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To have ranted at DH about his clothes?

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YouMeandDupree · 25/08/2011 09:41

Kids were with grandparents last night so DH and I had planned to go for a meal. Last week when it first came up he suggested I wear a certain dress. I agreed and he kept going on about it (like he does Hmm ) but last night I felt it was too cold for it so decided not to wear it after all. He said "oh, I thought you were wearing that blue dress?!" so I said I felt it was too cold. He sulked and said "but you promised" Hmm err no I didn't and its hardly a big deal, I wear what I want.

So instead I wore black skinny jeans with a sparkly top. Therefore I was still "dressed up" and it was obvious I wasn't just popping down to tesco for a pint of milk iyswim.

I made an effort with my hair, make up etc and then came down to find DH wearing old jeans with a small tear in the knee, an old t-shirt and trainers. Not the first time he's gone to a resteraunt dressed like this but last night it pissed me off. I said "are you going out like that??" and he said "yes, what's wrong with it?" so I got quite cross and said how dare he make a fuss over what I wear when he just goes dressed in scruffy day-time clothes. I said I wouldn't go out with him dressed like that and I felt it was disrespectful to the resteraunt and mainly disrespectful to me.
He went off in a mjor mood and said "well you better iron me a shirt then". When I refused to do that we very nearly ended up not going out at all (in fact I didn't want to by this point).

was I unreasonable to make a stand??

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Mitmoo · 25/08/2011 09:43

Depends on how much you wanted the meal out.

Alibabaandthe80nappies · 25/08/2011 09:46

YANBU - especially about the ironing.

Filibear · 25/08/2011 09:48

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PhilipJFry · 25/08/2011 09:50

"well you better iron me a shirt then"

Ahahaha. Yeah right.

You are NOT being unreasonable to get annoyed at his double standards. He sounds like he was acting quite childishly- getting in a strop over a number of things. Sounds tiring to deal with.

ripstheirthroatoutliveupstairs · 25/08/2011 09:51

YANBU. I too would have gone without him.
I'd be really pissed off if my DH had made a fuss about what he wanted me to wear, then made no effort whatsoever.
Like Filibear said, he is a tool.

ChickensHaveNoEyebrows · 25/08/2011 09:51

Why did he want you to wear a specific dress? Does he often 'dress' you?

SDTGisAnEvilGenius · 25/08/2011 10:45

It sounds like he was trying to make a point, in a tit-for-tat kind of way - ie, 'if she's not going to make the effort, neither will I' - which is pretty bloody childish, to be honest, and I would have been cross with that part of it, and even crosser with the ironing comment. YANBU.

Justfeckingdoit · 25/08/2011 10:49

YANBU at all. Give him a kick in the man bits from me.

OTheHugeRaveningWolef · 25/08/2011 10:49

Sounds like there's a bit of tension in your relationship generally and this was just where it popped up.

What else is going on for you both?

Sn0wflake · 25/08/2011 10:53

Well personally I wouldn't have minded what my DH put on (unless it is his running gear - which he looks nice in but is not appropriate) but he doesn't tell me what to wear. I'm not his doll FFS (maybe a fertility symbol : ).

ShoutyHamster · 25/08/2011 10:53

Tell him to change his attitude, or he will end up with no-one to go out with at all.

Sn0wGoose · 25/08/2011 11:27

DH often asks that I wear a certain dress when going out, because it specifically floats it boat compared to others iyswim Blush But he is a scruff and often goes out looking like a hobo (sometimes even when he tries to dress smart ha ha ha). I'm ok with that, it doesn't bother me - that's who he is.

Like raveningwolef says, there's obviously something more going on here?

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