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why do people take small children shoping on saturdays/

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codswallop · 23/10/2004 15:12

why?

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Mo2 · 23/10/2004 15:43

Agree - Next changing room are a no no, but then perhaps they're single parents and haven't a lot of choice?

It is a free country after all

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codswallop · 23/10/2004 15:43

not when I stage my coup d etat!

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WestCountryLass · 23/10/2004 15:45

I have no choice but to take my two with me if I need to go shopping. Granted if DS gets whingey we go and look at the fountain, play with the toys in the ELC/John Lewis and I try to make it as fun as possible. Mind you, if I ned clothes I tend to order them online as trying things on is no fun anymore and DS always chooses to do a runner when i'm in my undies

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codswallop · 23/10/2004 15:46

I dont know your set up wcl but if I hadnt a dh I woudl do a swaperroo with my friends
mind you if you can buy clothes with two kids maybe you are too good a mum !!

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MistressMary · 23/10/2004 15:48

Perhaps buy online?

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codswallop · 23/10/2004 15:49

I would swap deffo

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WestCountryLass · 23/10/2004 15:54

Hehehe Codswallop, I don't think so, I jsut bribe DS with a ride on Thomas or a cake all the way round

I have a husband but he is self employed and usually either working, doing paperwork or on jollies and if he is home i'd rather we did something nice as a family than shopping kwim? As for friends, I save them for emergencys when i'm really stuck as we have no family round hear and I don't want to use up all my lives.

After halfterm DS starts pre-school so that should make things easier as Little Miss is no trouble (for now) LOL!

Online shopping is great! I did most of my Xmas shopping online last year and only had to drag DS round the shops once. I sent DH grocery shopping which was 'interesting' to say the least...

Issymum · 23/10/2004 15:59

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Tortington · 23/10/2004 16:04

i take my kids shopping cos they hate it. its a punishment to the world ( or worthing) if i have had a shitty week

howver more seriously whent he kis were babies - i waited til dh had time off to go to town as negotiating a bus with 3 small children and a twin pram was just horrible.

suzywong · 23/10/2004 16:09

I would rather poke both my eyes out than take the kids shopping on a Saturday.

I used to get on annoyed with DH when he would take DS1 to Oriental City (big oriental flavoured shopping and food court and supermarket centre in NW London) because I thought it was unimaginative and lowbrow but I soon stopped my moaning as
a) it was actually a serious cultural experience for them both and
b) it got them out of the house so I could do drudgery and make phone calls.

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codswallop · 23/10/2004 16:11

yikes issymum you are scaring me!

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MarmaladeSun · 23/10/2004 16:22

Duurrr....we take men because a) they can pay for everything and b) they can then carry the bags! Tut...honestly girls!

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codswallop · 23/10/2004 16:22

pmsl

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Caligula · 23/10/2004 16:29

I never take my kids shopping on Saturdays or in half term because it's a nightmare. Consequently, my DS has only trousers which are 4 inches above his ankles and shoes which I'm sure are pinching his feet.
I'm sending them up to stay with my mother next week, and hoping she'll go out and buy him some clothes - she's tougher than me in a shopping mall.

Gingerbear · 23/10/2004 16:34

Never do it. I think that is why most of my clothing now comes from Tesco/Asda or online shopping.

bay · 23/10/2004 16:56

is this a serious thread?? maybe i'm getting the wrong jist of it.
When did the world become so anti kids? Or anti parents. Soon the question will be "why do you take kids on a bus" or some such question. what should I do with my kids, leave them at home. In this country it seems parents are not respected at all. I take my kids with me to most places, never mind the fact that baby is breastfed which means she has to come with me any way. My children are part of my life so why shouldn't I take them with me.

jampot · 23/10/2004 16:57

i think the point was "why do people make their small children endure shopping on Saturdays" rather than "why cant the little sods stay at home"

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codswallop · 23/10/2004 16:59

ahem exactly JP

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suzywong · 23/10/2004 17:01

yes it's why make the little dears suffer the dreariness rather than they should be seen and not heard

FWIW threads that usually start with a one word question do tend to be lighthearted

lavender4 · 23/10/2004 17:01

oh dearey me

marthamoo · 23/10/2004 17:08

Yes, I thought it was light-hearted too!

Of course you can/should/must take your kids shopping with you on a Saturday - I have done! But you do see a lot of miserable, bored, whiney kids being dragged round the shopping precincts. I try not to take mine because ds1 moans (unless we go in "Game") and drapes himself over shop fittings in a louche Kevin the Teenager type fashion, and ds2 tries to kick things (including old ladies) and grab everything he can get his sticky mitts on.

Friends again?

suzywong · 23/10/2004 17:10

very quick pat on the fetlock to MM

marthamoo · 23/10/2004 17:11

Hello darlin'

suzywong · 23/10/2004 17:12

Nieghhhhh

bedtime now xxxxxx

Issymum · 23/10/2004 17:12

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