To get a bit irritated with men in shops (light hearted)

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I mean in the women's clothes sections of shops. Those men that hang around while their wives look at clothes. They just get in the bloody way don't they. They don't move. How can we look at clothes when there's this big solid immobile body blocking our way... .

AIBU to be irritated with them, or is it just me.

I am with you OP!

My husband drives me crazy when I'm looking at things, he will stand directly in front of me while I'm trying to look at something behind him. I try to get him to sit somewhere as there is never anything he wants to look at as he has been in all of his favourite shops while I have been in a couple of shops 😬

Very much in favour of a man crèche, possibly a 'pop up' pub instead of those pop up coffee shops that I keep seeing everywhere!

YANBU

The idea of a man crèche has made my day

If I have ever taken my OH into a clothes shop with, say, the intention of buying a dress, he will walk in, walk up to the first dress and say 'here's a dress, buy that.'

It's his shopping strategy. He doesn't understand that things come in different sizes or styles, because he buys all his clothes off the cheap shelf in Boyes. So I leave him at home, because he gets tetchy if after ten minutes I haven't bought anything.

Saturday just gone DH and I went shopping together.

I take him because I value his opinion, and he will gently push me away from my fall back selection of "black, navy and more black" which is a hangover from ex partners laughing at anything else I dared wear.

He's very helpful, we enjoy each others company whilst shopping, people watching, laughing at hideous clothes and generally being with each other.

He also carries all my bags....

That's why I take him with me.

YANBU. Women should not take their partners clothes shopping.

'My dh is a pita as soon as we get anywhere near a shop. Questioning the need to buy anything. Moaning about having a headache....'

Apparently we live with the same man The moaning is shocking if I've spent any longer than eight nanoseconds looking at stuff. I don't 'go shopping' with him but I might pop in if we're passing a nice looking shop and have a quick look. Cue much sighing, eye rolling, questioning why why why, generally acting like he's in the Fifth Circle of Hell. He usually takes himself off out to wait outside, so not in anyone's way

Zaphod but that is actually how I buy my clothes! 😂

EvilDoctor - snort. I applaud you!

My dp comes with me. I like to hear his opinion, also as i have a disability i cant go on my own.
Not bothered if it does annoy others.

Lotta

If you're anywhere near Milton Keynes let me know next time you're going shopping. Me and your Dp can find the man crèche and my Dp can keep you company!

Zaphod it saves hours, I find! 😂

Apology accepted Raizel, perhaps if you would just look round now and then though to see if you are in the way, it would be much appreciated.

Oh OP I totally agree with you!! I was massively pregnant and in a very expensive lingerie shop with an appt to be measured for nursing bras and the shop was tiny. I had to keep moving around this irritating man and his wife who were looking at lingerie BUT he just kept taking up all the space somehow and never moved once for me even though I was massively pregnant and could barely walk. In the end I said "it's ok I'll just keep walking around you looking at BRAS in a BRA shop I'm sure the assistant has got all day and not to worry that I'm pregnant and can't stand up for too long" I actually don't think he deserved that level of rudeness but he was being so obviously entitled and annoying and i was 41 weeks pregnant and had given all my last fucks.

I remember being in New York with DH on Honeymoon many years ago. We were wondering around and I wanted to pop into Macy's to do a bit of shopping. DH absolutely freaking delighted to discover that Macy's has a bar in the basement. Best shopping experience ever

Well done MrTrebus, you did right!

It's fair enough when they genuinely don't realise they're in the way, but bloody rude to just stand there when they can see women struggling to pass them. Selfish sods.

Harvey Nichols in Leeds has a bar in the basement too.

I had a makeup lesson. He had a cocktail. I then joined for said cocktails. Then we navigated the tube.

It was Pride weekend....it was...hard.

"It's Ireland's largest lingerie dept" Father Ted

I think I've been shopping with my partner about 3 times in our whole relationship, and we've been together for years.
This is probably why we are still together :)

The "man crèche" thing sounds hideous.

I agree. My DH is perfwctly capable of looking after himself at home or doing something he enjoys while I go out shopping. He wouldnt dream of coming with me and hanging around getting in the way.

YANBU. I hate shopping and go about 2 or 3 times a year at most but shops always seem to be full of bored men trailing round after their female partners, getting in everyone's way. Half of them are staring at their phones so they have zero awareness of their surroundings.

Shopping is not a nice day out or quality time together, so I don't know why there seems to be so many couples that do it.

I was in John Lewis looking for new underwear recently and there was a chap stood there on his own in the bra aisle, I guess his wife was looking around near by.

It really bugged me. I felt uncomfortable and went off to look at something else. I never really gave it a second thought until reading this thread. But yes I agree with you OP, men need to stay away, especially from the underwear section!

I bloody hate shopping, which is why I do most of it online. If I go into town with DH, all he wants to do is go in every single branch of Game, just to make sure there's nothing he'd missed in the first 3