Good Monday Morning everyone--
I have posted before about difficult child refusing to wear anything but jeans and Tees (and remember when she actually wore a skirt and sweater combo to school? That's right, she wore nice clothes because it was "Nerd Day".)
Some time ago, she had a whole series of "dressy" events coming up. Knowing how much she hated dresses, I took her shopping and we picked out a beautiful Mexican-inspired gaucho set. It was all in her favorite colors--shades of lilac and deep purple--with a fancy embroidered blouse and flowing gauchos with metallic accents across the waist. I thought, at the time, that this outfit was a perfect solution. She looked very dressed up and yet still had the comfort of wearing "pants"--plus she looked great!
Well, you guessed it. She never even wore the darn outfit once. Not once!! The dressing room at the store was the first and last time.
Fast forward to this morning--
husband and I helped difficult child get a position volunteering at the local food pantry. She will be helping to organize the canned food on the shelves. We explained to difficult child that this was not a "fancy" office position--she will be doing warehouse work. She needed to wear sneakers (not flip-flops) and Tee shirt and shorts were OK--but please wear something without holes and tears.
Sure enough, she comes out of her bedroom this morning wearing an old striped polo shirt that barely fits her--paired with the fancy gauchos!
I give up!
--DaisyF
I have posted before about difficult child refusing to wear anything but jeans and Tees (and remember when she actually wore a skirt and sweater combo to school? That's right, she wore nice clothes because it was "Nerd Day".)
Some time ago, she had a whole series of "dressy" events coming up. Knowing how much she hated dresses, I took her shopping and we picked out a beautiful Mexican-inspired gaucho set. It was all in her favorite colors--shades of lilac and deep purple--with a fancy embroidered blouse and flowing gauchos with metallic accents across the waist. I thought, at the time, that this outfit was a perfect solution. She looked very dressed up and yet still had the comfort of wearing "pants"--plus she looked great!
Well, you guessed it. She never even wore the darn outfit once. Not once!! The dressing room at the store was the first and last time.
Fast forward to this morning--
husband and I helped difficult child get a position volunteering at the local food pantry. She will be helping to organize the canned food on the shelves. We explained to difficult child that this was not a "fancy" office position--she will be doing warehouse work. She needed to wear sneakers (not flip-flops) and Tee shirt and shorts were OK--but please wear something without holes and tears.
Sure enough, she comes out of her bedroom this morning wearing an old striped polo shirt that barely fits her--paired with the fancy gauchos!
I give up!
--DaisyF