# Married folks: who buys the husband's clothes? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 5, 2011, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-folks-who-buys-the-husbands-clothes/591631 "2011-08-05T20:09:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![perfectparanoia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a5b964/32.png) [@perfectparanoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/perfectparanoia)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2011, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-folks-who-buys-the-husbands-clothes/591631/1 "2011-08-05T20:09:22Z")
I completely floored my male friends lately when I told them I buy all of my husbands clothes without him there (with the exception of shoes when I take him out to buy them). Frankly, he doesn’t care what he wears and I do. I am also the one who does the clothes shopping for the kids and myself so I just pick up some stuff for him in the process. (He’s pretty easy to please.) So, am I alone in this? ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2011, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-folks-who-buys-the-husbands-clothes/591631/2 "2011-08-05T20:12:04Z")
Well, I help my husband pick his clothes, as in we’ll go shopping together and he’ll try stuff on and I’ll tell him what I like and what I don’t, but he does the same thing for me. I have picked him up work pants before so that’s sort of like your OP. Anything that it actually matters what it looks like he picks himself though. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2011, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-folks-who-buys-the-husbands-clothes/591631/3 "2011-08-05T20:13:40Z")
**Sr. Olives** is incredibly picky about clothes and while I’ve gotten him the occasional t-shirt, he has pretty much asked me point blank not to bother trying to pick clothes out for him. So, he very much does his own clothes shopping. ---
**Author:** ![Lightlystarched](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Lightlystarched](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightlystarched)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2011, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-folks-who-buys-the-husbands-clothes/591631/4 "2011-08-05T20:15:00Z")
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**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2011, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-folks-who-buys-the-husbands-clothes/591631/5 "2011-08-05T20:15:21Z")
My wife buys most of my clothes. I rarely have the chance to go shopping. In fact, she buys most of our stuff, generally - clothes, food, appliances, everything. ---
**Author:** ![Lightlystarched](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Lightlystarched](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightlystarched)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2011, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-folks-who-buys-the-husbands-clothes/591631/6 "2011-08-05T20:16:14Z")
I choose my own clothes, my husband chooses his clothes. We are both too particular to even venture at picking out something for the other. He has excellent taste in clothing and dresses very well (during the work week). After work he has the standard men’s selection of cargo shorts and tee shirts. ---
**Author:** ![shiftless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2011, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-folks-who-buys-the-husbands-clothes/591631/7 "2011-08-05T20:22:01Z")
My wife likes to shop, likes spending money and loves clothes. I pinch a penny until Lincoln cries and would wear the same shorts and T-shirt every day for a week. If she buys it, I will probably wear it. ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2011, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-folks-who-buys-the-husbands-clothes/591631/8 "2011-08-05T20:23:03Z")
We split it - I buy pants, belts, shoes, shirts, and underwear. Intaglio knows what I like, and has ideas of her own about what she’d like to see me wear - She buys shirts, and sometimes underwear. I usually try to accomodate her likes, though I refuse to give up my attrociously loud Hawaiian shirts, so have to buy my own. ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2011, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-folks-who-buys-the-husbands-clothes/591631/9 "2011-08-05T20:24:37Z")
My husband buys all his own clothes. The most I’ll do is pick up a pack of undershirts for him at Target once in a while. ---
**Author:** ![FaerieBeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@FaerieBeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FaerieBeth)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2011, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-folks-who-buys-the-husbands-clothes/591631/10 "2011-08-05T20:28:36Z")
I buy most, but not all of my husband’s clothes. I must do a fairly good job of it, since he’s got male coworkers who want me to shop for their wardrobe as well. ::shrug:: He buys his own jeans and t-shirts, but the suits, shirts, ties, and accessories (watches, cuff links, handkerchiefs) are usually purchased with or by me. He has to go with me at least once a year to update/verify measurements. ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2011, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-folks-who-buys-the-husbands-clothes/591631/11 "2011-08-05T20:33:40Z")
My husband buys all his own clothes. He’s pretty particular, so I’d just as soon not do it. I buy all my clothes and the kids’ clothes. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2011, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-folks-who-buys-the-husbands-clothes/591631/12 "2011-08-05T20:44:56Z")
My husband knows just what he wants and buys it himself. He might ask my opinion about color. In fact, he helps _me_ shop a lot more than I help him. ---
**Author:** ![emmaliminal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emmaliminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emmaliminal)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2011, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-folks-who-buys-the-husbands-clothes/591631/13 "2011-08-05T20:46:21Z")
I do most of the buying of all the stuff we buy, for several reasons, top two being I’m good at / enjoy bargain hunting and he mostly hates shopping. I buy a hell of a lot online. His clothes are so easy – he doesn’t fluctuate in weight and he’s built like whatever Platonic ideal they use to size men’s clothing, and his preferences don’t change. ETA: Another reason I buy stuff is that I earn most of our money, about 4/5 of it or so, and he feels guilty spending it. Even on food! Crazy man. I love him so. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2011, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-folks-who-buys-the-husbands-clothes/591631/14 "2011-08-05T20:47:44Z")
My husband buys all of his own clothes. Since he does his own laundry too, I’m pretty sure the only reason I know his sizes are helping him find something in his size on the racks in stores. He’ll ask me for my opinion pretty often, but that’s about it. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2011, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-folks-who-buys-the-husbands-clothes/591631/15 "2011-08-05T20:53:31Z")
Super casual job and lifestyle here. I buy most of my clothes on line now adays. Except for jeans (which I pretty much live in unless I’m wearing shorts). My Wife will pick up the odd shirt of packet of undies for me. And she sometimes buys me clothes for x-mas. But I buy almost all my clothes. ---
**Author:** ![ZPG\_Zealot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e47c2d/32.png) [@ZPG\_Zealot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZPG_Zealot)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2011, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-folks-who-buys-the-husbands-clothes/591631/16 "2011-08-05T20:59:46Z")
> [@perfectparanoia](#): > > I completely floored my male friends lately when I told them I buy all of my husbands clothes without him there (with the exception of shoes when I take him out to buy them). > > Frankly, he doesn’t care what he wears and I do. I am also the one who does the clothes shopping for the kids and myself so I just pick up some stuff for him in the process. (He’s pretty easy to please.) > > So, am I alone in this? No, you are not alone. My husband is fond of saying he would rather face a body cavity search than go to a mall or department store. He doesn’t like shopping online or with catalogs for clothes either. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2011, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-folks-who-buys-the-husbands-clothes/591631/17 "2011-08-05T21:00:30Z")
My wife and I virtually never shop together. I sincerely doubt she even knows my size. The most we ever do for each other is that she’ll look at a suit I’m trying on and say “that doesn’t fit you right,” or she’ll ask me if a certain color works for her. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2011, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-folks-who-buys-the-husbands-clothes/591631/18 "2011-08-05T21:06:45Z")
My wife is always involved in buying my clothes, and I’m involved maybe 30%-50% of the time. I’m not sure where that fits in the poll categories. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2011, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-folks-who-buys-the-husbands-clothes/591631/19 "2011-08-05T21:10:47Z")
He hardly ever buys clothes on his own. Usually clothes shopping for him involves either (a) he needs something like a new pair of jeans, in which case he picks them out himself, or (b) I see something and say, “Hey, that would look good on you, why don’t you try it on?” at which point he either replies, “No, I hate that,” or tries it on, likes it, and we buy it. I voted that we do most of his clothes shopping together. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2011, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-folks-who-buys-the-husbands-clothes/591631/20 "2011-08-05T21:13:29Z")
I buy my own clothes, which are mostly just jeans and t-shirts anyway. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-folks-who-buys-the-husbands-clothes/591631.md?page=2)