MIL is getting DH a Father's day gift he'll hate

getnmarried910

She told me on Sunday she was getting him some shirts (which will be fine) and some plaid shorts.  DH HATES plaid shorts.  Fine for other people, but he is really picky.  In the 6 years I've known him, I've never seen him wear anything but khaki shorts and athletic shorts when he's working out or working around the house.  He hasn't even had denim shorts in the past six years.  She knows he's really picky about clothes because she's said so herself. 

Sunday she asked me what size he wore, I told her and she told me what she was getting him.  I let her know he probably would return them because he's seen them and hates them.  She said, and I quote, "I don't care, I'm getting them for him because he needs to expand his wardrobe.  He needs to be more daring with his clothes."  I experiment with colors for him because he seems to only buy blues and yellows, and he's been fine with shirts being different colors, but he has specifically said he hates plaid shorts.

I jsut don't get it.  Wouldn't you rather get someone a gift you know they'll like?  It's one thing if you don't know if they'll like it, but to get it anyway when you know they'll hate it because you have an opinion about it? 

She's very controlling, so I think this is one way she's trying to control us.  She does this stuff to him all the time.  Every birthday, Christmas, and now father's day, she gets him new clothes because she thinks he dresses too plain.  He likes solid colored polo shirts (he has to have collared shirts for work) and khaki shorts.  Can't she just like who he is?  BIL will wear pretty much anything so get him the plaid.

On the bright side, it does mean I'll be the one to return them and all the good shopping (where she bought them) is 45 minutes away, so I always look for an excuse to go. 

elliotandnicole

Let her buy em.  If she wants to buy him something he hates, that's her problem. 

mrsjrmiller

That sucks. My MIL is a weirdo too so I can sympathize.... but I was really responding cause I saw you were from Bourbanais.  I was born in Kankakee and lived there till middle school... small world!

getnmarried910

mrsjrmiller:

That sucks. My MIL is a weirdo too so I can sympathize.... but I was really responding cause I saw you were from Bourbanais.  I was born in Kankakee and lived there till middle school... small world!

Did you go to BUGC for middle school?  What year would you have graduated high school here?  My DH was in the bourbonnais schools his whole life.  I moved here from Michigan to go to Olivet after high school.

mrsjrmiller

I went to Catholic school in Kankakee. It was a LONG time ago when I moved away. I graduated high school in 93 so not sure when that put my in middle school. Still have lots of family in Kankakee and Bourbonais...