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It's a nicer alternative to the "idiot chair" that's usually in shops.

With the comment about why come out at all: some shopping we'd do together, others parts not. I am not interested in (insert item here) and my wife is not interested in a bored husband for example. I'd rather spend the rest of the day with her, do the shared shopping and then head off for a while and do something I'm more interested in and let her enjoy the part she likes.

We don't have to be attached at the hip or in different towns, there's a happy medium.




Every time I enter a clothing shop and see chairs, I thank the heroes of that establishment who thought about bored boyfriends.


Boyfriend couches are really useful in dating situations where the girl wants to shop but doesn't want to leave her boyfriend alone. It isn't logical, but hardly anything about dating is.


I don't think that's dating if they're already a couple. That's just going out together.


This sentence makes me realize I have no idea what the terms "couple", "going out" and "dating" (and even "boyfriend") mean, whatsoever.


All the exact same thing in my parts


Exactly. I'm perfectly happy to go shopping with my wife, but when we get to the women's clothing stores I'm generally just standing there bored. The longer I do that the more I'm just ready to leave when she's done rather than continuing to shop.

Boredom is actually a bit exhausting for me for some reason. Never have quite pinpointed why...




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