You're not wearing those are you?

Every girl has a pair of shoes that she loves. Mine are a pair of gold ballet flats, they’re comfy, stylish and go with most outfits. However, my boyfriend HATES them. Every time I wear them he looks at me like I have two heads and growls “you’re not wearing those again are you?”

What is it with men and fashion? They just don’t get it. Most men think that you only need three pairs of shoes: one pair for work; one pair for the weekend and one pair of trainers (which usually smell and are at least ten years old) and why do you need a bag when you can stuff everything your own into your pockets?

My boyfriend likes ‘sophisticated’ clothes which roughly translated means he would like me to dress as Ms Moneypenny seven days a week. Hardly practical.

A few seasons ago I bought a cape. It was probably not my best buy but I liked it at the time. It was fashionable. My boyfriend called it my Batman coat and sang the theme tune every time I wore it. In the end I relented and sold it on ebay. Somewhere, a girl like me is listening to the Batman theme tune right now….

I bought a pair of sunglasses a few weeks ago. They were expensive but my friends who I was shopping with at the time persuaded me to buy them. I tried them on when I got home and boyfriend looked at me with sheer horror and said I looked like Deirdre Barlow. They were Marc Jacobs for goodness sake! Again I relented and returned them (sorry girls). Just before I bought them I asked a guy in the shop if he liked them. He too looked at me with horror and said no. I should have listened to him.

Let’s face it girls, men and fashion are never a good mix. Unless of course you are a gay man (sorry dreadful stereotype but true most of the time!)