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<p>Have you ever been to a restaurant, not looked at the menu, ordered your favorite burger, and felt satisfied until somebody came out with a spaghetti Bolognese? There&#39;s nothing like seeing what other options are out there to make you reconsider what you thought was your favorite.</p><p><a href="https://www.someecards.com/news/news/queer-eye-jonathan-van-ness-shut-down-troll/"><em>Queer Eye </em></a>introduced Netflix audiences to the French tuck, how to slice an avocado, and the fact that men don&#39;t necessarily have to be slobs. The Fab Five&#39;s physical and emotional makeovers showed people that a better world is possible&mdash;if you&#39;re willing to use the serum on your T-zone.</p><p>A woman in Australia, writing as <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/xiaomortaaa/">u/xiaomortaaa</a>, lamented how <em>Queer Eye </em>made her feel &quot;less attracted&quot; to her boyfriend, and it&#39;s quite the relatable quandary. She knows this sounds silly, but she&#39;s for real.</p><p>Her post on <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/relationship_advice/comments/cor22l/i_21_f_think_im_less_attracted_to_my_boyfriend_22/">r/relationship_advice</a> opens:</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> <p>It sounds really silly but please hear me out. Watching the show made me realize that it&rsquo;s not ridiculous to wish he would put the same effort into his dress and appearance that I do. I&rsquo;ve brought it up to him that I really love it when he wears certain things and that it&rsquo;s important to me that we make an equal effort to be a sharply dressed couple.</p> </blockquote><p>The boyfriend&#39;s bro-ey stubbornness was on full display at an event for his pregnant sister. She layed out a proper outfit, but he didn&#39;t listen.</p><blockquote> <p>Last week we attended a family function of his in celebration of his sister&rsquo;s baby. His brother-in-law&rsquo;s family planned the event and paid for the restaurant and his whole immediate family was in attendance. Everyone at the event was dressed nicely, the men either in button up shirts or even full suits.</p> <p>Before we left, I put on a dress and nice shoes, and put some time into getting ready and putting my best foot forward at his family event. He opted for a stretched out, lint covered sweater, the same faded green joggers he wears everyday, and the same sneakers and same faded hat he wears everyday. I expressed my dismay, trying to frame it in the mindset that we were taking lots of pictures at the event, including family portraits, and I wanted us to look nice and put together as a couple. He argued with me and told me he was comfortable and his mom said his outfit was fine. We stopped by his sister&rsquo;s house before we went to the dinner, and it wasn&rsquo;t until he saw his brother-in-law in a button up shirt that he took me seriously and texted his brother to bring him a change of clothes.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>I don&#39;t think Karamo would be impressed with the fact that the boyfriend didn&#39;t take her seriously until he saw his brother-in-law in a button-up shirt. &quot;Why couldn&#39;t you just trust her?&quot; she would ask.</p><p>&quot;Oh honey, he&#39;s being immature and disrespectful,&quot; Jonathan would say.</p><p>There&#39;s more:</p><blockquote> <p>I still feel frustrated that he doesn&rsquo;t have the desire for us to look nice together and that even my desire for that wasn&rsquo;t enough for him to want to make an effort. Am I being unreasonable? I just wish he would wear his flannels, and patterned button ups more often, and wear the lint-y sweaters and sweatpants on the weekends or something. I&rsquo;ve tried to be really nice about it and I&rsquo;ve bought him a lot of clothes as well. Last summer, he was wearing swim trunks as shorts everywhere, even at nice events, and so I bought him some really flattering, much better shorts that he liked from Uniqlo. He tells me he can never find clothes but I know it&rsquo;s not true and he just doesn&rsquo;t try.</p> <p>He cuts his own hair as well which can end up pretty goofy sometimes. Even he expressed that it&rsquo;s probably time to shell out and go to a barber which I was pretty stoked about. Instead, he did a self-cut again. I was on Instagram looking for a barber and he didn&rsquo;t seem to care in the least. He told me his max budget was $20 AUD and didn&rsquo;t seem bothered to take a look at the different styles. He just ends up covering his shaggy hair up with the faded hat.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>She&#39;s addressed the issue with her boyfriend before she took it to Reddit, but he was extremely unreceptive:</p><blockquote> <p>I hate being brushed off when I try to address this and he frequently calls me shallow for wanting him to look nice. I want him to have more confidence and I want him to feel bold about presenting his unique style to the world. He does have a nice aesthetic, it just doesn&rsquo;t come through with his appearance. I wish he would care enough to make the effort for himself and I think he would feel much better if he put his best foot forward on occasion. I don&rsquo;t know what to do and I&rsquo;d really like to hear some thoughts on this so I know whether or not I&rsquo;m being crazy.</p> </blockquote><p>Most of the comments were resigned to telling the poster that she and her boyfriend just aren&#39;t compatible. One commenter channeled Tan, and it made her feel seen.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="R/relationship_advice" data-attribution-url="https://www.reddit.com/r/relationship_advice/comments/cor22l/i_21_f_think_im_less_attracted_to_my_boyfriend_22/" height="515" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/screen-shot-2019-08-16-at-35544-pm-WJTXrz.png" width="392" /></div><div class="image-attribution"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/relationship_advice/comments/cor22l/i_21_f_think_im_less_attracted_to_my_boyfriend_22/">R/relationship_advice</a></div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Sit him down, girl. Karamo would say that it&#39;s time to open up the lines of communication and see if his slobbiness is stubbornness or a way of life.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Woman asks if she’s 'crazy' for being less attracted to boyfriend after watching 'Queer Eye.'

Have you ever been to a restaurant, not looked at the menu, ordered your favorite burger, and felt satisfied until somebody came out with a spaghetti Bolognese? There&#39;s nothing like seeing what other options are out there to make you reconsider what you thought was your favorite.Queer Eye introduced Netflix audiences to the French tuck, how to slice an avocado, and the fact that men don&#39;t necessarily have to be slobs. The Fab Five&#39;s physical and emotional makeovers showed people that a better world is possible&mdash;if you&#39;re willing to use the serum on your T-zone.A woman in Australia, writing as u/xiaomortaaa, lamented how Queer Eye made her feel &quot;less attracted&quot; to her boyfriend, and it&#39;s quite the relatable quandary. She knows this sounds silly, but she&#39;s for real.Her post on r/relationship_advice opens: It sounds really silly but please hear me out. Watching the show made me realize that it&rsquo;s not ridiculous to wish he would put the same effort into his dress and appearance that I do. I&rsquo;ve brought it up to him that I really love it when he wears certain things and that it&rsquo;s important to me that we make an equal effort to be a sharply dressed couple. The boyfriend&#39;s bro-ey stubbornness was on full display at an event for his pregnant sister. She layed out a proper outfit, but he didn&#39;t listen. Last week we attended a family function of his in celebration of his sister&rsquo;s baby. His brother-in-law&rsquo;s family planned the event and paid for the restaurant and his whole immediate family was in attendance. Everyone at the event was dressed nicely, the men either in button up shirts or even full suits. Before we left, I put on a dress and nice shoes, and put some time into getting ready and putting my best foot forward at his family event. He opted for a stretched out, lint covered sweater, the same faded green joggers he wears everyday, and the same sneakers and same faded hat he wears everyday. I expressed my dismay, trying to frame it in the mindset that we were taking lots of pictures at the event, including family portraits, and I wanted us to look nice and put together as a couple. He argued with me and told me he was comfortable and his mom said his outfit was fine. We stopped by his sister&rsquo;s house before we went to the dinner, and it wasn&rsquo;t until he saw his brother-in-law in a button up shirt that he took me seriously and texted his brother to bring him a change of clothes. I don&#39;t think Karamo would be impressed with the fact that the boyfriend didn&#39;t take her seriously until he saw his brother-in-law in a button-up shirt. &quot;Why couldn&#39;t you just trust her?&quot; she would ask.&quot;Oh honey, he&#39;s being immature and disrespectful,&quot; Jonathan would say.There&#39;s more: I still feel frustrated that he doesn&rsquo;t have the desire for us to look nice together and that even my desire for that wasn&rsquo;t enough for him to want to make an effort. Am I being unreasonable? I just wish he would wear his flannels, and patterned button ups more often, and wear the lint-y sweaters and sweatpants on the weekends or something. I&rsquo;ve tried to be really nice about it and I&rsquo;ve bought him a lot of clothes as well. Last summer, he was wearing swim trunks as shorts everywhere, even at nice events, and so I bought him some really flattering, much better shorts that he liked from Uniqlo. He tells me he can never find clothes but I know it&rsquo;s not true and he just doesn&rsquo;t try. He cuts his own hair as well which can end up pretty goofy sometimes. Even he expressed that it&rsquo;s probably time to shell out and go to a barber which I was pretty stoked about. Instead, he did a self-cut again. I was on Instagram looking for a barber and he didn&rsquo;t seem to care in the least. He told me his max budget was $20 AUD and didn&rsquo;t seem bothered to take a look at the different styles. He just ends up covering his shaggy hair up with the faded hat. She&#39;s addressed the issue with her boyfriend before she took it to Reddit, but he was extremely unreceptive: I hate being brushed off when I try to address this and he frequently calls me shallow for wanting him to look nice. I want him to have more confidence and I want him to feel bold about presenting his unique style to the world. He does have a nice aesthetic, it just doesn&rsquo;t come through with his appearance. I wish he would care enough to make the effort for himself and I think he would feel much better if he put his best foot forward on occasion. I don&rsquo;t know what to do and I&rsquo;d really like to hear some thoughts on this so I know whether or not I&rsquo;m being crazy. Most of the comments were resigned to telling the poster that she and her boyfriend just aren&#39;t compatible. One commenter channeled Tan, and it made her feel seen.R/relationship_adviceSit him down, girl. Karamo would say that it&#39;s time to open up the lines of communication and see if his slobbiness is stubbornness or a way of life.

Have you ever been to a restaurant, not looked at the menu, ordered your favorite burger, and felt satisfied until somebody came out with a spaghetti Bolognese? There&#39;s nothing like seeing what other options are out there to make you...