Hey Guys!
It seems that my story-type posts are more popular than the advice ones or the recipe ones. Taking that into consideration, today I have for you an insight of what it is to go shopping with men.
There's a stereotype going around for a long time that women tend to take forever when they go shopping. Let me tell you something, we end up getting the products! Unlike men, they will end up not buying it. Women do end up shopping a lot, making use of their time.
Let me share with you 2 stories of my experiences with shopping with men.
A while ago, my cousin (male), my brother and I went for shopping quite far (Lakeside). Often times things are more available in such places. So we arrive there and go to Cinnabon to chill (and my cousin works there so... free treats). Afterwards the shopping begins. We go Primark... they look at everything there is for men... nothing! Next! JD...they look from entering only two steps inside and walk out sensing that there's nothing! Next! Sports Direct... Nothing! Somehow we ended up in Blue Inc. After investigating their products, my cousin likes nothing but thank God my brother liked 3 T-shirts after changing his mind 50 times and he gets it. Next...H&M. Note that at this point we have passed by the MAC store at least 3 times and as a makeup lover I am dying to go in and see but I haven't entered a single time. It killed me every single damn time. Anyway.
They look at everything there is in H&M and the Lord has heard my prayers! They find jeans they like! Do they pick out their size and pay for it? No no, they investigate the ish out of that. They check the colour closely, from far, in natural light, in artificial light. They try 3 different ones out, they check how it fits them. Investigate if it's worth it and some other stuff that by now I stopped caring. What happens at the end? They get one each! All I got was a fancy pair of shoes that I found near the cashier which took me 2 minutes to pick out.
At this point I am physically and mentally tired. I just want to sit down. Luckily they were tired too and done. Overall in 2 hours of shopping one managed to get 3 tees and a pair of jeans and the other just a pair of jeans! How efficient of them!
We came back and ended the day by going KFC.
Another one...
Last Sunday was Father's Day so I wanted to be a good daughter and get something for my dad. We went shopping in the morning at around half past 11. We go to a store and I thought that since I am here I might pick something for my grandfather and my uncle for when I go holidays back home. Since my dad is quite picky about his clothes I let him choose what he wants. I got some stuff for my grandfather and my uncle. My dad did pick something but when he saw what I got for my grandfather, he told me to change what I took. So me and my mum told him to choose for my grandfather. My dad kept investigating all the clothes in that small area and checking their quality. He changed his mind minimum 5 times. What did my mum and I do? Go to the men's shoes area and sit there till he picks something. At some points he started to doubt if he liked the shirt I wanted to gift him. At the end he did pick some stuff and I had to ask 2-3 times if he is sure just in case I might have to come back and exchange it. This took roughly an hour.
Eid is not too far off so we go to Green Street to get Asian clothes for men. I am not sure of the exact name but the shop labelled them "Men's Kameez", a name I have never heard. Also called panjabi in Bengali.We go to a shop, my dad looks at all the different ones they have, he doesn't like any of them. My mum found a good one for my brother and she got it. We went to another shop which was in front of the first one and this shop only sells men's Kameez. This shop was super packed. It was a struggle to move around yet, we looked at what they have and thank God my dad likes one. He was quite happy he liked it and my mum and I were super happy that he finally liked one. So everyone's happy. What time did we come back home? 6 pm. From 11:30 am to 6 we were outside shopping.
My point is that men are annoying when shopping in the way that they take too long to choose something and just waste time. Girls, next time you hear someone saying it is annoying to shop with women, please prove them they are equally or more annoying than us.
Hope you enjoyed and let me know if you would like more of these story type blogs. Until Saturday...
It seems that my story-type posts are more popular than the advice ones or the recipe ones. Taking that into consideration, today I have for you an insight of what it is to go shopping with men.
There's a stereotype going around for a long time that women tend to take forever when they go shopping. Let me tell you something, we end up getting the products! Unlike men, they will end up not buying it. Women do end up shopping a lot, making use of their time.
Let me share with you 2 stories of my experiences with shopping with men.
A while ago, my cousin (male), my brother and I went for shopping quite far (Lakeside). Often times things are more available in such places. So we arrive there and go to Cinnabon to chill (and my cousin works there so... free treats). Afterwards the shopping begins. We go Primark... they look at everything there is for men... nothing! Next! JD...they look from entering only two steps inside and walk out sensing that there's nothing! Next! Sports Direct... Nothing! Somehow we ended up in Blue Inc. After investigating their products, my cousin likes nothing but thank God my brother liked 3 T-shirts after changing his mind 50 times and he gets it. Next...H&M. Note that at this point we have passed by the MAC store at least 3 times and as a makeup lover I am dying to go in and see but I haven't entered a single time. It killed me every single damn time. Anyway.
They look at everything there is in H&M and the Lord has heard my prayers! They find jeans they like! Do they pick out their size and pay for it? No no, they investigate the ish out of that. They check the colour closely, from far, in natural light, in artificial light. They try 3 different ones out, they check how it fits them. Investigate if it's worth it and some other stuff that by now I stopped caring. What happens at the end? They get one each! All I got was a fancy pair of shoes that I found near the cashier which took me 2 minutes to pick out.
At this point I am physically and mentally tired. I just want to sit down. Luckily they were tired too and done. Overall in 2 hours of shopping one managed to get 3 tees and a pair of jeans and the other just a pair of jeans! How efficient of them!
We came back and ended the day by going KFC.
Another one...
Last Sunday was Father's Day so I wanted to be a good daughter and get something for my dad. We went shopping in the morning at around half past 11. We go to a store and I thought that since I am here I might pick something for my grandfather and my uncle for when I go holidays back home. Since my dad is quite picky about his clothes I let him choose what he wants. I got some stuff for my grandfather and my uncle. My dad did pick something but when he saw what I got for my grandfather, he told me to change what I took. So me and my mum told him to choose for my grandfather. My dad kept investigating all the clothes in that small area and checking their quality. He changed his mind minimum 5 times. What did my mum and I do? Go to the men's shoes area and sit there till he picks something. At some points he started to doubt if he liked the shirt I wanted to gift him. At the end he did pick some stuff and I had to ask 2-3 times if he is sure just in case I might have to come back and exchange it. This took roughly an hour.
Eid is not too far off so we go to Green Street to get Asian clothes for men. I am not sure of the exact name but the shop labelled them "Men's Kameez", a name I have never heard. Also called panjabi in Bengali.We go to a shop, my dad looks at all the different ones they have, he doesn't like any of them. My mum found a good one for my brother and she got it. We went to another shop which was in front of the first one and this shop only sells men's Kameez. This shop was super packed. It was a struggle to move around yet, we looked at what they have and thank God my dad likes one. He was quite happy he liked it and my mum and I were super happy that he finally liked one. So everyone's happy. What time did we come back home? 6 pm. From 11:30 am to 6 we were outside shopping.
My point is that men are annoying when shopping in the way that they take too long to choose something and just waste time. Girls, next time you hear someone saying it is annoying to shop with women, please prove them they are equally or more annoying than us.
Hope you enjoyed and let me know if you would like more of these story type blogs. Until Saturday...
Take Care
Yours, Nafiza
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