Nothing like a teenage daughter to keep you humbled…

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I leaned into the culottes and polka dot trend this season and was delighted with this bargain in Sainsburys last week. I thought I looked great. Effortless and summery chic etc etc. Until 14yo DD looked up at me with withering disdain and asked why was I dressed like a Tombliboo.

We had a similar situation last year when I bought a striped teeshirt and they called me Bagpuss for the whole summer.

It's definitely banter in our house and our kids get teased right back. For example our son has shoulder length dark hair, an earring, very skinny and always wears black - his dad calls him Pound Shop Damien Hurley.

We all find it funny. If someone didn't then it would stop. It's nice to have a household where we can all have a laugh together.

Having a wardrobe clear out and came across my favourite denim jacket of my teens/20’s. Showed DD 20 I could still get it on, albeit a bit snug at 50 - “yeah, isn’t it supposed to do up though?”

I’m very glad we have a jokey fun relationship - much like I had with my mother many years ago! Some of you complaining about a fun thread sound like your families are incredibly dull!

Mines autistic so pretty blunt but I love that I know I'll get an honest opinion on stuff. She's been complimenting the garden recently and I know it must look good otherwise she would never ever say so

I remember trying on a lovely red coat years ago and my teenage DD said I looked like a double decker bus!
I didn’t buy the red coat 😆

I was taught that respect was earned. Anything else was was just bullying enforced by inadequate people.

Since when do we take style advice from our kids?!

Wear whatever makes you happy, that's what I say. It will make someone else happy too, I feel sure....

I get this all the time from my teen & tweens! The horrified “for me?!” Followed by “oh yeah, it’s fine for you!” Said in a patronising yet charitable tone!

Fair enough. In our case, I don't think my mum would have wanted any advice from someone who was wearing purple stripy tights, army boots, and an essentially see-through skirt with tiny bells sown into it.

I was the only other female in the house so it might have been desperation on my mum's part.
Also, while I didn't look in my teen years, I wasn't a complete fashion victim either and could give advice from a teenager's view of classic dressing.

Isn’t that the point though - when my teen says somethings horrible but means for her not me I’m totally ok with that because I wouldn’t wear what she wears!!

agree that some on here are just rude but comparing people to a thing or person can be funny. Especially funny from young children who are just saying what they see

my mum was always very chic and well put together and I used to get embarrassed sometimes because she was always dressed smartly but she passed onto me an attitude of ‘I’ll wear what I like and what I am comfortable in and not just follow the fashions’ - she of course despairs of me in my jeans and trainers but that’s what I like!

I am with your daughter on that one! What an unflattering garment no wonder it was reduced.

This thread is hilarious.

Daughter was talking about getting leg tattoo's and I commented that they won't age well.

She just said it didn't matter as by then she will be wearing old lady clothes like me so no one would see them.

Gee, thanks.

My beautiful floral dress that I loved so much?
“What are we doing for curtains while you’re wearing them?”

Clearly never been subjected to 'In The Night Garden' at least not while not excessively sleep deprived!

I know I'm in a minority, but I'm struggling with the idea that:

• someone buys a new item and is excited to wear it
• they get compared to a cartoon character, an inanimate object or other hilarious comparison, or they get called fat
• the item goes straight to the charity shop (mentioned many times on this thread)

And that isn't a bit cruel?

I'm returning a polka dot dress that I purchased online because it looks like an old lady dress on me - luckily, I could see it myself and didn't need my teenage daughters to tell me. Thing is, I am an old lady, but it made me look even more of an old lady!

I remember in the early 90s when my friends and I were about 15 or 16 there were trends for waistcoats, baker boy caps, Dr Martens and those floppy Paddington-style hats with the brim that folded back.

One day four or five of us were out in London and we went somewhere for lunch (probably Pizza Hut, at best) and there were mirror panels on one wall, and one of my friends looked at our reflection and said 'Fucking hell, we look like we're about to go out picking pockets for Fagin'.

This morning I explained to DC(age13) that the crunchy & snapping sounds from my knee & hip is called crepitus. She shot back with "is that what they call it, because you're decrepit?". To be fair to her, I do have multiple disabilities and do, indeed, qualify as decrepit.

That’s where unconditional love comes into play.
Your children get a pass they are born to make us laugh without feeling offended when they mock us.

Given the state of many teenage girls that I've seen out and about lately, I would be completely disregarding their sartorial opinion.

Oh just wear your outfits OP, I'm sure you look great in them!

Two summers ago, I picked up a nicely fitted t-shirt; white with pretty dark blue stripes, on the diagonal; flattering, I thought, that is until my DS did a double-take and announced that I looked like "a Russian sailor" of all things!

I continued to wear the shirt ( I liked it on me) but thought of it every time I put it on, and wondered if anyone else who saw me out and about thought that too!

@Startthecar it seems unlikely - what does a Russian sailor even look like?

Or that they're spiteful bullies!

My (absolutely lovely, non spiteful defender of anyone actually being bullied) daughter told me I looked like Beetlejuice when I wore a stripey top.