I just don’t care how many shopping days are left; the TV can count it down until the kalabow (carabao) comes home, or when pigs fly, or ducks sing. I’m done! Malls, night markets, or the guy with the overloaded kalesa, parked in front of my house with his kabayo dropping piles of free fertilizers on my drive. Or if all those pretty brown eyes, pleaded with me. I am done shopping for Christmas 2010.
It’s not the money that’s flying out of my pocket like a drunken’ sailor on liberty in Bangkok Thailand, (I can speak to that first hand, by the way.) nor the carrying of bag after bag of purchases to the car like a pack mule, and then trying to fit them all in. It’s the act of shopping itself, here in the land of the Philippines.
Saturday morning at Casa De Mayang, my Daughter came by to bring me to the mall for a fun day of “Mall Adventure”, The usual suspects were with us, My Granddaughter Colleen, my niece Shay-Shay, my wife’s twin, Clara, and of course my wife Maria AKA Mayang, and my son-in-law Chrisanto AKA Chris.
Chris is driving, and we’re all in his new Toyota Innova. 9:00 AM, and it’s on the road we go. Due to my big mouth after the last mall trip in November, Chris was now restricted to a max speed of 110 KPH. (Will I ever learn?)
At the mall, I break from the pack, to take care of a few items I need, the second hand bookstore and pick up 10 novels, off to Vision Works, and get my new eyeglasses adjusted, up to the computer store to pick up a new external hard drive of the One Terabyte persuasion, and lastly to pick up another pair of Chuck Taylor All Stars by Converse. Plus the secret Christmas present for my darling wife. I’m done; my work there was over all by 11:30 AM. It’s now time to wait, and wait, and wait some more.
I call and locate the group after putting my treasures in the car, and then I joined them. They were not even one forth done with their list. I get that far-a-way look from my son-in-law, and we both nod, as we know our day is screwed.
Select an item; discussion of said items among the ladies, purchase the approved items, Chris & Paul, tote items to the car, this process was repeated over and over.
As the day progressed, the trip to the car took longer and longer as the mall was swelled long past its maximum capacity. Since I know that mall shoppers walk as they drive, changing lanes and stopping for no good reason that I could ever figure out. I can only describe it as attempting to swim down the Columbia River, while all the salmon on the planet are trying to swim up the river.
As we re-entered the SM Department Store I used my cagey brain and noted that the time was well past lunch. It’s not often that the urge to eat can be suppressed by the ladies, except during a shopping frenzy. The ladies decided to eat. Off to Kenny Roger’s for Baby Back Ribs, and a well needed rest.
So now its 2 PM, the ladies are back shopping once more, and all the planets are aligned. Chris and I sneak off to Starbuck’s, for a much needed coffee break. Short lived as it were, a new type of shopping was soon to commence, and since it involved TOYS, Colleen and Shay-shay, were relegated to the care of the guys. We are buying ice cream and letting the two girls lead us around by our collective noses, until, Chris was called away on toting detail, leaving the care of the mini-ladies up to me.
My granddaughter is on the phone with her mother many times, trying to glean information about, what’s happening in the land of toys.
This is the part where the two girls gang up on their grandfather/uncle, and tell me that I’m supposed to take them to a place called Tommy’s. Without a second thought we’re on our way. Then I see that Tommy’s is a game arcade, and that I’ve been hoodwinked by an 8 and 11 year old respectively. Whoa Nellie Belle, I might have fallen’ off the turnip truck, but it was not this morning. I made a phone call and discovered that they were at the main entrance waiting for us. Back up the Columbia River with two girls in tow, at that point I’m thinking that I’d rather be taking a righteous thumping by two very large men.
Foolishly I thought it over and we were on the way home. I’m smiling. But! Nay, not by a long shot are they done. Food must be found, purchased, and carried home to be consumed after the arrival back to the house. I went to the car and waited one more hour until they arrived and said it was time to depart. I pulled Chris aside and informed him that 150 to 160 KPH on the return trip, would be looked upon with favor from his father-in-law. He smiled, and forty five minutes later, I had a very cold SMB in my hand, and now all was well on planet Earth once more.
After all the presents were wrapped, I noticed that the bicycle I got for my granddaughter was still in the box and wrapped also. Rule Number 14 from my Father, no child wakes up on Christmas morning and finds his or her present disassembled. Gather my son-in-law back to the house and he (with supervision and encouragement from me) assembled the bike. My wife and daughter are in full agreement with me on rule No. 14.Chis is still up in the air over that, but he’s young.
So I’ll reiterate: “There are NO shopping days left ‘till Christmas for me.”
I’ll still enjoy the Holidays, with everyone here at my house for the party Christmas Eve, my Christmas Cheer, will be in full swing and a BBQ’ed pig will be served along with other food and beverages. And I’ll attempt to forget that next September; it will all start a new! So you go finish your shopping, and I’ll be thinking about you all, and that next cold beer.
I wish our friend here on Lip, a most Joyful Holiday Season, and a Great and Happy New Year!
Paul- reading your post so many words come to mind- manipulated, used, whipped, controlled- but most of all – blessed !! lol Merry Christmas friend.
Ian;
Yup all those adjectives apply apply. Albeit I won’t shop anymore, they are not done yet. I’ve volunteered to stay home with my Dog Army and guard the house, and the well lit Santa’s Sleigh on the roof.
Hi Paul…fun read and can relate to all of that in years gone by. It looks like the little dog is getting gift warped also…hahaha or just loves the attention…so..here’s wishing you and your family a lovley Christmas and a happy one 2 and a great start on the new year and lots more fun reads here on LIP.
Dan;
Thank you, that little dog will always have her face in everything, the best of the season to you and yours!
Paul
You know you like christmas shopping especially when you see the results. The kids eyes light up when they open there presents, theres nothing like that. Make sure you have your asawa take pictures for those good memories. I know i had alot of good memories at christmastime when my kids were growing up. I know shopping can be a pain and you might want to be a grinch, but the end result is worth it. Have an enjoyable christmas eve party with your family and a merry christmas and drink a few extra smb’s or red horses for me my friend. Good article
Randy – Aw, sweetness with your kids !You’re So correct too The best thing about Christmas is seeing kids faces lit up opening their presents. And yes, even bratty kids gets a break. Ha ha
Paul – As Randy suggested… take lots of photos and videos. And after children open their presents, they’ll play with those endlessly, then time to drink your fav SMB and enjoy the end result.
Sugar;
Pasco Na to you and yours!!!
Paul, back at you! And happy New year too. I’m advance!
Sugar;
Thank you!
Larry;
I dearly love shopping about as much as a sharp stick in the eye, but it’s part of the season and I’ll do it! But as I said, I’m done for 2010!
At midnight during the party is when the presents are opened, we let all the kids stay up ’till they drop, and sleep in Christmas morning. Between my wife and daughter, pictures will abound, and my daughter will post them on face book. Then I’ll snatch them and share them on my face book page. I raise a SMB high at midnight and will good cheer to all our LIP friends!
Randy;
I had no right to do; it but one more time I’ve changed someones name. I blame it on the bad memories of missed ballgames, when my ex-wife would take me shopping with her, or just be near me. Larry, that’s for you also!
Paul.. hahaha! I’ve been called by other name too. 😉
Sugar;
So I well remember, I’m fine now I’ve got my coffee!!!
Paul T.
Thats ok I who you were talking too hahaha. Have an enjoyable christmas
Thank you Randy, The best of the season to you and yours!
Hi Paul!
I always enjoy your posts, funny and witty and all. Enjoy the holiday season Paul with your family! Maligayang Pasko at Manigong Bagong Taon!
Jonathan;
Thank you for your pleasant comment, and I wish you and your family a most wonderful Christmas Season.
Hi Paul – It’s wonderful life you have! Family and all. Gah! I’m envious ( shamefully admitting. Ha ha!). Oh man, I’ll trade for that kind of Christmas fun shopping adventure anytime!And I’m sure they have gifts for you too! ^_^.
Sugar;
I’m the guy they can’t buy Christmas presents for, as I’d prefer they spend their money on the kids. At the mall I got a few things that I wanted and told my wife that was my Christmas. Mayang, (my wife) did get me a bottle of Captain Morgan Spiced Rum, they know I like that.
Ahh, now that ‘s typical of men. My sister’s bf is like. And since you mention rhum, I like rhum too.. Irish rhum cream cake and omg It’s heaven!
So Paul, you wanna bring your family here in Manila and go shopping again? Ha ha! joke!
Sugar;
There is a big difference between rhum and rum. Rhum is distilled straight from sugar cane. (the French way)
Rum is distilled from sugar cane that is made into molasses first, then distilled into rum. (the Spanish way) I only drink Rum!
The only reason I’d go to Manila is to have a Blooming Onion at the Outback Steak House!
Paul, he he. Thanks for that. Gosh, I learned about diff between rhum and rum, how men hate shopping and hmm, I’m not sure but… most expats (retired ones) doesn’t seem to like Manila too! ^_^
Sugar;
It’s not Manila its self that I don’t like, it’s big cities. When I’d be in Europe airports are always close to large cities. I’d head for a train station and go see the real country and real people.
Take Paris for example, everybody will tell you their citizens are rude to tourists, the truth is they don’t even like each other.
I like Christian Bro’s Rum and in fact I am having a hot one right now…or near now…the water is not boiled yet…I like Tom and Jerrys or Egg Nog…or Trader Vic’s hot buttered rum mix. Since Christian Bro’s Rum is so smooth…2 or 3 shots in a mug and put the rum mix in and a shot of egg nog and fill up with hot water….I will have to see if I can find some of that Captain Morgan Spiced Rum Mix…well gotta run the waters boiling!
Senior;
OH how I can relate to you tramatizing event. Had to do it last Sunday my wife told me one store and we would be in and out in 5 mins. Well the Grouper took the bait and 5 stores and 7 hrs later we reached home base.
At least you had some ribs my asawa tricked me into going to a vietnamese place where they served soup. I mean only SOUP!!! I left hungrier than when we got there.
OH Well as long as the grandkids are smile’in Christmas day that’s all that matters. This Grouper will do it again next year. I almost forgot we to have our Christmas eve dinner and still have to pick up the food. OH the Pain Oh the Pain lechon in Florida costs about $150 -$200 pending on the size. Bought some SMB at the exchange just to go with it. 🙂
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your Family Paul!! 🙂
Mike;
Shopping all day and all you get is an empty wallet and soup? Something is so very wrong like that. (lol)
I’ll leave my wife to enjoy her soup and find a Burger King or some place that has real food. You believed the quick trip story? Shipmate have I got a bridge to sell to you! (lol)
Senior;
It was a moment of weakness. My asawa knew exactly when to set the hook and she did.
Reckon she can’t go major shopping without her driver,bagboy,financier.
But you know Ithought they had labor laws against the mistreatment of employees. 🙁
She worked me for trinketts (soup).
Mike;
If I’m made to shop, I demand good chow, on the ships we’d rebel if the cook only served soup.
Bruce;
Dig through your music files and find the song by Tracy Byrd – The Truth About Men.
Every thing written on this post will be explained by this one song. I wish I knew how to post it to this site
Merry Xmas, Paul
I hate shopping! I hate shopping at the mall most of all! The whole day at the mall? Bleech!
But, you get to spend Xmas in the P.I. I am envious! How I wish I was there.
The very best to you and your family. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Ha ha.. oh so typical of males. ^_^. Why do men hate shopping!?
Hi Sugar..Most men hate shopping because..Most men know what they want and are looking for and get right after it and get what they want and then want to get about other more fun and important things….Most women have some kind of idea what they want, but also are prone to change their minds and continue on with the search,also most women like to talk,talk and shopping gives them a great oppurtunity to do just that. When it comes to clothes women love to try them on and see how they look and if it does not fit their fancy or idea they have that day on what will please them, then they will look and try something else on.Shopping for a lot of women is a never ending ordeal and even after a long day of shopping they are all ready planing in their mind the next big shopping trip….It just men and women are hard wired different…..
Dan;
Your comment was posted at the time I was posting my response to Sugar. After reading yours I wished I had said it as well as you!
Thanks Paul……I have been sitting here wondering why I hate shopping and a light bulb went off and I belive it all started at the age of 6 years old. My mother was a shopper as I mentioned above……She loved to talk, talk and look and relook and go look at different stores and etc. Well..every Aug. it was off to the big city to do the yearly get ready for school thing…go buy school clothes. I hated that day….gosh even at 6 I knew what I wanted…..1 pair of Red Wing work boots and 2 pair of jeans or 3 and a few shirts and some socks and under wears and thats it..( and when younger if could talk Her out of a couple of bucks…..I needed some marbles for my pockets to be ready for the fall marble games at recess and lunch time and after school) and with that I was ……DONE!! Well…My mother had other plans…..she thought I would look nicer in some sweaters…(I hate sweaters)..to confining and hot…I like to be free…feel that I can move..not stuffed like a green pepper…..so any way it was always a circus every Aug….Then there were my 2 sisters…they loved it…….try on this and that….Mom would look..frown if she did not like or smile if she did….so it was a long long long day…..this went on ever year untill I was about 12 years old….and I remember Mom said well Son tomorow we are going to the city to shop and I said great Mom!, But I will not be going…She said sure you are and I said nope! I will go buy my own clothes with my own money and it will only take me 1 hour and then I have other things to do….hahaha needless to say My Mother was a little peeved but She and My 2 Sisters went by their selves from then on and its been that way for over 50 years now…I have no idea why other men hate shopping but that is where it started for me…..and both my ex’s were just like My Mother…shop shop and their Mothers were the same……..so it has to be like I said….Men are hard wired different than Women are….hahaha…maybe that is a good thing!
Dan;
For years women I’ve dated in the states would complain the men don’t listen to them. The reason for that is, is because women don’t listen to men. It’s just that simple.
I never asked or demanded that a date should sit and enjoy a ballgame with me, and wondered why they got angry when I wouldn’t go shopping with them. I told one girl I was going to the mall to get something I needed, she said she’d like to go. I said fine, bring your car, and I’ll bring mine as I’m only going to be there for 30 minutes. BTW The only time in my life that I’ve put a toilet seat down was when I was at the ladies house, at my house I’d ask them to put it up when they were done. Drove them nuts!
Paul…I think more men would listen better if the woman learned how to talk to her man. A lot of women talk in a tone that is kinda demanding or full of indirect communication, or better yet a lot of women talk in a way that what they are saying is not really what they mean and what they mean is not what they said….so you have to learn how to read their nonverbal communication along with their verbal communication and some times you are still unclear what they said and yes most women hat those little tiny yellow spots on the toliet seat….LOL……………………….
Dan;
The toilet seat issue is a phony issue, it’s pure nonsense and they use it when they feel the need to pick a fight. After watching soap operas they feel bad because their life lacks drama, to wit we are their surrogate soap star.
Sugar;
Men hate shopping because of…
Men go to a mall, we know why we’re there, We get what we want and get out of there. Woman go to a mall and just look at things, or even worse try things on and still not buy anything.
It’s that Venus & Mars thingy! Man, is not supposed to be at flea markets or yard sales, when there is a game on TV, or anytime for that matter.
Paul and Dan.. I see you’re used to your wives! Ha ha. Me, I can spend almost a whole day at the mall just looking w/o buying. The ex hated that so much! I usually say I’m looking for something that’s better. Ha ha. Glad no bf now! The malls are crowded these days! I end up not buying anything even if I have a bit to spare. And anyway, I don’t like shopping .. too. Ha ha.
Paul, you’re a sports junkie? He he. You should try going to a wet market all by yourself on a Sunday morning. ^_^
Sugar;
You said; ” Me, I can spend almost a whole day at the mall just looking w/o buying.”
Thank you, I rest my case.
Well…Sugar…I am not used to my wife….hahah do not have one now….I did 20 years ago…but sure nice not to be going shopping any more with her….
Dan;
Also being also single for most of my, 20’s 30’s, and early 40’s, I like being married, but I’m still not used to being married. My wife wants to do some shopping today, she’ll drop me at my friends house then his wife will go with mine to shop. We will spend the day, talking, listening to country music, sucking up a few SMB’s and waiting for our ladies to return. A good day in the overall plan of things!
Paul T.
That sounds like a good plan. Put some George Strait on drop a few brews.
Amen to the dropped off. A few years ago my wife and daughter and grandaughters forced me to go shopping with them. After an hour they said lets go.( guess I was to annoying for them) What I didn’t know was what they were up to. Thay pulled up into the driveway opened the door I got out then they proceeded to close the door and drive off. So their I was all by myself with my dog OH what a great day peace and quiet until they got home well after dark. After that they never took me shopping with them except at Christmas time oh well can’t win them all!
Dan;
These are the only George Strait albums I have.
1. George Strait – 50 Number One’s Disc 1
2. George Strait – 50 Number One’s Disc 2
3. George Strait – Always Never The Same
4. George Strait – Beyond The Neon Moon
5. George Strait – Carrying Your Love With Me
6. George Strait – Easy Come Easy Go
7. George Strait – George Strait
8. George Strait – Honkytonkville
9. George Strait – If You Ain’t Lovin’
10. George Strait – It Just Comes Natural
11. George Strait – Latest Greatest Straitest Hits
12. George Strait – Lead On
13. George Strait – Livin’ It Up
14. George Strait – Ocean Front Property
15. George Strait – One Step At A Time
16. George Strait – Pure Country
17. George Strait – Right Or Wrong
18. George Strait – Somewhere Down In Texas
19. George Strait – Ten Strait Years
20. George Strait – The Road Less Traveled
21. George Strait – Troubadour
22. George Strait – Twang
Wish I had somemore
Bruce;
That was the funniest shopping story I’ve ever heard!
Sorry Dan, my bad! Me, I’m good shopper! ha ha lets go! joke!
Yes Paul this is true…I was reading an article last week that said that men make better shoppers because men know what they want before they leave, know how to plan their way through the store/mall for maximum efficiency…they have a plan!
I think for woman it’s a form of entertainment…Only God knows why subjecting yourself to a crowded mall could be called entertainment.
Hudson;
I think I understand the pleasure a woman finds while shopping. It’s like the person that thumps them self on the head with a hammer all day, when asked why, they’ll explain how good it feels, when they stop.
Hudson;
It’s that extra gene that women have that we don’t (The shopping gene) in order to satify it they must shop and in order to really get excited the must drag thier man through the hell of being subserviant to their needs. Driver,bagboy,the thrill of her looking at every rack in the store and buying nothing.
Mike;
Is that shopping genes, or shopping for jeans?
Genes DNA TYPE Even though they sure look good in tight jeans.
Allan;
What’s not to hate about shopping? Jimmy Buffett, has a album call Christmas Island that pretty much sums up Christmas in the Philippines.
Hi Paul,
I’m wondering how it can be with such dire poverty figures there always seems to be at least a gazillion people in every mall this time of year. You made me laugh with the salmon bucking the trend remark, I can definitely relate. Merry Christmas , oh and try sulking whenever the better half mentions shopping, SOMETIMES it gets me off the hook!
Tony;
Here if you eliminate the school kids who are just hanging around the mall buying nothing, it would be far less crowded. I talking about every mall on earth, not just here in the R.P. There is a small middle class here (Kinda’ like the U.S. is fast becoming) as you can tell by the parking lots full of nice cars, and my old one.
My wife Mayang understands my dislike for shopping, she’ll take the car, and some of the family and go off shopping, leaving me to stay home and read, have a beer, watch a ballgame… I love the ladies of the Philippines!!!
Its on days like that I am “sometimes” glad I have back problems when standing around so I have an excuse to got wait for the women at Jollibee’s.
John;
My pain is just a tad lower on my backside, I ‘ll wait at Statbucks with a cup of Coffee. I could get rich by opening a small bar in the malls like they have in California.
Hi Paul,
SM mall in Davao has a beer stand at the food court, but none in Tagum yet. When I go to the Palenke with my wife, she shops and I drink beer. This is my first Christmas in the Philippines and I knew I was in trouble when the parking lot at Gaisano Grand Mall was full.
Richard;
That beer stand could make shopping a wonderful thing, but alas my San Fernando Mall is dry.
It’s your first Christmas here? You are in for a treat, it’s different, yet fun. (Once the shopping is done.)
Next year here in Olongapo we’ll have two malls, and since I already know their locations, I know where to sit and have a cold one, all with in a couple of minutes walk. Mrs. Thompson can text me when she’s done. Maybe next Chrismas will be good.
Hahaaaaa, every time I go to the mall with my woman, its like christmas, oh yeah, just window shopping today, BS, heee, my mall trips are like your Xmas shopping. When will us guys learn…but don’t we really love it?
Lenny;
I tried this once, years ago a stateside GF, asked me to take her shopping, (or the word nagged also comes to mind.) I took her to Home Depot, and stayed there 4 hours. She never again bothered me during a baseball game. You know why? We broke up the next day. My buddy told me not to be sad, but to think about all the flea markets I was going to miss. I threw a huge party the following Friday night.
I have been known to go shopping and told the sales clerk that I am a 10 minute shopper. Even if I have to go to the dressing room, I try to be out the door in less than 10 minutes sometimes.
I hate shopping so much that I have for years wanted to invent a chair for men to shop with their wives or gfs. A folding chair becomes too heavy after awhile. I wish there was a chair that is made of plastic that will fold in our pockets. If I could do this more of us guys would go shopping and the ladies would love me for it.
I’m used to doing more than one thing at once. I just have to find an empty chair each chance I get. Shopping is draining for me, very tiresome!
Ed;
A place to sit is a worthy goal. But if we could sit, have a cold beer with like minded folks, and have the wife/GF text us when the shopping orgy has ended. The world would be a kinder more gentle place. Above Richard told us about a secret island of contentment in his mall, called “The Beer Stand”. Even the sound of its name brings peace and tranquility to my troubled brow.
Paul..I quess malls are busy every where this time of the year!…Click here
For a busy and looks like a fun shopping experience…
Dan;
That’s the way malls should be!
Ha Ha Ha Haaa Funny Guy …Cool..Sure we aren’t related??? Heheheheh
Seinior and all Lip readers out there.
I have a question why do women take all day to look for something then when they find it.
They ask you if you like it When you say yes they put it back and keep on shopping.
Is that consider tourture?
Ha ha. It’s the compliment, Bruce dear . You think the men/ husbands/ boyfriends are sincere when saying “yes, honey, it’s looks good on you” even when we know it does NOT look good! (Well, fine it’s maybe a tinge of sincerity.. he he). But of course men would say what’s best so that shopping can be done. 🙂 . We know when a dress looks good or not. And Unless men are the vain, metro sexual, or designer type then, shopping is no problem . Ha ha.
Sugar;
(The following comments are submitted in jest.)
And just what type, are designer types? I admired your political correctness.
Metro sexual? Is that a guy that lives in a city, and does okay with the ladies?
Vain? I bet you think this song is about me!
On the serious side; Why would a woman ask the question she already had the answer to? Do woman not understand why men will drink beer. It’s because we are left confused by them, and the beer we can blame for that confusion, vice the real reason (lol)
He he. I didn’t even thought of pc words. I Just meant men with fashion sense (ie: models, designers). Like you said.. mus be the Venus and Mars thing. Yup.
Sugar;
I see that my sneaky attempt to get you to be non-“PC” has failed. Shame on me! (lol)
Senior;
We’re not going to win with Sugar so lets just suck down a beer and forgat about it. I think metro sexual is a guy with a funny side to him. Just give me shorts, tee shirts and flip flops and I’m chill’in.
Bruce
Doesn’t Metro Sexual mean being a Lady Boy!
I don’t know? Just have to read between the lines I guess or their walking on the fence line. New world verbage Politically correct crap.
Randy and Bruce,
He he. There are men that loves to shop (take care of face, body appearance). Period. No bad connotation. He he.
Happy holidays! 🙂
Sugar;
“They are men that loves to shop (take care of face, body appearance).” That explains exactly who and what they are. Being sexual on the Metro, could get one in trouble.
Bruce (AKA Mike)
I stopped trying to win years ago, I’ll gladly follow your advice, on beer and chillin”
Hahahaha Paul…That little Sugar is like most ladies…hard to pin down if she does not want to be….Thats pretty good she can keep up with your humor and quik wit……
Well Bruce…try this some time…..When your Honey asks how that new what ever looks..Just say….Honey It looks so ugly on you…You best go look more Dear!
Dan & Bruce;
OR; “What do you think, Mahal?” Answer all questions with a question, and you’ll never be wrong, and it shows you are paying attention.
That depends Paul…..I used to try that “answer all questions with a question”, and one simple conversation turned into a very long,long conversation..some time back..like over 10 years ago was dating a lady who called my on the phone one Saturday morning and said…Honey! I need some new shoes and she then said what do you think? I said well Honey, why do you need some new shoes? See..I was paying attention…She said…well you no Honey…I just need some….I said..ok..then go buy some Honey…She said…but! Honey…will you come with me? I said Honey, why you want me to come with you Honey? She said because. I said oh!. why because?She said…because I want to see what you like. Oh! why is that Darling? She said…because…I said ok Honey…I will meet you at the mall at 11am…She said ok Honey….your so sweet…I said how come Honey? She said just because…I was thinking that this would be a very long day…my reasoning was simple in my mind..there are over 20 shoe stores in this mall and I know she will need to go to every one of them before she makes up her mind on what she wants….so we meet at the mall and I am trying to think ahead here…I said Honey..lets start over here at this store…what she did not know is I had her meet me at the mall were we could go in and start at one end and slowly work our way to the other end. So it got started…taking shoes out of boxes trying them on and retrying them on and asking me…What do you think Honey? I said oh Honey…they look beautifull on your cute feets….She said….Oh!, You are just saying that…I do not think they look that good on my feets, my feet are ugly…I said..Honey! Why you try them on then if you did not think they looked good…She said…..Just because.I said ok Honey…. Yep…You quessed it..at the 20th store she broke down and bought a pair….what a lovley way to spend a Saturday…so its no wonder I hate shopping and there you go..I am not sure anwering all questions with a question is the best thing to do…..maybe the best thing in this deal would have been not to answer the phone!!
Amen Brother! LOL
Dan;
Ropping the phone out of the wall would be my way to handle. I sure got a large laugh out of your comment, it was so good I asked my wife to read it. Then all I said was; “See!!!”
Ripping is better than ropping.
I went to my nephew’s basketball game yesterday and what did I see? A man with some sort of folding chair strapped across his back. There goes my invention! Doggone! I’m sure the wife loves that he can shop with her now. Hahaha!
Ed;
Did you ask him if he was a LIP reader? It might have been you that gave him that great Idea.
BTW; Did you like the way I spun that? I retired from the Navy with that very important skill. I could show the upside to a ship sunk at the pier.
Senior;
Did you spin the verbage in some of those evals the same way to let that sailor think he was good but really he wasn’t worth a hill of beans. Sailors are master of the words when it comes down to telling someone where to go and they can’t wait to get there!!!
Bruce;
You read my mind, I was talking about that same thing to a friend of mine a couple of weeks ago. It was fun to have a loser thank you for his great evals.
shopping and the philam partys here in the states are the norm this time of year. I actually listen to my wife and got her a surpise gift she still dosent know what it is. She even started to bribe my dad he said he would split the money with me. We are still not totally finished but we are close . Merry christmas Paul and I will be looking forward to your next adventure .
Eric;
Yesterday my Daughter came by with my wife’s Christmas presents. I always buy her one present, (at the mall last week) then I give my daughter my ATM card and send her shopping for the rest of Christmas for my wife. This plan has been in effect for years, and I know Mayang has some idea of what’s going on, but has not fully figured it out yet. Or then I could just be fooling myself. (lol) But a Very Merry Christmas Eric, to you and those you love!