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Thursday, November 16, 2006 8:28 AM

Do you dress your husband?

By Heather

I was doing the laundry recently and noticed that my DH could really use some new clothes. I think the newest things in his wardrobe are things his mother bought for him last Christmas. The rest of it is a giant collection of tee shirts in just about every color you can imagine. It made me start to think that perhaps he doesn't know what to buy, so he just gets the same things over and over again in different colors.

DH comes from a family where his mother basically took care of everything. My MIL still buys all of my brother-in-law's clothes. Is this something I should be doing for my husband?

We could really use some closet organization, and I'm thinking that part of this will be replacing some of DH's wardrobe with some new things. My concern is that I will buy things for him that he will not like and won't bother wearing. What do you do? Do you buy your husband's clothes for him?

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re: Do you dress your husband?

I have to admit, I do most of my husband's shopping for him. He may go with me, but I can't think of a time he's gone by himself. He also works 6 days a week, which means I have a lot more time to go shopping. We only have one nice clothing store in town, with a mall 30 minutes away, so there isn't much to pick from anyways. We met in high school, and his mom and grandma bought most of his clothes back then- and I could tell. I started helping him buy his clothes then, and it's been going on for 7 years. I mostly buy shirts for him- he normally picks out his pants. I enjoy picking out clothes for him almost as much as I do for myself, maybe more ;) He doesn't care if I pick out his clothes, because I know what he likes. It works for us- I'd rather do it than him to still be wearing stuff that doesn't look nice.

Posted by aqt4bryan    Friday, November 24, 2006 1:39 AM


re: Do you dress your husband?

My fiance has a fairly good sense of style, but the way his body is built, he had an unrealistic affinity to dressing up and as nice as it looks, it's just not good everyday dress. Especially when I don't dress up often, it makes me feel frumpy. So, a few times I've had to show him how to dress casually and once I took me shopping with him once when he got some clothes' money and I helped him find flattering colours. It was fun. He's pretty good about it now.

Posted by TheMermaidBride    Monday, November 20, 2006 4:12 AM


re: Do you dress your husband?

I dress my fiance. He has a bunch of clothes from before he met me that his mother bought him, and clothes that I bought him after we started getting serious.

If he had to, he's perfectly capable of buying his own stuff, but he's used to having a woman do it for him *lol*

If he EXPECTED it, I might be offended, but he really appreciates that I take the time to help him shop.

I say, if you enjoy (or at least don't mind) managing your DH's wardrobe then go for it! Just make sure that you give him plenty of chances to give his own input and that you respect any preferences his has.

Posted by JadeInTheWindow    Thursday, November 16, 2006 3:07 PM


re: Do you dress your husband?

I have been wondering the same things..... my husband has great taste in clothes and can dress well. But here lately, he has gained a little weight and doesn't want to where anything but baggy t-shirts and polos. He won't go by new, nicer things---so I was just thinking about some clothes for Christmas presents. What I plan to do is look at the clothes he used to wear (he really hasn't gained much weight, but I didn't realize how sensitive men could be, like women do,  about putting on a couple of lbs.) and use those as guidelines as to what he would like.  Also, this may seem corny, but I look at movie characters he loves - i.e. we will be watching a movie and he will make a comment about how the guy main character looks - cool shirt, he looks stupid, wish I had a jacket like that, etc.  

Posted by feellikeaqueen    Thursday, November 16, 2006 9:13 AM


re: Do you dress your husband?

My husband is a big boy and I dont want to be his mommy.  If he needs a shirt or new pants he can go pick them out.  Granted, for Christmas I may buy him a shirt that I think will look great on him, but other than that he needs to learn to take care of himself.  If he wants help picking clothes out I'm more than willing, but I'm not going to take over in that department.

Have a lovely day

Posted by RJ    Thursday, November 16, 2006 8:58 AM


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