I do not understand.

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stradial

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The wife "runs" up to Kroger to get something to make sandwiches out of and 3 other things.
We live, literally, 5-7 minutes away from the Kroger, door to door.
She has been gone over an hour.
This happens every time.
I had been working on a lawnmower and running errands, I came in to get a shower, she was going to run up to the store to get something for sandwiches for supper, while I was in the shower.

What time warp does she fall into every time she goes to the store?

Once I cut an artery in my finger, blood is shooting all over the kitchen, by the time I got a towel on it, it looked like someone had been sticking hogs in our kitchen.
I asked her to run up to the store and get some gauze and tape as well as some bandaides.
She was gone over an hour.
Thank goodness I had stopped the bleeding.

It's a grocery store for god's sake!
It's not like they get new and different stuff in every day.
It's the same old stuff as it was this morning and yesterday and the day before and the week before and the year before!

It's like dealing with a kid.
What in the world took you so long?
I didn't take long.
You were gone over an hour.
No I wasn't.
You left at X o'clock and it is now an hour and 15 minutes later, that is over an hour.
Oh, are you sure?
Yes I am sure.
It didn't seem that long.
Well it was, so what took so long?
I don't know.
What do you mean you don't know? Weren't you there?
Of course I was there.
Then what took so long?
I don't know? Traffic maybe?
On Ridge Rd?
There could have been traffic.

:BANG BANG BANG:
:my head against a wall:
 
When my wife leaves the house she never returns before 7 PM. It doesn't matter if she leaves at 8 AM or 5 PM. I have learned to expect it.
 
It must be a "woman thang" as my wifey does the same thing. Plus she stops for 2 or 3 things and comes home with 10 bags full.
 
If I'm in a hurry I can get in and out in no time. But if I am not in a hurry, I can easily spend an hour or more in the grocery store.
 
unionmom said:
If I'm in a hurry I can get in and out in no time. But if I am not in a hurry, I can easily spend an hour or more in the grocery store.

BINGO. I generally hate shopping, and I'm a Type A, so I know what I want and usually where it is before I go in, and am in and out in a flash. BUT if it's something like oh I might try something new so I'll wander around and see what I can find (which is not often, but it does happen), I can easily lose over an hour. ESP. in stores I love, like HoDe and Hobby Lobby.

lotstodo said:
When my wife leaves the house she never returns before 7 PM. It doesn't matter if she leaves at 8 AM or 5 PM. I have learned to expect it.

HAHAHAHAHAAA And there we have the key to a long and happy marriage. ;)
 
mei lan said:
unionmom said:
If I'm in a hurry I can get in and out in no time. But if I am not in a hurry, I can easily spend an hour or more in the grocery store.

BINGO. I generally hate shopping, and I'm a Type A, so I know what I want and usually where it is before I go in, and am in and out in a flash. BUT if it's something like oh I might try something new so I'll wander around and see what I can find (which is not often, but it does happen), I can easily lose over an hour. ESP. in stores I love, like HoDe and Hobby Lobby.

lotstodo said:
When my wife leaves the house she never returns before 7 PM. It doesn't matter if she leaves at 8 AM or 5 PM. I have learned to expect it.

HAHAHAHAHAAA And there we have the key to a long and happy marriage. ;)

And there we have a man who has been beaten into submission.
Where as, I am just beaten and battered, but still on my feet.
:)

I will ask this, who is the one with the "problem", the one who goes to the store for 4 items and takes over an hour, every...single...time or the one who knows this is the way it is and yet, still expects that person to return in a timely manner?

You know what really makes me wacky?
When I get excited about how long it took her and she acts like nothing happened.
No matter how excited I get, she just goes along her merry way.
One day....BANG ZOOM.....to the MOON!
 
I detest grocery shopping, but I do wind up staying a long time because I have yet to "run" to Kroger and not see someone I know. Chatting at the store when you see people takes time.
 
It's the other way around with us. I go, buy, come straight home. Marc goes, buys, makes 5,911 other stops, talks to half the people in town, calls me 57 times, then finally returns. :))
 
Which one has the problem? Clearly, you already know that answer. If you've forgotten, call St. LTD.
 
My general complaint is not so much that Mrs. Colson stays at the mall/store/wherever too long, but that she answers her cell when I call to see if she is ok. One instance was last year. She and Daughter Colson called from Target and said, "ok…we're on our way home. I'll pick up something to eat on the way."

Then…2 hours later they don't show and neither answers their cell phone! :eek: I mean, we're talking about the Target in Hiram. Just 20 minutes MAX drive. I just tend to worry about them having a wreck or something worse when they ran nearly 2 hours late. When I FINALLY get a call back I was informed they had been "sidetracked" at a shoe store. REALLY?! :Stick
 
Grey Colson said:
My general complaint is not so much that Mrs. Colson stays at the mall/store/wherever too long, but that she answers her cell when I call to see if she is ok. One instance was last year. She and Daughter Colson called from Target and said, "ok…we're on our way home. I'll pick up something to eat on the way."

Then…2 hours later they don't show and neither answers their cell phone! :eek: I mean, we're talking about the Target in Hiram. Just 20 minutes MAX drive. I just tend to worry about them having a wreck or something worse when they ran nearly 2 hours late. When I FINALLY get a call back I was informed they had been "sidetracked" at a shoe store. REALLY?! :Stick

That is a whole nother topic, about which I could write a book.
Many times, I have gotten out of bed at 11pm, midnight, 1am, 2am and even later and driven to where the wife works to see if she is still alive because I haven't heard from her since 6pm and she doesn't answer her work or cell phone.
Her cell phone is usually dead or in the car and she "just didn't hear" the office phone.
Once, I passed her on here way home.
This has been going on for years.

Back when we were dating, the wife rarely locked her house when she was home.
(heck, she rarely locked when she wasn't home)
One night I came over to visit.
I came in through the regular door at the garage, which was unlocked.
I came in through the door from the garage to the house.
The poodle was standing there barking at me.
I looked in the living room, not there.
I looked in the bed room, not there.
I walked to the office, with the poodle still barking.
When we got to the office, the poodle quit barking and ran onto the office.
There was the wife, sitting at her desk, starring at the computer screen.
She was facing to my left, and I was standing in the doorway on her left side.
I walked up behind her and stood behind her chair for a good 60 seconds.
She had no idea I was there.
I then walked out of the office and into the living room, turned on the TV and started watching it.
The TV is against the adjoining wall of the office, in fact, it is directly opposite (well, it was at that time) her desk and computer, which back up to the adjoining wall.
I sat on the couch and watched TV for over an hour.
Finally the wife walked into the liver room, was startled to see me there and asked, How long have you been here?
She was shocked when I told here, over an hour and what had happened when I first arrived.
One good thing came of it, she did start locking the door a little more.
 
stradial said:
Grey Colson said:
My general complaint is not so much that Mrs. Colson stays at the mall/store/wherever too long, but that she answers her cell when I call to see if she is ok. One instance was last year. She and Daughter Colson called from Target and said, "ok…we're on our way home. I'll pick up something to eat on the way."

Then…2 hours later they don't show and neither answers their cell phone! :eek: I mean, we're talking about the Target in Hiram. Just 20 minutes MAX drive. I just tend to worry about them having a wreck or something worse when they ran nearly 2 hours late. When I FINALLY get a call back I was informed they had been "sidetracked" at a shoe store. REALLY?! :Stick

That is a whole nother topic, about which I could write a book.
Many times, I have gotten out of bed at 11pm, midnight, 1am, 2am and even later and driven to where the wife works to see if she is still alive because I haven't heard from her since 6pm and she doesn't answer her work or cell phone.
Her cell phone is usually dead or in the car and she "just didn't hear" the office phone.
Once, I passed her on here way home.
This has been going on for years.

Back when we were dating, the wife rarely locked her house when she was home.
(heck, she rarely locked when she wasn't home)
One night I came over to visit.
I came in through the regular door at the garage, which was unlocked.
I came in through the door from the garage to the house.

The poodle was standing there barking at me.
I looked in the living room, not there.
I looked in the bed room, not there.
I walked to the office, with the poodle still barking.
When we got to the office, the poodle quit barking and ran onto the office.
There was the wife, sitting at her desk, starring at the computer screen.
She was facing to my left, and I was standing in the doorway on her left side.
I walked up behind her and stood behind her chair for a good 60 seconds.
She had no idea I was there.
I then walked out of the office and into the living room, turned on the TV and started watching it.
The TV is against the adjoining wall of the office, in fact, it is directly opposite (well, it was at that time) her desk and computer, which back up to the adjoining wall.
I sat on the couch and watched TV for over an hour.
Finally the wife walked into the liver room, was startled to see me there and asked, How long have you been here?
She was shocked when I told here, over an hour and what had happened when I first arrived.
One good thing came of it, she did start locking the door a little more.
What, you didn't call or knock first? Sorry, couldn't resist. stirthepot2
 
J-man said:
stradial said:
Grey Colson said:
My general complaint is not so much that Mrs. Colson stays at the mall/store/wherever too long, but that she answers her cell when I call to see if she is ok. One instance was last year. She and Daughter Colson called from Target and said, "ok…we're on our way home. I'll pick up something to eat on the way."

Then…2 hours later they don't show and neither answers their cell phone! :eek: I mean, we're talking about the Target in Hiram. Just 20 minutes MAX drive. I just tend to worry about them having a wreck or something worse when they ran nearly 2 hours late. When I FINALLY get a call back I was informed they had been "sidetracked" at a shoe store. REALLY?! :Stick

That is a whole nother topic, about which I could write a book.
Many times, I have gotten out of bed at 11pm, midnight, 1am, 2am and even later and driven to where the wife works to see if she is still alive because I haven't heard from her since 6pm and she doesn't answer her work or cell phone.
Her cell phone is usually dead or in the car and she "just didn't hear" the office phone.
Once, I passed her on here way home.
This has been going on for years.

Back when we were dating, the wife rarely locked her house when she was home.
(heck, she rarely locked when she wasn't home)
One night I came over to visit.
I came in through the regular door at the garage, which was unlocked.
I came in through the door from the garage to the house.

The poodle was standing there barking at me.
I looked in the living room, not there.
I looked in the bed room, not there.
I walked to the office, with the poodle still barking.
When we got to the office, the poodle quit barking and ran onto the office.
There was the wife, sitting at her desk, starring at the computer screen.
She was facing to my left, and I was standing in the doorway on her left side.
I walked up behind her and stood behind her chair for a good 60 seconds.
She had no idea I was there.
I then walked out of the office and into the living room, turned on the TV and started watching it.
The TV is against the adjoining wall of the office, in fact, it is directly opposite (well, it was at that time) her desk and computer, which back up to the adjoining wall.
I sat on the couch and watched TV for over an hour.
Finally the wife walked into the liver room, was startled to see me there and asked, How long have you been here?
She was shocked when I told here, over an hour and what had happened when I first arrived.
One good thing came of it, she did start locking the door a little more.
What, you didn't call or knock first? Sorry, couldn't resist. stirthepot2

:laugh :laugh :laugh :laugh :laugh :firstplace
 
J-man said:
stradial said:
Grey Colson said:
My general complaint is not so much that Mrs. Colson stays at the mall/store/wherever too long, but that she answers her cell when I call to see if she is ok. One instance was last year. She and Daughter Colson called from Target and said, "ok…we're on our way home. I'll pick up something to eat on the way."

Then…2 hours later they don't show and neither answers their cell phone! :eek: I mean, we're talking about the Target in Hiram. Just 20 minutes MAX drive. I just tend to worry about them having a wreck or something worse when they ran nearly 2 hours late. When I FINALLY get a call back I was informed they had been "sidetracked" at a shoe store. REALLY?! :Stick

That is a whole nother topic, about which I could write a book.
Many times, I have gotten out of bed at 11pm, midnight, 1am, 2am and even later and driven to where the wife works to see if she is still alive because I haven't heard from her since 6pm and she doesn't answer her work or cell phone.
Her cell phone is usually dead or in the car and she "just didn't hear" the office phone.
Once, I passed her on here way home.
This has been going on for years.

Back when we were dating, the wife rarely locked her house when she was home.
(heck, she rarely locked when she wasn't home)
One night I came over to visit.
I came in through the regular door at the garage, which was unlocked.
I came in through the door from the garage to the house.

The poodle was standing there barking at me.
I looked in the living room, not there.
I looked in the bed room, not there.
I walked to the office, with the poodle still barking.
When we got to the office, the poodle quit barking and ran onto the office.
There was the wife, sitting at her desk, starring at the computer screen.
She was facing to my left, and I was standing in the doorway on her left side.
I walked up behind her and stood behind her chair for a good 60 seconds.
She had no idea I was there.
I then walked out of the office and into the living room, turned on the TV and started watching it.
The TV is against the adjoining wall of the office, in fact, it is directly opposite (well, it was at that time) her desk and computer, which back up to the adjoining wall.
I sat on the couch and watched TV for over an hour.
Finally the wife walked into the liver room, was startled to see me there and asked, How long have you been here?
She was shocked when I told here, over an hour and what had happened when I first arrived.
One good thing came of it, she did start locking the door a little more.
What, you didn't call or knock first? Sorry, couldn't resist. stirthepot2

I did yell out when I was in the laundry room, "Hey!", but received no answer.
 
stradial said:
J-man said:
stradial said:
Grey Colson said:
My general complaint is not so much that Mrs. Colson stays at the mall/store/wherever too long, but that she answers her cell when I call to see if she is ok. One instance was last year. She and Daughter Colson called from Target and said, "ok…we're on our way home. I'll pick up something to eat on the way."

Then…2 hours later they don't show and neither answers their cell phone! :eek: I mean, we're talking about the Target in Hiram. Just 20 minutes MAX drive. I just tend to worry about them having a wreck or something worse when they ran nearly 2 hours late. When I FINALLY get a call back I was informed they had been "sidetracked" at a shoe store. REALLY?! :Stick

That is a whole nother topic, about which I could write a book.
Many times, I have gotten out of bed at 11pm, midnight, 1am, 2am and even later and driven to where the wife works to see if she is still alive because I haven't heard from her since 6pm and she doesn't answer her work or cell phone.
Her cell phone is usually dead or in the car and she "just didn't hear" the office phone.
Once, I passed her on here way home.
This has been going on for years.

Back when we were dating, the wife rarely locked her house when she was home.
(heck, she rarely locked when she wasn't home)
One night I came over to visit.
I came in through the regular door at the garage, which was unlocked.
I came in through the door from the garage to the house.

The poodle was standing there barking at me.
I looked in the living room, not there.
I looked in the bed room, not there.
I walked to the office, with the poodle still barking.
When we got to the office, the poodle quit barking and ran onto the office.
There was the wife, sitting at her desk, starring at the computer screen.
She was facing to my left, and I was standing in the doorway on her left side.
I walked up behind her and stood behind her chair for a good 60 seconds.
She had no idea I was there.
I then walked out of the office and into the living room, turned on the TV and started watching it.
The TV is against the adjoining wall of the office, in fact, it is directly opposite (well, it was at that time) her desk and computer, which back up to the adjoining wall.
I sat on the couch and watched TV for over an hour.
Finally the wife walked into the liver room, was startled to see me there and asked, How long have you been here?
She was shocked when I told here, over an hour and what had happened when I first arrived.
One good thing came of it, she did start locking the door a little more.
What, you didn't call or knock first? Sorry, couldn't resist. stirthepot2

I did yell out when I was in the laundry room, "Hey!", but received no answer.

You should have whispered, "Shhh, she's in the other room, baby. She might hear us."
 
LisaC said:
stradial said:
J-man said:
stradial said:
Grey Colson said:
My general complaint is not so much that Mrs. Colson stays at the mall/store/wherever too long, but that she answers her cell when I call to see if she is ok. One instance was last year. She and Daughter Colson called from Target and said, "ok…we're on our way home. I'll pick up something to eat on the way."

Then…2 hours later they don't show and neither answers their cell phone! :eek: I mean, we're talking about the Target in Hiram. Just 20 minutes MAX drive. I just tend to worry about them having a wreck or something worse when they ran nearly 2 hours late. When I FINALLY get a call back I was informed they had been "sidetracked" at a shoe store. REALLY?! :Stick

That is a whole nother topic, about which I could write a book.
Many times, I have gotten out of bed at 11pm, midnight, 1am, 2am and even later and driven to where the wife works to see if she is still alive because I haven't heard from her since 6pm and she doesn't answer her work or cell phone.
Her cell phone is usually dead or in the car and she "just didn't hear" the office phone.
Once, I passed her on here way home.
This has been going on for years.

Back when we were dating, the wife rarely locked her house when she was home.
(heck, she rarely locked when she wasn't home)
One night I came over to visit.
I came in through the regular door at the garage, which was unlocked.
I came in through the door from the garage to the house.

The poodle was standing there barking at me.
I looked in the living room, not there.
I looked in the bed room, not there.
I walked to the office, with the poodle still barking.
When we got to the office, the poodle quit barking and ran onto the office.
There was the wife, sitting at her desk, starring at the computer screen.
She was facing to my left, and I was standing in the doorway on her left side.
I walked up behind her and stood behind her chair for a good 60 seconds.
She had no idea I was there.
I then walked out of the office and into the living room, turned on the TV and started watching it.
The TV is against the adjoining wall of the office, in fact, it is directly opposite (well, it was at that time) her desk and computer, which back up to the adjoining wall.
I sat on the couch and watched TV for over an hour.
Finally the wife walked into the liver room, was startled to see me there and asked, How long have you been here?
She was shocked when I told here, over an hour and what had happened when I first arrived.
One good thing came of it, she did start locking the door a little more.
What, you didn't call or knock first? Sorry, couldn't resist. stirthepot2

I did yell out when I was in the laundry room, "Hey!", but received no answer.

You should have whispered, "Shhh, she's in the other room, baby. She might hear us."

Your right, that she would have heard.
 
J-man said:
stradial said:
Grey Colson said:
My general complaint is not so much that Mrs. Colson stays at the mall/store/wherever too long, but that she answers her cell when I call to see if she is ok. One instance was last year. She and Daughter Colson called from Target and said, "ok…we're on our way home. I'll pick up something to eat on the way."

Then…2 hours later they don't show and neither answers their cell phone! :eek: I mean, we're talking about the Target in Hiram. Just 20 minutes MAX drive. I just tend to worry about them having a wreck or something worse when they ran nearly 2 hours late. When I FINALLY get a call back I was informed they had been "sidetracked" at a shoe store. REALLY?! :Stick

That is a whole nother topic, about which I could write a book.
Many times, I have gotten out of bed at 11pm, midnight, 1am, 2am and even later and driven to where the wife works to see if she is still alive because I haven't heard from her since 6pm and she doesn't answer her work or cell phone.
Her cell phone is usually dead or in the car and she "just didn't hear" the office phone.
Once, I passed her on here way home.
This has been going on for years.

Back when we were dating, the wife rarely locked her house when she was home.
(heck, she rarely locked when she wasn't home)
One night I came over to visit.
I came in through the regular door at the garage, which was unlocked.
I came in through the door from the garage to the house.

The poodle was standing there barking at me.
I looked in the living room, not there.
I looked in the bed room, not there.
I walked to the office, with the poodle still barking.
When we got to the office, the poodle quit barking and ran onto the office.
There was the wife, sitting at her desk, starring at the computer screen.
She was facing to my left, and I was standing in the doorway on her left side.
I walked up behind her and stood behind her chair for a good 60 seconds.
She had no idea I was there.
I then walked out of the office and into the living room, turned on the TV and started watching it.
The TV is against the adjoining wall of the office, in fact, it is directly opposite (well, it was at that time) her desk and computer, which back up to the adjoining wall.
I sat on the couch and watched TV for over an hour.
Finally the wife walked into the liver room, was startled to see me there and asked, How long have you been here?
She was shocked when I told here, over an hour and what had happened when I first arrived.
One good thing came of it, she did start locking the door a little more.
What, you didn't call or knock first? Sorry, couldn't resist. stirthepot2
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