So we're walking through Morrisons getting some provisions for my mother and, with no help from me (OK, I did get some yum yums - £1 - a delicious sugar glazed type of twisted do-nut for the uninitiated), Jan starts whingeing about the amount we spend on food and, wait for it, how I'm a bad influence. This is a remark solidly aimed at me.
Can I point out that the trolley, with the exception of the yum yums, contained many items that Jan had chosen and had absolutely nothing to do with me.
Now, I'm always ready for an argument but not usually in public so I said, "fine darling, lets stop shopping and head to the till."
"No, I haven't finished yet," said the sage, "I've got more things to get," leaving me bruised from the earlier assault and somewhat dumbfounded.
Anyway, not yet satisfied that we'd spent enough, Jan directs me to drive to Lidl.
£40 later, this time I didn't even put a pounds worth of yum yums in the trolley, we head out of the door.
Is it any wonder that men ignore women and/or find them incomprehensible?
Confused.
As a mere bloke you have such a cross to bear and and it must be hard to deal with lif'es little contradictions !!
ReplyDeleteSounds like you really understand and sympathise with men's problems.
ReplyDeleteShopping for the weekly meals takes organisation and foreward planning. The basket is therefore full of provisions to meet those needs. Men on the other hand shop for standalone goodies for instant gratification or peruse the aisles finding little extras that are really uneccessary and often a temptation we would, if we had the willpower, decline. Sympathies for Jan here.
ReplyDeleteSo not much sympathy for the male of the species then?
ReplyDeleteYes, of course, we realise your essential function as being support for the main role of shopper by pushing the trolley and you are rewarded by being allowed the occasional bag of yum yums even they are not essential for providing sustainance for the family and are a totally unnecessary indulgence.
DeleteWhat more could you want?
In a word - no!
ReplyDeleteAll I said was I was confused.
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