Am i glad you asked this question. it was not a soldier, not a son or daughter, but my wife. the other night, my wife went into a grocery store to purchase one can of dog food. it took her 32 minutes to supposedly buy just one can. the longer i waited in a “no parking zone” at the store, the hotter my temperture was rising. waiting and waiting and finally i know why. it was not a long line at the checkout. it was not a problem with her credit card, it was that grocery cart full of groceries she was pushing toward the car. i can never understand my wife in this respect. she is like a grocery store junkie when it comes to temptations on the shelves. she had the one can of dog food, but she also had all the food for a Sunday dinner.
After this incident, i sat down with a pencil and paper and discovered that out of the last 44 years married to this woman, i have spent at least one third of those years, waiting for my wife to shop, shop, shop. there has to be a better way. i am running out of time on earth.