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Have you got a clothes boyfriend?

Iso faceriser.jpgMy boyfriend isn't very talkative. He doesn't pay any rent and he doesn't have a job. He lies in bed all day, talking up three quarters of the bed and stealing the covers.

Even though I'm a tough cookie I don't see myself getting rid of him anytime soon, you see my boyfriend is a clothes boyfriend. Mainly made up of clean laundry I've dumped on my bed and the odd jumper I've flung off my clothes boyfriend is an ever-present part of my life.

Until I can afford a separate room for my clothes I think I will always be doomed to be with my clothes boyfriend, and his little offspring that dot themselves round my room (what? It's a long-term relationship!) One friend had a clothes boyfriend permanently slumped over her exercise bike, while another friend's laundry lover just sits, motionless on a chair.

I might be able to stand my ground where men are concerned but when it comes to clothes I'm a pushover. What's that? You're a little faded and the neckline is wrong? Of course you can stay the night!

Yes I should be strong, just walk away and tell myself that from now on I will on date only classic designer pieces but still the ragtag, secondhand and cast-off comes a-calling. Months of unbridled charity shopping have left my wardrobe fit to burst, but I don't really want to get rid of anything just yet. Are there any CQ readers out there who also have an unwanted interloper lurking in their bedroom?

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Posted by Catwalk Queen on October 6, 2008 3:13 PM in Columns & Opinions
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Yes! Quite often I kick him out of bed, and he sleeps on the floor.

Posted by: GaGirl | October 6, 2008 3:41 PM

Mine is less of a clothes boyfriend and more of a clothes carpet. A nice covering of discarded items that somehow won't fit back in the wardrobe.

Posted by: Gemma | October 6, 2008 3:47 PM

I have one of those! He sits on my bedside table in a tower so tall that he is in danger of tipping over onto the top of my dresser (packed so tight I can hardly close it). Recently I had a purge session, which I try to do once or twice a year. My friends were at my door, shoving each other to get to my bedroom first, about an hour after I announced it on MySpace. They all know about my naughty shopping habit and my love for expensive things. Still, this purge session did not even seem to put a dent in my leaning tower of clothes!

Posted by: a2weimers | October 6, 2008 7:23 PM

Yes, sometimes you find him lying on the living room floor.....this post did make me laugh!

Posted by: deb | October 6, 2008 10:48 PM

Mine is also currently slumped on the floor, the waster.

Did you mention a clothes purge a2weimers? ...Hmm, let me know, the boyf is looking a little undernourished these days!

Posted by: Isabelle | October 7, 2008 1:01 PM

well - my closet doesn't like the idea of growing, nor does my dresser, so my dresser is piled high way above its mirror with my clothes bf. lol i like that idea.

Posted by: anna | October 26, 2008 4:33 PM

I have the European Shoe Mountain. (Like the butter mountain and the wine lake of European Union overproduction). It's actually more of a mountain range, as it is in three piles in various places round the house...

Posted by: Emma | December 8, 2008 5:07 PM

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