I can't explain that Jeffrey. I doubt any male can.
As an example. Went to Lowes yesterday. We walked in, got a cart. Got light bulbs for the pot lights over the woodstove, looked at some laminate flooring, then walked over to lumber to get some boards to replace the deck railing and replace the wood on our metal framed picinic table. I grabbed one of the big wood carts for the wood and heard her mumble something about curtain rods. The poof, she was gone. I loaded up a half dozen treated 2x4's and some 2x10x8's and some steel corner braces and started back to the front of the store. Pushing the cart with her purse and the light bulbs, while dragging the cart with the lumber and braces. Past the aisle with the curtains, up to the paint department. (I was also wanting to get paint for the basement) After about 10 minutes I wound up seated on top of the lumber cart!

Finally she comes down the main aisle of the store from the lawn & garden area!! I asked her if she had gotten lost since she was on the wrong end of the store for curtain rods, no, she said she had been looking for me!!!

How could you miss a 6'2 inch man seated on top of a tall cart of lumber in the main aisle of the store??



I was so whizzed at this point that all I wanted to do was get the heck outta there, so we paid & left. I guess I'll go back later for the paint............
alone!
Oh, and later she went out to the grocery store for a roast for dinner (it's 10 minutes away) She returned 2 hours later with the roast, some paper towels and toilet paper. When I asked if she had to kill the cow to get the roast, all I got was a cold stare.
Shopping with the wife...........the ultimate time waster!!