For the entirety of our marriage we have had a basic agreement; we confer on big purchases such as cars, big electronics, furniture, major appliances etc. Beyond that we both buy what we want. We don't question each others purchases. I don't question her clothes, purse and shoe buying; she doesn't question the packages arriving from old car parts suppliers and Amazon.
The other day her Macy's bill arrived. Usually after reviewing it she hands it to me, I write the due date on the outer envelope and put it in with other bills waiting to be paid. When the time comes to pay it I just look at the total, go to our bank's website and pay the bill. I never have looked at the itemized portion. I really don't care.
I don't know why, but this time I actually looked at the bill. Now I know that Mrs. Grumpy works within a 10 minute drive of a Macy's and often goes there on her lunch hour. Looking at the itemized bill, it would seem she goes to Macy's instead of eating lunch. That's fine with me, it's her lunch time. But what stood out in the last billing period is that there were 15 charges and 13 credits. Buy a purse, return it the next day,; buy a blouse, return it the next day; buy shoes, return them the next day. There were a couple hundred dollars in charges and nearly that in returns. In the end she only owed Macy's $67.32.
I had to know what caused this madness, so I asked. Her answer? "Sometimes I buy something and then decide I don't like it or don't need it, so I take it back." I can probably count on two hands the number of items I have returned to stores in my entire lifetime; she returned 13 items at one store in one billing cycle.
I continue to be baffled by women.
6 comments:
Not this woman, I rarely return anything. Just be thankful that she's not one of those that buys the item and then sticks it away in a closet or basement. The woman I work for has done that for years. The house is full of stuff never used or forgotten that it was bought in the first place. Thousands of wasted dollars...oh I guess it's called hoarding.
I think many women are this way, especially women who love to shop. If there's a good return policy, women will buy and take it home. Enough keep the mdse to justify or enough shop there to justify having that kind of policy.
t's a recycling operation. My wife is good at it. Keeps the economy stimulated.
Women be crazy.
I honestly don't think that I've ever bought something for myself and then returned it. I am a normal person and just purchase things that I actually need.
It's all part of the process. You don't need to understand.
I never got the "shopping" thing, either. I hate, hate, hate to shop! I am really bad in returning. If I don't like something I bought or if I change my mind - I don't bother to take it back. I hate stores. I hate being in a store.
It may be my headaches,I don't know.
I pay the bills so - not sure if that is any reason either.
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