Her Fiancé Said That She Looked Terrible In Her Favorite Color, So Now She’s Considering Getting Rid Of All Of Her Pink Items
This 30-year-old woman and her fiancé, who is 31, got engaged not long ago. So, when they got together to eat dinner with a few close friends recently, they were asked how wedding planning was going.
During that conversation, the topic of bridal party colors also came up– prompting her friend to ask what her favorite colors were.
At that point, she shared how her favorite hues were pink and purple. But, for whatever reason, her fiancé felt the need to immediately jump into the conversation and tear down her appearance.
In fact, he actually said no to pink and claimed that “it looked terrible” on her.
This shocked her, too, since she really likes the color and owns a lot of pink items. She also pointed those things out to her fiancé.
Regardless, he just doubled down and told her that the color looked bad on her. And to say she was dumbfounded would be an understatement.
“I laughed it off and changed the topic. It’s not like I wanted pink as a bridal color. But his comment about how it looks terrible really struck me,” she recalled.
It also forced her to start overthinking a lot of things. For instance, she took stock of all the different pink items she owns– which are mostly just accessories or accent pieces.
She does wear a pink hoodie around the house often, but all of her other “typical” wardrobe items are other colors.
Ekaterina Voitenkova – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual person
She also has some nice pink blouses that she occasionally wears and a bright pink workout outfit she wears to the gym.
According to her, though, it’s not like she walks outside in head-to-to pink getups like Elle Woods. Plus, the color used to bring her joy. Well, before her fiancé ruined it for her.
“I’m not sure how to explain it, but I used to smile at myself after I put on or used something pink– because it’s like, I could get a standard color, but I choose pink because I can!” she said.
“I thought it was cute, at least. It used to give me tiny moments of cheer.”
Since her fiancé made that very rude comment, though, those feelings of joy have flown out the window.
Now, whenever she goes to work out and puts a pink hair tie on her wrist, she hears her fiancé’s voice saying, “It looks terrible on you,” booming back at her.
And honestly, what happened really started to get under her skin. So, she approached her fiancé again just yesterday to ask if he really meant what he had said.
Shockingly, though, he did not relent with his criticism of the color. Instead, he claimed that he did really think pink looked bad on her.
He also said that it was not an issue if she liked pink or wanted to wear it. But, he reiterated how he personally thought that pink “looked really bad” on her.
So, ever since then, she has been feeling really sad. Rather than looking at all of her pink items with appreciation or happiness, she now feels disdain for them.
She is also feeling a bit confused since no one has ever really expressed any negativity toward her pink things– except when she had a bully who called her pink backpack “too girly” in elementary school.
In fact, she actually revealed how she tends to get compliments on her pink items. She is told that they are unique, cute, or “classy yet feminine.”
Due to her fiancé’s criticism, though, she is actually considering getting rid of every pink item she owns since they no longer bring her any positive feelings.
“I feel so childish being upset by this because it’s such a small issue. It’s my fiancé’s genuine opinion, and I respect him so much. But part of me is sad,” she admitted.
Her feelings ultimately spilled out, too, and she told her fiancé how upset his comments had made her feel.
So now, he actually feels terrible for sharing his honest opinion, and she has been left wondering whether coming clean about being upset by his comments was the wrong thing to do.
Do you think her fiancé was trying to hurt her feelings with his comments? Regardless, why do you think he doubled down and was negative about a color she clearly enjoys wearing? Would you have felt hurt, too? How would you handle this situation?
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