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TOPIC: Do You Share the Shopping?

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pfisher

Re:Do You Share the Shopping? 2 Years, 5 Months ago
I also do almost all the grocery shopping. I take my 4 year old son and 1 year old daughter. It is a good time for the three of us to spend some time together. I used to resent that I had to do all the shopping, but I have grown to not mind it so much. The only problem now is sometimes I don't get all the things my wife wants. But usally it works out ok.

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concretin_nik

Re:Do You Share the Shopping?
2 Years, 5 Months ago

We share it for sure. It's generally her 'responsibility' as she is 'the cook.' But we don't have a set regimented schedule like, every Tuesday we go to the store(though my neurosis would really prefer this). If I know we're out of a bunch of different things, and she's not going to have time SOON, I'll suck it up and go. I don't mind the shopping at all. It's the public. People suck. They park in handicap spaces, or right in front of the door. They don't know what the cart corral is for. They don't watch where they're going. No one knows the phrase "Excuse me." They generally just irritate the piss outta me. If I go alone, I crank up the itty bitty iPod and it's much much easier.

One of us will usually do a 'big trip' and try to get everything we need for a couple of weeks, about once a month this happens. The rest of the trips are 'stop by and get this and that' kind of things. Usually no more than 5 or 6 things... (no more than I can remember without a list). Also, beer comes home when I go, so that's an extra incentive for me.

Never been a friction maker for us. We also split the "put 'em away" duties. If she goes to the store, I put 'em away... if I go, she does. It generally depends on how helpful or hindering TheBoy is feeling at that moment and who he allows to corral him.

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robmonroe

Re:Do You Share the Shopping? 2 Years, 5 Months ago
We share shopping, and it is mostly dependent on who needs home-time with Abby. We shop based mostly on coupons and meal plans, so we both know now exactly what should be on the list for the next two weeks. It takes a lot of the stress of of each of us to share the load.

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groovedaddy

Re: Do You Share the Shopping?
1 Year ago

We have 2 types of shopping. The Big Shop, which occurs on weekends is a family outing... The 2 year old goes in his wagon, the dog comes along and we walk to the supermarket. Mom pays for that one. Dad pays for the incidentals (coffee, snacks)

Then there's the 'last minute' shop. I call every day on my way home from work and see if there are any extras that we need/ forgot. Some days there's nothing.. but our boy drinks a LOT of milk...

Of course, what we spend is relative to our respective salaries, so it works out.

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roger_pdx

Re:Do You Share the Shopping? 1 Year ago
What Groovedaddy said - and I am not allowed to make decisions during the Big Shop, just to push the cart Roger in PDX