Just curious- does DH help

[scrapquitler]

Just wondering if you came home from the grocery store and asked DH to help carry in groceries, would he willingly, would he do it but complain? Or would he flat out say NO?....

If I ask, and he's not on the phone with work, he will help willingly, but he doesn't volunteer.

 

[bellarella]

I wouldn't even need to ask for help. As soon as he saw me or heard me pull in he would start helping. I do the same when he's the one that does the shopping.

 

[RadioFanatic]

how about this choice - my dh asks if I need help after I'm finished!

I also don't want him to grocery shop though - when he goes, it costs twice as much as when I go.

 

[mjkacmom]

It wouldn't even cross my mind to help bring in the groceries if DH was home (and my older kids - I do online shopping, and the bags are HEAVY). I try to schedule a pick-up time when he's here, so he can carry the bags in, and help me put the groceries away (hate this job). If I started to carry them it, he'd tell me that he would do it.

 

[kwitcherkicken99]

We actually do it a little backwards...

Whoever does the shopping helps bring in the groceries, but the spouse that remains at home puts them away.

I usually do the shopping, DH "helps" put things away, but I end up moving them. He means well, but I've not got him trained after 5 years...

 

[kwitcherkicken99]

I also don't want him to grocery shop though - when he goes, it costs twice as much as when I go.

Your DH and my DH must be related...

 

[SC Minnie]

Just wondering if you came home from the grocery store and asked DH to help carry in groceries, would he willingly, would he do it but complain? Or would he flat out say NO?....

Yes, mine helps. If I have been to the grocery store/Target/etc he will usually open the back door to see if I need help when I get out of the car.

 

[marcyinPA]

My DH always tells me to call him as I drive up the street, and when I get home, he's waiting for me on the front steps. (that is, if I shop when he is home. Many times, I shop when I get out of work, at noon, and then it's just all me!)

We have on-street parking, so I've got to carry all of those bags from my car on the street and up my front steps to my house. It takes a few trips.

If my kids are home, I make them stop what they are doing to help me too.

As for putting the groceries away, I'm a bit OCD about how things get put away, so I do that myself.

 

[mtemm]

don't have to ask. if he can do it, he's out helping as soon as I walk in the door

 

[ChiCat]

We walk to the grocery store but if he's with me he carries the bags if there are only a couple. If there are lots we split but he carries the heaviest ones. And if we are meeting sometime before or after work and I have my work bag (which is a lavendar Dooney and Bourke) he'll carry it for me if I'm tired or my back hurts. He's pretty sweet even though he's teasing me as we speak about posting on a forum.

 

[minniebeth]

If DH is home when I come home from grocery shopping, he is there to help bring in the bags, usually without me asking.
The only time I ask him ahead of time for him to help is when I do a big Sam's Club shopping, unloading that is a big job.

DS16 loves to help put the groceries away...to check out what I bought! Sometimes I have to put some things away covertly so the "stash" will last the week.

 

[PrincessKsMom]

Mine suddenly becomes deaf, dumb, blind and disabled.

 

[tlbwriter]

He does it without asking. In fact, I usually have to go to the bathroom after I get home, and by the time I'm done, he has most of them put away as well. Which is great, but also leads to me asking "Honey, do you remember where you put the taco seasoning?" a few days later.

 

[Arielle22]

DH and my DDs come out when I pull in. I usually honk the horn to let them know I am there.

I carry in my coupon binder and a bag. Then I stay in the house and unpack while the other bags are brought in. I have storage in my basement and a freezer so I divide items up based on where they go. DH and the girls will bring items down to the basement and put them away.

My daughter's friends are over on Saturdays when I go shopping. They even come out and help!

 

[nancycg56]

I shop, he brings the bags in, I put them away

 

[Talking Hands]

I wouldn't have to ask because he would be right there taking everything in a putting it away for me. He may have actually gone with me or for me as well. My husband is the best.

 

[Momvic5]

We really do not have a method set in stone....if you are home, you will help with the groceries in some form or fashion. Usually, if I do the shopping, I bring in the first load and let everyone know I am home. Then I start putting the groceries away as my dh and children bring in the rest of the groceries. If my dh shops, he and the kids unload the car, and I put the groceries away. I like the pantry in a certain order.

 

[stinkerbelle's mom]

Dh would actually go to the store with me or even for me sad2: he does too much impulsive shopping). He will carry in the groceries and put them away even wrapping the meat.

He is pretty good about pitching in and cleaning, but he doesn't always think to do those things without asking.

 

[cluvsdisney]

If he's with me at the store, he does the heavy lifting there & at home. If I go alone, I manage fine. If I ask for his help, he will absolutely help me.

 

[DMickey28]

If he hears be pull up he comes out to get the groceries and/or the kids. If he doesn't, he comes when he hears me come in. If he is busy (he works out of the house and still does this during his "work day") he tell me to leave them and he will get them in a minute which is usually within a few minutes.

He does not put them away unless I ask specifically for something to go downstairs where his office is or something.