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Do you dress to please your partner?

Asked by LC_Beta (1883points) January 19th, 2010 from iPhone

I wouldn’t say I that I hate wearing a dress, but I definitely don’t like wearing a dress. I often feel self-conscious, too “girly”, cold, or just plain uncomfortable in a dress. But my partner, for some reason, loves to see me dress up.

The feminist in me screams, “don’t do anything you don’t want to do just because it’s socially expected!” But the other half of me says, “stop being so selfish and just wear the stupid dress.”

Where do you stand? Do you dress in a way that you don’t like in order to please your partner? I’m not talking about social events that have a required dress-code, which is a whole different ball-game.

I know the simple answer is just that relationships are about give and take, compromise and the like. But if you have any other thoughts on the subject, I’d like to hear them

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dpworkin's avatar

I’m a lucky guy. She’s blind.

daemonelson's avatar

She likes a couple of shirts I have, so I might wear them slightly more than I would otherwise. But I seriously doubt I’d wear something I really didn’t want to just because she liked it.

phil196662's avatar

The Wife wears slacks, jeans and shorts often in many colors, peasant tops, crop tops because she likes to show her tones abs off and when I kiss her in public I can Grab and Hold HARD…

wonderingwhy's avatar

The wife and I have an understanding that I genuinely can’t be bothered with fashion beyond what’s clean, comfortable, and functional (and not embarrassing in public, I did promise that). Only once has a girlfriend tried to “dress” me to meet the style of the day, it was amusing the first couple times, but once a pattern and expectations began to develop, that was the end of that.

Oh, and I don’t expect anything beyond that from her, lucky for me she likes to look good :) and I’m smart enough to tell her so~

Your_Majesty's avatar

I hope you can consider to get used to it first. Pleasing other in your life will make them have good/high perception about your personality,status,and life. But after you both have further commitment you can tell him that he must accept you the way you are.

Austinlad's avatar

I dress to please ME. And I am not pleased. If chinos, jeans and cargo pants didn’t exist I’d be in big trouble.

LC_Beta's avatar

@Doctor_D – we are well-established (married), so I’m not worried about that so much. I guess I should clarify that I am more interested in people who are/were in committed relationships rather than those who are in the dating/initial stages (when I think it’s more common to want to “dress to impress”)

casheroo's avatar

I wouldn’t do it constantly, but if I knew they enjoyed seeing me in a particular dress..I’d wear it when we were having a date night or something along those lines. Compromising is easy when it comes to that.

hungryhungryhortence's avatar

I do in the sense I pick clothes I myself like and have noted he likes as well. Would I wear something I don’t like if he said he liked it? Probably not unless it was a choice of color, that I could deal with.

DOMINO's avatar

Um, ya. I guess, I mean I will not dress baggy or dude like around him which I do alot, but I hate dresses so I’ll put a skirt on for him if i fell like it.

augustlan's avatar

Not generally… I am lucky that what I like to wear (jeans & polos for the most part), he likes to see me in. Now, if there was something he really liked that I wasn’t crazy about, I might wear it for a special night at home. That’s probably as far as I’d go.

lilikoi's avatar

Nope, never do. I dress to please myself. Sometimes I will ask his opinion on things, but I always have the final say. I used to feel the same way you do about dresses, but nowadays I love them. You only have to pick out one item of clothing instead of two :) And the ones I buy, you can just throw over your head and go. It is such a quick and easy way to feel dressed up without putting much effort into it. When I don’t feel like wearing a dress but am too lazy to go in another direction, I just throw on a pair of leggings underneath.

Dr_C's avatar

I usually undress to please my partner.

JLeslie's avatar

If he takes me out to dinner I do think about him when I get dressed, what he prefers. At home I dress mostly for comfort. If we are going out together to run errands it just depends on my mood.

Dr_Lawrence's avatar

I like to dress up when we go out and I don’t want to attract attention for failing to dress appropriately. Most of the time, I wear clean jeans and clean comfortable shirts. That pleases both of us.

Like @Dr_C I like to undress for her and I love when she undresses for me. No production number is usually involved!

tinyfaery's avatar

I dress to please me. She happens to think I’m sexy no matter what I wear, or don’t wear.

DarlingNikci's avatar

I kind of sort of dress to please my guy. He likes all black and hardcore. So I dress to compliment him. I wear the skinny jeans and band shirts like him but I make it my own with bright colors. It’s ok to dress to make you lover happy but don’t lose the you in it all or else your s/o will lose who they fell for.

Simone_De_Beauvoir's avatar

Nope, that’s not necessary. He finds me attractive no matter what I’m wearing.

Tenpinmaster's avatar

Well sometimes I love to dress up if me and my girlfriend are going to somewhere nice. She is gorgeous when she dresses up :-) I guess I never asked her if she likes it better when i dress up in “dressy” clothes or if she prefers me in casual attire. :) theres a fluther question for another time.

Sophief's avatar

Yes I do, as often as I can. Anything he wants.

OpryLeigh's avatar

I like to make sure that I always look as good as possible when I know I will be seeing my man (although, he seems to like me the best when I have just got out of bed and my hair is a mess!) and thankfully he seems to like my dress sense anyway. I too don’t like wearing dresses but I know my boyfriend would like to see me in a dress at least once so, for him, I will probably buy a nice summer dress when the weather warms up. One dress can’t hurt right?!

phil196662's avatar

@Simone_De_Beauvoir ; Or not…wearing.

@dibley ; He wants the whole package- we know that for a fact, the clothes are just a distraction!

liliesndaisies's avatar

No and i don’t intend to slip into something to make him happy.
He should not just like me—he should adore me. :)

Sophief's avatar

@phil196662 He has the whole package.

phil196662's avatar

And Christmas every night- Unwrap… right @dibley! Do you ever wear multiple Layers just have him take longer?

Sophief's avatar

@phil196662 No, as little as possible, I can’t wait for him.

phil196662's avatar

@Dibley ; Your body heat melts away the clothing? WOW! I would totally chase you around the house just to be able to capture and ravish you! How wonderful…

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