Not my teenagers (they where bad enough) but my father
My mother's birthday was coming up and she wanted 'a nice outfit' rather than his normal fall back of present of jewellery
Being a bit (lot) clueless about ladies clothes,he asked my aunt if she'd come shopping with him (and to be fair,she has amazing taste)
Together the picked out the most gorgeous red top and matching red skirt (my mother used to be a really large lady)
Got home,wrapped it up and proudly gave it to her on the day
She shot upstairs to try it on,came back down and did a twirl in front of us
We where well trained and did the 'you look lovely' but my father says what comes into his head
'Oh love,you look lovely,just like a big,fat letterbox!'
She threw the biggest tantrum (she's a narcissist) took it off,threw it at him and started screaming at us
I had to take her back upstairs and use some of her other clothes to tone it down a bit (and she did look much nicer when not dressed head to toe in red)
I mean she did look like a letterbox-it looked a lot nicer on the hanger but there was no need to scream like that
Years ago,long before I came along(early 70's),my mother,father and (same) aunt had gone shopping
My aunt tried on some dungarees and made the massive mistake of asking my parents what they thought
'You look lovely our lass' (my mother)
'You look just like a big,fat lady sumo lady,mud wrestler' (my father)
She didn't buy them and he's still puzzled as to why!