my husband has brought a beige casual jacket.

[bananaandcustard]

which officially means he is dressing like an old man.

AIBU?

I'll have you know that I wear driving gloves OP.

I take driving very seriously.

DH looks lovely in a plaid shirt. I have a weakness for large bearded men in plaid shirts
OP steal the F off his keyboard which will prevent the purchase of Farah slacks and flat caps.

SDTG- how tricky!

Imagine blending into the sand!!

Driving gloves do scream to the passenger 'death is in my immediate future'

Zip up cardis are next, you have been warned!

Are you sure it's a jacket and not sports coat?

At what age do the Geography Teacher leatherette elbow patches on jumpers, jackets and cardis appear?

Ah but elbow patches are quite hip these days. It's tiresome trying to keep up with who's a hipster and who's an old duffer.

He'll be less visible if you dress to blend in, OP.

Start right here

"easy to wear shape" - mmm mmm mmm...

you are NOT helping me.
I have a husband wearing a BEIGE jacket in PUBLIC like an old man!

HELP ME

OP, can the jacket casually get forgotten somewhere? Accidentally included in a bag of stuff for a Charity Shop?
Are you moving house anytime soon, no end of my dh's stuff just 'disappeared' during our last move.

I've always wondered who buys and wears those slacks that are advertised in the back pages of the Saturday and Sunday papers, along with the special boots.

My dad also wore driving gloves.

He really used to hammer that Volvo. Scared the crap out of me doing a tonne down the A1.

I hesitate to mention ... corduroy...

Or, perhaps, a ... pipe?

I don't mean to be harsh banana but have you stopped for even a moment to think that it might be your fault that he's seeking comfort in the polyester arms of this beige jacket? Have you been paying him enough attention, paying him enough compliments, indulging him in enough shed chat?

Maybe the jacket is being a better companion to him than you are.

It was hunners of posts back but men with long nails are just fucking wrong. Even if they use them to pluck stringed instruments. Get a plectrum ffs.

Beige clothing is divorce territory. Just not weirdo (long nail) territory.

I thought old people wore cheery-coloured fleeces these days?

I sometimes wear a flat cap and had a lovely conversation with a ninety year old bloke in the GP waiting room about where he got his corduroy one. I also used to have a lahvely grey polyester zip-front cardy with pale blue edging

Driving gloves are for Serious Drivers.

Fact.

Permanent creases.
Always a bad sign.

Eddie I wonder why that skirt is now 1/3 of it's original price? I need a clue.

At what age do the Geography Teacher leatherette elbow patches on jumpers, jackets and cardis appear?

Roughly about the late 70s. The 1970s...come to think about it why aren't they in fashion again, almost everything else from the 70's is fashionable yet again?

PinkGinny - I mentioned my neighbours long fingernails.

He was a vision in beige.

And an Elbow-Clutcher.

Right I have now clearly read the thread. There is something quite naice about a man in a bunnet / flat cap. Retro geek chic thing.

[Except my man who is slightly too old to make it ironic...]

Driving gloves are a must for early/ winter mornings because the steering wheel is too flipping cold without them!

what the fuck is 'shed chat'!!

Why don't you start wearing a wolf fleece and see if he objects? Then you can agree to burn the wolf fleece if he agrees to burns the codger jacket.

Of course it's a risky strategy, there's always the chance he might compliment you on your fleece's snazzy lupine design and temperature controlling capabilities.