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submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Having trouble phrasing this, so in case it's not clear I'm not looking for casual misogyny thanks

Having a debate with a friend about whether men shopping with women can be fun and I'm wondering how coloured my view of this is by me and my ex.

I'd love to hear what makes a great shopping experience for you with your friends or significant others!

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[–] [email protected] 79 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (10 children)

I think it's not so much about the genders of the shoppers, but rather their approach to shopping that is most telling. I take after my mother: I'm a Combat Shopper. When I enter a store, I have a specific plan of action, and my goal is to execute it as swiftly and efficiently as possible and get out. My father, on the other hand, was very much a lookie-loo shopper. He would spend hours at the store slowly walking up and down every aisle trying to think if anybody he knew would want whatever bit of tat was on the shelves in front of him. Drove me fucking nuts to shop with him.

I think that combat shoppers can shop with other combat shoppers, and lookie-loo shoppers with others of their ilk, but pairing one with the other is a recipe for hurt feelings.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago (1 children)

This is my experience also. Me and the wife are both combat shoppers. We plan, we go in, cart blazing, we execute the plan, we get out and away. If either of us was the other kind of shopper, it wouldn't work really.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

@Irinir me and my partner are both normally combat shoppers as well. I think @elbucho's right.

There are certain shops (e.g some bookshops) where one or the other of us might want to looky loo and we generally leave each other to it.

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