UK Wedding News
08/07/2013
The research, which was commissioned by cashback website Quidco, found that it is not only the boredom of the shopping trip that men are annoyed by, but also the fact that they will be dragged into the same shop a number of times.
Add in the hot temperatures within the stores and men become bored of shopping with their partner after just 26 minutes into the trip. Interestingly, women were found to get bored after two hours, but this was only if they were unable to find what they were looking for.
Of the men surveyed, almost half admitted they hated shopping with their partner so much, they would avoid it at all costs, and the one thing guaranteed to annoy them, is when their other half takes forever browsing in one shop, followed by continuing to shop even though they found what they wanted in the first shop. More than a quarter of men even confessed to leaving their partner to shop alone as they returned home. A further half of men will wander off to another area of a store while a third will wander to another shop altogether.
An additional third of men admit to waiting outside for their partner to finish, and a fifth pass the time by looking at other women.
Elsewhere, two thirds of men claimed they would shop silently with their wife or girlfriend in exchange for a treat. The most effective proved to be a meal, a drink in a pub or promises that they won't have to come along on the next shopping trip.
Andy Oldham, Managing Director at Quidco, said: "Shopping is generally thought to be a woman's hobby and something men are just subjected to.
"These results certainly seem to back that up, with men getting fed-up of the spending spree pretty much as soon as they get there.
"If men buy whatever they were looking for in one of the first shops they went into, it's going to get pretty tiresome going from shop-to-shop with their other half – especially if they are having to follow them into the same store several times.
"But it seems women also have their limit when they are in a busy shopping centre, just for completely different reasons – more down to being frustrated at not being able to find what they were looking for or leaving empty-handed."
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Shopping With A Partner 'Annoys Men'
A new survey has revealed that men's biggest annoyance is when they are forced to go shopping with their girlfriend or wife.The research, which was commissioned by cashback website Quidco, found that it is not only the boredom of the shopping trip that men are annoyed by, but also the fact that they will be dragged into the same shop a number of times.
Add in the hot temperatures within the stores and men become bored of shopping with their partner after just 26 minutes into the trip. Interestingly, women were found to get bored after two hours, but this was only if they were unable to find what they were looking for.
Of the men surveyed, almost half admitted they hated shopping with their partner so much, they would avoid it at all costs, and the one thing guaranteed to annoy them, is when their other half takes forever browsing in one shop, followed by continuing to shop even though they found what they wanted in the first shop. More than a quarter of men even confessed to leaving their partner to shop alone as they returned home. A further half of men will wander off to another area of a store while a third will wander to another shop altogether.
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An additional third of men admit to waiting outside for their partner to finish, and a fifth pass the time by looking at other women.
Elsewhere, two thirds of men claimed they would shop silently with their wife or girlfriend in exchange for a treat. The most effective proved to be a meal, a drink in a pub or promises that they won't have to come along on the next shopping trip.
Andy Oldham, Managing Director at Quidco, said: "Shopping is generally thought to be a woman's hobby and something men are just subjected to.
"These results certainly seem to back that up, with men getting fed-up of the spending spree pretty much as soon as they get there.
"If men buy whatever they were looking for in one of the first shops they went into, it's going to get pretty tiresome going from shop-to-shop with their other half – especially if they are having to follow them into the same store several times.
"But it seems women also have their limit when they are in a busy shopping centre, just for completely different reasons – more down to being frustrated at not being able to find what they were looking for or leaving empty-handed."
(JP/CD)
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