to not understand why some families treat a trip to the supermarket as a - miserable - family outing?

[IvaNighSpare]

How many of you take the whole family with you when you do the weekly shop?
To me, that would be the seventh level of hell.
I don't quite get why everyone has to tag along, DH and kids, when the shopping needs doing. Whenever I hit the supermarket, it's always populated by huddles of family groups - bored hubbies, fidgety kids and irritable mums.
All of whom would obviously much rather be somewhere else.
I definitely prefer to fly solo, leaving DH to look after the DCs while I zip in and zip out, unfettered by sulky requests for sweets and toys and futile attempts to fill my trolley with crap (and that's just DH).
Alternately, DH can mooch down the aisles whilst I mumsnet lookn after the children.
Thoughts please....

Bollocks just seen it's a zombie thread.

I couldn't care less which family members anyone wants to go to the supermarket with and I don't really understand why anyone else would care

Could not agree more OP.
I said the same thing before Christmas.

Does it really make much difference if it's a zombie thread Mojito ?

• though I guess there's no OP around, but we can talk amongst ourselves nonetheless ?

I shop online but very occasionally go with DH and DS (5). I don't drive (DH does) and DS can see that shopping needs to be done by anyone who wants to eat, and help choose stuff. I see it as teaching him a life skill! Mind you, they are both slow and indecisive, and DS always needs the loo when we are furthest from it. Actually, it's normally so traumatic that I don't do it again for about 6 months, by which time the memory has faded....

I would too alas, I suffer with social anxiety which means going anywhere at all is horrible experience for me. With my partner is bearable, and my son is 4. Non school age, and since its frowned upon to leave him home alone. I have to take him... xx

We go as a family as I don't drive but dh does, children to young to be left home alone and if I send dh he will come back with carrier bags of stuff but none of it what was needed. Plus the kids love going my oldest is always asking if we are going shopping and the youngest grabs her coat if you say shopping infront if her.