Men & clothes

Flickety isn't it just people and clothes? I have one son with far more clothes and shoes than his wife, one who regularly prunes his wardrobe and one somewhere in the middle.

DH insists on hanging onto things long past their bin by date and has favourite clothes and shoes and also doesn't wear new things for some time after buying them.

My hubby doesn`t give a hoot about clothes, or how he looks, it`s very difficult getting him to look anywhere near decent when we go anywhere. When he retired, I kept a few of his work t-shirts and jumpers, just in case he ever did any jobs around the house (Hah! that`s a joke!), so now, if I forget to put his clothes out for the following day, what does he always put on? The old work clothes! And unless I insist upon it, he can`t be bothered buying new stuff.

DH has oddly got more adventurous with his attire the older he's got. He has a pair of terracotta coloured jeans and T-shirts in nearly every colour. He has three sets of clothes. Garden/diy smart casual, and 'dressed'.
Like others have said he has more clothes than me.
He certainly has more shoes!!

OH and I share a wardrobe and I'd say he hogs 4/5ths of it and perhaps just a third of his total wardrobe is worn. He too wears and wears the same few things but he doesn't like to throw anything away or to donate useful things... Whenever he buys new shoes or clothes he generally buys several because he can't choose ...and when we go away his case is always bursting and heavier than mine! What is it about men and clothes? I have no idea?

As for shoes, he has one pair, that he very rarely wears, only if he`s going somewhere fairly important, apart from that, he has 2 pairs of sandals, he practically lives in those.

We have just had this conversation as I am reading this morning's threads and asked mr.glamma has he anything to take with me to work at the Charity Shop,you would have thought I had asked for the Crown Jewels,"nothing needs to go out you will never know when I will need some of those shirts/jeans/t-shirts".He does not share my wardrobe he has his own in the little dressing room/den.As with other men he seems to keep to the same dress code with 2/3 favourite jeans and 6/7 t-shirts and polo shirts,you could fit them in a plastic bag really.

My second wife insisted I must have a suit for a wedding we had to attend. We sallied forth to the Kings Road, and entered something called 'Next'. I went to the nearest rack, found my size and said "I'll take this"... She was horrified! "But aren't you going to..?" She seemed to be disappointed in some way, deprived. I just wanted to get out of there.
I wore it for the wedding, and later gave it away to a friend's toy-boy who was in need...

The only 'good' clothes I have ever bothered with were the dress suits I wore for working as music director, and thus on view... they were built - and that was the word - by a couple of tailors in the East End, and were pretty sprauncey... they entailed several trips across London for fittings!

I do have a pair of shoes, but wear Crocs most of the time, no jeans (sick and tired of seeing denim) but 'jogging pants' and a t-shirt complete my tout ensemble these days... very comfortable too, thank you.

Men in fashionable clothes usually have a new girlfriend in tow ,who has taken charge of the poor sap's wardrobe. It doesn't last, but it's horribly embarrassing for a while!

I do buy DH clothes occasionally and he wears them - but he also wears them for gardening, doing DIY or 'speriments' with the GC involving glue or soldering, for heaven's sake, when he's got old clothes which would suffice. What irritates me more is that when it comes to going out he has 'nothing to wear'. Once upon a time I was sympathetic. Now I'm not!!

feetlebaum

Like Mrs Feetlebaum I too am shocked when DH goes shopping and refuses to try anything on. If it's in M&S we have been known to buy two sizes of the same thing so that he can try them on at home. Then guess who has to go back to get a refund on the other ones!

All this reminds me of the old joke:-
If a woman goes to a party and sees another woman wearing the same dress it's a disaster. If a man a d sees another man in the same clothes, he's relieved, he's got it right!! X

My DH has at least three times more clothes than me and only ever wears about a quarter of them. His weight has fluctuated over the years and so he has "fat" clothes and "thin" clothes. He has specific clothes for fishing, cycling, hillwalking, and many other hobbies that he pursues for a few days each year. He has work uniforms and Air Cadet Uniforms....for which he has at least three t shirts a year with the logo of a specific event or camp. He has a wardrobe in the garage with more "hobby" clothes.
I am fine with him having the right clothes for each of his varied activities, but my bugbear is that he never plans ahead and can never find the "right" clothes at the time he needs them and so ends up wearing the same stuff over and over....

feetlebaum you sound just like my husband! On the rare occasions when I have managed to get him into a shop to buy clothes he has been appalled at the suggestion that he should try anything on. He would normally go home with the first thing he found in his size and' of course, it was me who would take it back if it turned out not to be his size! He also has one pair of shoes and lives in polo shirts and jogging pants at home. In the past he has had to look smart for work, but now he really doesn't care.

What I do not understand is why DH buys all these clothes that he never wears.

Deedaa Your husband sounds like a fine human being... I salute him!

I passed your comment on to my husband feetlebaum and told him the reason and he assures me the feeling is mutual