Men Who Don't Buy Their Own Clothes

[countdemoney]

As long as I'm picking the clothes, I'm largely ok with someone else buying them.

I would enjoy a sugar momma, I think.

 

[argoth]

Originally Posted by BABuckeye

As with any survey based statistical data, the results depend on WHO you ask and HOW you ask them.

Most of the people responding are already substituting the words "pick" or "choose" for "Buy" in the poll. For others, "buy" may mean simply indicate the purchaser.

Originally Posted by countdemoney

As long as I'm picking the clothes, I'm largely ok with someone else paying for them.

+1 (with bolded edit for clarity/ocd)

Arg

 

[BBRex]

Up through college, my family usually bought my clothes, and many times they picked out something and brought it home, then I wore it. It wasn't always what I wanted, but financial concerns meant I couldn't afford what I wanted, anyway. After college, I was married, and had more say in what I bought. Now I buy my own clothes, although I usually shop with my wife and take her likes and dislikes into account. I'm about to change careers, and I'm moving into a field where I have to dress better, and I find that's spurred me to take more control of what I wear.

 

[Nashville]

I was at Nordstroms rack in Buford GA this spring and a manager at one of the high end steak joints was there and his wife was picking out his clothes and it was awful, and what she was picking for him was awful, I told him about this site

 

[Tailor In Style]

I guess this does not count for gifts etc.

I think letting your GF buy some of your underwear is cool enough..., but when it comes to what everyone else sees, its gotta be more your own style.

 

[mensimageconsultant]

Originally Posted by Threadbearer

Unfortunately, I know quite a few men who let their wives, girlfriends, and sometimes even their mothers pick out clothing for them. Most of these men, when shopping for themselves, will only select jeans, sneakers, athletic socks, and numbered football jerseys. Every other article of clothing they own was purchased for them, including, I presume, underwear.

Here are the reasons they give:

1. "I don't care what I look like, and she does. So it makes sense to let her pick out my clothes."
2. "I don't know what's in style, and I don't care enough to learn."
3. "Shopping is for girls. I don't like shopping and would feel funny admitting it even if I did."
4. "I can barely match socks. How can I be expected to put together an outfit."

There's a theme here, no? Apparently, shopping and caring about one's appearance are seen, in at least some pockets of our culture, as being gender-specific traits.

So the popular thread came back to life.

Unfortunately, those are unsurprising reasons. They tend to go together, don't they? Hmm, what about the "in style" concern - have you heard that much from older men? 4 often is legitimate, caused by a degree of color blindness, though of course that can be overcome. One would think dislike of shopping includes the "unproductive" time involved and irrational fear of being seen and therefore online shopping would be okay with many of those guys. But maybe they have no idea of where to shop online, fear buying items they haven't inspected in person, or have some other dubious reasons for not buying online. By the way, it's unlikely that many of those guys don't really care what they look like, even if they truly believe that.

 

[mensimageconsultant]

Hmm, whoever made the point about picking vs. buying is right. The original poll question should have asked about picking, since when a woman and her man shop together for his clothes, it's often her telling him what to buy for himself.