Therefore as a wife looks through different wallpaper patterns or chooses presents for overseas cousins, a man knows that there goes his chances of buying that newest model of power-tools he has been eyeing for so long – so who can blame the poor guy for hating shopping so much. But even when his wife or girlfriend doesn’t mind paying for her own purchases, still a guy may be secretly wishing to get back home because he knows he is missing his favourite football team’s game or because he is tired of holding one baby and running after the toddler at the same time.