China’s shopping malls offering ‘husband cloakrooms’ where wives can leave their other halves while they hit the stores

[David Emmerson Nicholson]

 

Shopping is fun, but dragging a reluctant man around the shops with you can diminish the pleasure somewhat.

For women in China, however, help is at hand with the introduction of 'husband storage' - fully equipped rooms where men can sit down, have a little sleep, and tut about their wives' spending habits to their hearts' content.

Shopping malls across the country are introducing laogong jicun chu (literal translation: 'husband cloakroom) which have proved a huge hit with spendthrift husbands who don't want to trail around the shops.

With chairs, tables, wifi and even a bar in some of them, they are attractive places for men who would rather snooze than cruise the mall.

Some have viewing platforms or glass sides so the men can try to keep tabs on their credit card-toting other halves as they dart from shop to shop.

Judging by these pictures, however, most men use them to simply have a break and rest their feet.

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