Please tell me this really is not a pet peeve.

[connorlevismom]

I guess I am just one of those people that annoys others. I shop with DH and DS almost all the time. My DH and I both work full-time so even just time spent shopping is time spent together and I am not going to give that up because it might annoy someone at the store. I only get to see my son and husband a couple hours a day and we run errands together all the time.

Besides, I don't think it is fair for one person to decide what everyone else in the family is going to eat.

Kristine

 

[ajk912]

My son and I have a joke about this ... I see an entire family on their way to a shopping center and I always say "the whole fam damily"....

It seems to be a cultural thing here. I rarely see Americans travel with their entire family unless I'm at a fan area or an amusement park. Certain cultures in my neighborhood take everyone from Granny to the newborn child to Kroger!!!

And I'm ashamed to say... it kind of me.

Yup, I agree with you totally. And my DH uses that same "whole fam damily" line too. I always thought he made it up, but maybe it's in a movie somewhere?

 

[HerdOHuds]

I can't stand it either.....I don't understand why people need to bring their whole fam damily to the grocery store.....

I hate grocery shopping anyway especially if I have to fight my way though all the people...

I know I really hate it when I get in other people's way. Just keeps me up at night.

 

[LaurenLC]

So there is a girl at my work who let's just say has little tolerance for well, anything. We were talking the other day and she told me that one of her biggest pet peeves is people who shop with their whole family. She just could not understand why it is necessary to bring your whole family with you to the store. I just started laughing and said "because maybe they enjoy each other" and left it at that. Mind you, this girl has no kids and really see's no purpose for them in the world. They annoy her to no end.

I just thought this was the most hilarious pet peeve I have ever heard!

Kristine

Why can't it be a pet peeve? It might not be a pet peeve that you share with her, but it can still be a pet peeve..... There are things that annoy other people that I could care less about and things that annoy me that other people could care less about…. Just because it’s not unanimous it doesn’t mean it’s not a pet peeve.

 

[Wishing on a star]

Ohhh, nobody ever said it couldn't be her pet peeve.

But, honestly, to have such a problem with seeing families together.

If these people can have their pet peeve, then others can and will have their opinions.

My opinion: It can be a pet peeve, but I don't think that it is a normal, healthy, positive attitude.

 

[C.Ann]

I'm with you, OP.. I think it's a very "odd" pet peeve to have..

 

[Kycha]

I don't hate children but I do understand what a pain it is to navigate through an isle of children standing in the way and grabbing fingers from carts and moms who are just looking at the salad dressings instead of seeing if the kids are in the way.

I'm used to it though and just have learned to accept it. Heck it's the grocery store or well commissary in my case and everyone has to eat. Of course, being that it's the army sometimes the parents don't have choices about bringing kids or not. I will have to say the most interesting mom I saw shopping had two carts. One for her groceries and one that had her four kids in it. They were sitting there all grouped together I didn't know whether to laugh or feel bad for them.

It's so funny you say that. I was at the grocery store on Saturday. And you know those carts that with the plastic buggy on front for the kids to sit in. Well, 3 different times on Saturday I saw a parent pushing one of these carts. And where were the kids??? Not in the buggy. They were running all around the store. And since those buggies are extra long, they are really hard to maneuver. So out of control kids and hard to maneuver buggies makes it difficult for me to shop. Anyway, I was telling my Mom about it and asked her how she did it with 4 kids. And she did like you said. She got 2 carts, put us in one and the groceries in the other.

 

[wvjules]

I don't get how a woman having a pet-peeve of families shopping together is automatically a miserable, mean, people-hating, children-eating, good for nothing pitiful human being?

DBF and I always go shopping together. DD hates to go with us though. She says we take too long. (We do...)

 

[browneyes106]

I have an uncle who gets annoyed by families shopping together. He says often the crowd up too much or children act up. He says he tends to do his shopping at night during the week because often families don't really shop at those times.
There have been times I have seen families of 5 or 6 shopping together and the kids are running around or they all block certain parts of the store.
I have seen families that when they shop together they walk around and keep a little distance from each other and they don't crowd up or block things.
My cousin has two kids 9 and 10 who fight a lot. Usually she only takes one of her kids with her to the grocery store or Walmart. Often her husband and one kid will go to Walmart while she and the other go grocery shopping. When it comes to clothes shopping at the mall her son goes with her husband and she and her daughter go shopping together.

My three older siblings are a lot older than me. I didn't really grow up with them. My mom said that my older brothers never cared to go with her to grocery store so usually just her and my sister went shopping.

Growing up I always went with my mom to the store. My dad would only go once in awhile.

 

[hrh_disney_queen]

It's not a pet peeve for me, I just don't get why people want their entire family along on a shopping trip. If it's vacation/souvenir shopping, ok, but I don't want to keep track of other people while I am trying to shop. I am easily distracted, and I would certainly forget something. My DH and I have never gone grocery shopping together. No reason to, it's a one person chore. I couldn't care less what other families do.

 

[Hoodie]

I don't know why anyone would WANT to go shopping with the whole family in tow. It's so much easier, more pleasant, and cheaper to leave them behind.

 

[ClarabelleCowFan]

I don't know why anyone would WANT to go shopping with the whole family in tow. It's so much easier, more pleasant, and cheaper to leave them behind.

True! DH and I take DS2 with us to grocery shop but rarely take the 2 older girls (15 and 10). I would spend twice as much if the girls were with us. Heck, I would come out even cheaper than I do now if DH and DS2 weren't with me.

It's hard to go thru coupons with a 2 year old in tow!

 

[KimR]

Wow, I go grocery shopping with my 3 girls quite often. I thinks it's so much easier because they go off and pick out what they want while I shop for what I need. It's so much quicker because we can divide and conquer. Also, I just enjoy spending time with them even if it's only to run errands. DH never comes along, though - he HATES grocery shopping.

 

[disbridemimi]

Its a pet peeve of mine! I hate grocery shopping and its worse when every single aisle is full of people and you can't get by. There just is not enough space for a crowd in the aisles, some supermarkets are way worse than others. I'll say excuse me like 10 times, no one listens! Its like road blocks. When I am in the grocery store, I am usually in a hurry just grabbing a few things and when its full of people its like a nightmare.

I love children. I don't mind waiting in lines. I just dont like when your trying to walk somewhere or get by and people just STOP in front of you.

 

[Missy1961]

I don't get how a woman having a pet-peeve of families shopping together is automatically a miserable, mean, people-hating, children-eating, good for nothing pitiful human being?

DBF and I always go shopping together. DD hates to go with us though. She says we take too long. (We do...)

I'm with you--I don't automatically think that. It sounds like she isn't a happy person, but I didn't make that connection right away. A pet peeve isn't always logical. But this one doesn't make her evil.

 

[staley7580]

Maybe she is just annoyed because nobody likes her enough to go anywhere with her.

 

[MM27]

It's so funny you say that. I was at the grocery store on Saturday. And you know those carts that with the plastic buggy on front for the kids to sit in. Well, 3 different times on Saturday I saw a parent pushing one of these carts. And where were the kids??? Not in the buggy. They were running all around the store. And since those buggies are extra long, they are really hard to maneuver. So out of control kids and hard to maneuver buggies makes it difficult for me to shop. Anyway, I was telling my Mom about it and asked her how she did it with 4 kids. And she did like you said. She got 2 carts, put us in one and the groceries in the other.

I've always hated those car carts because they take up so much room. However, I went to BJs one day with my sil and niece and my niece begged me to push her in one of those things. She lasted in it for a total of three aisles before she wanted out. I felt like a dork pushing that thing around with no child in the front We already had quite a few things in the cart, so we just carried on with the big red car in front.

 

[Eeyores Butterfly]

I can understand feeling peeved if the kids are running amok or if the whole family is blocking an aisle so that you can't get what you need, I do find that at least mildly irritating, particularly if I've already had a bad day.

But really, I barely notice the other shoppers. Unless they are physically impeding my shopping experience I don't even really register their presence. She sounds like an unhappy person.

 

[Robinrs]

Yup, I agree with you totally. And my DH uses that same "whole fam damily" line too. I always thought he made it up, but maybe it's in a movie somewhere?

 

[babytrees]

Let me clarify this. She is not annoyed by crazy families where the kids are running all over. She is annoyed and the fact that there is a family shopping together. Big or small, well behaved or not, the fact that they are shopping together just annoys her to no end.

Kristine

than she is a whack a doodle!!