Anonymous
Post 08/14/2025 08:50     Subject: Dolling yourself up for husband

My MIL does this. She still looks just as bad, the layer of makeup is thicker. Nobody cares, everyone finds it annoying because it makes her late and she monopolizes bathrooms.
Anonymous
Post 08/14/2025 08:50     Subject: Dolling yourself up for husband

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Husband doesn’t say he likes it. He wouldn’t want to wait for me to get dolled up. I think he likes other women who doll up. For women over 50 it doesn’t matter. You always just look old.


DH here: My wife and I are both in our 50’s. I love it when she gets dolled up and think she looks amazing. I don’t expect it but give her tons of compliments when she does.


I love this! You're a good DH.


Well, I try to bribe her with compliments to donit more often.
Anonymous
Post 08/14/2025 08:07     Subject: Dolling yourself up for husband

Anonymous wrote:What’s the definition of dolling up? My mother has always been a SAHM. I remember her always starting to get herself ready around 5 pm everyday. She’d shower again, put on something pretty and some light makeup. My dad always came home at 6, and then they’d giggle like kids in the kitchen while she put the final touches on dinner. We knew to wait elsewhere until we were called to eat. I try to always look presentable.


Being a SAHM used to be so different. 4-7pm is just about my busiest time of day with homework, getting dinner at the exact right time everyone can eat together, and driving kids around to various activities. I can’t imagine taking that time to shower and hang out with my husband.
Anonymous
Post 08/14/2025 07:21     Subject: Dolling yourself up for husband

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Husband doesn’t say he likes it. He wouldn’t want to wait for me to get dolled up. I think he likes other women who doll up. For women over 50 it doesn’t matter. You always just look old.


DH here: My wife and I are both in our 50’s. I love it when she gets dolled up and think she looks amazing. I don’t expect it but give her tons of compliments when she does.


I love this! You're a good DH.
Anonymous
Post 08/14/2025 07:14     Subject: Dolling yourself up for husband

What’s the definition of dolling up? My mother has always been a SAHM. I remember her always starting to get herself ready around 5 pm everyday. She’d shower again, put on something pretty and some light makeup. My dad always came home at 6, and then they’d giggle like kids in the kitchen while she put the final touches on dinner. We knew to wait elsewhere until we were called to eat. I try to always look presentable.
Anonymous
Post 08/14/2025 06:58     Subject: Dolling yourself up for husband

Anonymous wrote:Husband doesn’t say he likes it. He wouldn’t want to wait for me to get dolled up. I think he likes other women who doll up. For women over 50 it doesn’t matter. You always just look old.
Oh lord. You have a lot to learn.
Anonymous
Post 08/14/2025 06:56     Subject: Dolling yourself up for husband

Wife couldn't care less about what I think about it she does it for herself/other women.
Anonymous
Post 08/14/2025 06:50     Subject: Dolling yourself up for husband

Anonymous wrote:Husband doesn’t say he likes it. He wouldn’t want to wait for me to get dolled up. I think he likes other women who doll up. For women over 50 it doesn’t matter. You always just look old.


You’re gonna be there someday, if you’re lucky. Regardless, what a stupid comment. Women can be the worst misogynists of them all.
Anonymous
Post 08/14/2025 06:38     Subject: Dolling yourself up for husband

I do this every day. I simply expect it of myself; it's how I was raised. Happily married over 20 years.
Anonymous
Post 08/14/2025 06:32     Subject: Dolling yourself up for husband

My husband loves it. I try to always look nice.
Anonymous
Post 08/14/2025 05:07     Subject: Dolling yourself up for husband

Anonymous wrote:Husband doesn’t say he likes it. He wouldn’t want to wait for me to get dolled up. I think he likes other women who doll up. For women over 50 it doesn’t matter. You always just look old.


DH here: My wife and I are both in our 50’s. I love it when she gets dolled up and think she looks amazing. I don’t expect it but give her tons of compliments when she does.
Anonymous
Post 08/13/2025 22:01     Subject: Dolling yourself up for husband

I don’t know about “dolling” in the extreme sense, but I think making some effort to look nice and presentable is always appreciated.
Anonymous
Post 08/13/2025 22:01     Subject: Dolling yourself up for husband

Husband doesn’t say he likes it. He wouldn’t want to wait for me to get dolled up. I think he likes other women who doll up. For women over 50 it doesn’t matter. You always just look old.
Anonymous
Post 08/13/2025 21:57     Subject: Dolling yourself up for husband

Expect? Never. Love it? Yes. And I like it too.
Anonymous
Post 08/13/2025 21:56     Subject: Dolling yourself up for husband

Does your husband expect this?