Reminds me of when I was about 10, my aunt took me clothes shopping. I didn’t want to be there, my aunt eventually told me, “Straighten up or I’ll give you a smack.” Then she added, “And I don’t mean the ‘kiss’ kind either.” I so much wanted to tell her I didn’t want either one, but I knew if I did I would indeed get a smack.
With our 9-year-old (and he doesn’t shop with us often), if he behaves well, he gets ONE toy before we leave. Goes right for the expensive ones, then we redirect him to the proper selections.
My mother said something similar to me as a kid during what was one of her (to me anyway) interminable shopping trips. I was just smart enough not to say “promises, promises,” or I would have gotten smacks on the hind end.
Jamesway was the store of choice when I was a kid – the concession stand in the front of the store with ICEE carbonated frozen beverages helped make the trip more BEAR-able (ICEE mascot was a polar bear)
BONUS : McD’s in same parking lot usually got me a happy meal with toy afterwards
OK, I realize comic reality and all – but this is too egregious to suspend disbelief for; I haven’t seen a dressing room with a husband chair, let alone two, in decades!
I went shopping with my sister and her daughter. The daughter found the lap tops for applying for a job at the store and started jabbing at the screen. I had to pull her back and tell her it’s not a touch screen.
When we went shopping with Mom when younger we had to behave and no running around, they use to have those kind of chairs by dressing rooms then, or Mom would just take sister and me in dressing room with her when we were younger or leave us at home with Dad or one of our aunts, if we didn’t we were warned that we would be discplined when we got home if we didn’t behave right then and there. Of course, we didn’t have much money growing up so shopping trips for clothes wasn’t a normal thing and mostly it was at Good Will or Amvets ( Buffalo NY type of Good Will store when we lived there when I was younger before we moved here to PA)
I always loved the Sunday trip where the whole family went shopping. Wanda signed Wren into the BabyZone play area. She signed Zoe and Hammie into the Kidzone. Then she signed Darryl into the Dadzone—equipped with lounge chairs, big screen TVs tuned to sports, and waitresses. (I always thought that was a brilliant notion.) Wanda, meanwhile, went happily off to shop undisturbed.
allen@home 4 months ago
That will suit them just fine.
C 4 months ago
Promise?
rekam Premium Member 4 months ago
Okay, kids. Mom just gave you the way out of going shopping with her again. Use it.
Ubintold 4 months ago
But they come alive in toy stores.
californiamonty 4 months ago
Wanda, that may not be the threat you intend.
thevideostoreguy 4 months ago
Be grateful, Wanda…in another, oh, five to seven years, she’ll be tearing into your credit cards trying to look fancy at school.
Jeff0811 4 months ago
Reminds me of when I was about 10, my aunt took me clothes shopping. I didn’t want to be there, my aunt eventually told me, “Straighten up or I’ll give you a smack.” Then she added, “And I don’t mean the ‘kiss’ kind either.” I so much wanted to tell her I didn’t want either one, but I knew if I did I would indeed get a smack.
Blu Bunny 4 months ago
As soon as I’m done here, then we’ll go shopping for school clothes.
jewlie 4 months ago
Why do parents make promises that they never keep?
cdward 4 months ago
“Every minute you don’t behave the way I want adds two minutes to the time we stay here.”
ᴮᴼᴿᴱᴰ2ᴰᴱᴬᵀᴴ 4 months ago
shoulda left them in the car
(window ‘cracked’ – of course)
HappyDog/ᵀʳʸ ᴮᵒᶻᵒ ⁴ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵘⁿ ᵒᶠ ᶦᵗ Premium Member 4 months ago
If Wanda stops bringing them then she won’t be able to go either.
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace 4 months ago
“Was that supposed to be a threat or a reward?”
DJohnny 4 months ago
Hmm? That is just what they want! And you! Leave them with Darryl and get some Wanda-time!
ddl297 4 months ago
With our 9-year-old (and he doesn’t shop with us often), if he behaves well, he gets ONE toy before we leave. Goes right for the expensive ones, then we redirect him to the proper selections.
jbordzol 4 months ago
We learn early to leave the kids at home. Mine used to run around!
Daltongang Premium Member 4 months ago
Wanda is that a threat or a promise?
Just-me 4 months ago
My mother said something similar to me as a kid during what was one of her (to me anyway) interminable shopping trips. I was just smart enough not to say “promises, promises,” or I would have gotten smacks on the hind end.
CrimsonOne18 4 months ago
No “fun” shopping or ice cream for them!
Huckleberry Hiroshima 4 months ago
Sounds like a great promise to them.
SquidGamerGal 4 months ago
No, Wanda! That’s exactly what they want!
mrsdonaldson 4 months ago
Wrong threat, Wanda. They would be happy to never go shopping (except for toys) again.
Another Take 4 months ago
Daryl would be on that island with the kids had he been dragged along too.
oish 4 months ago
Jamesway was the store of choice when I was a kid – the concession stand in the front of the store with ICEE carbonated frozen beverages helped make the trip more BEAR-able (ICEE mascot was a polar bear)
BONUS : McD’s in same parking lot usually got me a happy meal with toy afterwards
Strawberry King 4 months ago
I didn’t like shopping with my parents as a kid either. Unless we were going to Toys R Us or somewhere, I wasn’t interested. XD
tremaine53 4 months ago
“You PROMISE, Mom?!?”
m b 4 months ago
Nope kids stay home, Dad fixes dinner or orders pizza and Mom goes to mall by herself
Alverant 4 months ago
Is that a promise?
Cozmik Cowboy 4 months ago
OK, I realize comic reality and all – but this is too egregious to suspend disbelief for; I haven’t seen a dressing room with a husband chair, let alone two, in decades!
kathleenhicks62 4 months ago
If they start running up and down the aisles she may go. . . .
kab2rb 4 months ago
Mom bribe them with toy store.
The Quiet One 4 months ago
I’m an adult adult and I understand how they feel.
wordsmeet 4 months ago
Shopping with women can be boooooring!
cracker65 4 months ago
Men have the same experience
angelolady Premium Member 4 months ago
I like the raggy-edged clothes.
John Jorgensen 4 months ago
Kind of sounds like she’s threatening them with a good time there, at least from their perspective.
jrankin1959 4 months ago
Uh, Mom? For them, that’s hardly a threat.
Ermine Notyours 4 months ago
I went shopping with my sister and her daughter. The daughter found the lap tops for applying for a job at the store and started jabbing at the screen. I had to pull her back and tell her it’s not a touch screen.
ctolson 4 months ago
They could only hope!
tinstar 4 months ago
That, Wanda, is most likely exactly what they are hoping for.
sincavage05 4 months ago
I remember those days, and then we’d go play hide and seek in the clothing racks. Four kids in 6 years, my mom never knew what hit her.
bignatefan#10 4 months ago
I understand the mom but they take for ever
Laurie Stoker Premium Member 4 months ago
Is that supposed to be a threat, Wanda? Because if so, you need to work on your material.
DaBump Premium Member 4 months ago
People take really little kids to all sorts of places that make me wonder: Really? They couldn’t find anybody to watch them for a couple hours?
Sambora1 4 months ago
When we went shopping with Mom when younger we had to behave and no running around, they use to have those kind of chairs by dressing rooms then, or Mom would just take sister and me in dressing room with her when we were younger or leave us at home with Dad or one of our aunts, if we didn’t we were warned that we would be discplined when we got home if we didn’t behave right then and there. Of course, we didn’t have much money growing up so shopping trips for clothes wasn’t a normal thing and mostly it was at Good Will or Amvets ( Buffalo NY type of Good Will store when we lived there when I was younger before we moved here to PA)
leopardglily 4 months ago
This is my mother. As kids or now, her shopping trips are unending.
DKHenderson 4 months ago
I always loved the Sunday trip where the whole family went shopping. Wanda signed Wren into the BabyZone play area. She signed Zoe and Hammie into the Kidzone. Then she signed Darryl into the Dadzone—equipped with lounge chairs, big screen TVs tuned to sports, and waitresses. (I always thought that was a brilliant notion.) Wanda, meanwhile, went happily off to shop undisturbed.
[Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce] 4 months ago
Don’t worry kids—-you get a Food Court reward for not burning down the Mall
Sophie Elizabeth Foster 1st 4 months ago
Good leave me I hate shopping
AppleCrusher292 3 months ago
won’t not taking the kids shopping be what they want in the first place?