s/o Men: Would you enjoy apple-picking as a social activity?

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Anonymous wrote:I think the better question is, if you were apple picking would you find yourself unable to walk over uneven grass, struggling to hold the basket and whiny? Because those were the standouts from the other post.

I would be in pain from walking on the uneven ground. Because of that, I hate apple picking.

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My husband actually loves stuff like this. He worked on a farm as a teenager, including staffing the you-pick operation, so for him it's partly nostalgia. We never went before we had kids, but he really likes going with the kids.

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DH here: no. It's dull manual labor, and truthfully the apples at whole foods are better. Having said that, I know how my DW would react to these particular views, so I pretend to like it. Women can be so judgy.

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I'm a woman and I would never do this. If I want to be outside, I can do so without paying to do manual labor.

[Anonymous]

Sure.

[Anonymous]

Not into the apple picking date. It's corny.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm a woman and I would never do this. If I want to be outside, I can do so without paying to do manual labor.

Manual labor? How much labor do you think is involved in picking a bag of apples.

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No. There are hundreds of things to do outdoors that would be more fun.

If I were dating someone and they suggested this for a date, the relationship would likely end unless:
1. She was in to public sex
2. She was incredible in bed and promised me sexual favors for going.

[Anonymous]

Can I put the apple on someone's head and bring my bow and arrow?

[Anonymous]

My husband wouldn't love it, but would do it once a year if I suggested it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a woman and I would never do this. If I want to be outside, I can do so without paying to do manual labor.

Manual labor? How much labor do you think is involved in picking a bag of apples.

Picking apples is work. Granted, it is not like working as a sharecropper but it is hardly a day of relaxation and fun. Usually, you have to drive an hour or so down winding roads to get to the orchard, maybe in traffic as EVERYBODY
in the state at the same time you do decides to go apple picking that day. Yeah, sitting in more traffic on my day off is just what I want to do!

Then you get to the orchard. Often it has rained previously, and all the nearby apples have been picked already so you have to hike and slog 1/4 mile or more over uneven, muddy terrain. If on the mountain the wind could be
cold and if you forgot to bring a jacket and wore shorts thinking it would be warm and sunny you find yourself miserable.

Ok, you get to the orchard and there you are with a couple of bags. Of course all the lower fruit has been picked so you have to climb up into the tree, hoping you do not get stung by wasps or yellow jackets, and try to pick an apple.
Maybe they provide apple grasper pole-arm things to get the apples, maybe they provide a wagon to cart the apples back down the hill but maybe they don't or everybody already got there before you did an there are none left.

You have to carry two or more sacks of apples 1/4 mile or more back to the cashier who weighs the apples, then you lug them back to your car. If you have small children, one of them is probably already worn out and you have to carry that child on your
back along with carrying apples and a backpack for the children's constant needs. Then you drive back an hour to your home and half the apples you picked are spotted, or not good because you were tired and just grabbed whatever you could off the tree. But you have a stupid smile on your face saying "Yup, went apple picking. I'm living life I really am like Jed Clampett!"

If you had already worked 60 hours that week, apple picking does not seem like a great, fun way to spend your limited free time. For all that effort you could have stopped by a grocery store, picked up some apples, then gone to an outdoor area and actually had a picnic and spent some time relaxing instead of having a manual labor ordeal.

But the selfie of you reaching up into the apple tree like Eve in the garden of Eden is all worth it I guess.

[Anonymous]

My husband drags us there every year because he likes to pick apples. He actually doesn't want company, except insofar as they'll help him pick.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a woman and I would never do this. If I want to be outside, I can do so without paying to do manual labor.

Manual labor? How much labor do you think is involved in picking a bag of apples.

Picking apples is work. Granted, it is not like working as a sharecropper but it is hardly a day of relaxation and fun. Usually, you have to drive an hour or so down winding roads to get to the orchard, maybe in traffic as EVERYBODY
in the state at the same time you do decides to go apple picking that day. Yeah, sitting in more traffic on my day off is just what I want to do!

Then you get to the orchard. Often it has rained previously, and all the nearby apples have been picked already so you have to hike and slog 1/4 mile or more over uneven, muddy terrain. If on the mountain the wind could be
cold and if you forgot to bring a jacket and wore shorts thinking it would be warm and sunny you find yourself miserable.

Ok, you get to the orchard and there you are with a couple of bags. Of course all the lower fruit has been picked so you have to climb up into the tree, hoping you do not get stung by wasps or yellow jackets, and try to pick an apple.
Maybe they provide apple grasper pole-arm things to get the apples, maybe they provide a wagon to cart the apples back down the hill but maybe they don't or everybody already got there before you did an there are none left.

You have to carry two or more sacks of apples 1/4 mile or more back to the cashier who weighs the apples, then you lug them back to your car. If you have small children, one of them is probably already worn out and you have to carry that child on your
back along with carrying apples and a backpack for the children's constant needs. Then you drive back an hour to your home and half the apples you picked are spotted, or not good because you were tired and just grabbed whatever you could off the tree. But you have a stupid smile on your face saying "Yup, went apple picking. I'm living life I really am like Jed Clampett!"

If you had already worked 60 hours that week, apple picking does not seem like a great, fun way to spend your limited free time. For all that effort you could have stopped by a grocery store, picked up some apples, then gone to an outdoor area and actually had a picnic and spent some time relaxing instead of having a manual labor ordeal.

But the selfie of you reaching up into the apple tree like Eve in the garden of Eden is all worth it I guess.

You, my friend, are a whiny little kid. Go when they open, go after a dry spell, there are no bugs, it's usually warm rather than cold. But if you don't like the activity, then DON'T GO. More for the rest of us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a woman and I would never do this. If I want to be outside, I can do so without paying to do manual labor.

Manual labor? How much labor do you think is involved in picking a bag of apples.

Picking apples is work. Granted, it is not like working as a sharecropper but it is hardly a day of relaxation and fun. Usually, you have to drive an hour or so down winding roads to get to the orchard, maybe in traffic as EVERYBODY
in the state at the same time you do decides to go apple picking that day. Yeah, sitting in more traffic on my day off is just what I want to do!

Then you get to the orchard. Often it has rained previously, and all the nearby apples have been picked already so you have to hike and slog 1/4 mile or more over uneven, muddy terrain. If on the mountain the wind could be
cold and if you forgot to bring a jacket and wore shorts thinking it would be warm and sunny you find yourself miserable.

Ok, you get to the orchard and there you are with a couple of bags. Of course all the lower fruit has been picked so you have to climb up into the tree, hoping you do not get stung by wasps or yellow jackets, and try to pick an apple.
Maybe they provide apple grasper pole-arm things to get the apples, maybe they provide a wagon to cart the apples back down the hill but maybe they don't or everybody already got there before you did an there are none left.

You have to carry two or more sacks of apples 1/4 mile or more back to the cashier who weighs the apples, then you lug them back to your car. If you have small children, one of them is probably already worn out and you have to carry that child on your
back along with carrying apples and a backpack for the children's constant needs. Then you drive back an hour to your home and half the apples you picked are spotted, or not good because you were tired and just grabbed whatever you could off the tree. But you have a stupid smile on your face saying "Yup, went apple picking. I'm living life I really am like Jed Clampett!"

If you had already worked 60 hours that week, apple picking does not seem like a great, fun way to spend your limited free time. For all that effort you could have stopped by a grocery store, picked up some apples, then gone to an outdoor area and actually had a picnic and spent some time relaxing instead of having a manual labor ordeal.

But the selfie of you reaching up into the apple tree like Eve in the garden of Eden is all worth it I guess.

You and me are soul mates bro.

[Anonymous]

You, my friend, are a whiny little kid. Go when they open, go after a dry spell, there are no bugs, it's usually warm rather than cold. But if you don't like the activity, then DON'T GO. More for the rest of us.

Yes, MORE WORK: you cannot just get in the car and go have fun at the orchard, no, you have to produce an itinerary as the best time to go, consult an entomologist to determine when the bugs won't be out, consult weather charts and ouija boards to determine if the weather won't be a hassle.

And then after all that --ALL THAT, there are people like this PP who will give me a dirty look at the orchard because I grabbed the last few apples off the tree and now "Ms Apple Picker USA" has to slog another 1/4 mile through the orchard to go get her some apples, and what is that I see? Oh, a big ole bug bite on her butt. She's frowning and huffy because she cannot have the whole orchard to herself and family and she is forcing herself to have a good time. .

Yeah, fun times at the apple orchard, fun times. I'll take a pass, done it enough times I can find better things to do with my time.

Make sure you check for worms in them apples, wouldn't want you to get bilharzia or something.