To think that these women need to get lives?

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I work p/t in a clothes shop. You would not believe the amount of women that come in and ask for a refund on clothes they have bought because their husband/boyfriend did not like it. I rarely am able to disguise my contempt for these women and usually make a sarky remark like "Oh, I'd assumed you'd bought it for you! Not your husband!"

AIBU?

well you'll probably lose your job if you keep it up.....

I've used that excuse before, when the actual reason is I've bought something realised it was too expensive for what it was/unneeded and taken it back.

Their husbands are wearing their clothes?! Yanbu

Hmm, I have said that in the past as I haven't wanted to divulge the real reason (I got home and decided it was hideous or it made me look fat in my own mirror at home) and DH hasn't even set eyes on it.

Now you have pointed it out, it does sound bad though and I won't do it again (wrist slapped).

I don't really care what my dh thinks, but I do think if someones dh doesn't really like something they are wearing that it might put them off it. Whats wrong with wanting to look nice for your partner??

Oh no. I say it in such a way that they can't be cross at me.

Why make up an excuse? We have a 28 day policy that means you can simply change your mind. I'd much rather someone say "I didn't like it all that much when I got home" than "Him indoors didn't like it"!

WTF. That's a weird reason for returning clothes.
I'd be more embarrassed to say my DH/P didn't like it than it didn't fit!

Are these ladies buying mens clothes for their husbands/partners and then returning them beacause they didn't like it - which is perfectly understandable so YABU.

or

buying womens clothes for themselves and then returning them because their partners don't like the look of the clothes on them? Then YANBU.

I think the latter, choceyes!

YANBU - this sort of thing makes me quite cross actually!

Wasn't there a thread on this a few weeks ago?

haha then YANBU OP. That is a weird reason to use. I'd just say it doesn't fit or something.
If my DH doesn't like something I buy, then I just assume he knows nothing about fashion, so I ignore him

I don't know DeepPurple. I don't have a rollerdex of MN threads past.

I think you sound a bit nasty to be honest.
I wouldn't bring something back if it was not to my DH's taste, but it's not really a big deal is it? Do you absolutely have to be so mean about those women you know nothing about? Seems a bit distateful to me.

I'm quite lucky as my DH wouldn't have a clue if something was new or not so I never have to think about whether he likes it!

"I rarely am able to disguise my contempt for these women"

"I say it in such a way that they can't be cross at me"

Hmmm...

My DH has done this face at plenty of stuff I've brought home. Like leopard print harem trousers. And a studded jumpsuit. But I like them so I'm keeping them.

I've also done faces at him when he's brought home terrible, terrible things. I wouldn't want him to take them back though. Not much

Harem pants

Buppers this never happened did it?

Yes, it's a repost.

I have a life, so does my DP, but we don't wear clothes that each other hate on.

I wear red, that pisses my DP off (football related), so we don't have minor reasons why we say we don't like something.

Of course everyone's assumped that the women are being oppressed by this, but my DP has dodgy taste in formal short sleeved shirts. It works both ways.

It did happen. However, I stuck them on eBay and got £22 for them! I only paid £12 for them out the Topshop sale! So they were a wise purchase!

YANBU....if it's the true reason then that's weird. I'd never dream of telling DH what he can and can't wear, so I expect to be afforded the same courtesy.

I suppose it is a reason to give if you want a refund rather than an exchange, so it might just be a made up reason.

I think you sound quite mean tbh. Most women returning stuff will just be using that as an excuse as they don't want to say that they simply didn't like it when they got it home.

If you want to keep your job then I suggest you stop speaking to customers like that.

As for them getting lives? They aren't the ones starting threads about it...

Fair enough, it could be a made up reason. It's just a weird one, though. Of all the excuses you could make up (you don't even NEED to make one up!) you choose to make one up that makes you sound like a subservient pleb/your DH sound like a controlling arse.

I've kept my job for ten years, thanks :)

Oh and the "you haven't got a life for starting a thread about something" line is really thick. Most of MN is chit-chat about trivial shit.