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Would you feel uncomfortable if your cleaner wore these?

321 replies

Phoebo · 10/03/2023 06:45

My cleaner often wears quite revealing leggings, I wouldn't care except my husband often works from home and she also cleans his office which requires bending etc. She's also very attractive. It makes me feel uncomfortable and inferior but I don't feel like I can say anything to her. I personally don't feel this is professional for anyone to be wearing to work, except perhaps if you work in a gym or similar. What do others think? Would you be ok with it?

OP posts:
W0tnow · 10/03/2023 08:35

WedonttalkaboutMaureen · 10/03/2023 08:24

All it says is she is a young woman following the current fashion.

And it's not like chocolate cake. Women are not objects. It's like - if OPs husband is inappropriate towards the cleaner, she has a DH problem not a cleaner problem.

I agree with both of these statements. My daughter is 17 and has a near perfect body, by todays standards. She wears those super revealing ‘cheek’ exposing bikinis. She is following the fashion trend and succumbing to the pressure to reveal more and more. I don’t like them. She laughs and accuses me of slut shaming. I laugh back and articulate my rebuttal above. It’s an ongoing discussion!

BernadetteRostankowskiWolowitz · 10/03/2023 08:36

GooseberryCinnamonYogurt · 10/03/2023 08:32

Leggings are the ugliest fashion ever, worn by lazy people who go out without looking in the mirror!

This is bang on. I'm lazy and the first time I see myself in the day is in my first Teams call Grin and I wear leggings. Just not in the bedroom (wtf!!!)

Eranzer · 10/03/2023 08:36

🤦🏻‍♀️😂

This is a you problem. The leggings are fine and the scrunch bum are a current trend. I hope she's comfy and feels great about herself in them too!

Some of these comments are really awful!

Riapia · 10/03/2023 08:38

Those were designed by someone with a cruel sense of humour.
The wearers have yet to get the joke.

Phoebo · 10/03/2023 08:39

Butterflywing · 10/03/2023 08:10

If you are as insecure as that then buy yourself a similar pair and bend over in the presence of your husband and guage the reaction.

He would love it 🤭

OP posts:
Pinkhorse1 · 10/03/2023 08:41

Relax and take a deep breath 🙂

Maybe the example I gave wasn't the best. I won't bother trying to justify and explain myself here.

Glad to know others don't agree with those leggings either. Each to their own

W0tnow · 10/03/2023 08:41

BernadetteRostankowskiWolowitz · 10/03/2023 08:34

Given that men flash their actual bare cocks at women and children in the street and via messages and barely get a slap on the wrist I'd say women wearing skin tight clothing is an absolute non event

Well. Yes. That’s not the same though, is it? The ‘same’ would be if men were getting around in borat style bikinis and the like. They’re not. It’s an interesting discussion, I think. But ‘you’re just internalising misogyny and what about creepy man flashing their bare cocks’ is just a diversion to shut down discussion.

BlueEight · 10/03/2023 08:43

I always interviewed my cleaners on days dh wasn’t here . If they were too attractive I said I didn’t feel they were right for the job and asked the agency to send me someone more experienced/ older . We’ve had a couple of cleaners now . Handpicked by me. Dh doesn’t even notice them I don’t think so there’s never an issue 😂

CombatBarbie · 10/03/2023 08:44

Wow!! My DDs school tried to ban the girls wearing leggings as they were apparently a distraction..... Although never actually stated whether it was the teachers or the boys being distracted.

I mean she could wear fishnet tights and denim shorts..... I know what I'd rather my cleaner wore. But because its a cleaner you expect her to wear loose joggers and oversized hoodies just in case your husband develops and erection......??

Lizardonachair · 10/03/2023 08:44

Looks like the model has a hungry bum there Grin

ProposedWarning · 10/03/2023 08:45

BlueEight · 10/03/2023 08:43

I always interviewed my cleaners on days dh wasn’t here . If they were too attractive I said I didn’t feel they were right for the job and asked the agency to send me someone more experienced/ older . We’ve had a couple of cleaners now . Handpicked by me. Dh doesn’t even notice them I don’t think so there’s never an issue 😂

I am sorry you are so insecure as to be prejudiced against cleaners because of their appearance. Must be tough living in fear of your husband leaving you for someone else.

BernadetteRostankowskiWolowitz · 10/03/2023 08:45

BlueEight · 10/03/2023 08:43

I always interviewed my cleaners on days dh wasn’t here . If they were too attractive I said I didn’t feel they were right for the job and asked the agency to send me someone more experienced/ older . We’ve had a couple of cleaners now . Handpicked by me. Dh doesn’t even notice them I don’t think so there’s never an issue 😂

Fucking hell

GoodChat · 10/03/2023 08:46

CombatBarbie · 10/03/2023 08:44

Wow!! My DDs school tried to ban the girls wearing leggings as they were apparently a distraction..... Although never actually stated whether it was the teachers or the boys being distracted.

I mean she could wear fishnet tights and denim shorts..... I know what I'd rather my cleaner wore. But because its a cleaner you expect her to wear loose joggers and oversized hoodies just in case your husband develops and erection......??

Problem is, if she's as attractive as OP says she'd still look gorgeous in trackies and hoodies when the rest of us look like Miss Trunchbull 🤣

VioletaDelValle · 10/03/2023 08:46

BlueEight · 10/03/2023 08:43

I always interviewed my cleaners on days dh wasn’t here . If they were too attractive I said I didn’t feel they were right for the job and asked the agency to send me someone more experienced/ older . We’ve had a couple of cleaners now . Handpicked by me. Dh doesn’t even notice them I don’t think so there’s never an issue 😂

Wow.
It must be hard being in a marriage where you have so little trust.

Farmageddon · 10/03/2023 08:47

OP I'm sorry you are getting a hard time here, but you realise this is not about leggings at all. If she is very attractive it doesn't matter what she wears your husband is going to notice, that's just human nature. If she's been with you for 2 years and it's only bothering you now it's probably because you don't feel your best.

Truthfully the leggings are fine for a cleaning job, she needs to be comfortable stretching and bending. If she was wearing a mini skirt I would agree with you. But also, if she was older, unattractive and out of shape would it bother you if she was wearing those leggings? Probably not.

It's probably uncomfortable for her also to be cleaning when you are both there, is there a way for her to clean when you are out of the house or something? It's a bit weird for her to clean your husband's office while he is working in there, surely he could vacate for a few minutes while she cleans?
I had a part time cleaning job a years ago (in a tennis club, not in someones home so a bit different) but I hated having to 'clean around' people, it was very awkward. So I used to come in early when nobody was there, so much easier. Maybe you could try heading out for a walk while she cleans to give her some space.

Overall, I don't really know what the answer is, but I don't think you are being horrible, maybe a bit unreasonable, but unfortunately insecurity can make us irrational at times.

Or maybe you could hire a really hot male gardener for the summer so you have someone nice to look at and see how your husband likes it 😁

GoodChat · 10/03/2023 08:47

BlueEight · 10/03/2023 08:43

I always interviewed my cleaners on days dh wasn’t here . If they were too attractive I said I didn’t feel they were right for the job and asked the agency to send me someone more experienced/ older . We’ve had a couple of cleaners now . Handpicked by me. Dh doesn’t even notice them I don’t think so there’s never an issue 😂

That's not funny; it's awful.

bloodyplanes · 10/03/2023 08:49

If she is attractive then your husband will notice that no matter what she is wearing! Any male would notice an attractive young woman, but that doesn't mean he will want to run off with her!!

DisplayPurposesOnly · 10/03/2023 08:49

men flash their actual bare cocks at women and children in the street and via messages and barely get a slap on the wrist I'd say women wearing skin tight clothing is an absolute non event

Indecent exposure isn't socially acceptable. (I think we should stop calling it flashing.)

Normal leggings - fine. These leggings - not appropriate for work. I don't want to see that much of anyone.

Directmedirectyou · 10/03/2023 08:50

BlueEight · 10/03/2023 08:43

I always interviewed my cleaners on days dh wasn’t here . If they were too attractive I said I didn’t feel they were right for the job and asked the agency to send me someone more experienced/ older . We’ve had a couple of cleaners now . Handpicked by me. Dh doesn’t even notice them I don’t think so there’s never an issue 😂

Where was your husband while you were judging potential cleaners? What if there were attractive women there?

MistyFrequencies · 10/03/2023 08:51

Pringleface · 10/03/2023 06:51

Please tell your cleaner you want to police her choice of workwear because you’re worried your husband may look at her. Then come back and tell us how it went.

This

CombatBarbie · 10/03/2023 08:51

GoodChat · 10/03/2023 08:46

Problem is, if she's as attractive as OP says she'd still look gorgeous in trackies and hoodies when the rest of us look like Miss Trunchbull 🤣

Well she could always do as another poster has and employ deliberately frumpier women.......

This is going to be the new sex discrimation cases in court....... I'm good looking with a nice ass and that's why I didn't get the job.

Jesus wept...... I really do fear for my own daughters reading threads like this.

CombatBarbie · 10/03/2023 08:52

DisplayPurposesOnly · 10/03/2023 08:28

I'm with the OP - not appropriate workwear. (And hideous any time, really, but what you wear in your own time is up to you.)

So what does the cleaner wear?????

Gym clothes are comfy and practical.

GoodChat · 10/03/2023 08:52

@CombatBarbie absolutely. It's absurd isn't it!

Blossomtoes · 10/03/2023 08:53

BlueEight · 10/03/2023 08:43

I always interviewed my cleaners on days dh wasn’t here . If they were too attractive I said I didn’t feel they were right for the job and asked the agency to send me someone more experienced/ older . We’ve had a couple of cleaners now . Handpicked by me. Dh doesn’t even notice them I don’t think so there’s never an issue 😂

Seriously? Absolutely unreal.

notacooldad · 10/03/2023 08:53

Sorry, but it says alot about her!
It absolutely does!
It says she is confident and happy with her body. I wish I could say the same about me!