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Post by GiantsFan on Apr 19, 2016 2:22:18 GMT
hop2Sorry, I didn't get that the OP's were vintage, either. But my MIL thought I would wear the jacket she gave me.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Apr 19, 2016 3:25:30 GMT
Wear my mother-in-law's old clothes?!?! Bwahahahahaha!  OMG. My MIL bought those mail order polyester clothes (and bras!) from the ads that came in the Sunday newspaper. She hated shopping, hated spending money (even though it wasn't an issue) and wore that stuff until it fell apart. I couldn't wear the NEW clothes she bought for me even if I would have wanted to because for some reason the woman could never figure out that I hadn't been a size small since I was about 16 years old.  Everything she ever gave me ended up getting donated because I couldn't return or exchange any of it for something that I liked or that would actually fit. |
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Post by maryland on Apr 19, 2016 3:27:05 GMT
She needs to give her husband some of her dad's hand me downs! See how he likes it.
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Post by freecharlie on Apr 19, 2016 4:04:09 GMT
I can't even begin to imagine being in this scenario. I don't know any culture where it is common for adults to hand-me-down clothes amongst family members unless it was maybe an heirloom wedding dress. I have a couple of cousins who are not well off. I often offer them my clothes when my tastes or weight changes. They look through and take what, if anything, they want and then I donate the rest. |
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Post by anniebygaslight on Apr 19, 2016 5:46:25 GMT
Dear god. That is disgusting. Sounds too Norman Batesy to me.
It also sounds like your friend is in an abusive relationship. He insists. She acquiesces to appease. Worrying. She needs some good advice and he needs to be made to wear his mother's clothes to see how he likes it.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2016 9:40:46 GMT
Oh no way! My mother in law is only three years older than me and I wouldn't be caught dead in her clothes, our styles are very different. Your friend sounds to be in a bad relationship all round.
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Post by maryland on Apr 19, 2016 12:02:57 GMT
I can't even begin to imagine being in this scenario. I don't know any culture where it is common for adults to hand-me-down clothes amongst family members unless it was maybe an heirloom wedding dress. I have a couple of cousins who are not well off. I often offer them my clothes when my tastes or weight changes. They look through and take what, if anything, they want and then I donate the rest. My niece is 5 months older than my oldest daughter. Ever since she was little, they would give us her hand me downs. It stopped a couple years ago when she was 16, because she could fit into the same clothes year to year. But my kids loved it! They said her clothes are so much "cooler" than theirs. And we live out of state, so they have "better" stores (according to my kids). I have three girls, and usually at least 2 of them would wear the clothes! |
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Post by grinningcat on Apr 19, 2016 12:17:21 GMT
Someone needs to grow a spine and someone needs to get his head out of mommy's vagina.
Seriously? Telling her to suck it up. Fucking bite me.
Hand me downs between adults is creepy. Fucking creepy. Barring something like a costume, it's stupid and creepy. I don't want wear someone else's old, gross clothes. I can buy my own fashion thank you very much. And if my husband told me I had to wear them? Well, he'd be looking at the couch or the garden shed as his new residence.
She needs to man up and leave this asshole.
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Post by threegirls on Apr 19, 2016 12:18:09 GMT
My husband's mother (she is in her late 70s) gave me a pair of her pajamas and my husband told me to burn them! Actually, they were very nice, good quality and expensive so I donated them.
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Post by artbabe on Apr 19, 2016 12:34:59 GMT
That is just weird.
But as far as hand me down clothes? My sister wears my late mom's clothes all of the time. You can't tell though because I had one hip mom. Her clothes were both classic and up to date. My sister was out of a job for a year and was very grateful to have the clothes. The only reason I don't wear them is that my mom was a tiny person and I am not.
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Post by pierkiss on Apr 19, 2016 12:51:09 GMT
Wtf?!?? Does the mother live with the couple? Hell no I wouldn't be wearing hand me down clothes from some 80 year old woman just to keep the peace! Nope.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2016 13:05:04 GMT
Hand me downs between adults is creepy. Fucking creepy. Barring something like a costume, it's stupid and creepy. I don't want wear someone else's old, gross clothes. I can buy my own fashion thank you very much. Whaaaa? I think it's frugal and proper to reuse and recycle clothing that has nothing wrong with it! For example, one of my co-workers has a shop-a-holic sister who replaces her wardrobe often. She will bring in her sister's gently used clothes and give them to other women at work who may be that size. I think this is being a smart consumer! Not "fucking creepy". It's better than being wasteful, that's for sure, and they're not being forced on anyone. So you never shop at resale shops? Maybe I am misunderstanding you. Now - wearing my MIL's clothes? Yeah, that's odd... No thanks. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2016 13:06:32 GMT
And the only reason I even opened this thread was to find out wtf FOO meant.  |
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Post by ktdoesntscrap on Apr 19, 2016 13:09:16 GMT
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Post by ktdoesntscrap on Apr 19, 2016 13:15:16 GMT
My Dad's wife.. not sure if that is FOO... she used to try and give us all her old clothes.. and she would buy us clothes that looked like hers.
She likes sweatshirts with pictures on them and matching pants... I have 8 sister between the age of 63 and 43... and I can promise you... NONE OF US EVER WEAR THEM.
There is NO way I would wear those clothes.
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Post by grinningcat on Apr 19, 2016 13:32:02 GMT
Hand me downs between adults is creepy. Fucking creepy. Barring something like a costume, it's stupid and creepy. I don't want wear someone else's old, gross clothes. I can buy my own fashion thank you very much. Whaaaa? I think it's frugal and proper to reuse and recycle clothing that has nothing wrong with it! For example, one of my co-workers has a shop-a-holic sister who replaces her wardrobe often. She will bring in her sister's gently used clothes and give them to other women at work who may be that size. I think this is being a smart consumer! Not "fucking creepy". It's better than being wasteful, that's for sure, and they're not being forced on anyone. So you never shop at resale shops? Maybe I am misunderstanding you. Now - wearing my MIL's clothes? Yeah, that's odd... No thanks. I really don't think I could wear the clothing of a sister of a coworker. My sister... maybe. Long shot but maybe. Someone else's sister. Nope. Just weirdly awkward. I've tried resale shops. Never found anything that fit or that wasn't already stretched out or ruined in some way (to me, resale shops are for books, china, and silver). Not to mention, I just find wearing stranger's clothes creepy. Maybe coats, but anything that actually touches skin? Yeah, no. It's just weird to me. I've never really been a part of a family or circle of friends that share clothes, we're all pretty proprietary... not to mention different sizes. My mom tries to give me her clothing, it's just not my style and I just don't want it. I like to pick my own. I hate clothing as gifts because the other person just doesn't know me well enough. |
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Post by anxiousmom on Apr 19, 2016 13:47:41 GMT
That is just weird. But as far as hand me down clothes? My sister wears my late mom's clothes all of the time. You can't tell though because I had one hip mom. Her clothes were both classic and up to date. My sister was out of a job for a year and was very grateful to have the clothes. The only reason I don't wear them is that my mom was a tiny person and I am not. I have been stealing clothes out of my mom's closet since I was a teenager. She was a young mom and we have always had similar tastes-and for years she had the financial resources to buy the good stuff while I was buying stuff from Wally World. There is very little in her closet that I wouldn't take even now. Except shoes. She has vastly different taste in shoes. VASTLY.  |
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Post by msladibug on Apr 19, 2016 14:19:43 GMT
I have a friend that loves the clothes from her mom /grandmom/and whomever else....she considers it as free material. she remakes clothes into her own eclectic styles link edited to add...she also uses sheets, tablecloths,shower/curtains, anything that can be reused. |
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Apr 20, 2016 0:02:05 GMT
So, let me get this straight.....
The husband wants his wife to wear his mother's clothes?
What kind of guy gets turned on, peeling his mama's outfits off his wife before being intimate?
This whole situation, strange.
And I agree with a previous poster that says it sounds like there's a possibility of abusive behavior going on here.
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OMG. My MIL bought those mail order polyester clothes (and bras!) from the ads that came in the Sunday newspaper. She hated shopping, hated spending money (even though it wasn't an issue) and wore that stuff until it fell apart. I couldn't wear the NEW clothes she bought for me even if I would have wanted to because for some reason the woman could never figure out that I hadn't been a size small since I was about 16 years old. 
Everything she ever gave me ended up getting donated because I couldn't return or exchange any of it for something that I liked or that would actually fit. 
