Comments on: Hunter vs Gatherer

By: Becky

Becky — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 05:04:08 +0000

Hahaha — I love the last paragraph. That’s so true, though I’m really at my worst in a place like Target that has a lot of different things. In clothing or shoe stores, I get through them as quickly as Ted.

By: Wookieluv

Wookieluv — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:24:25 +0000

Painting gender comparisons & broad strokes IF in his case with his wife it’s TRUE? LOLZ. I don’t think tolerance has anything to do with her liking to shop and he doesn’t. Whaddaiknow…..

By: Mike Piatek-Jimenez

Mike Piatek-Jimenez — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:39:13 +0000

Me and Katrina are total opposites of the common stereotype here: I really enjoy shopping, and she would just prefer not to. Put me in an electronics store especially, and I can be there for hours.

Same deal with shoes, I probably have 1.5-2x the number of shoes in my closet as she does. It’s just one of those things, I see a cool pair of shoes and think, “I gotta get those…” I’m not totally nuts like some people are with hundreds of pairs, but I do probably have around 15-20.

By: kcgeek

kcgeek — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 06:52:53 +0000

Next time your in for a “Long Haul” do what I do and whip out a portable game system or Ipod (psp in my case) and just bliss out to whatever game,music, (or if your lucky) Free Wifi web browsing to help pass the time.

By: Burrowowl

Burrowowl — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:32:40 +0000

What an incredibly tolerant wife you’ve got there, Logtar. If I went around painting gender comparisons with such broad strokes, I believe I’d get my ass kicked when I got home.

By: Melinda

Melinda — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:57:44 +0000

This is EXACTLY why I hate having Wiley with me when I shop. Because sometimes I want to take awhile to look at things. When he insists on coming along, he brings a book and parks it.

More lately though, I’ve become more of a hunter: get in, find stuff, get out, go home. The longer I spend in a store, the more I see that I want but don’t need.

By: logtar

logtar — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:44:43 +0000

Actually I will shop for her too… I mean the last 5 or 6 movies I have bought have been mostly on the “she will love to have this” kind of side.

Clothes are too complicated like XO said for me to buy, and almost too personal in the way of taste… even though she does buy thing that she thinks I might like on her, and she also buys me clothes… I guess I have no taste when it comes to that.

I don’t mind shopping for 30 mins, but I browse at a faster pace I guess spending 4 hours in one store looking at trends is just not my cup of tea

By: Wookieluv

Wookieluv — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:39:26 +0000

I like shopping. There are times where I’ll go in n out for exactly what I want but other times I will window shop, see what the trends are (and laugh) but for the most part enjoy shopping with the misses, kids, etc. I’ll even shop for her and buy her clothes just because. Nothing more fun than seeing her smile and being surprised by an unexpected gift. I’ll go to the discount rack, search through the 5.00 movie bin looking for a gem, it’s a pleasure for me to go shopping and having the means to do so. I think you (Logtar) love to shop but are in the proverbial shopping closet.

Good luck with that.

By: Xavier Onassis

Xavier Onassis — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:53:54 +0000

You are absolutely correct. Men find the shirt, kill the shirt and drag the shirt home. Mission accomplished!

But in all fairness, I blame women’s sizes.

For a man, a pant size consists of a waist circumference and a leg length measured in inches.

A shirt size consists of a neck circumference and an arm length, from shoulder to wrist, measured in inches.

If we know what these measurements are, we don’t even have to try stuff on. Just get it, buy it, done.

Women’s sizes are completely worthless. A size “6″. What the hell is a 6?

Until recently, my daughter was a size “0″. How can you be a zero? Does that mean you don’t actually exist at all? That you have no physical manifistation that anyone can detect?

To make it worse, women’s sizes vary by type of clothing and designer.

No wonder so many women are irrational. They have to be just to buy clothes.

By: Bea

Bea — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:38:12 +0000

Hey! That is unfair… You forgot to mention I also look for the right pair pants that match the shoes and the earrings.