I decided to speak to several husbands on this topic and see what would make them uncomfortable with the way that their wives dress. About fifty percent of the husbands that I polled stated that they would be uncomfortable if their wife was overweight and trying to wear something that did not fit her properly. The other fifty percent said that it would embarrass them if their wife was wearing something that was just a little too revealing. In both cases none of the husbands really seemed to care about whether or not their wives were happy with the way they dressed. They instead were more concerned about6 how it made them feel. Of course some wives do dress for their husbands, but the majority of wives that I spoke with stated that the way they dress is to make they feel good. Some wives often feel that their husbands want them to look a certain way in order to compete with other wives.
The wives that I spoke with also made it very clear that they could care less about whether or not the way they dressed made their husbands feel uncomfortable or not. There were however one or two wives that felt their husbands opinion meant a lot to them and they would do all that they could to make their husband feel comfortable again. Many wives also try to copy the way that they see other celebrities dress. The bottom line that I got from the majority of wives is that if there husbands feel that they don't look appropriate they need to be tactful in the way that they tell them, and then give them the money to go out and purchase something new. There is nothing that hurts a women's feelings worse than having her husband tell her that he is uncomfortable with the way she dresses.
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3 Comments
Post a CommentVery nicely written. Nice survey. Great idea :) .
I realize this isn't a larger anylasis of the situation, but without being in it, i would like to suggest these things. 1-if your husband likes the way you dress, doesn't that make you as a woman, somehow feel better about yourself. 2-for a man to honor his wife, doesn't he need to tell her the truth of his likes and dislikes? After many years of marriage, my wife still dresses hot for me. She enjoys the look on my face, we've got 4 kids and a wonderful love life. I love her enough to praise her when she looks hot when we go out. If I cared what others thought, I'd probably never be this happily married, but WE love each other for who we are, not what YOU want us to look like..33 years later and still HOT.
Great article; enjoyed reading it!