Two Men Grocery Shopping Together - Should Assume They Are A Couple?

I always assume men are gay unless told otherwise.

Why do you need to assume anything?

Figure it out, hon.

I see a lot of college roommates shopping together. Sometimes it is more than two.

Depends - if there are multiples of anything 'party-like' then I don't. Multiple items of liquor, chips, ice cream, burgers, fruit, etc - nope, although they could still be.

Just assume they are hungry, then move on.

OP you know what they say about assuming.

Roommates don’t go shopping together

[quote]OP you know what they say about assuming.

You're making an ass out of you and Ming?

Straight guys usually have females do all their drudgery jobs.

I assume they're gay if it looks like they are doing things together and it isn't one guy doing all the work while both of them act like complete assholes, loud and obnoxious. That generally means they're straight.

You’re not too bright, are ya? I like that in an OP.

If they're in the produce aisle fighting over cilantro vs. parsley, it's a safe assumption.

Guys have consensual friendships with each other. Right??

Sorry, platonic is the word I'm looking for. The edibles are kicking in....

[QUOTE] Guys have consensual friendships with each other. Right??

Not me. I rape my friends all the time.

If they’re dressed as firemen, they probably are.

Firemen.

What about fireman and a city bus driver?

Two guys, one cart, fresh pasta. Figure it out.

What about a cop, construction worker, biker, cowboy, G.I., and Indian chief?

Oh, the farmer and the cowman should be friends.

If they're buying an abnormal amount of cucumbers? Good bet they're gays.

Party supplies or a pot roast? Depends.

I traipse into grocery stores quite a bit with female relative's husbands. This is usually to get something she missed. So no I don't assume anything.

Are there fresh vegetables in the cart? If so, couple. Or at least gay.

Straight guys don't eat vegetables other than potatoes and maybe corn on the cob.

Are they wearing caftans?

OP, you do realize how silly this is.

R27 is right. It's obvious when they're gay because gay men would be aware of their surroundings and other people whereas straight men don't give a shit because they're not used to having to need to pay attention otherwise get fucked over somehow. It's so obvious it's silly.

R27, then why reply?

I saw two hetero guys shopping together a couple of months ago. One talked loudly, as if to signal to the other people in the store that he was indeed straight and wasn't bothered shopping with another man.

The other was extremely uncomfortable and you could tell that he was really scared that someone would think that he was not straight just because he was out shopping with another dude. Poor thing. No confidence.

On other occasions guy friends go shopping together to buy stuff for their barbeque or man cave party or whatever and have no problem with it.

[quote]OP, you do realize how silly this is.

Not silly at all.

We've ALL wondered if two men shopping together might be a couple. It's a perfectly normal thing to be curious about, to speculate on.

There’s no “should, Op. Why’n you just finish up your shopping and head on back home?

R8 get out more.

Is one of them IN the cart?

[quote]Straight guys don't eat vegetables other than potatoes and maybe corn on the cob.

Gurl these fitness whores, straight and otherwise eat all kinds of vegetables these days to maintain their perfect physiques

No, R31, we haven’t ALL wondered about that. If I’m shopping for groceries, I’m shopping for groceries. I’m not looking for some sad validation by trying to work out who is gay in aisle 5.

If I stopped what I was doing to try to establish the sexual orientation of those people around me, I wouldn’t get much done.

[quote] If I’m shopping for groceries, I’m shopping for groceries.

Oh please, as if you have NEVER noticed someone shopping in the grocery store

I mind my bidness

[quote]No, [R31], we haven’t ALL wondered about that. If I’m shopping for groceries, I’m shopping for groceries. I’m not looking for some sad validation by trying to work out who is gay in aisle 5. If I stopped what I was doing to try to establish the sexual orientation of those people around me, I wouldn’t get much done.

" I’m not looking for some sad validation "

LOL. That says plenty about you.

"If I stopped what I was doing... "

Stopped what you were doing? What are you babbling about?

Hon, being out and about in our daily lives and wondering if some guy or guys might be gay is something that ALL of us have done. It's perfectly normal.

Ok, you're the exception, being so...uh...focused ...as you are.

R37 When she's shopping for groceries, she's SHOPPING FOR GROCERIES. Stand back and make way.

Sometimes I see the Fire Department guys doing the grocery shopping for the station ....some of those firefighters are pretty hot.......excuse the pun.........but when I see them shopping.........I'm always checking 'em out.

The level of cluelessness on DL is amazing

Can you all really not tell two 23 year old straight guys sharing their first apartment out of college together and two 55 year old gay men who are shopping for their Golden Girls themed dinner party?

Odder still: two of anything shopping together.

My parents never went food shopping together. One or the other would go, on the assumption it wasn't all that difficult a task and did not need both of them to handle it.

"Straight guys don't eat vegetables" = DLer posting from some remote corner of Darkest Flyoverstan, circa 1972

[quote] The other was extremely uncomfortable and you could tell that he was really scared that someone would think that he was not straight just because he was out shopping with another dude.

Then he's a fucking closet case, because the last thing two straight guys think when they are doing anything together is "will people think we are gay?"

I remember a DLer posting that "straight guys" will only sit at a diner counter together to have dinner, lest someone think it's a date and wondering how far removed from reality many of you are

It's easy to tell if they're a couple by looking at what they're wearing. I'm amazed how many gay couples dress alike.

If they are young, it could go either way, middle-aged or older, probably a couple.

[quote]My parents never went food shopping together. One or the other would go, on the assumption it wasn't all that difficult a task and did not need both of them to handle it.

r42 I wish it was still like the covered wagon days when your parents went grocery shopping. Now families go grocery shopping as a unit, like its some sort of outing, and its annoying as fuck. Dad, mom, 3 kids and grandma or grandpa in their scooter clogging up the aisles.

I only shop late at night during the week to avoid that bullshit, that is also prime time to catch hot dudes picking up grocery on their way home from the gym or work.

So can you all not tell when a straight couple are co-workers or siblings versus a married couple?

[quote] I wish it was still like the covered wagon days when your parents went grocery shopping. Now families go grocery shopping as a unit,

Maybe in Darkest Flyoverstan R47 but (a) my parents are in their 60s and very much alive, and (b) I don't know any couples with kids who view grocery shopping as a family activity.

You probably should move

If one is pushing the cart patiently (top) and the other is choosing all the groceries (bottom) to put in it....

Are they bitching about whether pasta should be drained?

It was just a joke, R43. De-wad your panties.

It's hard to tell R52-- many DLers post things like that in all seriousness.

Not if they are college-age. I’ve seen several college-age guys shopping with another guy and I’ve always assumed they were just roommates.

Throuples have long advocated for wider grocery aisles to accommodate three people communally selecting their food in comfort and style, but DL, all too typically, overlooks this issue and focuses on grocery COUPLES instead.

[quote] Now families go grocery shopping as a unit, like its some sort of outing, and its annoying as fuck. Dad, mom, 3 kids and grandma or grandpa in their scooter clogging up the aisles.

During the pandemic it was even WORSE - because some stores only allowed a certain number of people. So instead of one person going representing the family, a whole family unit would go. Five or six people taking up all those spots. Leaving single people waiting outside until that family unit would finish their shopping. Which took an hour!

Yes.

Roommates buy their own groceries, not as a couple.

Why R57

R58 That's not entirely true, all my male roommates in college were straight guys(well I still suspect one wasn't) and we would pool money and buy things for the apartment/house and we would all go to grocery store together. Then if there was something only you wanted to buy you bought it yourself and the rest of us wouldn't touch it.

Just bros shopping

It might just be a guy and his "adopted son"

It could be a U.S. Senator and his "personal secretary"

One dead giveaway. Park your cart in the middle of the aisle they’re trying to get through. Base your answer on how quickly you’re viciously slapped across the face.

I'm with R47, when I'm out shopping I don't notice any pairs of guys because I'm too busy trying to navigate around all the 500 lb. heifers shuffling along at 2 mph with their calfs in tow.

[quote] I traipse into grocery stores quite a bit with female relative's husbands.

Traipsing. Mary!

Stupid post. My buddy was a (straight) stay-at-home dad and I would pal around with him and the crotchfruit because it was the only way I could spend time with him. We exist.

I'm focused when I'm shopping, but I do use my peripheral vision. I do notice other people and what they're buying.

Two guys who seem comfortable with each other, putting things into the same cart. Yes, I think they're a couple.

Two guys together buying a lot of beer and salty snacks: may just be a beer run before/during a party. Not a couple.

New couples do shop together and I can tell by the body language (a) that they're a couple and (b) that they're a NEW couple. (Walking side-by-side, sticking together, smiling, laughing -- who has time for that except new couples.)

R68 at this time of year two guys being comfortable and putting things in the cart could also be brothers home for the holidays.