Please help me politely tell my boyfriend I don’t like his gift.

[Mumofnarnia]

I’m over 40 and going to a function in a couple of weeks.

My boyfriend has decided to buy me a dress as a present to wear for the event which he has ordered online (presumably from shein or similar). It has arrived today, I’ve tried it on and there is no way I’d be seen dead in it! It’s for someone who is 15 to 20 years younger. It’s short, has a large gap in the abdomen area where you can see my stomach (albeit not a toned one) and just looks very tacky in general. I assume it looked ok on the picture online or whatever but I’d just basically look like mutton dressed as lamb. While all the time he’s been telling me he can’t wait to see me in my new dress/ I’ll look beautiful etc.
How do I break it to him that I do not like his present/ wish to wear that god damn awful dress to the event?

Oh me too.

I’ve had to tell my chap that I won’t be wearing stuff from shein, temu, boohoo or Amazon. It’s just safer for me to give him a blanket ban on certain shops.

when he does buy stuff it’s based on how he wants me to dress generally so i normally keep a few links to what I’m actually after in a notes app and share it with him. I’m very overweight and 50. I don’t wasn’t a skin tight fake leather taupe skirt with a giant split up the thigh. I looked like an overstuffed sausage. And not a tasty one.

Yes this is what I would do. My dh won't come shopping now, but happily contributes cash instead.

He bought me some slippers recently and even a hobbit would be embarrassed to wear them to garden . They are so unattractive. Even the bloody dogs won't chew them

You say. It really doesn't suit me. Thank you so much for the thought.

You might consider reading the thread, @Maddy70?

And checking the posting dates along the way …