Why can't my husband follow a simple grocery list?

[Tina]

DH just returned from the grocery store with a very simple list. One item on the list was a 24 roll pack of Charmin toilet tissue. He returned home with a pack of six MEGA rolls instead. I pointed out his mistake and he pointed the the writing on the package - "6 MEGA rolls = 24 regular rolls." Shall I challenge him to try to fit one of these huge MEGA rolls onto the little tissue dispenser in the bathroom? They're as big as a roll of paper towels!!!

 

[ChrisnSteph]

My dh always deviates from the list. Drives me nuts, so I try and do all the shopping if I can!

 

[KarenAylwood]

Didn't you get the memo? There's something ingrained in men's minds that doesn't allow them to follow simple instructions.

I told DBF it was his turn to buy the Splenda packets. PACKETS. He comes back with the bulk stuff b/c it was "cheaper". He said well you said Splenda and I said yes, look at the list "splenda packets". And he said "yeah so?" I think I spent 20 minutes trying to explain the difference and I don't think he ever got it.

We still joke about how our biggest fight was over Splenda.

 

[MsDisney23]

I must be lucky, my DH does all (well most of the time) the shopping and he does a great job! I'll send him over to ya!

 

[ChristmasElf]

Just be glad you can get your dh's to even GO. Mine will go with me occasionally, but if he is asked to run up there for a few things, it's like I asked him to repaint the house!
If he does manage to go, there are always a few extras in the bag when he returns, cookies,ice cream, etc.

 

[mommaU4]

That is too funny!! It's the same here. Actually it's not that he'll mess up the list I give him. He'll get everything on the list exactly as asked for, but then he'll some back with a whole bunch more!! He'll take a list with 5 items on it and come back with 5 bags of groceries!!!

 

[orvilleair]

At least he got you Charmin. Could have been worse.

 

[Tina]

At least he got you Charmin. Could have been worse.

How right you are!!!!

 

[NeverlandClub23]

Because he's a man But seriously, my 57 year old Dad bought a warehouse supply of the MEGA rolls and we don't have any extenders so for the next 20 years (about as long as a warehouse supply of MEGA rolls last) we have to leave the roll on the bathroom counter. I think it's a conspiracy so he doesn't have to change the roll, he can just plop a new one on the counter.

 

[Brianne]

My DH does the grocery shopping because he does stick to the list. I'm the one who comes home with "extras". I've been banned from grocery shopping for awhile now, which is fine by me.

 

[The Mystery Machine]

Folks that is why there are cell phones....duh...You guys need a better strategy.

You write "toliet paper" on the list. Dh will ask what kind, then you tell him it depends on what the price is and to call you.
Come on...others do this, right?

 

[Art Vandalay]

Funny... if you just read these boards, you'd think men had the IQ of a turnip and women were all geniuses. I'll just be over in the corner drooling and scratching myself while my 7 year old daughter does the shopping. I clearly can't handle such responsibility

 

[KarenAylwood]

Funny... if you just read these boards, you'd think men had the IQ of a turnip and women were all geniuses. I'll just be over in the corner drooling and scratching myself while my 7 year old daughter does the shopping. I clearly can't handle such responsibility

OBVIOUSLY.

 

[mommaU4]

Funny... if you just read these boards, you'd think men had the IQ of a turnip and women were all geniuses. I'll just be over in the corner drooling and scratching myself while my 7 year old daughter does the shopping. I clearly can't handle such responsibility

You're doing good. Admitting it is the hardest step.

 

[disneymom3]

At least he got you Charmin. Could have been worse.

Exactly! DH was laid off and so after being the one at home for 6 years, I went to work full time and he did the at home dad thing for awhile. I did make up the list for him to go shopping cause he seemed kind of overwhelmed, but I didn't get totally specific. (The first time!) He came home with some generic brand of toilet paper and some off brand of paper towels etc. I was just baffled. We had been married 11 years at that point and I said to him, "Have you not noticed in the last 11 years that I always buy the same kind of toilet paper and the same kind of paper towels??" Nope, he clearly had not. He learned real quick why I don't buy generic toilet paper though! What is the point of that stuff??

 

[ktpool]

Funny!

Not really grocery related, but last Christmas my DH bought me not one, but two sets of long sleeved, long pant jammies. Now, I am always hot and only wear sleeveless gowns to bed. He knows this..we fight over the thermostat all the time Duh...we have been married 11 years and when have you ever seen me wear long pants and long sleeves to bed???? I can barely stand to wear long sleeves outside in the winter and we used to live in North Dakota, for gosh sakes!

To top it off, I didn't want to hurt his feelings, so I kept them and washed them. I saw the receipt a week later...$40 each at an upscale store. Oh my!

 

[liamsaunt]

Look on the outside of the package--there should be an "extender" rod for the toilet paper holder stuck to the package.

But, I feel your pain! My DH HATES to grocery shop! He is fine with all other chores (though he might do them badly...) but he HATES the grocery store. If I make him go, he slumps over the cart--"are we done yet?" "is it time to go yet?" We have worked out a compromise: I do the shopping, BUT I take his debit card, and he doesn't question what I spend. He also has to carry all the bags into the house. In return, I cook great (he says, smart man) dinners, and he (mostly) cleans up.

 

[Tina]

Look on the outside of the package--there should be an "extender" rod for the toilet paper holder stuck to the package.

Nope. No extender on or in the package. But there is an ad on the back of the package for one. I guess they want me to buy one. No thanks. I'll just return the paper tomorrow and get the regular size.

 

[FayeW]

You think deviating from "the list" is bad, have you ever asked him to empty the dishwasher?!?! I find things in the oddest places! Sometimes I'm like "Are you new here?"

 

[LindsayDunn228]

Folks that is why there are cell phones....duh...You guys need a better strategy.

Seriously!!! A few times I have been sick on the day we go grocery shopping and have sent my husband. I put BRAND NAMES on everything and if it's something we are running low on I show him what it looks like. There are times he will call me 6 times to make sure he's gotten the correct thing