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30 Times People Spotted Men Having A Miserable Time While Shopping And Just Had To Take A Pic (New Pics)
There is a stereotype that men are usually fast shoppers—one or two stores, and they're done. Women, on the contrary, may spend hours in the shopping mall, comparing prices, choosing the best option, and then deciding on something completely different (and the cycle goes on). They love to bring their partners with them to get their advice but accidentally end up making their day miserable, and their expressions don't lie!
The Instagram account 'Miserable Men' hilariously captures poor partners, relatives, or friends patiently waiting for their ladies. They are mostly on a bench in a shopping mall, surrounded by shopping bags or in a seemingly never-ending queue.
Join us in exploring our favorite new posts from this account. Scroll down to check out the top posts. If you're one of these men, remember, you are not alone.
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We completely understand that the saying 'men hate shopping' is a generalization and that there are plenty of women who don't enjoy it either. However, there is some evidence that this isn't completely a myth.
A survey done in 2013 in the United Kingdom found that men become bored after only 26 minutes of shopping, while it takes two hours for women. According to author and senior psychology lecturer Steve Taylor, "The survey found that 80 percent of men didn't like shopping with their partners." Furthermore, 45 percent of respondents said they avoided doing so "at all costs." Taylor notes that "almost half of all spousal shopping trips ended in arguments, with men becoming frustrated because they bought what they needed straight away, while their partners were still looking and taking too long to make decisions."
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Men tend to shop with a goal in mind while women treat it like a journey. Studies have shown that there are actual physical differences in the brain between men and women. "The left hemisphere in the brain is in charge of performing logic computations and processing facts. The right hemisphere is dominant in processing visual imagery and interpreting context," explains Tanya Lewis from Scientific American. Women have a thicker bridge between the two hemispheres than men, allowing them to use both of them more efficiently, while men predominantly use the left side of their brain more.
In the context of shopping, this different brain structure leads to men being more task-oriented, while women are more on a journey of discovery.
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Silver Knight of the Union 3 years ago
I did that once when my mom was giving birth. Dad caught me and took a picture of me instead of waking me up.
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Fakhri Assad 3 years ago
Frank, after 10 years of not understanding why everyone needs phones, finally figured it out.
The psychology behind different tendencies in shopping can also be explained by the responsibilities of our ancestors, the hunters - men, and plant, vegetable, fruit, and nut gatherers - women. These responsibilities can be attributed to modern-day shopping in a way that when women shop, they are more in a 'gathering' mode - browsing from plant to plant (or shop to shop). They spend a lot of time checking if the food is good and fresh and discard quite a bit of it. At the end of the day, they are back home with lots of nourishing food (or shopping bags).
Men, on the other hand, go hunting with one goal in mind - kill the animal and go home (get the item from the shop and be done with it).
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Silver Knight of the Union 3 years ago
Scanning for details with his magnifying class, the detective finds what he was looking for!
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Let's be grateful for the efforts of our male companions while shopping and maybe (if they don't share the same passion for shopping) let them stay at home instead. After all, a long shopping spree is not in their nature and might just leave them feeling miserable. Continue scrolling and see our favorite posts from the Instagram account 'Miserable Men'. Feel free to read Bored Panda's previous post about the witty account right here.
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Fakhri Assad 3 years ago
"that was the longest tea party I've ever sat through" said Dave, who had been waiting for 3 years for his wife to return
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Abby Palmer 3 years ago (edited)
"I've done my waiting, 12 years of it!"~ [in this stupid red chair]
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Silver Knight of the Union 3 years ago
If bro is sleeping, that's some control he has on his muscles.
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Silver Knight of the Union 3 years ago
"Then the light shone on his face, and he found that heaven was no different then the life he was once used to."
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Blue Bunny of Happiness 3 years ago
I scrolled too fast past this picture. Did not see that as his hand….
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Aiden Brough 3 years ago (edited)
Let me flip this... These could happen to take pictures of women who are cooking, ironing, or vacuuming (which we ALL do at some point during the week). "72 pictures of showing women doing sterotypical genderised roles"... Anyone thought that these men just happen to be waiting for SOMEONE? Easy to fall into the ol' 'sterotyping' eh BP?
Fred 3 years ago
Do these people know that they can stay at home and they don't have to follow their wives 24/7?
Jill Rhodry 3 years ago
Exactly! I'm not a 'shopper' I buy 99% (and I can't think of the 1% that I don't) of things online - but if you're doing something with me, do it with me - interact, engage with me and the activity - otherwise, yeah, stay home and have a nap, they look exhausted!
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Danny Meeks 3 years ago
Why do people think it's ok to take pictures of strangers and post them online for ridicule? Mind your own F***ing business.
Aiden Brough 3 years ago (edited)
Let me flip this... These could happen to take pictures of women who are cooking, ironing, or vacuuming (which we ALL do at some point during the week). "72 pictures of showing women doing sterotypical genderised roles"... Anyone thought that these men just happen to be waiting for SOMEONE? Easy to fall into the ol' 'sterotyping' eh BP?
Fred 3 years ago
Do these people know that they can stay at home and they don't have to follow their wives 24/7?
Jill Rhodry 3 years ago
Exactly! I'm not a 'shopper' I buy 99% (and I can't think of the 1% that I don't) of things online - but if you're doing something with me, do it with me - interact, engage with me and the activity - otherwise, yeah, stay home and have a nap, they look exhausted!
Load More Replies... Danny Meeks 3 years ago
Why do people think it's ok to take pictures of strangers and post them online for ridicule? Mind your own F***ing business.
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