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Do you dress your husband?

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Gundy Sat 20-Apr-24 14:49:11

How many of you dress or advise your husband/partner in their manner of dressing? Or are they dapper and classy enough to do it on their own?

My ex was colorblind so after he picked out his suit for the day, I had to help with shirt colors and ties, etc.

I see some men walking around who look like they stepped out of a tumble dryer and all mismatched.

Callistemon21 Mon 22-Apr-24 22:45:47

My husband was a grown man, well capable of choosing and buying his own clothes and dressing himself.

Mine's a grown man too but he'd go round looking like a tramp much of the time if I let him.

He does know how to dress appropriately when the occasion demands it.

NotAGran55 Tue 23-Apr-24 06:30:23

Gundy my husband has been interested in good quality clothes and shoes since he was a child, even saving his paper-round money to buy better quality stuff than his parents would buy for him.
He knows which styles, brands and importantly which colours suit him and needs no help from anyone.

Can you explain why it is ‘sad’ that I don’t need to intervene,
or ‘ help’, other than complimenting him?

Whitewavemark2 Tue 23-Apr-24 06:48:33

My DH has been dressing himself since 5 or so.

I have helped him with his socks when his back is bad. But apart from that he always dresses himself.

I guess Charles might be dressed by his minion though. Always a tad infantile I think.

Curtaintwitcher Tue 23-Apr-24 07:04:02

The only time I told my husband what to wear was when we were planning a trip to the Yorkshire moors. When I told him to wrap up warm, he laughed at me and put on an ordinary jacket. Later, when I was toasty warm and he was blue with cold, he admitted I was right.