To think it's weird when women take their DHs clothes shopping with them?

[Madmotherintheattic]

I mean when the blokes sit on those chairs outside the changing rooms and give them opinions on every outfit they come out in. I don't mean special occasion outfits but everyday stuff. And then accompany them round the shop feeling material and picking out styles? I see it a lot in M&S. Is it weird or is it me? I don't know whether to feel happy for them that their husbands are so involved or think I should just mind my own business, but instead, I find myself thinking I'd rather stab myself in the eye with a pencil than take DH to watch me try on skirts in M&S and comment on patterns and shapes.

Oh god yes. 'Man creches'. How patronising and cringeworthy is that.

I'll never in a million years get the whole family doing the food shop thing.
And if you really really can't shop for clothes without your dp glued to your side, can you at least tell them to get out of the fucking way in the shop and not to loiter about outside the changing rooms

Everybody who read the thread as being about a woman taking her husband's clothes with her on a shopping trip should research what an apostrophe is.

The poor bloke always looks bored to tears... Should be at home enjoying the footie!

My dh doesn't seem to get why I don't buy the first thing I see. He also doesn't care what it costs, whereas I do. Last week he surprised me with something from a shop who will not refund so I have a massive credit note and I will have to wait till they get new stock. Plus he's bloody colourblind!!!

So many stereotypes on this thread. I don't like shopping go in buy first thing I see to escape it. Dh is the opposite he's careful and has a really good eye. He buys me clothes for my birthday etc and unlike the ones I get myself I rarely have to return them. Thinking about all my nicest clothes are bought my him. He spends more too. My friend's Dh is the same.

Ridiculous cliches about bored football watching men. I sort all car related stuff he is better at clothes. Takes our pre teen girls clothes shopping too result I don't have to.

"The poor bloke always looks bored to tears... Should be at home enjoying the footie!"

A ridiculous stereotype, @CreamCheez - my dh would be far more bored at home watching the football than shopping with me.

@PunkrockerGirl - surely the men outside the changing rooms are either waiting to see if their other half needs a different size bringing, or so that their other half can show them the garment once they have tried it on - and need to be near the changing rooms, rather than further away?

I can't bear taking my DH. He actually doesn't mind coming, but I don't like it. I feel rushed and flustered, even though he is sitting there waiting quite contently. Sometimes I like to just look and stare at the mirror with the same outfit on for 5 minutes, and can sometimes take 20 minutes trying to decide on 3 outfits, trying them all on several times. So if I know DH is waiting, I feel a bit bad, and as I said, I feel rushed and flustered. So yeah imo, it is a bit odd to take your DH with you.

OHs on the chairs outside changing rooms or rummaging round womans' clothing rails look tragic to me.

Each to their own though.

I sometimes buy things on the internet, where DH may or may not be around to give input.

I sometimes buy clothes on my lunchbreak - where DH used to sometimes be around but now works too far away to meet me for a quick coffee/walk/browse...

I sometimes buy clothes when we are all out doing some shopping in a shopping centre - usually we are there for something for DD, and to get food shopping as well, but we may look for things for me too, or DH may point out things he thinks would suit me (and I ignore them for at least 6 months before I grudgingly try them on and realise they do look good usually).

Alone, I will often pick things in my comfort zone, which tends towards slightly fuddy duddy, not even nicely classic, more middle-aged matron out gardening.

With DH, I will be trying on things that don't always suit, but far more fashionable, suiting my figure, and actually nice. He usually pushes me into a bit more colour as well (I favour a lot of black, am going into navy now too but am often scared of colour and patterns).

Occasionally he does like things I buy myself, and often I like things he has chosen. But just because you would see him with me on 1 trip doesn't mean that he chooses everything for me - not by a long shot!