Why do people grocery shop with the whole family?

[Anonymous]

Was at Wegmans today (which is a total disaster) and so many families shopping! Why do people do this? Why not have one parent stay home with the out of control kids and the other go to the store? People like to make life as terrible as possible. Ha ha. Merry Christmas!

[Anonymous]

You sound like a miserable person.

[Anonymous]

They like to be together and they enjoy each other’s company.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They like to be together and they enjoy each other’s company.

Ha ha. The kids were acting feral, the parents were screaming and them and each other and everyone looked awful. They are doing this wrong!

[Anonymous]

Ugh. My husband went to work and I need to take both my kids to the grocery. Bonus, I’m being judged by jerks like you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ugh. My husband went to work and I need to take both my kids to the grocery. Bonus, I’m being judged by jerks like you.

Nope. That is understandable. Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. It is the crazies with 2 parents there that are nuts!

[Anonymous]

We do it because both of us like to browse food options for holidays. Get some inspiration. So just handing off a list doesn’t work well.

Kids too young to stay home alone.

[Anonymous]

We’re out doing something else and stop by the grocery on the way home.

[Anonymous]

We enjoy providing entertainment for the other shoppers.

[Anonymous]

DS needed a last minute gift for a friend, so we opted to go to target and do grocery shopping at the same time. We all went because I like being able to hand off DS responsibility back and forth (he’s 4) so that the other person can wander/browse for a few minutes. It was an enjoyable morning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We’re out doing something else and stop by the grocery on the way home.

Same here, on occasion. I would never intentionally take the whole family grocery shopping!

[Anonymous]

I totally agree, OP. We used to take DS when he was an infant but as soon as he refused to sit in the cart we stopped taking him. DH would go, and I would stay home with D. He's now 7 and I take him sometimes on off times, but definitely NOT on a weekend like this. I want him to get the experience and practice for how to behave in public places like that, but super crowded times are not the right time for that. I'm always confused when I see full families shopping during busy times and everyone looks miserable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We enjoy providing entertainment for the other shoppers.

It does make me feel better about my life choices!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They like to be together and they enjoy each other’s company.

Ha ha. The kids were acting feral, the parents were screaming and them and each other and everyone looked awful. They are doing this wrong!

We can’t really judge others by what we see on the outside. Just because we might see them in a tense moment doesn’t mean they are unhappy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They like to be together and they enjoy each other’s company.

Ha ha. The kids were acting feral, the parents were screaming and them and each other and everyone looked awful. They are doing this wrong!

We can’t really judge others by what we see on the outside. Just because we might see them in a tense moment doesn’t mean they are unhappy.

You all are taking this observation way too seriously!