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Constant commenting about my clothes

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Tanfastic · 17/04/2018 22:27

So I like clothes, fashion, shoes, handbags. I do not have expensive taste but I like to look nice and make the most of my (ageing) appearance. Most of my clothes are from supermarkets, sales or H&M. I don't smoke and I hardly drink. Clothes are my thing. I work full time and I have a half decent disposable income......now here's the thing.

There is someone I work with who constantly comments (I mean nearly every single day) on my clothes. Mainly the same comment which goes something like this...I walk into the room, she says bloody hell you've got so many clothes. Then she'll say to another colleague ...."hasn't she so and so...Tanfastic has so many clothes. "Another new top"...(I've worn it before)...more clothes than anybody you...more bloody clothes. Look ok at her so and so...more bloody clothes, so much clobber that one.

Today, I walk into her office....."is that a new top"?

Me..."no I've had it a couple of years"
Her..."not seen it before"

Her...."more bloody clothes than anyone you....more clobber etc etc etc.....on and fucking on.

Every single day for the last two years....

It's pissing me off and becoming boring now. I've tried taking the piss out of her comments....but still she doesn't stop. I've tried ignoring but still she doesn't stop.

Colleague earns twice as much as me. I know her very well and she has the disposable income to buy as many clothes as me but chooses to spend it on other things.

Anybody else get this? How do you deal with it without being rude?

OP posts:
MCSpammer · 20/04/2018 07:38

Spin around whilst saying 'give us a twirl Anthea'

RIP Brucie

Orchidflower1 · 20/04/2018 20:10

What was todays comment OP?

Tanfastic · 20/04/2018 22:36

She was off today but funnily enough colleague she often tries to rope in and get on board with her comments saw me in the corridor today and we exchanged pleasantries then she said...you look nice Tan" which I though was so lovely 😊

OP posts:
HermioneWeasley · 21/04/2018 10:12

Give a head tilt and ask if she has a crush on you

LeilaBriggs · 21/04/2018 10:17

Say, “yeah, well, I’m not an alchy (sp) so I can afford nice clothes.”

I wouldn’t normally be so rude, but after 2 years, this would really get on my tits.

Giovanna75 · 21/04/2018 11:03

You need to start ‘mirroring’. When you walk into work in the morning mirror her behaviour. Instead of her commenting on your clothes get in there first. If you replicate her behaviour every morning it won’t be long before she stops Smile

MeanTangerine · 21/04/2018 13:39

If she only ever wears the same 3 or 4 type and same pair of trousers but always comments negatively in what you wear, then I reckon somewhere along the line she may have 'learned' that women spending time /money /effort in their appearance is a Bad Thing.

So next time she says something just smile as nicely as you can and say "It's OK for women to buy clothes you know". It will give her something to think about.

Deathraystare · 22/04/2018 07:54

Walk past her desk and go "Ta Da"! It's new blouse day!

Thebluedog · 23/04/2018 19:59

Any news today OP

halfwitpicker · 23/04/2018 20:06

How did it go today tan, what did you wear?

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