SHOPPING SCENES

Did I know that men and women think differently? Well duhh uhhh. Do I believe that they take shopping differently? Again, well yeah. He wonders why were you gone 3 hours and only have one small bag? That you go to 15 stores before you finally settle on the one perfect thing that, if he was along, he thinks looks exactly like all the other ones? Why he says why can't you wear that other dress-referencing the ballgown you bought for a formal occasion to now wear to a luau?

Why he goes to one store, buys the first thing that bears a tiny resemblance to what he wanted and buys it-no doubt complimenting himself on his efficiency even though he may have sacrificed price for time. Actually not a bad thought, if you value your time-so I may give points for that philosophy. But then you fuss or tailor or pull things together for him after the fact or (and I have done this) take it back to the store for him because he hates to go shopping for one thing and hates to try anything on for another.

However, that rule does not apply for home improvement or hardware stores. I confess that I can look at one piece of plywood in the appropriate size and I'm good. He can examine the different pieces for hours noting the subtle way the compressed wood pieces fit together or the thickness and lushness of the material. Or shingles-did you know how many colors there are? Do you care? Well I digress.

At any rate we went shopping for him actually as he needed a new pair of pants - note ONE pair of pants as his light colored ones were looking ragged, make that major tacky. So we pull pants of many makers and colors and I force him kicking and screaming (well slight exaggeration) into the dressing room which was full unfortunately. "Oh, excuse me, oh excuse me, oh excuse me". No we are not leaving, we wait and keep looking at stuff. That is what we do. Anyway he tries on pants, I go for more pants-we end up buying 3 pairs of pants, because they fit-you need them- and they are on sale. Get it? On the way out I see some nice casual shirts and grab a medium which looks rather large. He takes a large one as he always takes large even though I said the medium looked big so try them both on.

Back to the dressing room and I mention, you know the woman always tries the smaller one on as she likes to think it will fit. He whips around and says yeah, but you know men always like to think they're "bigger". Didn't I say men and women think differently? Game-Set & Match to the boy! LOL