Women, have you really ever actually asked a man: "Does this dress make me look fat"?

Never have. I’ll ask how it looks and all, but I don’t remember ever asking if any dress or other clothing made me look fat.

I’ve never asked a man. I’ve asked a couple female friends if a dress made me look fatter than I was, fatter than I would look in other clothes, most of the time when trying the dress on in the store so I knew if it was a good buy or not, but never a man.

No, never. If in doubt, I just don’t wear it. Period.

I have asked my son… before he was old enough to be weirded out by it. Does that count?

From a beholder’s point of view, I’ve never been asked that question.

@Brian1946 That really does more than count. I should have asked that too, in order to dispel the cliche. Women: have you really ever asked? Men: Has a women ever really asked you?

I haven’t been asked either. I’m usually asked how the hair looks.

I don’t think I’ve ever been asked.

Only as a joke. Actually, I have asked a friend that question, but she teased me mercilessly, so I never asked it again.

I ask my boyfriend if my cellulite is visible if I’m wearing something fitting or of light fabric. But “fat”? Nah.

I think that most women at one point have asked this question. There might be a spot of doubt in their minds and they need it confirming one way or the other.

No, never. I can dress myself.

@pezz That is exactly the purpose of this question: To determine if most, many or any women have actually asked this question… and so far, at least for fluther women, the answer is no, they have not asked the question so I don’t know where you are getting your information/data or how you are able to make the conclusion that “most women at one point have asked this question.”

No honey, I’ve never asked that. Hubby often looks at me (I catch him staring at me actually) and if I ask “what?” or “why are you doing that? he always says I’m beautiful, and tells me he loves me. So clearly I couldn’t trust him to be objective lol. Seriously though, after nearly 30 years together its lovely to hear that he thinks so, and i love him dearly for it… even if he clearly needs his glasses checking lol :-)

I have been asked this. Several times.

anyone got any ideas how to answer?

Never. I’ve asked my daughters if something looks good or bad on me, but never if it made me look fat.

Nope. I think it’s a myth perpetuated my the media, as with many others. :P

I have been asked.

My wife never has, it’s more of a cliche revolving around an old school joke really.
She’ll certainly ask if an outfit looks good, but that’s just because she values my opinion/taste.
She knows she looks hot anyway, the saucy mare ;¬}

Nah, I’ve never asked this question to a male or a female. I do check the look of an outfit in a three-way mirror before buying it though.

One time, I had my hair cut short. When the boyfriend saw it, he said, “Your head is huge!”

I’ve never asked anyone that question – either male or female. I know if some item of clothing makes me look larger than another one. I’m still looking for the one that makes me look smaller! LoL!

Nope, I have asked “How hot do I look?” cause I’m optimistic. I may not be a skinny bitch but I know I got a banging body. Being healthy is what’s important. Also, I love me ;)

What the hell? I’ve been asked plenty of times. More than I’d like, which would have been zero.

When my wife was about 8 months pregnant with our 2nd child, she did ask me this question. She was big as a house and had just bought a new dress to wear to church.

She asked me If I thought this new dress made her look smaller or larger. How should I have answered her question, when she was nine months pregnant?

I told her the truth….......“you are eight months pregnant and big as a house. Nothing you wear will ever change that”. She accepted my honesty and agreed with me.

I have not asked the question exactly that way but I do frequently ask my husband’s opinion on whether or not something looks flattering on me.
I think Ucme has it right when he says “it’s more of a cliche revolving around an old school joke really.”
My weight has fluctuated up and down and he has never once suggested that I need to lose or that I look fat. He still accepts me and is attracted to me when I gain weight and I am actually more self critical.
I don’t think that it means you don’t know how to dress yourself just because you ask an outside opinion on how you look. Sometimes it is easier for someone else to be objective about how you look than it is for you. They are not the ultimate authority, but their opinion means something to you if you trust their taste. I trust my husband’s taste and my friends’ as well as my own.

Never.

I don’t think I’ve ever actually asked “does this make me look fat”. I’ve asked people if something looks good on me before to get another perspective to go along with mine, but if I felt something made me look fat, it goes away right then and there. No need to ask someone else that since I can see that for myself. :)

Nope only because if I feel fat I won’t wear it and probably think the other person won’t be completely honest with me.

Hell no .I parade around in it like a sex bomb.

I don’t ask that question directly, but I will ask if something looks too tight.

No, not a good idea to ask that question, unless you want ’‘no not the pants’’ (some comedian’s joke)

I wish my bf asked ME about what HE should wear more…

No. I don’t want to plant the seed.

Most women are not this dumb…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPX2cQP8uoI

I would like to see what this answer (honest) result would succumb too.
lol