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When my husband goes travelling, he always can resist the temptation of being a compulsive buyers and comes back home with only a few things with pratical use. But I can never do this…  

I travelled with my colleagues a few days ago, most of whom are females.

Whenever we went to the scenic spots, we would swarm before the souvenirs counters and buy gifts for our friends and relatives. At first I didn’t want to buy anything. However, if I found something suitable as a gift for my mother, then I would think that it would be unfair to my father if I didn’t buy him anything. So I started to hunt something for my Dad. Then my husband, then Coco, then… Finally my colleagues and I came back to the hotel with heavy bags and empty purses…  

The businessmen behind the stall were overwhelmed with excitement with their eyes sparkling,   mouths babbling   and their hands being busy packaging  . They must be very excited to see a group of women coming, which means the women will buy a lot and they will earn a lot.   

And for those women who are more rational? Would they buy something? Yes, they would. Peer pressure, as I call it. When they see all the colleauges are buying the souvenirs as presents, they will think it is a pity if they don’t do the same thing. And if they see their colleagues are buying the same product, they will think that the product must be of super quality and they are suffering losses if they don’t buy it. So they buy something more or less…  

Does that mean that women are more irrational and less cool-headed than men? Maybe.   

But I prefer to think that women are more human and considerate than men.   

Any evidence?

Besides the presents to everyone, I also brought three heavy bottles of sand from that clean beach for Coco to play at home. Coco is very happy and she have been playing the sand together with her beach toys these two days.