(humorous short story)

Shopping and women are inseparable. It is probably almost impossible to find a woman who would not like to buy beautiful things for herself. And no wonder: our life is full of stress and shopping is the best way to relax. Some people claim that a shopping trip helps to get rid of accumulated fatigue, bad mood, and headaches. Not without reason, recently, ladies have preferred shopping therapy to other medicaments. Though, probably, they want shopping therapy to be covered by medical insurance.

In general, women have a hard time: all their life they have been trying to find the perfect outfit.  The closet is already full of things, and the salary is spent too, but there’s absolutely nothing to put on anyway! “I’ve been shopping all my life and still have nothing to wear.” How often have you heard this phrase?

What reaction do men have to shopping? Men go shopping to buy what they want. Women go shopping to find out what they want.

Men do not understand how women can go to the store for a blouse, walk around the shopping center for 6 hours and eventually buy a dress, handbag, and slippers on a “stable 12-centimeter hairpin.” Some guys hold their girlfriend’s hand in malls… because if they leave her hand, she’ll go for shopping.

In general, women should be watched especially carefully in stores, because the temptation for girls to spend their entire salary on pretty and cute things is too big. “I haven’t reported my missing credit card to the police because whoever stole it is spending less than my wife”, my Mom’s friend told her.

Many women try to fight their shopping addiction. They try to buy clothes only from the list and avoid spontaneous purchases. And some of them even replace traditional prayer with “fashionable” prayer, which begins with the words, “Dear God, please give me more money or take away my expensive taste.”

However, women have a serious excuse. And it sounds like this, “Cinderella is proof that a new pair of shoes can change your life.”

Besides, I would like to give our big-hearted fathers a precious tip. If your daughters want to throw a Cinderella party, don`t permit them to go shopping, make them clean their rooms and wash the dishes. They say it is good kind of shopping therapy.