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Men - I despair
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I really couldn't have cared less what my dad wore to my wedding as long as he was there. Hawaiian shirt? Great. No idea what a Prince of Wales check is but it sounds fun.I had to laugh at this because years ago my dad went out and bought such an inappropriate new suit for my wedding (a loud Prince of Wales check) that my mother and I refused to be seen dead in the church with him wearing it. I still remember the arguments it caused. He had to go out and buy another one but refused to have anybody with him when he chose it.
So yes, Men !!! But we still love them, don't we? For the first 15 years of our marriage my husband refused to wear any colour shirt other than white with a suit . The day I actually persuaded him into a pale blue shirt for work the heavens nearly fell in. After 40 years we're getting there slowly but still no exotic T shirts with slogans or logos or Hawayan shirts with palms on them !0 -
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My OH only has black socks! Should he not be wearing them with his cream trousers and brown shoes? Genuinely didn't know sock colour mattered!!
He actually does have some bright striped ones because he was given them to wear at a wedding where all the groomsmen had to wear the same socks. This wedding sock etiquette is new to me!0 -
Why have you titled this thread 'Men - I despair'?
It's not 'men' is it? It's just one man.... so that's an over-reaction straight away.
As to your OH - if there's time to go and buy socks then there's time to get more trousers too - so where's the catastrophe? Whilst you were typing on here you could have been ordering a replacement pair instead... some chains do overnight delivery for collection in store.
No need for drama. It could all have been sorted so simply.:hello:0 -
dirty_magic wrote: »My OH only has black socks! Should he not be wearing them with his cream trousers and brown shoes? Genuinely didn't know sock colour mattered!!
He actually does have some bright striped ones because he was given them to wear at a wedding where all the groomsmen had to wear the same socks. This wedding sock etiquette is new to me!
Cor - don't worry - not everyone is that prescriptive.
No need for drama over the socks - if trousers are the right length (or longer) then no-one should be able to see the socks whilst standing.
No-one really cares about what colour sock you flash whilst seated - in fact, it can sometimes be a fashion statement to flash odd socks or clashing colours.
Anyway - surely the most important thing will always be that family and friends make it to the wedding... their attire will reflect their personalities and that is why we love them.:hello:0 -
No, my husband doesnt know his leg length. My daughter asked him what shoe size he was just before Christmas. "8 i think" he said looking at me. "9" i told her.Doesn't every man know their own trouser size, in the same way that they know their shoe size? I can get the waist being wrong, but leg length?
Waist size, just forget it.:rotfl:This is a system account and does not represent a real person. To contact the Forum Team email forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com0 -
trailingspouse wrote: »He didn't try the trousers on when he bought them. They're too long for him. ...
AND, it hasn't crossed his mind to think about what socks he's going to wear. His trousers are cream, his shoes are brown and he 'thinks' he might wear black socks.
Just have a quiet word with the wedding photographer and make sure his feet are hidden behind some flowers.
I'm with you on the black socks with brown shoes though. That's a hanging offence.A kind word lasts a minute, a skelped erse is sair for a day.0 -
In the scheme of things the colour of his socks is not a big deal. Don't most men just wear black socks with everything anyway? What colour did you have in mind?0
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Reminds me of an article I read about Peter Cushing - apparently during the filming of the first Star Wars film he insisted on wearing moccasins - and so no footage exists of his feet, which made the CGI recreation of him for Rogue One rather difficult.Owain_Moneysaver wrote: »Just have a quiet word with the wedding photographer and make sure his feet are hidden behind some flowers.0 -
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