Wierd ?- Getting dressed

missmis99

Tonight I am taking DH out to celebrate a promotion he got.  I bought a new outfit and want to look nice.  However, the issue came up of the fact that he watched me get dressed and saw the dress ahead of time.  This bothered me.  I was hoping to get all ready and then show him the "whole package" and hope to wow him.

Does anyone else ever think about this?  Am I the only one who would prefer to get all ready and dressed and then let him see me.  I feel like if he watches the process, then it loses the wow factor. 

louieblue

Nope, I've never thought about this.  The only times I have gotten dolled up and then had a big reveal were for prom and the wedding. 

Marriage takes most of the mystery out of everything.  It's not like going on a date when he was just my boyfriend.  I'm not going to shoo my husband out of the room while I get dressed.  We're normally getting ready together and he's not paying one bit of attention to what I'm doing.  But once we're ready, he always tells me that I look beautiful.

Kathiiy

I'm kind of with you on the getting dressed and showing him the whole thing.  DH might see me in various stages of getting ready, but he always like to be shown the whole package as a personal one person fashion parade.  I know when we went to his sisters wedding he shut the door on me so he couldn't see me putting on all the finishing touches.

 

aweilba

I guess that the only time that I really care if he sees my outfit is if I'm trying to surprise him, as you were trying to do with your DH.  But, I wouldn't get too bent out of shape about it; I'm sure he still thought you were gorgeous in your new outfit!

srveatch

DH is much quicker at getting ready to go out than I am.  He is generally in and out of my hair within 15 minutes.  I generally shower first then start my make up while he is in the shower. Then I blow dry my hair while he is getting dressed.  By the time I am ready to get dressed he is already down stairs playing video games. Hehe... shows where his real interests are  I do like to save the dressing for last so that he doesn't see it until I am completely done and ready for the reveal.  I think keeping some mystery in the relationship is healthy.  

trinalo

srveatch:

DH is much quicker at getting ready to go out than I am.  He is generally in and out of my hair within 15 minutes.  I generally shower first then start my make up while he is in the shower. Then I blow dry my hair while he is getting dressed.  By the time I am ready to get dressed he is already down stairs playing video games. Hehe... shows where his real interests are  I do like to save the dressing for last so that he doesn't see it until I am completely done and ready for the reveal.  I think keeping some mystery in the relationship is healthy.  

It's similar for us. He's either done getting ready way before I am, or he just waits until I'm finished. Either way, he's usually playing video games and paying no attention to me until I walk in the room when I'm finished. We don't make any purposeful for me to surprise him, but it's nice when it just works out that way.