Women have Shopping Legs

     Over the years I have always been physically active and therefore felt in reasonably good shape.  I still cycle frequently, play tennis weekly and work out semi regularly. I'm not saying this to brag just to state the fact that I make an effort to stay in good shape and this makes me feel good about myself.

     The thing is no matter how good I feel physically going shopping wears me out quickly.  I can play tennis for 2 hours and I'm tired afterward but it doesn't compare to the fatigue I feel after 20 minutes of shopping.  After about 10 minutes I start looking for a place to sit down as my legs start screaming relentlessly, it's not walking around the mall that's tiring but it's the roaming around the clothes racks while my wife tries on clothes.

     I notice other husbands standing or roaming around the clothes racks and they look as tired and listless as me but my wife and their wives look as if they just received a shot of adrenaline.  It almost seems like the women have become energized by the shopping experience.  We all know that men and women have physical differences but one not spoken about is the fact that women have what I choose to call "shopping legs".  Men's legs may look more muscular but they do not have stamina to compete with women's legs when trekking through the mall.  Maybe it's carrying your wife's purse and coat that throws off your balance and causes more leg fatigue, No, it's got to be something else.

     After much thought, I believe it is what I described above, women have "shopping legs" possibly an extra tendon that relieves shopping fatigue, it's possible.  I know women don't understand why men can play or 18 holes of golf or a round of tennis yet become exhausted after 20 minutes of shopping.  Women need to understand that men have a genetic deficiency, we are missing that extra tendon which gives women "shopping legs" or maybe it's a mental deficiency, I'm sure we could get a few women to agree with that.  Oh! Beer has always been a part of sports activity for men, try serving beer to men that are shopping, that might work.  "Just Saying...."