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Does your DH like how you dress

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Travellingwifey88 · 17/12/2025 19:45

Dh hates the way I dress. Everything i wear he has a comment on. Everything

For context I don't like my figure at the moment and am actively trying to drop.some weight (have lost a stone so far) my clothes usually consist of black trousers, plain t-shirt/top or ocadsusobally jeans and a plain top

I like patterned tops but DH doesn't like flowers in tops so I have stopped wearing them. But then.oans plain t shirts make me look old and funky

When i am in the office I have a few nice work tops. He moans they are boring as well

Today it kicked off as I have a black cardigan I like to wear. My WFH soace ia cold so I need a jumper / cardigan. He hates this cardigan. I wore it. He screamed and shouted

Dd later picked it up (she's 10 but likes to wear this cardigan) she was wearing it when he came down and he bellowed at her to take it off.

Dh wants me to dress like I did when I qas 4 stone later and in my 20's. I'm currently mid 40's and a lot bigger.

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DontPokeMe · 17/12/2025 20:41

I mean, I suspect OH would like me to maybe dress a little more feminine. I'd like to as well but I feel weird in floaty girly stuff. I'd also like to wear what I wore when I was 4 stone lighter and in my twenties! But the clothing isn't your issue here. It's your OH. OP, it's not okay in the slightest that your OH shouts at you about a bloody cardigan. I am so sorry you're living with somebody who thinks it's okay to subject you and your daughter to this kind of behaviour.

Geranium879 · 17/12/2025 20:39

My husband never really comments on what I wear, except if it’s something new / especially smart, and then he might say “oh you look nice”. If he tried to tell me NOT to wear something I’d either laugh , tell him to fuck off, or both. But he just wouldn’t !

Alisonica · 17/12/2025 20:37

He sounds awful! My DH definitely has opinions. He likes me in tight black clothing and he dislikes frumpy stuff. But he doesn't say it like I have to take it off, or in an abusive way or try to control me.

He just finds some outfits more sexy than others. I am fine with that as I also like him more in some outfits than others, speaking purely sexually. However that is about the bedroom and what we wear elsewhere is our business.

Wear what you like, OP. Horrible behaviour from your husband!

Redwinedaze · 17/12/2025 20:35

No he says I always look nice even if I don’t, he did recently ask if we can make an effort and dress up for a date night but he also like to make an effort (we are usually jeans and walking boots people) so we are doing that Sunday. He is far from perfect but does compliment me. I think he knows if he said anything about an item of clothing I’d wear it all the time, inc in bed to annoy him ha.

LaneCaneCandy · 17/12/2025 20:32

Yes he compliments my outfits, some more than others as he has favourites and I know that there is a cardigan he doesn't like the colour of but I wear it anyway and he doesn't treat me any differently.

He also wouldn't dream of telling me to use a tea towel instead of an oven glove because I am a grown woman who can make decisions for herself as to what feels best for me.

If you think about this is there anything he would ever say you do right?

Bellowing at your child is just disgusting behaviour.

Purplecatshopaholic · 17/12/2025 20:27

My OH thinks I am the sexiest woman alive regardless of what I wear, bless him. He very rarely comments, apart from a standing ‘joke’ about animal print (he hates it and compares me to Bet Lynch!). Op, you have much bigger issues here than what you wear as I am sure you know - this is the tip of a very large iceberg.

MyAmusedPearlSquid · 17/12/2025 20:25

So he's controlling you then abusive behavioury dh has never mentioned anything regarding what I wear in 9 nearly 10 years

ZaZathecat · 17/12/2025 20:25

Blimey, he bellows at you for wearing a top he doesn't like? Can't imagine what he'd do if you actually did something wrong. He sounds a horrible specimen of a man

TinyHousemouse · 17/12/2025 20:24

What an abusive twat. I don’t know whether DH likes all my clothes, some I know he does because he’s said “I really like that dress” etc but he’s never once said anything negative about what I’m wearing because frankly it’s none of his concern as he’s not the one wearing it.

As for bellowing at your DD - I’d lose my rag at that.

TheCurious0range · 17/12/2025 20:24

DH doesn't show a preference for what I wear other than telling me I look nice if I put on something new. He did comment a while ago that I was trendier than him these days as I was wearing wide leg jeans 😂
I don't like everything he wears (hideous green trousers anyone?) but he wears what he likes while I make leprechaun jokes....
The screaming and shouting and telling you to stop wearing certain things is hideous

RosesAndHellebores · 17/12/2025 20:22

I have one or two floaty tops which are bead that he comments on "aah, the bangra look". I don't think he likes thwm much but wouldn't go so far as to say so.

His comments include
It's very you dear
You were very presentable
That shows off your cleavage
Is that new (er no, I've had it for five years, do you never look at me)

If he shouted at me like yours @Travellingwifey88 he'd be my ex.

More than 45 years ago I had a date with a chap who told me he liked girls to wear dresses and to help chose their clothes. There wasn't a second date.

Flowers
BauhausOfEliott · 17/12/2025 20:22

Mrscharlieeeee · 17/12/2025 20:07

Yes he does but I couldn’t give a fuck if he didn’t. I mostly wear black, vintage band tees, jeans, flares, shorts with tights and mini skirts. I wear a lot of chunky jewellery, chunky platform boots or loafers. I’m very heavily tattooed, he isn’t. We look like an odd couple from the outside I guess but he wouldn’t dream of commenting on anything unless it was a compliment.

Yes, my DP dresses very plainly. Grey or blue jeans, plain t-shirts, plaid flannel shirts, plain jackets, all in muted colours. Buzzed grey hair, no jewellery or tattoos.

I’ve got a dark green panel in my hair, tattoos, multiple ear piercings, tons of silver jewellery, wear Docs, biker boots, leopard Converse and creepers, graphic tees, jeans, fishnet or patterned black tights, vintage-looking 60s style dresses. He gives me plenty of compliments about my style so he appears to like it but we look totally different.

CandidRaven · 17/12/2025 20:21

Mine doesn't comment on what I wear and i wouldn't know if he liked something or not, he gives me compliments more on the clothes I know he likes but he would never tell me he doesn't like something I wear, your husband sounds controlling and there seems to be bigger issues in the relationship than him not liking your clothes, don't let him dictate to you what you wear

SoLongLuminosity · 17/12/2025 20:20

He's a nasty piece of shit.

My husband doesn't like my tunic.

I put it on and say "its your favourite, it's tunic day!" and he pulls a silly face and rolls his eyes and we laugh.

That's the only opinion he has and he only expressed it because I complained about the tunic being annoying.

HighlyUnusual · 17/12/2025 20:20

I agree with everyone else, your husband is criticising, screaming and shouting at you for ordinary everyday things that other people do not shout about- that is abusive.

You definitely need help, OP, as his 'normal' is not normal, sorry. I would try Women's Aid and take the advice of the great posters on here.

Leftsidefacing · 17/12/2025 20:20

This isn’t about clothes. You have an abusive husband.

Dunnocantthinkofone · 17/12/2025 20:20

This has got absolutely nothing to do with your clothes
And everything to do with him being an abusive, controlling bastard

Notmyreality · 17/12/2025 20:19

3gumstonight · 17/12/2025 19:49

No way is this a happy healthy marriage.

Will be tip of the iceberg of a rotten marriage

This

Daisywhatsyouranswer · 17/12/2025 20:19

Yes, even when I was six stone heavier he was very complimentary.

did he really scream and shout, he sound like a really odd little man,

Chiefangel · 17/12/2025 20:17

Please leave. Your husband is screaming and shouting at you and bellowing at your daughter. Is this the life you really want? Again, please leave, I did. You have to be brave and make a decision for a happy life or an unhappy life. Do it for your child.
and tell the twat that his clothes are all shit.

Notmyreality · 17/12/2025 20:17

Toomanyhats88 · 17/12/2025 19:48

I think this is bigger than your clothes. Your husband shouldn’t be screaming and shouting at you. Nor should he or you think it’s acceptable for him to dictate what you wear.
This sounds controlling. Do you have a network of good people to talk to?

This. This is about your weight and your looks. As you said he wants you to look and dress like you were in your twenties. The fact that he screams at you about it is very concerning to put it mildly.

Luckyingame · 17/12/2025 20:16

I don't know... Sometimes he says something looks really nice.
I don't ask his opinion, actually.
This man seems deranged. Would like to see what he looks like.

Willowy2 · 17/12/2025 20:15

He is abusing you and now your daughter. He wants to be in control of you both. My DH has never commented on my clothes, unless to tell me I look nice etc, and I'm the same with him. I wear comfy stuff at home, in the winter socks are tucked into joggers and just random baggy sweatshirts as I like to be warm and comfortable.

Sugarfish · 17/12/2025 20:14

He mostly compliments what I wear. He hates animal print though and will compare me to Kat Slater when I wear it. But, he knows I’m not offended by it, that it will not make me change my outfit, and that I just roll my eyes at him anyway.

It’s really not normal to scream over a cardigan and he sounds abusive.

Travellingwifey88 · 17/12/2025 20:14

Thank you for all the replies

I do believe there are bigger problems but I wanted to see if anyone else's DH had issues over a cardigan or if just another thing that DH doesn't seem to like the fact he doesn't have control over

There are other issues as well. Tonight's argument also started after I accidently dropped something when taking it out of the overnight as I was using the oven glove instead of the tea towel he always tells me to use (which then start to get too hot and the tray slipped because he was berating me about something else and it was just an accident)

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