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Guys hate to shop, could this be you in the video?

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Re: Guys hate to shop, could this be you in the video?

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I actually get allergic reactions to shopping malls. I'm not kidding; dry eyes, headache and joint pains slowly start to show up if I spend more than 30 minutes inside one.

Consequently, I tend shop for clothes almost as if it was a military maneuver. Deploy in shop, locate any pair of pants that fit predetermined criteria, pay, leave.

Re: Guys hate to shop, could this be you in the video?

#7
I couldn't care any less whether my plaid shirts are considered cool. I learned a long time ago that if you fall into the trap of letting girlfriends, wives or GQ Magazine tell you how to dress, you just end up with a closet full of clothes you're uncomfortable wearing. Be happy, be comfortable, wear what you want to.

"Dressing up is inevitably a substitute for good ideas." -PG

http://www.paulgraham.com/bubble.html

Re: Guys hate to shop, could this be you in the video?

#9
Wow, if men weren't the target here, there might be accusations that it's sexist.

Anyway, you know what? I don't like to shop. That's why I buy my groceries online and my local store delivers them the next day. I spend five minutes to do it and someone else goes to the store and brings it to my kitchen, so I can avoid the driving, the parking, the lines, the kids, the checkouts, the bringing the groceries in. Same for as many other things as I can buy online instead of in person. Including (as much as possible) clothes.

See, I'm a male. I don't particularly care if I'm wearing the latest fashion or if I've adopted the Bieber haircut. It doesn't matter to me. I buy clothing that doesn't have logos or advertise anything on it. I like black clothing. I also don't like to waste time with hairstyles. I shave my head and have for over a decade. It saves me time and looks fine. Just like pants or slacks and a black shirt looks fine. Because, again, I don't build my entire life and self-esteem around what I look like.

As long as I look like I showered and didn't sleep in a gutter overnight, I'm fine. And, believe it or not, I've never had a woman give a damn about my shoes or the label on my clothing or whether my hair was feathered. They always want to know what I do for a living and what kind of car I drive and whether I own my own home and what part of town I live in and what school I went to and (in roundabout ways of asking) how much money I make. None have ever given a god damn about my clothing. And if they have, I didn't know about it and didn't care. And still don't.

Now, who's going to write the follow-up article about how Women Shouldn't Shop, because they don't know what they're doing when they're buying a new stereo or computer or television or car or other (insert stereotype).

Re: Guys hate to shop, could this be you in the video?

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post #5

Funny. though I'm just scared to imagine what amount of nuclear flak would a 'symmetric' article take. Just imagine the title "Girls love to shop, could this be you in the video?". so much for gender equality.

It is less about equity than it is about tired, damaging stereotyping.
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