Aaargh DD2 is almost 11, and she’s a nightmare to clothe. Does anyone else have this?
Recently complaining that her leggings don’t fit, I took this as a sign it was time to think about ordering clothes for the warmer weather.
Everything I choose or order is too dark/too colourful/too wrong. In December I had 15 dresses delivered and she really liked five of them. We narrowed it down to two of them, one cheapish, one really expensive - she wore the cheap one and later refused to wear the expensive one, which is still in the wardrobe with the label attached.
Doc marten boots £139, wore them once, they rubbed her heel a bit, refused to wear again or consider wearing them in.
She has no idea what she likes apart from wanting to wear sports tops and cropped tops with leggings, which don’t look good because she’s carrying a bit of weight around her middle, not helped by constant snacking during the current crisis, such that I had to hide snacks in the garage.
She also changes her mind constantly - in January she wanted white jeans, which weren’t in the shops. I ‘held that thought’ until April, however the the Next site was then closed due to Covid. I set my alarm at 6.30am last week to get a delivery slot, had white jeans delivered and she doesn’t like them/doesn’t know why I bought them.
I sent her out shopping in January with her big sister, however she returned with all sorts of unsuitable clothes like a summer dress and tartan leggings from H and M. The leggings were ok but she had no suitable top that matched, hence they’ve also been sitting in the wardrobe.
She had a lovely hoodie which she lost. Ive just shown her 152 hoodies online, she doesn’t like any of them. She’s now saying she doesn’t need any new clothes. She’s lost her swimming costume (which definitely fits) so she was annoyed when she had no costume to play in the garden with the hose. I dug our her big sister’s old Speedo costume, she complained it was too plain. I ordered another and she pulled a face saying it was a bit too bright.
I’ve tried to explain that she will need clothes for warmer weather. I find everything is out of stock if you leave it too late. She is driving me batshit with this clothes thing. I realise this makes her sound like a brat. Perhaps she is. She’s happy actually to sit around in pyjamas all day, and she’s really messy and forgetful.
Anyone else?
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Daffodil101 · 25/04/2020 11:28
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