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.
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When she says "Can we go shopping", replace the "we" with "I". You're there to carry the bags.
He doesn't look miserable. I'd be pretty happy if I found a comfy chair and could nap at the mall...
I find after 30 or 60 minutes of shopping, I'm more exhausted than if I had done weights and then run for 10 miles. There's just something about shopping that really wears me out. Even my legs and feet are more tired than after a marathon......
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."
Guy in the chair doesn't seem to be having a miserable time at all!
First rule of wait-for-the-woman-to-return club - don`t talk, like..at all
Load More Replies...Guys, you know that those are stairs right? How long have you been sitting there waiting for the escalator to start back up?
Okay, but can we discuss the lettering on the sides of the stairs?
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.
I did that once when my mom was giving birth. Dad caught me and took a picture of me instead of waking me up.
Why did you even have to be there when your mom was giving birth?
Load More Replies...Haha!! My hubby has done this. I walked by, he was snoring, I kept walking.
I noticed the other day...why is it that men with fat bellies have no problem wearing a shirt too small and having their gut and hair hang out in public but I have NEVER seen a woman do that? Women, for whom the fashion industry is rigged against, can always find clothing big enough but the same consideration doesn't come from the male part of our species?
Actually I find it the other way round in the UK. Can def find bigger mens clothes than ladies in 90% of stores
Load More Replies...Frank, after 10 years of not understanding why everyone needs phones, finally figured it out.
I didn't notice the phones initially, thought I was viewing a pit of despair...
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).
I would be too if a grown man gets to sit in a stroller but I dont
Load More Replies...Scanning for details with his magnifying class, the detective finds what he was looking for!
Yo, I'll tell you what I want What I really, really want So tell me what you want What you really, really want I'll tell you what I want What I really, really want
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.
To be fair almost everybody's future is getting old. So, this is technically accurate. Lol
"...if we leave by 2 I can still get home in time to mow the lawn then take a nap before dinner.."
'Other' man things he could be doing. Think this post confirms he is currently doing 'a man thing'.
Load More Replies...He looks. like his mistress just called and said "you either tell your wife about us or I will."
he's been waiting so long he's looked at absolutely everything there is to see on every app. he started seeing posts from yesterday and now has nothing to do; he's all caught up on social media.
I couldn't sleep with the bag like that. I'd have to have it secured in some way, under a leg perhaps. I've had stuff disappear too often.
When shopping with my mother, my father would tell every cashier without fail, that he had 3 functions in life - to pay, to carry and to blame
Ahhh! That couch needs to be a scoch to our left! It's driving me crazy!
That's my rule whenever I am dragged along to go clothes shopping with my friend. "I aint holding any of your sh*t. If you try to make me I WILL put it on."
Load More Replies...Yeah, well - in countries where this man is obviously from, anything that allows women to do what they want is uncommon
Load More Replies...Waiting for shopping wife, dog humping his leg.....this guy is just done!
For a minute thought the dog on his legs was part of his pants.
Looks like a Bible. Not really worth reading tbh, I prefer the Grimm brothers fairytales.
Load More Replies...and apparently, "To guard a small mountain of bags, too!"
Load More Replies...I know that feeling when your eyes just fall asleep despite looking into the little screen
Me too. It´s the reason my screen is so scratched up now 😅
Load More Replies..."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
She had left him to pay for the bill...
Load More Replies...What a good husband. These type of sewing/craft stores would have to be the absolute worst place for many guys.
Craft stores aren't too bad...buy some googly eyes, wander around and have a little fun.
Load More Replies...I would have sat in the one behind him with the ottoman, might as well get real comfortable
"I've done my waiting, 12 years of it!"~ [in this stupid red chair]
"Not fair. How come she gets to spend all the money and I can't get the 70 inch tv for the big game this weekend"
How is he going to carry all those bags? By the looks of it, there will be more . . .
Didn't find a comfy chair...he will learn.
Load More Replies..."If this keeps up I'm gonna go bankrupt" said Dave, waiting for his wife.
Take me with you. After a 5 min drive I'm tired where can I sit?
If bro is sleeping, that's some control he has on his muscles.
Yeah I dont get it. Someone waited such long time they vanished?
Load More Replies..."Then the light shone on his face, and he found that heaven was no different then the life he was once used to."
I scrolled too fast past this picture. Did not see that as his hand….
Here let me fix the title: "72 times men were in public minding their own business when strangers felt the need to post their pictures on social media."
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?
"Anyone thought these men just happen to be waiting for SOMEONE?" Or even - and I know it sounds crazy - quite possibly out shopping for themselves & got tired?
Load More Replies...Do these people know that they can stay at home and they don't have to follow their wives 24/7?
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...Why do people think it's ok to take pictures of strangers and post them online for ridicule? Mind your own F***ing business.
My last few ex-g/fs and I had a deal. They didn't 'need' me to go shopping with them but sometimes they wanted a second opinion or just wanted my company. So we agreed that I got to sit down while they shopped but that if they brought over items for my opinion on I'd be happy to offer it. And that they could call me over to the dressing rooms to see how something looked/fit. It worked really well for us.
1) why do men do this and 2) why do women drag them shopping?! I never understood this
I’m female and hate shopping centers. Lots of my friends do too. I only thrift shop of buy on vinted now. I know people with anxiety who hate going to them too. Not just men
Here let me fix the title: "72 times men were in public minding their own business when strangers felt the need to post their pictures on social media."
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?
"Anyone thought these men just happen to be waiting for SOMEONE?" Or even - and I know it sounds crazy - quite possibly out shopping for themselves & got tired?
Load More Replies...Do these people know that they can stay at home and they don't have to follow their wives 24/7?
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...Why do people think it's ok to take pictures of strangers and post them online for ridicule? Mind your own F***ing business.
My last few ex-g/fs and I had a deal. They didn't 'need' me to go shopping with them but sometimes they wanted a second opinion or just wanted my company. So we agreed that I got to sit down while they shopped but that if they brought over items for my opinion on I'd be happy to offer it. And that they could call me over to the dressing rooms to see how something looked/fit. It worked really well for us.
1) why do men do this and 2) why do women drag them shopping?! I never understood this
I’m female and hate shopping centers. Lots of my friends do too. I only thrift shop of buy on vinted now. I know people with anxiety who hate going to them too. Not just men
