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Allowed teenage daughter wear trainers DH bought for me

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aifai · 01/06/2025 07:54

That's it really. DH is upset and swore never to buy me anything again because I allowed my DD to wear brand new trainers he bought for me. He's upset and called me naive, saying I take things for granted. Was I unreasonable for allowing her wear it before I did?

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whitewineandsun · 01/06/2025 09:06

Be honest are you ever getting them back will they now be hers

This is probably why he used "naive". Will your daughter now claim them 'because they look so nice with my clothes'. They were barely in the house before you let her wear them anyway.

taptaroundtheworld · 01/06/2025 09:03

If you give someone a gift, they don’t use it but pretty much immediately give it away - how would you feel?
Of course you can do whatever you want with a gift, but basically immediately giving it to someone else in front of the givers eyes doesn’t exactly show appreciation.
You give me a gift. in front of yoyr eyes i hand it to the charity shop. Find of course, its mine now. Still rude.

LifeBeginsToday · 01/06/2025 09:00

Does DD get her own nice trainers? I'm on his side if everyone has nice things, and this was your turn but she took away the brand new-ness of them by getting the first wear. Just because she likes them doesn't mean she should have them.

Ducksurprise · 01/06/2025 08:59

I can't believe the amount of comments defending your husband.

They were a gift for you, gifts shouldn't have caveats or strings.

If you wanted to let her wear them and it made you happy, then I see no problem.

legsekeven · 01/06/2025 08:56

I actually get his point. He wanted you have something nice and you let daughter have it first. Be honest are you ever getting them back will they now be hers. I would be hurt as well

DogSaidWoof · 01/06/2025 08:49

Actually I think the fact that he bought them with that voucher from work may be influencing his reaction here. He chose to spend that on you instead of himself and you let your daughter wear them first.
I originally thought he was being weird but it makes more sense now

DrinkReprehensibly · 01/06/2025 08:46

Do you usually wear trainers? Did you even want them? Did he get you something you didn't really ask for or need? Did he discuss spending the voucher on you before he just did it?

It sounds like he had a vision for how things would go and it's not gone to plan somehow.

SALaw · 01/06/2025 08:44

If you’d lent them out to a friend or sister etc he might have a point but a daughter living in your house? I don’t see the issue.

aifai · 01/06/2025 08:41

SleepingStandingUp · 01/06/2025 08:33

How long have you had them and why haven't you worn them? Perhaps he sees it as you not wanting to wear them but letting DD

It arrived on Friday, I let her wear it yesterday- Saturday

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aifai · 01/06/2025 08:39

Thank you all for your responses. So many mixed opinions. Looks like I was being unreasonable for allowing her wear it before I did. He was given a voucher at work and used the whole of it to buy the trainers for me, hence his anger. He said he could have used it on himself and now regrets using it on me. I said it's not like I gave it to a friend to wear, I allowed his daughter wear it.

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Tbrh · 01/06/2025 08:36

I can see his point, it's giving the impression that you don't really care about the gift

Mulledjuice · 01/06/2025 08:35

NarnianQueen · 01/06/2025 07:57

That’s weird. Surely letting your daughter borrow your trainers is a fairly normal thing to do and doesn’t mean you don’t like them or value them?

Is it?? I have never heard of this before. I would only share shoes in extremis - totally different from clothes but if OP had lent DD a brand new dress DH had bought i can imagine he'd be similarly upset

Koazy · 01/06/2025 08:34

What a weird man. Do whatever you like.

orangegato · 01/06/2025 08:33

Does he resent/hate your daughter or something? What a weird man, I’m guessing it’s very easy to piss him off and that he reacts irrationally to other things?

Hardly a gift if he decides how it can be used and dictates if things can be shared. Wanker.

BallerinaRadio · 01/06/2025 08:33

Hamrollitos · 01/06/2025 08:32

My DH wouldn’t bat an eyelid at this, in fact he’d probably roll his eyes, give me a kiss and tell me I was too kind.

Well how lovely for you 🤮🙄

SleepingStandingUp · 01/06/2025 08:33

How long have you had them and why haven't you worn them? Perhaps he sees it as you not wanting to wear them but letting DD

Hamrollitos · 01/06/2025 08:32

My DH wouldn’t bat an eyelid at this, in fact he’d probably roll his eyes, give me a kiss and tell me I was too kind.

aifai · 01/06/2025 08:29

Ddakji · 01/06/2025 07:59

Borrrow your clothes and shoes? Fine.

Borrow something that was bought for you as a gift before you’ve worn it even once? Not fine.

Do you struggle with saying no to your DD?

No, I don't. But the trainers looked really nice with her trousers so I said yes

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Roseshavethorns · 01/06/2025 08:29

I think it would depend on the manner of the gift and the reason behind it.
If DH bought me trainers as a "proper" present then he would be very hurt if I gave them to someone else to wear (which I never would). It would seem like I didn't like the trainers or value the time and effort put in to choosing and buying them for me.
If he picked me up a replacement for my normal tatty trainers that someone else regularly borrowed them I doubt it would even register. As the effort in doing buying those, although much appreciated, is much less personal.
I have a pair of flip-flops that I use for nipping outside numerous times a day. They are now called the family flip-flops as everyone uses them, whether they fit or not. They are replaced regularly at birthdays or Christmas. No-one would batt an eye, or even notice, if someone else used the new pair before me.
I suspect in this case the trainers were a gift that had a lot of thought and money put in to them. If I were the DH I would feel hurt and rejected too.

WhereHasMyPlanetGone · 01/06/2025 08:29

I don’t think he knows what naive means TBH.

aifai · 01/06/2025 08:27

Butchyrestingface · 01/06/2025 07:58

I was totally on your side until the last line.

I still think he was unreasonable to overreact in such a way.

But generally no, I would not let someone else use a gift before I've done so myself - particularly so if the gifter lives in the same home and is likely to see this happen.

Does your daughter have form for damaging other people's possessions? Is that what he meant by calling you 'naive'?

Thanks for your reaponse. No, on the contrary she takes care of everything she has or given. She really liked the trainers and begged to wear it yesterday and I said yes. Her father saw it on her as she stepped out the door. He called me naive for not attaching importance to a gift he gave. I love the gift but also thought it was ok for my daughter to wear it as it went well with her trousers

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nomas · 01/06/2025 08:24

You leant them to your dd, not a friend.

Is he setting it up so that he doesn’t have to buy you presents anymore? If this happens, call him out on his slyness and stop buying him presents too.

Nina1013 · 01/06/2025 08:15

MaryGreenhill · 01/06/2025 08:06

It's fine to loan her the trainers OP, if that is the way you normally behave.
I would loan and give my two DDS anything but the difference is my Dh wouldn't mind a bit .

This.

Is she not his daughter?

My husband finds it hilarious (and loves it) that our daughter is now slightly taller than me and we borrow each other’s clothes/accessories/whatever.

In our situation, he would be worried that she would ruin my shoes as she’s not the most careful. She borrowed my worn twice chunky heeled Louboutins for dinner a few months back and was standing rolling back on the heels, and his brow was getting a bit sweaty (she isn’t unappreciative, but she does have ADHD so is not particularly careful!). But he would be as likely to buy her new trainers as me so I really don’t see the issue here!

BallerinaRadio · 01/06/2025 08:11

Is your DD his DD? I think that makes a massive difference

MaryGreenhill · 01/06/2025 08:06

It's fine to loan her the trainers OP, if that is the way you normally behave.
I would loan and give my two DDS anything but the difference is my Dh wouldn't mind a bit .

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