Men helping with the groceries

My DH is feeling a bit puffed up tonight I think He insists that if women's men went with them to do the grocery shopping, the women would most definitely stick to their list and budgeting would then be a piece of .... well not cake, because you wouldn't have bought it.

Is he right? I know some men are like that but I would have thought the majority of men would say "oh we don't usually get that, let's just chuck that in the trolley too" etc etc etc.

We definately spend more when DH comes with me

Definately not in our case, if I go by myself I stick to the list and top up if something extra is on a super special (eg cleaning stuff or toilet paper). If DH comes along, I get to the check out and there are lollies, chips, coke - if its bad it ends up in our trolley if he comes! And he always has to go shopping when he is starving hungry, so we spend a fortune!

We also play a little game at the checkout as to what the bill will come to, you know he is always smack bang on and I am way out (by the way we don't add up as we go around, its just a wild guess) other couples have overheard us at the checkout and played our little game too!

We always spend more when DH comes shopping with me - plus he drives me crazy as he insists on pushing the trolley - and usually ends up about 3 aisles ahead... me with armfuls of shopping trying to catch up!

we both go shopping.. always, BOTH of us together, sometimes with both the kids but mainly lately just us two.

from my experience, he is the one that chucks all the bikies int he trolley, and the one that grabs muffins for the kids, and 3 packs of naturals snake lollies (cos they were 3 for $5 of course)and 4 big bottles of coke, just for him, and two blocks of choccy, and 3 packs of muesli bars, get the point?..

yes mike is a sugar junkie.. but whatever, i tend not to try and buy junk cos i know i'm the one that ends up eating it. he gets it on the proviso that apparently i shoul dhavem ore will power and just not eat it. hello.. if you know you're not gonna get any cos i'll eat it all, why buy it anyway, you'll save us money and you'll stop my thighs from getting any bigger!!

taking a man shopping DOES NOT save you money, lol

When DH does the shopping and takes a list he sticks with it completely, he's actually better than I am lol

ok if Dh comes with me to do the fortnightly shopping we spend more.

If i send him to the supermarket for certain thingss ie tonight dog food and sandwiche meat thats what he comes home with where I would of picked up a few extra things that I forgot we needed.

so thats doesn't solve anyones arguement there, does it?

he he, lets hope that when mike goes to join here again his application brings up error again like it has been for the last week...

Anyone catch my edited tag?

Beer and chips essentials????????????

And yes Ok most of the time DH will stick to thelist he has even been known to get cheaper items once or twice. Happy now.

LOL Bombshell how many children do you really have

Edited by nuttymama