NRR: Married guys, does your wife buy your clothes?

I never let my ex pick out my clothes. That just seems silly to me.

My wife definitely doesn't buy my clothes unless they're for a present. Most of my male friends buy their own clothes, and I agree with you about being mostly men in the men's department. However, I have noticed that WalMart is different. I see a lot of dudes on shopping trips with women there. I wonder if that's where most clothes in the US are bought, hence the "vast majority."

Not a scientific study obviously, but a general observation.

I dress up in my wife's clothes.

I don't believe it either.

I also don't imagine you'd be reading such drivel in the Times. They report the news, not make it up.

I've got better style than most women in my life - and they'll tell you so too. If anything, I should be buying *their* clothes.

To me, the idea of a woman buying clothes for her husband is super old school. Something Ma would do for Pa, back in the forties.

OTOH, women do love to shop. And guys mostly hate shopping. So it does work from that standpoint.

my wife buys my clothes. i hate going to the store.

Married August 1992. I buy most of my running stuff on-line/catalogue. 100% of everything else bought by wife since March 1992. I will wear anything that keeps me out of the stores.

OK, we're at:

Man buys: 4

Wife buys: 2

I spend maybe $500 on clothing in an average year, the majority of it on shoes.

My wife might buy me a sweater for Christmas, or a silly T-shirt now and then, but that's it. Everything else I get.

Fortunately, this is not time-consuming for me because my standards are low. If something is vaguely fitting and vaguely comfortable, that's good enough. FWIW this evening I bought a couple jock straps and a couple pair of $13 jeans at KMart.

Yes, my wife buys most of my clothes. She will be out shopping for herself, and and bring home clothes for me. I absolutely hate shopping and have a poor fashion sense. I'd wear the same thing forever if she didn't buy me clothes.

I've got shirts and pants that are older than most people on letsrun.com, and she will occasionally throw my old junk away. She knows better than to throw away t-shirts. Next month will mark our 29th anniversary, so apparently this works for us.

I buy all my husbands clothes. He has a time consuming job and I'd rather he not spend his free time walking around a shopping mall. I happily shop for him. Plus he could care less what he looks like and I buy clothes that look good.

yourmom wrote:

I buy all my [husband's] clothes. He has a time consuming job and I'd rather he not spend his free time walking around a shopping mall. I happily shop for him. Plus he [couldn't] care less what he looks like and I buy clothes that look good.

I confess I find this mind-boggling. It literally never occurred to me that a woman would buy all her husband's clothing.

Live and learn.

Yes-- my wife of 15 year buys all my clothes. I hate shopping.

I do however reserve the right to bitch and complain like a 10 year old when she keeps buying me turtlenecks that I never wear...

My ex used to knit me sweaters which I still have and wear, although she rarely bought me clothes. Wife #2 never buys clothes for me but like a previous poster I dress pretty decently and often get asked if she does. Sometimes she buys me accessories for my birthday, like a sweet briefcase, a matching pen made of leather and chrome, a pocketwatch, etc, if that counts.

Married 5+ years and I buy my own clothes.

I think it depends on what part of the country you live in. Whether you are a hick or whatever.

My grandmother owned a fine women's clothing store. She had men's and women's fashion magazines. And taste. My high school best friend looked like a movie star crossed with a rock star and went on to not only represent the USA in track, but also work and live in Europe as a male model appearing in many worldwide fashion mags. He taught me some tips on being stylish on a budget (while an athlete).

Women love it when a man can shop and dress himself. They'll shop for you, but they are turned on when you can do it for yourself and look HOT.

My current girlfriend...she loves me for three reasons: She finds me Lifetime hot. (Men, this is what you want in a woman, one that finds you to be the hottest guy in her life, for HER). She finds me great in bed (all runners are, si? I think we can all agree on that, even the bungholes here...), and because I TAKE HER SHOPPING and can tell her what to buy - what she looks great in.

I spent my summers as a kid, keeping my grandmother's store in order. (And peeking through the cracks in the changing rooms, checking out the hot women.) (I know, there's a movie in this. lol)

My girlfriend is smart enough to NEVER even try and buy something for me. I am hyper-hetero-sexual, but often joke that I was "metro-sexual before the term was coined" or "that I an an honorary gay man because I can take women shopping and pick out perfect "outfits" for them.

--Gentlemen, this will get you passionately laid more than any other quality or skill you have. A woman's favorite subject is...herself...and if she looks good enough...for...men / you.

...On my track tours in Europe, I would pop into the garmet district of major European capitals and buy outfits for my girlfriends. (This does not mean the full price "Fashion districts," ahem.) At the end of my trips I would ship my own clothes home "surface" mail (takes a month or so) and stuff my luggage with 5/6th clothing for my girl, and a bit of my stuff on the top, an Armani suit or two from Milan... Slip the luggage through customes, declare the Armani suits...

And "Bob's your uncle"...GOOD TIMES.

My personal best was returning with 13 dresses or outfits for my girlfriend after the WC's in 97. Athens. Ahhh, Athens.

I was there the night Athens was awarded the Games...

Talk about an all night party!

GOD, the music and celebration was HOT! It was endless, screaming, cars honking late into the night, Greek flags waving out the windows...of houses and cars...

I even bought some Greek designer clothes...that unbelievably have held their style and are more in style now than then, lol.

If you ever get a chance GO TO GREECE.

A country I never had an interest in until I got there.

I ran the track at Delphi, BEAUTIFUL. The ancient one in Athens too. Gorgeous.

The point is...BE A MAN OF THE WORLD.

Sorry for digressing...Don't ever let a woman shop for you. My girlfriend knows better. I have better taste than she does. I make sure she is well dressed. I help her shop for her sons. She loves it.

A real man can shop and dress himself.

she buys about 1/2 my shirts between various gift and those "i saw this and thought of you". i buy everything else.

flip it - i pick out most of her good clothing. we pick out a few, she tries them on, then i pick the winners.

I buy by far most of my own clothes but some other guys in their 50's do let their wives select their clothes. I think its ridiculous to give up personal choice and automony regarding the way you look.

Some 50 year old men turn into 8 yr. olds with their wives.

Mr. Conundrum wrote:

I buy by far most of my own clothes but some other guys in their 50's do let their wives select their clothes. I think its ridiculous to give up personal choice and automony regarding the way you look.

Some 50 year old men turn into 8 yr. olds with their wives.

If it weren't my wife, I'd pay someone else to do my shopping...

It was harder for me to come to terms with letting someone else change my oil than to let someone else pick my clothes.