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monday\'s mother july 26

This question made me giggle. My guess is she isn't the only one struggling with this issue.

Dear Ooph,

My husband has the worst taste in clothes. Actually, he has no taste. He doesn't care about it at all. He wears t-shirts from ten years ago. He goes to the gym in hot pink dolphin shorts. Don't even get me started on his shoes. We go to parties and he wears 1980s jeans and a faded Adidas t-shirt that is too short it has been worn and washed so many times.

I have tried to buy new things for him, but he won't wear them. HELP! How do I get my husband to dress in clothing from this decade???

Signed,

Humiliated in Houston

Okay Ooph readers, help a girl out. What advice do you have for this humiliated mother?

posted: 07/26/2010 | comments : 15

comments
1. Victoria Landingham said:
good god women.....pink shorts....it you have a penis all is good...thats all i can say xoxoxox
07/29/10 20:16 PM - Reply
2. @marymac said:
If your husband is wearing hot pink dolphin shorts, dude, his wardrobe is the least of your concerns. ;)
07/28/10 18:44 PM - Reply
3. Sunday said:
Thankfully my second husband is a great dresser. He always looks great no matter where we are going and what sort of occasion it is.

However, my first husband was a train wreck!

He wore black socks with sandals and then completed the ensemble with plaid shorts and a striped shirt. No, I am NOT kidding.

I was always "accidentally" ruining something in the dryer or donating clothes to Goodwill and then telling him I couldn't remember where that pair of shorts were (which *technically* was not a lie since I really didn't know who's house they ended up in!)
07/27/10 07:25 AM - Reply
4. Lua said:
Haha what is up with men & their lack of fashion sense. My hubby is jean shorts and t-shirts all day every day! ...no sense of adventure LOL :p
07/26/10 22:23 PM - Reply
5. Clare L Jones said:
I have one who is exactly the same, I buy nice clothes and he hunts the shit out... the only solution I find is to wait untilhe is at work and slowly disappear the offending items one by one!
07/26/10 19:25 PM - Reply
6. Guilty Squid said:
Once, when I was in a huge hurry, the edge of a shirt got stuck in the door of the dryer and that shirt was RUINED.

I mean, I'm just saying, "accidents" happen.

07/26/10 17:48 PM - Reply
7. Angieinlj said:
My husband has 4 pair of the same army green cargo shorts and 10 black t-shirts 10 navy t-shirts. It is his uniform. I can't get him to change it up either.
07/26/10 14:04 PM - Reply
8. Katheryn Prussia said:
This weekend a girlfriend of mine looked at my man and said "I'd never let Jeremy (her husband) out in that outfit." I shrugged until I looked at him again. A tank-top (we're talking not a cut-off...a TANK TOP) with cargo shorts (they're ripped apart), socks that were...not knee-tall. But NOT short, and his buddy's bright yellow and white Nike's.

The more embarrassing thing about this? I didn't even notice until she said something. It could be worse.
07/26/10 12:47 PM - Reply
9. Nic @mybottlesup said:
get his friends to start making fun of him. peer pressure.

ps- the word verification, spam blocker is "expected edibles." not sure what message that is sending... but just sayin.
07/26/10 12:45 PM - Reply
Theresa said:
His friends do make fun of him! Can you believe that? haa haa
07/26/10 13:17 PM
10. Mamakats said:
I started to throw out or donate my husband's nasty garments after they went through the laundry. I was quite firm in getting rid of those old 80's baggy gym pants made with garish fabric and 'roomy' enough for lifting weights in and all clothing of similar distaste.

I'm not gonna lie - years of arguing about my cleaning out the hubbies' closet caused much strife in our marriage until one day my husband's boss also chimed in on how pathetic he dressed.

Now he gladly accepts my consultation on all his clothing purchases!
07/26/10 11:14 AM - Reply
11. Jenny said:
What I've often heard about men is they stick with the era where they actually hooked up a lot. SO...if he was getting lots of attention from chicks in the 80's - that's the look he sticks with cause he thinks it's working for him....
Hard to know how to overcome that - unless you can convince him that women LOVE (you fill in the rest of the sentence - but whatever look you'd like him to have)...he may just fall for it??
07/26/10 10:06 AM - Reply
12. Elissa Adrienne Mance said:
First of all, let me say that I am married to an inventor with a fondness for ugly Hawaiian shirts and Christmas-themed pajama pants. Together.

Take ugly things away. Burn them if you can. Then, all he has left is the newer, less hideous things that you bought him. He will wear them or go naked. If he goes naked, he will eventually injure himself on something and go put clothes on.
07/26/10 09:39 AM - Reply
13. Martha Replacement said:
Oh dear. I heard that someone was doing a charity to raise money for books. They are specifically looking for dolphin shorts in pink. Also, any used Adidas shoes and 80's jeans are welcome. It's for BOOKS. You can't argue that children need to learn to read.
07/26/10 09:25 AM - Reply
14. Theresa said:
My husband has 2 outfits that he wears, all the time! When I ask him to wear something else he replies with "This is my uniform and I look good." Obviously, I have no good advice. DAMN
07/26/10 08:35 AM - Reply

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