'I banned daughter from wearing 2000s-style skirt - it's ugly and embarrassing'

03 November 2023 , 14:20

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Woman clashes with in-law over how her teenage daughter dresses (stock photo) (Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto)

A mum has banned her daughter from wearing a 2000s-syle skirt in public because it's 'ugly'. While she wants her daughter to express herself through clothing, and didn't mind the length of the skirt, she couldn't hold her tongue when she saw the 'Bratz' inspired skirt.

Taking to Reddit, she said: "My daughter Courtney is really into Y2K-style right now. It’s more Bratz dolls, less real-early 2000s fashion. She receives a monthly allowance from us to have a little autonomy. Last week she went to a thrift store with her older sister and bought the ugliest tie-dye miniskirt imaginable. It is brownish and honestly looks like she had a poop accident, as the ‘stain’ is around her bum area.

Yesterday she came down wearing that skirt. Her grandma said, ‘Absolutely not, that is too short, go change.” My daughter started protesting and asked me about it. I said that the length was fine, but I did not want her to go out in something that makes her look like she had an accident.”

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This led to a terse exchange of words between the two women. “My in-law started shooting daggers at me after I said that. My daughter went upstairs and changed into a pair of shorts. While she was up [there], she told me that it was inappropriate what I let my daughter do and that I was mocking her [the in-law] by what I said. Also, that I was showing her it is okay to be shallow and buying into trends,” she continued.

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“Honestly, I was not concerned until my husband came home, saying he agreed with his mother, and he was not a fan of how I handled this. I am very confused. She is wearing normal girls’ stuff, not scandalous. It is normal. But my husband said it is stupid that I draw the line at “ugly.”’

Most Reddit users agreed that the in-law should stay schtum, with one replying: “You are the authority for your daughter… she needs to keep her comments to herself.” Another said she’d done her child a favour pointing out the dubiously positioned mark: “I know how cruel teenagers can be, and if I wore a skirt that had an unfortunate ‘stain’, I’d want someone to address it.”

Thomas Stichbury