To think that these women need to get lives?

[BupcakesandCunting]

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?

My OH wouldnt dare

He hates dungerees though. He sees them as the slippery slope.
I bought some yesterday.
Mwah ha ha....

I think you should refuse to refund unless the OH comes in and tells you he doesnt like the garment. Then you can tell him off for being controlling and tell her to leave the bastard

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!

What's wrong with them saying partner didn't like it?

Good point about the S&B boards, why ask strangers, when you and your partners the one's that should enjoy how you each look.

I personally think that people who work as shop assistants should get a life instead of judging and criticising the customers they serve.

On the subject of old clothes, i didn't realise that the rag and bone shops that buy clothes, take stuff not good enough for charity shops.

I got £8 per bin bag of slightly stained etc stuff.

OhDo - what is at the bottom of the slippery slope that starts with dungarees?! :o

Kayano - that's the sort of story that brings a tear to my eye. :)

[soppy in a weird way]

I reckon it's an excuse.

Admittedly I may not buy something if DP doesn't like it, but then that's only when I'm torn on it myself, fuck him if he doesn't like it but I do! DP 'helped' me with clothes shopping in the six years before we got together, now I usually get more honest interesting answers as to why he thinks something may not suit

Maybe they're trying to look mournful, because they're scared you'll accuse them of trying to scam the shop?

athing I have never bothered to ask. I just look at him like this
say 'bovvered' and buy what I want.

I reckon its all to do with Greenham Common and DrMartins.

YANBU to be a bit I used to hear this a lot when I worked in retail. Things like "how long have I got to return it? You know incase my husband doesn't like it?" I got a look of pure poison once when I asked if her if the handbag was for him. I did ask out of confusion though, not malice. Kept my mouth shut after that...

Buppy -Every time I come into your shop (and trust me, its a lot ! MH is pretty much my second home ), I wonder which one you might be (in a stricyly none staker sense). For the record, if I'm returning something, I normally say that I realised that my bum did indeed look big in it...

Why is you judging them (in what sounds an obnoxious way) any better than anybody else doing it re their clothes?

wasnt their a similar thread last week ? maybe the clothes didnt fit their husbands

I had a blouse that DH hated but I defiantly wore it until I watched a documentary about transvestites and one of the men had it. I hate it when DH is right.

And bups, I've been monitoring your posts for a while and you are very horrid indeed.

To be fair if my DH felt moved enough to declare he didn't like something I had just bought I would breathe a small sigh of relief. He has appalling taste in clothes. I don't think it's a validation I would covet!

Of the many things that have been said about us I have yet to hear that we are usually amongst the best dressed anywhere we go though! Still, something to aspire to.....

Some of the comments on this thread are a bit though. I worked in a shop once. Judging customers was considered a perk.

"And bups, I've been monitoring your posts for a while and you are very horrid indeed."

Thanks! I'll take that as a compliment coming from you :)

"On the subject of old clothes, i didn't realise that the rag and bone shops that buy clothes, take stuff not good enough for charity shops.

I got £8 per bin bag of slightly stained etc stuff."

Did you i have loads to put in the recycling I have had a clear out and most of it is done we have 1 of those shops in town I may just see if i can make a pound or two