Woo him into shopping with you willingly

 

Okay, so he does not like going shopping with you. And you have finally let it sink through your lovely skull (covered with equally lovely hair) that he really REALLY does not like going shopping with you. And yet for reasons only known to you and your delightful, but mostly confusing species, you would like him to tag along sometime.

 

You are tired of dragging along that girlfriend that just won’t stop talking, or that intern from work who ‘ooohs’ and ‘aaaaaahs’ at everything like she just jetted in from a remote swamp on Venus. You just want to go shopping with the man in your life. How on earth do you get him to come along…willingly, and not like it is a trip to the dentist?

 

Put something interesting on the list. It could be a nifty new video game for him or lingerie (for you); just let him have something to look forward to.

 

-Please have a list. Men love lists, and are very suspicious of women who try to do a host of things at the same time without lists of ‘things-to-do’. Yeah yeah, we know you are the queens of multi-tasking, but we would, FRANKLY, rather see a list.

 

-Make it a day-out of sorts; please. A movie afterwards? A drink at the bar? He is making a sacrifi ce by tagging along, you lucky woman, you! So go on, go to his favourite spot with him afterwards (wearing something interesting, of course!)

 

-Avoid window-shopping. Yes, we know it falls under the category of shopping where you are concerned. As far as we are concerned, all you are doing is playing Peeping Tom (or Tess) at things you can’t have.

 

-One-stop shopping: Pick a mall or supermarket where you can get everything on the list; please. It’s bad enough that he has to smile and come along, but making him deal with the other (mostly female) Saturday shoppers on the road is cruel. It would also be nice if you could drive (but that’s probably wishful thinking).