I bought my youngest daughter a cute black vest at a second hand clothes shop. It was $10.00, but it was Baby Phat brand so I thought she would love it. It is black and has a black fur collar. Sounds cute for a 13 year old right? Wrong! She was nice about it, but she did not love it at all. Sigh!
My oldest has been that way since she could say no! It's so hard to buy clothes for her that I refuse to buy unless she's with me, even for gifts. It's just made very clear that it will be wrapped for whatever occasion I bought it for. At least I know she'll like it though My middlest, on the other hand, could care less. Half the time she doesn't match and is wearing at least one thing that is too small/big. Don't know which one is more frustrating to deal with. The littlest is still too little to care and he's a boy so I hopefully have time before he comes to the point of arguing about clothes!!
Back when my dd was that age, we could go shopping, and there could be two items that were nearly the same, maybe buttons were different or the collar cut a little different, whatever. If I showed her one, she hated it, but if her daddy showed her the other one, she loved it and had to have it! For a couple of years, *I* never bought/suggested a single item of clothes. *Her daddy* picked everything! (winkwink)
Same here! 11 yr old dd hates anything I pick out! Even when I know she has something similar that she loves! She is impossible. I just refuse to go there. She picks it out and just has to act surprised when she opens it. LOL
It sounds so cute! I have a tough time purchasing for my nine year old. She is in between stages and is very thin and tall. The clothes aren't made for her body type.
Kids can be very influenced by peer/family pressure. I know my son wouldn't have liked some things in the past if his cousin didn't like it. Even today, if I suggest something, he may not go along with it- whether it is an item of clothing or activity. If his grandfather (my dad) suggests the same thing- it becomes pretty cool a lot of the time.
Yep.. Same here with my 11 year old.. She asked specifically for Aeropostle brand clothes and some Justice brand. She showed me online what she wanted from aeropostle but justice she didn't. She loved all the Aero clothes but the Justice brand she was less than thrilled over and they are so CUTE!! At least I got them on sale and she will wear them "around the house".. GRRRRR Girls are so very fickle at this age!! Seems like this happened in our house over night.. Wow.. I miss my little girl who would wear anything that I threw out there.
Yet another bonus of only giving our kids three gifts....each one was a sure-fire thumbs up! :lol: My Dd12 is a clothes/shoe hound, so two of her presents were footwear--and exactly what I knew she wanted. Side note: the resale shop should offer in-store credit if she'd like to put the $10 toward something she will actually wear.
I hear ya Brooke - we gave our kids one present to share between them. It was a robot that they could both use. That's it!! I did work with Grandma to help her pick out gifts I knew they would love.
