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AIBU?

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Original poster

my husband has brought a beige casual jacket.

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bananaandcustard · 17/04/2015 23:26

which officially means he is dressing like an old man.

AIBU?

OP posts:
alteredimages · 17/04/2015 23:28

LTB. It's only a matter of time before the slippers and the flatcap emerge.

Salmotrutta · 17/04/2015 23:28

You might just be able to save this if you help him to resist buying ... slacks!

TheTroubleWithAngels · 17/04/2015 23:29

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Salmotrutta · 17/04/2015 23:29

OMG.

What if he ... gets a shed??

Salmotrutta · 17/04/2015 23:31

There is only one thing to do banana!

Get a toy-boy.

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bananaandcustard · 17/04/2015 23:31

OMG he got a shed last summer! to be fair he cant get in it, full of garden shit.

jacket is very, very beige and old man. he is 50 btw but I dont think that is so old that beige can be worn.

our youngest child is only 16!

OP posts:
traceybaybee · 17/04/2015 23:32

My dad is 61 and he doesnt have a beige jacket thanks lucky stars and my wee sister is 16

Salmotrutta · 17/04/2015 23:33

My DH is 55.

Even he (who loves a bit of brown/beige) has resisted The Jacket of Beige!

... but he has a shed!!

What to do?

OVienna · 17/04/2015 23:33

Omg - I have to trim my dh's eyebrows- he is getting old man eyebrows. The only question we have is how to do it- scissors?! I have to be careful.

But so far no beige coats.

WorraLiberty · 17/04/2015 23:34

Only a matter of time before the nylon, high waistband trousers appear Sad

AgentProvocateur · 17/04/2015 23:34

God, mine bought grey M&S SLACKS!!! recently. Ground for divorce for sure.

Salmotrutta · 17/04/2015 23:35

Or ... slip on shoes.

Or... Oh horrors, ... a cravat!

WorraLiberty · 17/04/2015 23:36

Has he started tucking his vest into his Y-Fronts yet?

Salmotrutta · 17/04/2015 23:36

Slacks of any colour are the death knell!

Might as well give up now Agent.

Sorry old bean Sad

Sparklingbrook · 17/04/2015 23:37

Is it a waistcoaty one like fishermen wear? It's the jacket of choice for male pensioners in these parts, my Dad included.

Salmotrutta · 17/04/2015 23:37

Dare we mention gardening trousers?

PavlovsHog · 17/04/2015 23:37

There is still hope, unless it is a beige anorak.

ShatnersBassoon · 17/04/2015 23:38

DH has a shed outfit. He likes to wear crocs n socks certain things when he takes to his shed Confused

YouTheCat · 17/04/2015 23:39

Oi my dad wore a cravat (in the 80s) and very dapper he looked too. Grin

It could be worse, OP, he could be having a mid-life crisis.

Embrace the beige!

Salmotrutta · 17/04/2015 23:39

What??

There is a Fresh Hell known as ... The Shed Outfit???

AdeleDazeem · 17/04/2015 23:40
Biscuit

All the Biscuits

squoosh · 17/04/2015 23:41

Slippery slope.

Soon he'll enjoy nothing more than spending every Sunday afternoon polishing his Rover.

Not a euphemism.

(possibly a euphemism)

TheTroubleWithAngels · 17/04/2015 23:41

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luckyjazz · 17/04/2015 23:41

My first LTB

Salmotrutta · 17/04/2015 23:42

My late departed NDN had a complete Beige Outfit.

Right down to his shoes.

He looked like a clay model.

He was colourless.

And his fingernails were long.