[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

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]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

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]

Originally Posted by CFrance

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]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

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]

Originally Posted by Boomer

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

Better than "the old ball and chain"!

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by Barefoot

Better than "the old ball and chain"!

For Pete's sake, Bare, don't give them any ideas.

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

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by 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.....

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]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

Finally got it.

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

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

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by memason

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]

Originally Posted by Barefoot

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]

Originally Posted by TrudyM

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!

[Loudoll]

Originally Posted by LI SNOWBIRD

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]

Originally Posted by Loudoll

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]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

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