Retail Shock Therapy

     I wonder if any psycholoical studies hae ever been done on the amount of brain damage that occurs in the male brain when they are forced to go "shopping" with their spouses.  I used the quotatio marks to differ between what most males would dee. shopping and the strange process that most women seem to think of as shopping.
     Most men have no trouble actually shopping.  You know, where you go in with at least a reasonable idea of what you need?  You search around buy the things you need, pay for them  and go home.  (The only real exceptions to this are hardware stores and electronic places.  Go figure.)  All nice and simple with very little fuss.
     Now women engage in this sort of shopping too and often times they are much better at it then men.  However, there is a speical type of shopping unique to women and it effects men like Kryptonite.  (As an odd aside here, I have found this remains true even when speaking of Gay men and Lesbians.  Must be genetic.)
     When a woman is in the mood. he can "shop" for hours on end and not actually buy a damned thing.  They can wander from store to store while trying on "darling" outfits.  They think nothing of looking at the "cutest" trinkets over and over again.  This effect is effectively multiplied by ever how many women are involved.
     Now this wouldn't be an issue if women would love to do this by themselves but they delight in dragging their men along.  Men are forced to follow around and hold purses and bags while the distaff meander wander around.  We sit in limbo as our brains rot while we wait for delverance from our fate.
     Like I began this missive,I really wonder if studies have been made to determine how much men suffer both physically and mentally while this happens.  I am sure that the person who performs this study will be awarded the Noble Peace Prize for the efforts.  Until then I guess men will ave to suffer for the sake of our relationships.
Brew long and prosper