Do you go food shopping as a family?

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Have realised that we never do. Either I go with Dd, 6 or Dh will nip to the shops for the odd bits needed or I will do the big shop on some Saturdays whilst Dd stays with Dh.
Is that weird, seems a bit sad

No, DH and DD both hate shopping. They want in and out as fast as possible and i feel the pressure to rush. Whereas I want to look and browse sometimes. It works out better when it's just me.

We have ours delivered, however you'll find that MN seems to really hate families shopping together. 😂
I can't say I'm bothered about other shoppers and if they shop alone, or not.

Husband and I usually go shopping together, once a week. It’s quite nice just chatting about food and getting ideas for recipes.

Haven’t taken the kids shopping for years, think they’d be worse as teenagers than they were as toddlers!

We occasionally go dh, dd and me. Dd likes being out with us and has FOMO. But tbh I'd rather go alone. Our boys will go but not with dd, or each other, or both me and dh actually.

Suggest it as a family thing, then you can see how your not missing out.

On holiday, all five of us occasionally go all together. The 16 year old slaps the youngest two around the head in the shop, which results in play fighting, which can escalate to a punch up. Sounds fun right?

God no can't imagine anything worse! I go with DDs or DH goes with DDs, or we go alone but only go as a family on holiday

It would be weird to go as a family, it's a chore not something for fun.

How do you know the shopping habits of everyone you know? That's an odd topic of conversation to have had with them all isn't it?

I'd say I see someone I know doing my weekly shop maybe 80% of the time but all the other people I know I have no clue about their grocery habits

Thankfully though neither I nor any of them tray it as a whole family activity. Afaik no children have suffered sadness as a result

I quite liked taking mine shopping when they were cute little babies sitting in the trolly but as soon as they are big enough to ask for things it’s just absolutely awful, especially with 3 of them, I’d do anything to avoid taking them into a shop. Thankfully my oldest dc can easily be bribed/financially encouraged to look after younger dc while I go to the shop or even go to the shop for me these days so I rarely have to take them.

I think it’s normal.

When my kids were young, it was a treat to go and do the weekly shop alone. They didn’t enjoy it either so it was a win-win.

Nope! Mostly we have ours delivered. Best thing I ever did. Works out much cheaper for me

No, never until I was a single parent and had no choice and that was only when my parents were on holiday and couldnt watch them for an hour!

What I dont get is "couple shopping" too. Surely if you have a list and have agreed on meals or whatever then it doesnt need two of you to do it. But then I have never understood couples who need to do everything together. My mothers friend and her husband will literally do everything together. "We need to go and fill the car up" (she doesnt drive) they will both get sorted, drive to the petrol station, she sits in the car while he fills up, then drive home again. Mention this scenario because this actually happened and my mother was gobsmacked when she worked out that this was what they do with everything. She needs to post a letter and he is mowing the lawn? She waits until he can go too. No suggestion of abuse/controlling behaviour, they seem to think that eveyrone does this.

My partner wanted to come too and that meant bringing the kids, we were skint and kids were stuck in the house as always raining, kids enjoyed looking at dvds and stuff in George, I don’t get why people are so judgmental of how another’s live

Well said!

Absolutely not

I took my DC and my DM into a supermarket last week. They were fighting and complaining and asking for shit UPF. But mostly moaning.

I told them they were lucky that they didn't get dragged to Kwiksave every week like I did which DM found really funny. I just cannot get my head around how we'd survive without online shopping now.

But me and DM then went on to recount at least three memorable stories from my childhood that all revolved around the weekly supermarket shop. Silly things my DB did, things we got excited about (Nutella mainly), the time my DB got his head stuck in the railings outside Tesco. Memories. We probably spend that time looking at little screens now.

I kind of get what you mean about sad.

Another one though. My youngest is six and recently asked my DM to do 'that thing' to her pyjamas 'that makes them all flat'. She meant ironing! She's never seen ironing happening in our house to know what it's called.

God no , never have done . Always amazes me when you see an entire family dragging round the supermarket, why would you .

Not if I can avoid it! They all (DH is the worst) chuck extra things in the trolley, DH says he wants to cook something specific (he rarely cooks) so scrambling for recipes & altering meal plan while in the shop. DC see snacks etc.

It throws out the budget & meal plan & it's just too hard!!

Nope I always do it because I enjoy it. When the dcs are at school. Or an evening when dh home if its the holidays

Jesus No

We do our food shopping online as we find it more convenient. I wouldn't enjoy all of us going but no issue of others want to do it as a family.

You think it's a bit sad that you don't do a food shop as a family?

Why?

Do you not do anything else as a family?

Full families in supermarkets do my head in.
Not only do you have a busy aisle with say 6 trolleys already, but you then have 3 extra bodies than required to pick up 1 jar of coffee.

Yes I take 11, 6 and baby with me.
it’s fine. Not sure what the big deal is too people on this thread.

My family is just me and DS2 (15), and we go shopping together. It's part of his life skills training!
He helps meal plan, write the list and off we go.
Round trip to Lidl is an hour.
We are not miserable, I don't think we're annoying anyone (reading this thread makes me think we are), and enjoy each other's company while getting something important done.

I wouldn't start now then , like it's a day trip.

I always wonder why one adult couldn't stay with the kids at home, or in the car at least.