to want less choice

[Magrat]

yes I really do

I don't want to choose between 5000 shades of cream .. I would like there to be cream or another colour

I don't want to choose between 50,000 cars .. small, medium or big should do it

I don't want 500 varieties of milk, clothes, chocolate

I don't want choice .. it confuses me

So really your ideal would be to live in a totalitarian state? Poland c1958 should do you nicely

no magrat's right it's dreadful and time-wasting to have so much to choose from!

I sometimes get upset trying to choose between toothpastes.

We do live in a culture of excess, I agree.

But I think perhaps that I really wouldn't enjoy having my choice restricted. Unless it meant eco friendly restrictions.. . . .

yes.. hours in the shampoo aisle
20 different kinds of apples
CHEESE!
five million different bags of salad
knackering

That's it, it would be more environmentally friendly to have less choice - I think there were 40 different types of toothpaste in Boots - surely 10 would be enough?

In general, shopping makes me feel slightly sick cos there's so much in the shops - I have done nearly all of my shopping online this year.

And I always ask for stuff I can use for Christmas, smellies, soy candles, food items

I also want less choice - maybe then we can make the earth's resources go further - I really feel that we're 'fiddling while Rome burns' t the moment - I honestly think in 50 years time there will be less 'stuff' in the shops

no, YANBU

Ooh it sounds like me in the disposable nappy aisle. There are 100s of different cloth nappies, but I know all the pros and cons of most of them. Faced with rows and rows of disposables I freeze up and end up close to tears (I am aware I am a freak for having such an extreme reaction ) - I have no idea what the difference is, I just want one nappy (maybe two so I can feel I am getting different price choices ), so I know I just get that one.

I'm totally with you. I have been known to just walk away with nothing when faced with too much choice. Sometimes I long to be in a shop with 1 type of shampoo, 1 type of toothpaste etc etc.

Yep I too get overwhelmed by to much choice.

I think YABU, after all too much is better than not enough - but you are far from being alone in this if it's any consolation!

Oh I agree too, I was just being flippant. Most of the 'choice' is not really choice at all anyway, it's just different packaging/marketing strategy.

i have this problem sorted. go for the cheapest every time

absolutely! I hate choosing things when there is a lot of choice, and often end up leaving empty handed.

Yup simple just buy the savers/ budget/ cheapo version each time.

I totally agree. I'm rubbish at making choices and it takes me so long to choose that my husband sometimes gives me a time limit or we'd never get out of the store!

YANBU It is confusing and time-wasting and adds to the already hefty amount of angst that living in the modern world causes me. And I live in Spain where there is still a lot less choice in terms of products than in the UK. I feel totally overwhelmed when I'm there. Boots the chemist! It's a nightmare!!!

I totally agree with this. Had to pick a new carpet recently as the bedroom got damaged by a flood. It was bamboozling and I was limited by how much the insureres would pay but still tooooo much choice!

but try finding the cheapest amoungst the 50 million different ones on the shelf

oh so agree

Don't want to choose loads of chocolate shit either - green and blacks or divine is perfectly adequate

And my childrens' schools - I'd just like to be able to send my children to the nearest school and know theu'd be properly educated, socialised and civilised to exactly the same excellent standard as every other school on every other street corner. Bugger choice.

Do asda do a value brand car big enough for two kids and a bit of shopping???

Agree completely. YANBU. I'm always trying to find the 'one' right/best choice - unrealistic and wastes so much time. Christmas shopping - nightmare - too much choice.

For some reason, a story about 'Milly, Molly, Mandy' comes to my mind. She goes to the shop to get material to make a new dress. She fancies a change and considers two other patterned materials and then, in the end, decides to get the same material as her old dress again. Anyone remember this story? Oh, to have only one shop and three choices for every thing we have to buy instead of a hundred shops and a hundred choices. So much easier for the indicisive!

I have also thought that it must, in this particular way, be easier living in a totalitarian state. I think there will come a time again when we have less choice (global warming, etc.). When we can't afford petrol for our cars. I suppose we should enjoy it while it lasts.

I remember a friend of mine from East Berlin coming to the West in the days when the wall was still there (I'm ancient). The first time she went shopping, she took three hours to buy four items, because she was so utterly bewildered and stressed about the choice. She read every single box of toothpaste to find out what was different about it, then every soap packet, etc. It was a nightmare, she couldn't understand how we managed to do shopping so quickly.

I dont mind there being 40 different types of toothpaste, i just mind when there isnt any childrens toothpaste in amongst the 40. Ive been to 3 different Boots and 2 supermarkets and I cant find any childrens toothpaste. It`s the lack of choice in the face of 40 versions of the same thing that I hate!

Maisiestar - you can usually get nice children's toothpastes in healthfood shops

go to small supermarket
soooo much less stressy
you don't miss the 47 types of milk