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When did shopping become a sport, pastime, entertainment, etc.????

I hate shopping, hate malls. That's just me. I go shopping when I need something.....I go, find what I want/need as soon as possible, make quick decisions, and then I'm done and ready to actually go off and live my life again.

That's me.

Others love shopping and actually do it for fun...
Don't get that.....but I'm not judging....if you like it you like it....

The question here is are you a shopper or are you not? Explain yourself, please! What is good about shopping or what is not so good about it?

On which side of the shopping issue are you?

Well i dont mind shopping...i love shopping for clothes...we have to wear them

but now shopping for groceries..that i dont like..but we have to eat as well

That's me, too. Besides, heavy shopping results in bringing home lots of STUFF, and I don't like STUFF - I try to get rid of everything that I don't need or am not using...

I think I'm referring to the entertainment type of shopping...probably not food, unless it is maybe like farmer's markets, fun food shopping...that can be okay now and then, but I wouldn't do it regularly....There's a really nice farmer's market here, people go for fun, lots of tourists, etc. I went once...it's okay, but not a regular entertainment thing for me.

The other kind of shopping...not really sure...some people, even couples, go shopping regularly....clothes, household items, cars, etc....not really sure what they are buying...anything and everything I guess...And there seems to be lots of just looking and not buying involved in 'shopping.' Don't get that at all. If I go shopping, it is because I need something....why on earth would I come home empty handed?

Yes usually is i have to go its becos i need something...

I love shopping....Glasgow boasts some of the best shopping in the UK..only second to London so they say but I dont believe that for a minute lol!!....when I shop its usually a day out with girlfriends/drinks/lunch etc etc....so it is a bit of light entertainment for me on the whole....I love shopping for clothes/shoes/makeup blah de blah... what I dont understand however is when I see families out shopping in these trendy malls.... Mum, Dad and their young children all shopping together and all dressed to kill in their designer gear....whats that all about...imagine on a weekend off work you drag your children around shopping malls for God sake....what happened to taking them swimming or to play football in the park........are we turning our children into materialistic little monsters....another thread for another time perhaps.......

I love shopping, especially when I am in London or in Germany. I shop till I drop, so to speak.. However it does get to me sometimes like when I can't afford to go shopping, that's when I hate it..

I had a GF once that refered to the sport of shopping as "catch and release " shopping kind of like "catch and release "fishing.

ha ha.... this is it...a day of shopping...I have been on these trips often, actually, because girlfriends want to do this...shop, lunch, etc. One recent time I did this, I realized I was the only one who actually took anything home...that's because I only went on the shopping trip because I needed a few things...the others went for fun only and were fine about spending half the day shopping w/o actually buying anything. Lunch with friends is nice. I really, really hate malls though.... grrrrrrr.....

I don't hate malls that much... its the big department stores I really really hate. I tend to keep out of those.

Oh I could NEVER go on a shopping trip without buying something...that would be impossible for me

I love shopping - but paying for it is not much fun - especially when I use the plastic

I love shopping especially for someone else

i view shopping as a sport ,i used to get bumped and pushed a lot in shops but not now ..............no i carry a huge bag filled with rubbish ..............it can be very painfull when it bangs into you

now if we both caught the eye of the same shoes i would have no problem decking you to get them ,yeah i like going shopping for me its anger management

I like bargain shopping, but hate malls. Basically I do it when I have to.

Good to see you....

Bargain shopping: when I lived in the States, I sometimes when to garage sales, but usually not planned out ahead, just would stop by if I drove by one that looked possibly interesting and I had the time...

Portiea, so you mean you wait until your clothes gain holles? What's the sign of needing something?

I like shopping...without anyone accompaning me. I do it slowly...

I know i need everything new because i'm getting old, so my style might have changed a bit...not even sure, i will figure out when i get money for shopping...
But i do believe that i'll just act like a starving young lady...then i'll get used to having money and will of course do other stuff, but lemmi fill my wardrobe with new stuff

Sometimes....ha ha ha...I buy new clothes when things wear out, or if I want something for a certain reason...occasion...Don't go shopping for clothes just to shop for clothes...or anything else...