Vince is on vacation this week so please be patient if there are few to no blog posts! I could write the same post every day:
Today I thought we were going to stay home all day but Vince had other ideas!
I have never seen anything like it! I guess we need to move farther away from civilization (is there such a place?) so I can stay home. We’re going to have to come to some understanding when he retires but now is not the time for that battle.
Sunday he casually mentioned that he might need to go to town on Monday. He only had 2 more bags of chicken feed left. That sounds like at least a week’s worth of chicken feed if you ask me . . but he didn’t ask me!
Monday morning he never mentioned it. He was avoiding confrontation. About 10:30, he said “If we’re going to get a burger at the new place, we should go before the crowd gets there.” Hmmm . . who said anything about getting a burger out and why are we going to town? Oh, yes, the urgent need for chicken feed.
I asked if we were going to Walmart or Home Depot because I would take my knitting and sit in the car. No . . not going to either place. Then, one we were out . . maybe he would run by Walmart. NO! You said we weren’t! So we didn’t. But then I mentioned last night that I have packages to mail to I need to call the mail lady so she can call me when she gets close and Vince said “We’ll just run to town and then I can go to Walmart.” So . . we’re going to town again today.
How is that two people can have so much in common but when it comes to shopping, he could do it every day and I would be happy to never ever enter a retail establishment again! Wish me luck! I doubt we go shopping on Thanksgiving Day but that still leaves way too many days this week to have to leave home.
Noreen says
I feel your pain! My husband is the same way and we have more fights about it. When I shop I have a list get the things on the list and want to leave; not him he wants to wonder. When we are on vacation in Maine in a cabin he cannot wait to go shopping and all I want to do is knit in the cabin. I have spent hours knitting in the car!
Sherrill Pecere says
Aww poor Judy. I don’t like shopping but neither did my DH! And if I DID go shopping, I didn’t want him coming along..would rather take my time.
Karen Sutton says
I now always leave a knitting project in the car – just in case:)
Becky T says
What Karen Said…. keep a project in the car! I always have a book tucked in the car.
JudyL says
I do keep a project in my car but all our running around happens in Vince’s car and I don’t dare leave anything valuable in his car.
pat says
I don’t like shopping but dh is blind so its up to me.
He used to do it and I loved it.
What is a vacation?
Linda in NE says
Wondering why Vince can’t just go to town by himself and wander around the stores to his heart’s content? Then you could both be happy. I don’t like shopping, but when I do make the 60 mi. trip to town I want to do my own thing and not have anybody tagging along or wanting to go somewhere I don’t. Or wanting to have a full sit down meal when all I want to do is grab a drink & maybe an energy bar & just keep on getting things done.
Diane in CA says
You need to find Vince a shopping buddy before he retires. Maybe if you quit going into town with him he will discover the joy of shopping solo.
Carol says
Amen, Diane! As long as you keep going, that’s what he expects. My husband and I mostly shop separately because we are shopping for different things and on a different time table. I don’t want to be on anyone else’s time clock nor do I want to be on theirs. I enjoy doing most all of my shopping and errands by myself. Occasionally we go together but usually that happens only if we both need to go to the same place. I’d rather be home doing my own thing than spending those hours on the road to town and back, plus the time in the stores- or sitting in the car. It’s a non-issue.
Carol c says
I go thru this daily. He goes to a Walmart, everytime we leave he will want me to drive 60 miles one way, just to go to their Walmart. There are 6 within 60 miles circumference, boring.
Ruth says
Awww, Judy, don’t say you don’t have a special bag that you take with you every time you get in the car – surely it can hold a knitting project or two!
I don’t have this “go with husband shopping” problem at all. My husband prefers to shop on his own, and bring home stuff that sits in the garage for months. Me, I allow myself to only shop for groceries, because they disappear! I just do not need more stuff hanging around our house.
Elle says
You’re going to have to get him a hobby before he retires, something other than shopping. In the meantime pack a grab bag with an easy project – something you can take anytime he suggests a trip in his car – be prepared!