"Care home chic"

Blimey! She sounds a tad OTT!

Ha ....a lady from our road went into a care home ......she wears designer clothes, HIGH HEELS (how she doesn't trip over I don't know !) has her hair coloured every month and even wears jewellery every day that is care home chick ..........can't wait to get in (well, IF I had the nearly £5,000 she pays every month that is !!!! When I go into my cardboard box on the street I'll be glad of someone giving me an overcoat

I think there's a song there "You can leave your socks on"...

I would personally never wear pink and grey together and never in any circumstances zebra print socks, so I tend to sympathise with your husband here, although unless his remark was made in a tone of voice that implies that he would really rather see you in nothing at all, it was unkind.

My answer would probably have been, "Why don't you come and take it off me then, if you think it looks so dreadful?"

I think your husband sounds great, yammy.

PamelaJ1

Not sure what my answer would be but are you sure you have the right husband? I think you may have borrowed mine!
At least they have hair?

Mine has scruffy hair and beard. He calls it his old testament prophet look, at least he has stopped telling new work contacts he meets on zoom that it is not his covid/working from home look but he always looks like that. He does. His jeans fit but are what we refer to as "religious", in other words they are hole-y!! And at his age ripped jeans are not trendy!!

I would have immediately gone and got changed into an uber glamorous outfit complete with lots of slap and, sashaying into the room, asked if he thought that more appropriate! I did this very same thing once when my now (thankfully!) ex-husband made a rude comment about how ugly and boring I was! Thing was, he actually meant it though and I guess this lady’s husband was being somewhat tongue in cheek!

No more pink cardigans the one before he called me Agnes off Mrs Brown's boys.

What an insult! I'd have socked him one with the Hush socks for that

Thanks for your replies at least I know I do not stand alone.
We do try to get our own back and used to call him before retirement M&S man now it is Rowan man at least I do not have to iron the shirts.His fathers stock answer was tidy at least DH shows some whit.
The trousers didn't have seems up the front and the socks were from a shop called Hush,my DD's wear them with boots.
No more pink cardigans the one before he called me Agnes off Mrs Brown's boys.
Maybe we both need a makeover!

But better than “yes dear very nice “……

Iris Apfel is Fabulous, stylishly eccentric. I watched a documentary about her lifestyle and her friends who all dress similarly in Manhattan. Fascinating.

I like well fitted tweed trousers but would accessories them with a top to match my shoes/boots. If you are looking for ideas you will find plenty on Pinterest.

If my DH made that remark, he wouldn’t be a happy boy,,,I would make sure of it. ?

Oh my word! I’ve never heard of Iris before, she is fabulous! (But I don’t want to copy her)

Wondering whether or not to take a leap off the table into the unknown rather than risk being dressed the same!

Her friend doesn't look very well

You too could look like Iris - if you dare. 30% off at the moment.
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kittylester

Put him in care home- he sounds as though he'd fit right in!!

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Actually, that's the kind of thing DH might say!

They're not pull on trousers with a stitched seam up the front, are they?

I do want some zebra striped socks, though ?

I thought it was going to be a thread about Iris Apfel

What is this ironing of which you speak?

Not a silk shirt!!! Unless he is willing to iron it of course. (Unlikely I guess.) My indoors (and gardening and dog walking) trousers are always black Landsend starfish - cheap, go with everything, machine wash and don't need ironing.

Swap the pink cardigan for an ivory silk shirt. Wear a thermal vest underneath if necessary. Lose the zebra print socks.

I would ditch the zebra print socks.

He is witty we all suffer himself included when he can't keep comments in ,I have been known to laugh at inappropriate moments at his mutterings the trouble is when they are not directed at you they are funny.
He called DD's mother in law a demented liquoiceallsorts on their wedding day because she was dressed in pink and black and got giggly with the drink.
Today I had already shown him his hair in the mirror it was a dark Einstein standing on end so he stuck his tongue out.
He would fit in a care home ,when my late mother was in one, he fell asleep in the lounge one of the men remarked they had got a new inmate.I'm sure he would soon get banned for bad behaviour though.

I think you need to have a word with your daughter or she'll be buying you a Vera Lynn CD for Christmas.

I thought it was quite witty too - although not something anyone wants to hear ? I can never think of a witty response when I need it - an hour later I can think of all sorts of things.

But to be honest I can't imagine any of my children advising me on how to dress.

Put him in care home- he sounds as though he'd fit right in!!