Went to Steinmart and will live to see another day

[jebartle]

Yipsters!..... Wall to wall shoppers.... LOOONNNG lines at cashier...
and many many men waiting patiently for the brides... Lots to see
but purchasing anything is almost out of the question.... Look today
and hope it is there tomorrow Can you just imagine what it will be like
when Homegoods opens!.... Double Yipsters!

[Barefoot]

Yipsters! Wall to wall shoppers, LOOONNNG lines at cashier........and many many men waiting patiently for the brides. I'd like to learn how "brides" persuade men to go clothes shopping with them.

[rubicon]

I'd like to learn how "brides" persuade men to go clothes shopping with them.

My wife tells me she is just going to be a minute and she is only going to one store. Same story for many many years and I am still falling for it. Apparently my mother did raise both a dumb boy and a fool:D

[dbussone]

I'd like to learn how "brides" persuade men to go clothes shopping with them.


It's not a matter of persuasion. "Brides" know where the skeletons are. Otherwise known as extortion. :jester:

[justjim]

I'd like to learn how "brides" persuade men to go clothes shopping with them.

Maybe it starts with a S and ends in a X! :1rotfl:

[Barefoot]

My wife tells me she is just going to be a minute and she is only going to one store.
I've tried that technique with Fireboy. He is an "in and out" type of shopper.
Sadly I go into some type of dissociative fugue state when I walk into a department store. When I wake up, it's an hour later.
Now he won't go within a mile of a clothing store with me.
I envy women I see with men patiently waiting and offering comments on each outfit they try on.

[Barefoot]

Maybe it starts with a S and ends in a X! :1rotfl: :shocked: Would that be before, or after, or both?

[dotti105]

Bare,
My hubby wouldn't consider being a "chair hubby". He says those guys will say anything to get their wives out of the store!

"Oh, that one looks great, honey!" in otherwords, "Zip, WE ARE OUTTA HERE!"

I won't even ask him, it's not fun for either of us!! Give my my shopping time alone to wander and look. He hates that and I hate him when I drag him along. It is a great thing to go shopping alone!!! then I just bore him with trying things on for him at home. That is bad enough!!

[golfing eagles]

Maybe it starts with a S and ends in a X! :1rotfl:

Or starts with a W and ends with a D---and has a 60's long haired flower child in the middle (minus the 2nd I)

[Lovey2]

Maybe it starts with a S and ends in a X! :1rotfl:

I thought that only worked for dinner reservations! Obviously I need to step up my game!

[Lovey2]

I've tried that technique with Fireboy. He is an "in and out" type of shopper.
Sadly I go into some type of dissociative fugue state when I walk into a department store. When I wake up, it's an hour later.
Now he won't go within a mile of a clothing store with me.
I envy women I see with men patiently waiting and offering comments on each outfit they try on.

Mine either, and me, too! Oh, well...flip side is, if they're not there, they don't know the $$$ spent, and then sometimes don't even notice it's new...better yet!! :)

[Barefoot]

Bare,
My hubby wouldn't consider being a "chair hubby". He says those guys will say anything to get their wives out of the store!

I think that probably 95% of men don't go shopping with their wives. But I notice the other 5% that not only go shopping, but carry shopping bags for their spouses. Some of the men are actually paying attention, and saying thing like "I like the blue one and the red one, but the green pantsuit you tried on earlier looks the best". I eavesdrop in awe when I hear a man actually offering constructive comments. :bowdown:

[golfing eagles]

I thought that only worked for dinner reservations! Obviously I need to step up my game!

Ya know...sometimes the OP actually knows what they're talking about and is just trying to inform us...and, not everything requires a humorous response. These people are upset and trying to give us a heads-up. No harm in just being understanding or moving on to the next post.

Gotcha!!!!!:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl :
Tag, you're it!!:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

[Bjeanj]

I am late to the conversation, but OP is correct. What a madhouse! I have actually never been to a SteinMart before, nor ever been to a store opening day. Went with a friend, and saw two loooooong lines as we walked in the door, so decided to just look around. It seemed to me that as far as women's clothing (correct me if I'm wrong), there were a lot of high end brands that were marked down significantly, yet still pretty pricey. Also lots of wool and clothes I would wear during an Indiana winter. Not so sure about wearing it here, although I have not been through a Villages winter yet.

Went to Tuesday Morning after we left there, and found prices on items I would pay if I needed anything.

[rdhdleo]

I still prefer Kohls! It never fails they have what I need and their sales are awesome and return policy is one of the best!

[Bjeanj]

Yes, I like Kohls, also. Good quality, selection and prices, great sales.

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

You couldn't pay me to go into a retail store during a grand opening or the day after Thanksgiving.

I don't care how much money you think you "save", it's simply not worth the aggravation.

[justjim]

You couldn't pay me to go into a retail store during a grand opening or the day after Thanksgiving.

I don't care how much money you think you "save", it's simply not worth the aggravation.

I agree with both but especially regarding Black Friday. These people I see lining up overnight for a store to open on Black Friday is just plain looney tunes. My wife is a shopper but even she will pass on the day after Thanksgiving.

[John_W]

My wife had $20 in Kohl's cash, so we went there first to buy something for sure, which we both did. I usually spend more on clothes than my wife. Then we stopped in Steinmark, we had been to the one in Ocala once before, so I knew what it was like. The store was packed, but I quickly knew they didn't have much for me. I buy mostly athletic wear for the gym and the golf course. Steinmark has mostly dress clothes, stuff I will never wear here in Florida. I see they'll be mostly competition for Belks and a little for Bed, Bath & Beyond. It seemed strange seeing so much winter clothing all in one place and no Florida wear, you would have a hard time finding shorts.

[CFrance]

I'd like to learn how "brides" persuade men to go clothes shopping with them.
I'd like to learn how it came about that men call wives "brides."
I don't know any women who refer to husbands as "grooms."

[asianthree]

Today was a zoo in the store for 25 minutes got what I needed, checkout 25 minutes.

[JoMar]

My wife prefers that I never go shopping with her. She doesn't understand the "chair hubbys" and would never put me in that position. She doesn't need me along for the ride and she is capable of making her own decisions so I do my best to meet her need to leave me behind.....:)

[Barefoot]

I'd like to learn how it came about that men call wives "brides."

Yipsters!..... Wall to wall shoppers.... LOOONNNG lines at cashier...and many many men waiting patiently for the brides...

I know a man who always refers to his wife as "my beautiful bride". Romance is nice, but IMHO, that's overly schmaltzy!
Oh never mind, who am I to comment, it works for them.

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

I'd like to learn how it came about that men call wives "brides."
I don't know any women who refer to husbands as "grooms."

You're right. Most women refer to their husband as "the a-hole".

[Carla B]

My wife prefers that I never go shopping with her. She doesn't understand the "chair hubbys" and would never put me in that position. She doesn't need me along for the ride and she is capable of making her own decisions so I do my best to meet her need to leave me behind.....:)

Exactly. That's why we have two cars.

[Taltarzac725]

I often would have women along whenever I would buy a suit. The first time was with my mother. I ended up with a brown corduroy suit from a Reno, Nevada department store that the salesman had said was the height of fashion. Instead, it was the height of humor at the BYU Law School in 1982.

In 1983, my brother's wife helped me get something better for my year at the University of Denver Graduate School of Librarianship and Information Management.

In 1989, my then girlfriend Jennifer picked out a beautiful gray suit with very thin stripes which many of the law librarians at the University of Minnesota Law School Library thought that it looked like I stepped out of GQ. I miss Jennifer in situations like these.

I would go along with her on her shopping days too but as she was in her Third Year at the U of MN Law School while I was cataloging WESTLAW, she did not have a whole lot of spare time.

So, if I ask some women while shopping their opinions about what I am purchasing here in the Villages, and they give me good advice, I am quite grateful.

[LI SNOWBIRD]

Or starts with a W and ends with a D---and has a 60's long haired flower child in the middle (minus the 2nd I)

Sorry, I have no idea what this means. If it's risque please send me a PM

[Boomer]

I'd like to learn how it came about that men call wives "brides."
I don't know any women who refer to husbands as "grooms."

I know a man who always refers to his wife as "my beautiful bride". Romance is nice, but IMHO, that's overly schmaltzy!
Oh never mind, who am I to comment, it works for them.


And then there are those guys who refer to her as "the wife."

[graciegirl]

:shocked: Would that be before, or after, or both?



Might as well. It's too wet to plow.


Sweetie likes to go shopping with me, but I usually have a purpose. He will ascertain what I am looking for and bring things to me.


He is a gem.

[Taltarzac725]

Or starts with a W and ends with a D---and has a 60's long haired flower child in the middle (minus the 2nd I)

I have no idea what this means either??

[golfing eagles]

I have no idea what this means either??

60's long hair flower child = hippie, minus 2nd I = hippe
Take it from there
In retrospect, way, way too esoteric

[memason]

Or starts with a W and ends with a D---and has a 60's long haired flower child in the middle (minus the 2nd I)

Don't do that! I burned a few brain cells figuring that out....ha ha ha

[Villageswimmer]

I'd like to learn how it came about that men call wives "brides."
I don't know any women who refer to husbands as "grooms."


Ha! Never thought of that. My dad always called my mother his bride..in a loving way. Schmaltzy? Yes, but sooo much better than "the wife." IMO, that sounds disrespectful.

And, you're right, she never called him her groom.

[graciegirl]

Or starts with a W and ends with a D---and has a 60's long haired flower child in the middle (minus the 2nd I)





Finally got it.


Kinda macho. Sometimes women are fun and entertaining to be with, even shopping. I find it true of men too, when they go to Home Depot or look at cars.

Plus there is the before and after entertainment that Bare mentioned.

Took me awhile to figure out what you were catty footing around saying. ;)

[Barefoot]

And then there are those guys who refer to her as "the wife." Better than "the old ball and chain"! :p

[CFrance]

Better than "the old ball and chain"! :p
For Pete's sake, Bare, don't give them any ideas.:shocked:

(PS: Get off the forum and START PACKING!!!!!)

[CFrance]

My wife prefers that I never go shopping with her. She doesn't understand the "chair hubbys" and would never put me in that position. She doesn't need me along for the ride and she is capable of making her own decisions so I do my best to meet her need to leave me behind.....:)
The benches are for those occasions when you're out doing something else with your spouse, and you run across a shop (or shops, heh) that you would like to look in. (into which you would like to look--for Barefoot's mom...)

Or those times when you're both going to some store for an item, and it's so full of potpourri your spouse has a sneezing fit. Off to the bench he goes.

[golfing eagles]

Finally got it.

Sometimes women are fun and entertaining to be with, even shopping.

Absolutely true!!!! (If you drop the "even shopping" part:1rotfl:)

[golfing eagles]

Don't do that! I burned a few brain cells figuring that out....ha ha ha

That's OK, I have no idea how and why I dreamed that up, but it probably cost me more brain cells. And I'm starting to think I better start conserving them!

[TrudyM]

I've tried that technique with Fireboy. He is an "in and out" type of shopper.
Sadly I go into some type of dissociative fugue state when I walk into a department store. When I wake up, it's an hour later.
Now he won't go within a mile of a clothing store with me.
I envy women I see with men patiently waiting and offering comments on each outfit they try on.

You would have to reverse this for us. I am married to the long distance shopper as I have very little patience with a slow meander. Hubby goes to the store brings home bags of outfits I try them on pick what I like and he takes the rest back.

[CFrance]

You would have to reverse this for us. I am married to the long distance shopper as I have very little patience with a slow meander. Hubby goes to the store brings home bags of outfits I try them on pick what I like and he takes the rest back.
Ha ha! I would have 34 pairs of khakis and 67 polo shirts, mostly black!:D

[Loudoll]

Sorry, I have no idea what this means. If it's risque please send me a PM
Whipped

[jblum315]

I used to hate it when my husband went clothes shopping with me. He vetoed everything.

[graciegirl]

Whipped



Eagle, I wasn't fussing at you. Just explaining. I don't live to shop. I don't "shop" a lot. My husband has surprised me at birthdays and Christmas with some very pretty clothes over time. He also listens very carefully if I am searching for a particular thing for the home and often we will come up with the same thing separately. After many years of two busy careers often making us far apart in geography, we really enjoy doing a lot of mundane things together we didn't used to. We both have always been careful with our money, just a trait taught us by our depression era families, but do like to find just the " right " thing when we are looking for a piece of furniture.


I do want to defend my dear husband as not at all "whipped" but rather just a nice fella who seems to enjoy hanging around with me. He makes almost anything we do together so enjoyable. And I am not kidding about this. I am so lucky after 53 years to say that. Many folks don't enjoy shopping together at all, and for me that would NOT be a deal breaker.


I know that a lot of guys hate to accompany their wives shopping and I don't blame them. I wouldn't either. I hate to see money wasted and I can't get excited spending hours finding the exact color of earrings to match my shirt.


If we were all the same they would just sell vanilla ice cream.


I didn't mean to swat you Eagle. I sounded harsh now that I reread what I said. You weren't catty footing, I was trying to explain what word came before whipped, umm politely. Although Miss Galore in the James Bond wasn't Catty Galore. I worked in a man's world for a long time so I have heard all of those terms. I like men just the same as women. Good folks.

[Taltarzac725]

Or starts with a W and ends with a D---and has a 60's long haired flower child in the middle (minus the 2nd I)

I would have got this if you had used the two word expression I usually hear. 12 of the most whipped husbands and boyfriends in TV history - Guyism - Guyism (http://www.brobible.com/entertainment/tv/article/12-most-whipped-husbands-and-boyfriends-in-tv-history/)

[golfing eagles]

Eagle, I wasn't fussing at you. Just explaining. I don't live to shop. I don't "shop" a lot. My husband has surprised me at birthdays and Christmas with some very pretty clothes over time. He also listens very carefully if I am searching for a particular thing for the home and often we will come up with the same thing separately. After many years of two busy careers often making us far apart in geography, we really enjoy doing a lot of mundane things together we didn't used to. We both have always been careful with our money, just a trait taught us by our depression era families, but do like to find just the " right " thing when we are looking for a piece of furniture.


I do want to defend my dear husband as not at all "whipped" but rather just a nice fella who seems to enjoy hanging around with me. He makes almost anything we do together so enjoyable. And I am not kidding about this. I am so lucky after 53 years to say that. Many folks don't enjoy shopping together at all, and for me that would NOT be a deal breaker.


I know that a lot of guys hate to accompany their wives shopping and I don't blame them. I wouldn't either. I hate to see money wasted and I can't get excited spending hours finding the exact color of earrings to match my shirt.


If we were all the same they would just sell vanilla ice cream.


I didn't mean to swat you Eagle. I sounded harsh now that I reread what I said. You weren't catty footing, I was trying to explain what word came before whipped, umm politely. Although Miss Galore in the James Bond wasn't Catty Galore. I worked in a man's world for a long time so I have heard all of those terms. I like men just the same as women. Good folks.

GG, I didn't take it that way at all, and you probably knew I wouldn't anyway. But thanks for the explanation. Besides, Ms. Galore was pretty "catty"

[Taltarzac725]

Eagle, I wasn't fussing at you. Just explaining. I don't live to shop. I don't "shop" a lot. My husband has surprised me at birthdays and Christmas with some very pretty clothes over time. He also listens very carefully if I am searching for a particular thing for the home and often we will come up with the same thing separately. After many years of two busy careers often making us far apart in geography, we really enjoy doing a lot of mundane things together we didn't used to. We both have always been careful with our money, just a trait taught us by our depression era families, but do like to find just the " right " thing when we are looking for a piece of furniture.


I do want to defend my dear husband as not at all "whipped" but rather just a nice fella who seems to enjoy hanging around with me. He makes almost anything we do together so enjoyable. And I am not kidding about this. I am so lucky after 53 years to say that. Many folks don't enjoy shopping together at all, and for me that would NOT be a deal breaker.


I know that a lot of guys hate to accompany their wives shopping and I don't blame them. I wouldn't either. I hate to see money wasted and I can't get excited spending hours finding the exact color of earrings to match my shirt.


If we were all the same they would just sell vanilla ice cream.


I didn't mean to swat you Eagle. I sounded harsh now that I reread what I said. You weren't catty footing, I was trying to explain what word came before whipped, umm politely. Although Miss Galore in the James Bond wasn't Catty Galore. I worked in a man's world for a long time so I have heard all of those terms. I like men just the same as women. Good folks.

It sounds like you have a marvelous husband GC.

I often attract very aggressive women for some reason. Probably because of how much of a pushover I often am. The woman that helped me the most at the University of Minnesota Law School Julie R., was my Student Director while I was with Legal Assistance to Minnesota Prisoners. She pulled some strings and got me work at the Law Library there when they initially had told me they were fully staffed. She also basically helped me get through law school by aiding me in becoming a Student Director too following in her footsteps at the Minnesota Correctional Facility-- Stillwater. Hats off to strong women like Julie R. She had been the Student Body President of the University of Minnesota Law School too around 1988. She did kind of remind me of Joe Pesci though. And, Jennifer V., was my student in L.A.M.P. Another strong very smart lady. She did not remind me so much of Joe Pesci.

I do often wonder if Julie R., has noticed all the 224 613 references I see in the media and elsewhere over the past few years. I had talked about this interest of mine when trying to get on The Law and Inequality Journal at the University of Minnesota Law School around the Fall of 1987. I did not go in so much to the details of the Michelle Mitchell 2-24-1976+ murder investigation but tried more to talk about the theories and the like of access to legal information for survivors/victims of crimes. I found very little in the way of practical information for survivors/victims of crimes at the University of Minnesota Law Library which is one of the biggest law libraries in the US. Probably around 7th or so. Ironically, this while was I was trying to help prisoners at the Minnesota Correctional Facility--Stillwater.

And being around a huge number of college students for the past few years, Jennifer V., probably also has by now noticed all these 224 613 references in the media of all kinds. She knew my obsession over this cause as I lived with her from 1989-1990 and mentioned it quite often. Jennifer V., has worked at one of the Big Ten Colleges now for a few years. Not the University of Minnesota though but a different Big Ten school.

I used to enjoy shopping with Jennifer V., as it got her mind off of all the stresses of law school for a while. It also got her thinking about something else than my cause of helping survivors/victims of crimes which was based on my experiences in Reno, Nevada from February 25, 1976 through early Summer of 1984 or so.

[looneycat]

I know a man who always refers to his wife as "my beautiful bride". Romance is nice, but IMHO, that's overly schmaltzy!
Oh never mind, who am I to comment, it works for them.

I always refer to my wife by name as she is not defined by her relationship to me.

[CFrance]

I always refer to my wife by name as she is not defined by her relationship to me.
Exactly:thumbup: That's what bothers me about the "bride," "wife," etc. thing. To me it implies ownership. Seems like a throwback to the days when women were expected to stay home, keep house, and vote how their husbands did.

[Barefoot]

Exactly:thumbup: That's what bothers me about the "bride," "wife," etc. thing. To me it implies ownership. Seems like a throwback to the days when women were expected to stay home, keep house, and vote how their husbands did. It's hard to believe that 100 years ago, women didn't even have the right to vote. Baby, look at us now!:MOJE_whot:

[CFrance]

It's hard to believe that 100 years ago, women didn't even have the right to vote. Baby, look at us now!:MOJE_whot:

Yeah!:pepper2:

[Taltarzac725]

Now you might have a woman President.

I found the women law students at the University of Minnesota just as capable as the men and two or three years when I was there, you saw a blonde woman as Valedictorian at that law school. Lots of blondes though at the University of Minnesota.

I really liked the Librarianship MA/Ph.D program at the University of Denver as it was mostly women. A much gentler group than that of the law students at the U of MN Law School as these fields usually attract people with quite different personalities.

[tomwed]

As for me, I'm a real go getter. I take my wife to the store and later I go get her.

[asianthree]

Just left not a sole there. Used all my coupons and got what I wanted

[Villager Joyce]

My husband calls me his lovely bride. He means it as a compliment, and I take it that way. Why not accept it? Why the need to pick the words apart?

[golfing eagles]

As for me, I'm a real go getter. I take my wife to the store and later I go get her.

:BigApplause: