This is about what to do and what not to do, when you are out shopping with your guy/gal!!!
Women, don't mind it please! My intention is not to offend :) but to just put a few things that I have noticed, together !
Men, learn ! and if not in a mood, enjoy pictures of some gorgeous women!
1. Don't expect to be consulted. Most women know what they want, and are not looking for consultation on how and what they "should" wear or when they should wear it
2. Don't be in a hurry. Your other option is, be in a hurry and screw up whatever time you managed to save because you now made the girl go away from something she loves to do
3. Don't look at other women trying to find clothes for themselves. Are you an idiot? You are here with someone, you have to look at what she is trying to buy irrespective of how many times she looks at the same rack
4. Don't hold her accountable for something she said 10 minutes ago while she is shopping. Opinions and views change, and when she is shopping, they change pretty quick ! You cannot hold her for some statement she made about some random dress or shirt or skirt 10 minutes ago. It might be "the" dress or shirt or skirt she wants to buy now, oh wait ! or maybe not! Anyway, you cannot hold her accountable for that sentence she said
5. Don't act as if you are the fashion guru. Keep your 2 cents for the time you are to pay the bill, and not for the time when she is shopping
6. Don't go away from the dressing room, when you were expected to stand there and wait up. What were you thinking when you walked away to see that shirt? Idiot! Who is she trying to look good for? YOU !! go back stand there and let the other women stare at you while you are standing in front of the dressing room, which happens to be next to the lingerie section for some reason that no one can tell
7. Don't change your answers when asked a question. If she asks you how is the dress, think before you speak. If it was picked up after some search and looked at for a second before she asked you the question, say it’s a nice dress. But if she asked the question immediately after she saw it, tell you have to see her in the dress before you can tell. In either situation, what you said does not matter. She will decide what she likes !
and when asked again about the same question, maintain your stand!
8. Don't suggest a store "instead" of the one you are in. Oh you already did? Idiot ! now you have to spend time here and an equal time there ! what were you thinking?
9. Don't trying to think too hard about what she is trying to do, or understand what she is up to. It’s impossible for men to understand the pace and number of thoughts that a woman's mind processes in those few minutes when she looks at a dress, or when she tries one, or when she is turning around in circles figuring out how she will look....
she thinks almost everything from how would she look with the dress, with the dress with those silver earrings, with the dress with those silver earrings and the diamond pendent, with the dress with that diamond pendent and without this shiny lace on the dress, with the dress and those black sandals, oh wait, she needs new sandals, ok back! with the dress and those black ! neah! those silver sandals! with the dress and those... wait! with those black sandals and the other dress that she saw on the rack! wait! let me get that too! no wait ! there was that white dress as well... white dress and diamond pendent !!!
the bottom line is, don't even try figuring out !!!
10. Don't forget to compliment her. THAT is the icing on the cake! So far you have been telling her that the dress/shirt/skirt etc etc was nice. Now is the time to tell her that she looks great in what she has bought. You stood by when she was going through some of the most critical times of her life (read deciding on what to buy) and now you should let her know that she has taken the right decisions
Some to-dos now during your shopping experience
1. Wear comfortable walking shoes. It can get painful if you are standing for long hours without walking around much
2. Carry a couple of cards and some extra cash. You don't want to leave the stuff someone spent hours in selecting, behind.
3. When helping her out with clothes, pick up a size smaller than what you think she fits in. Mostly what you think is wrong, and she will fit into one size small only!
4. Park somewhere closer to the exit. That way you will walk less when you are done shopping, or when the store closes
5. Enjoy the shopping experience. You are bound to be shopping for yourself the next weekend, once she is happy with what she has bought !
oh, I almost forgot... point number 11 of the not-to-dos
Don't get onto to cell phone conversations in the store... you are making a big mistake if you are talking on the phone when she is almost about to come out of the dressing room wearing that new shirt!
One of the many pretty girls we saw :)
Was trying to take the picture of one of the memorials when pa took this picture...
Ma Pa near the Lincoln Memorial
The George Washington monument...
Pa calling it a day at the Holiday Inn hotel..
Pictures at the Corning Museum of Glass...
It kept raining for more of the time during the tour, the good part being that the rains always decided to stop when we were outside the bus!
The America falls...
Maid of the Mist boat tour at the Niagara Falls...
The Bhardwaj family with Tronto, Kanedda and Niagara falls in the background...
Ma pa with Tronto, Kanedda and Niagara Falls in the background...
Pa at the Finger Lakes, Geneva New York...
Incredible India advert on a cab in Flushing, New York...
The Raging Bull on the Broadway Street, New York...
I should not have to write what do you see here in this picture ! or do I have to?
Some pictures at the Intrepid Museum... loved the submarine and the aircraft carrier. And felt bad that India does not have anything like this on display...
Times Square, magical set of blocks !!! Really !!! 
The other family that was with us on a day tour of New York. This family was also visiting their son from Hong Kong.
Views from the "Top of the Rock"! loved being out in the open on the 70th floor deck... what an experience... Sears tower observatory, even though on the 99th floor, seems more useless after this... 
And the United Nations office... Some day I will return to this place, and NOT as a tourist!!!!
Our vehicle for the day tour... the Mercedes Limo Bus...
