I needed validation.

At the end of March, I lost my job, so my husband became the only one working, which was stressful for both of us. With more free time, I tried to help by taking on more household errands, like grocery shopping. And, like many a sitcom father before me, I was struggling.

Since he works nights, my husband has done most of the grocery shopping for years, taking advantage of the quieter hours during the day. Over time, he built a mental model of prices across our local stores. I was missing all of that historical knowledge.

So, I handled it the way only I would: I built a Python scraper to collect sale prices for the products we buy most frequently, then created an AI prompt to parse the data and help me figure out how to stock up at the lowest prices with the fewest stops.

While my days were mostly filled with resume submissions, interviews, and half-assed attempts at thought leadership in my industry, I was Mr. Momming my way through the grocery aisles.

But it made me wonder: Was I the only one frustrated by the status quo?

That question became the basis for this survey and report.