Could your dh/dp do the weekly shop without a list?

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Only instructions being "erm, fruit and veg, salady bits, erm crisps and choc, erm kitchen roll?"

apparently I am lucky he is so "good" according to people

well I say, he is 36 fgs, of course he should know a pepper from his elbow

are men supposed to be helpless at the thought of buying FOOD?????

No, but then neither could I (I write lists from a weekly menu plan, but if I don't put the regulars on as well I'll tend to forget them). But I know what I want when I write 'chicken', he needs 'chicken - free range breasts, skin on, large as possible'. Bit like PinkTulips' DH, though I don't think I would need to remind him to check the apples for bruises. I might need to add 'please don't bring home enough chocolate to keep 3,000 pre-menstrual women happy, it depresses me'.

DP does all the shopping in our house (no list) and takes DD with him to give me a break and walks to the supermarket and back as we have no car.

Am feeling a bit guilty now .

no

I don't do supermarkets either.
That's why we do the weekly shop online. And I do it. Always.

Guitargirl don't feel gulty, mine takes all 5 kids sometimes and then comes home, unpacks and does me breakfast (he goes at 6am!!)

Sounds a gem Magnolia.

DH can and does. He'd never do a list, but would take one with him if I did (I rarely do).

Don't think he'd do an online shop though.

Probably. But would also end up buying a widescreen TV and a lawnmower !

The great thing about online shopping is that you have a list automatically - just go to Favourites! I must admit I am a List person and find "intuitive" shopping quite hard.

oh I'm sure he could do it...just he wouldn't.

(He'd have to force me off here for a start, lol).

not a chance,
but then I don't attempt to these days either!!

Mine does the shopping very frequently, and is reliable and organised!

Shame he's so untidy at home, then

No he couldn't - but then that may be because I am too specific and inflexible about what I want

If my partner went shopping he'd get all the things he liked!!
Seems to forget that we have 3 kids that need feeding as well!
Or that i have to make lunch boxes every day and need food to put in them.

If i give him a list, he'll get most of whats on it.
He always thinks hes saving money when he buys value items, most of which we don't like.
I end up going again!

Sometimes i think hes useless on purpose!!!!

easily

we both shop and always ask each other 'can you think of anything we need?'

Never have lists

Not if I wanted him to spend less than £70. The concept of looking for offers and buying whatever's the best value just passes him by completely.

DH does weekly shop. I am there too, but I trail around/skip on ahead to grab stuff like shampoo and washing powder. He does it all with no list.
He also does all the cooking...is this connected?

Definitely connected Tigana. DH would buy ready made everything.

definitely tigana.... dp can't cook therefore has no idea how to shop for actual food, he'd live on rashers and ready meals if i wasn't around

He does the weekly shop quite a lot, actually, and he doesn't do a bad job - although he buys a lot more red meat, wine and expensive, pointless stuff than I would (packs and packs of fresh tagliatelle - why???). In general, though, he's not a bad shopper my DH.

My DH often does the weekly shop. He insists on walking up and down every single aisle so that he doesn't miss anything. Goes without a list as he knows better than me what is in the fridge and often issues me with instructions on what I need to buy and what I should cook with it. He used to do all the cooking, but now that we have DS I hand him the baby as soon as he comes through the door and I make dinner. Not sure if I am lucky or not .

NO way, he always underorders and we'd be living on wierd things like Tacos and bananas.

DP is so much better at food shopping than me and manages to do it in half the time and cost so therefore he goes and i just get a few bits as and when if we need them - its lovely he even puts it away too!

dh is also better at shopping than me - he always complains that I've spent xx amount and there is nothing to eat!!
But we mostly do online now and jsut go in for a few bits now and then

DH can do it on his own yes if I write a list - but he picks things up exactly in the order of the list so rather than get the fruit and veg together if the veg is 2/3 rows below he'll go to the other side of the super market and come back - weird man! lol. have to write a list witht eh layout in mind.

he doesn't normally get the normal stuff I do - he is a sucker for the bogofs and 2 for 1's etc. lol.

lol, I have just seen my friends DH in the supermarket with a list. She has also put the weights of stuff as not to confuse him too much.

I sent DH off many moons ago to get 'a few bits, y'know, bread, milk, orange juice...'. He came back with bread, milk and orange juice...nothing else.