible discount? so, what's the lesson.... don't ever go shopping with urs lady love if u don't feel embarrased in not buying....... (on a private not i will agree that yes some times we buy something utterly useless) My Site