The one with the viking cowboy. Are these comments on my appearance terrible or not?

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I genuinely can't understand all the people saying the OPs husband is an awful person. I think men actually say these things as compliments and like you say, can't see how we could be offended! They love Astronauts, Vikings and Cowboys 😍

I always laugh when DH comes out with a random "compliment" as I know it's never meant with bad intentions.

I love stripes and have several navy/black and white striped tops and every time I put one on with dark trousers, I laugh to myself and think all I need is a string of onions round my neck and to ride a bike to look the part. 😆

I found a gorgeous green jumpsuit on Vinted. DP said I looked like a turtle.

Oh my current favourite partner comment. I bought a long pleather skirt, 'here's Darth Vader'.....

I was just about to post the exact same!!

I also have a boiler suit which I absolutely loved when I tried on but then wore it for a family meal and every time one of my male relatives walked in and greeted me, they made a comment about plumbing / car mechanics 😭

But honestly I think things like this are funny and if I genuinely love an item of clothing, I don't care.

The boiler suit in hindsight was a ridiculous purchase 😂

I'm just reading some of the comments to my partner and we're crying with laughter.

Precisely
All the posters falling over themselves to tell you that you are wrong must have a very low bar for male behaviour.
Hes rude and negging you
I would tell him to bugger off and enjoy his VD date on his own if my DH spoke to me like that

I hate the jacket too.

I wore a khaki jumpsuit once and my brother started saluting me as it looked vaguely like an army uniform.

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Trying on a lovely red coat in Hobbs. '"Have you seen Don't Look Now?" I am short, so he had a very good point.

Walked through the door feeling great having been pampered at the hairdresser. Husband said, simply "Is that what you asked for?"

"I like that babygro." Me in what I thought was classy lounge wear, and it is separate sweater and leggings.

I too am blessed with a husband who says whatever pops into his head. I know he's not setting out to insult me, and I always laugh. I give as good as I get - I always tease him when he wears 20 year old race t-shirts that he's very proud of (Oh, is your 'Free Nelson Mandela' shirt in the wash?').

Well, that jacket certainly isn't to my taste, but I can't say it reminds me of the Old West.
Perhaps you shouldn't ask him for outfit advice.
I'm guessing he looks like a youthful Brad Pitt in bespoke Armani?

Not my dh(he isn't stupid enough to rip the piss out of how I look) but in the mid 80s I had a very radical haircut, extreme bob, shaved up the back. Fucking loved it. Until, I walked into the pub and everyone in the snug started singing Blackadder.
Actually, dh did make a "witty" comment once. I had a black kimono style jacket with embroidery on the yolk and fringes on the sleeves. Going out with friends and as im going out the door he shouts "Enjoy the line dancing Tammy-Sue" He must have been thinking of that all day bless him and he was dead proud of it as he gave a Muttley
snigger. He was right though as one of my mates just looked and said "yee-haw"

My exh used to call me Oliver Crumbwell if I hadn't shaved my legs and they were a little stubbly because the stubble felt like crumbs, apparently!

We had a whole load of pisstake names and jokes at each other's expense but they were all good natured and said with good intent and humour.

I've had other men say things that sound similar but land differently because they were veiled criticisms. As long as you know it's intended to make you laugh and not criticise you, it's all good.

Vikings are badass (and also my ancestors). I would be thrilled to be told I looked like a Viking.

Same!! 😁

My husband often says ‘ oh you’re going for the gypsy lady look ‘ when I’m not at all. I might just have a loose blouse on or some darker lipstick I just roll my eyes and think what does he know? . My husbands dress sense is nothing to write home about.
I wouldn’t worry about it. Maybe he likes cow girls?

I got told my style is like 'freezer tapas'...a jumble of whatever I've laid my hands on, thrown on🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Oh and if im wearing socks and sliders (only inside when my feet are cold), he asks why I'm being like a Romanian lorry driver (apologies to any Romanians, or lorry drivers from anywhere).

Oh, that jacket...I'd have said less cowboy and more grandma in her house coat.

Better than saying he looked like a willy 😂

He hates the jacket

Well I don’t know what cowboy movies your DH has been watching, Brokeback Mountain maybe??

Ah yes of course, next, that famous bastion of peak edgy, exploratory high fashion 😂

You're right, ops outfit of a fleecy jacket with bootcut jeans and low heel boots IS way too out there for my conformist sensibilities! Definitely not the exact same mum uniform you can spot thousands of women wearing daily....

I think youve got the wrong end of the stick - I assume most people who dislike the jacket do so because its rather twee and meh because they prefer more alternative fashion themselves?

I wouldn't worry about any of this. Many people don't have a very nuanced vocabulary, especially men when it comes to fashion.

Here's the full Twitter thread - beautiful stuff.

Jane on X: "Props to anyone who tries to be fashionable in ireland i wore a red beret once in waterford and someone called me super mario" / X

Whenever my bald ex husband wore a high neck jumper, I'd tell him he looked like a roll on deodorant 👀🤣

And viqueen!

OP as a size 12 you can wear any style of jeans you want and look great! I’m concerned that you’re not very confident about your appearance, he should be building you up not knocking you down. However, remember he did say you look nice, so you might be dwelling on the negative instead of focussing on the positive…

Every time I leave the house for work in winter - long coat, hat, gloves, backpack - DP starts talking to me in a mishmash European accent because he says I look like a 10-year old boy on an exchange programme.

This might give you a giggle OP

https://www.instagram.com/p/DOlZNjiDUYu/?igsh=MW15a2dvYnNsb2o1Mw==