What to Do with Unwanted Valentine’s Day Fancy Underwear Gifts

Valentine’s Day can be a strange time of the year. Everyone feels compelled to buy their partners something romantic or sexy, when we should be doing it all year round.





However this isn’t the biggest problem that can occur. Many women will have been presented with a gift of sexy underwear from their partner this year. While this might sound like the ultimate in thoughtful gifts, it does have a habit of backfiring.





Sometimes it will be a gift that doesn’t fit. It might be something that is of a style you simply wouldn’t wear. On other occasions it might not be the kind of colour you would generally choose, and it doesn’t look nice when you try it on.





So what should you do if you have some underwear that falls into one of these categories?





Well firstly it pays to think about whether to be honest with your partner or not. For the most part honesty is the best policy but you should be careful about how you go about it. For example the best thing to say would be, "You know I loved the fact you went out and put a lot of thought into buying me some sexy underwear for Valentine’s Day. Unfortunately it doesn’t quite fit the way it should. Why don’t we return it and choose something else together?"





You can see that this is a positive way of breaking the news. It pays your partner a big compliment and also sets up a nice shopping trip together where you can both decide which set of underwear to buy.





If you were to say, "I hate the underwear you got me because it doesn’t fit," you can see that your partner would be hurt by the comment. If you choose your words wisely you can get the best results and reaction every time.





It is worth asking your partner whether he kept the receipt for the underwear. If he has and the tags are all still on it, you should be able to return it for an exchange or refund. Even if only an exchange is on offer – this is more likely if you do not have a receipt – you can still look to replace the item with something else sold by the same store.





On some occasions you may find your partner has no longer got the receipt and took all the tags off as well. If this is the case and the item fits, you may wish to wear it occasionally to show him you really appreciate his thoughtfulness, even if it isn’t the kind of thing you would normally wear. Lingerie can be a tough purchase to make, and it becomes even more difficult for men to buy it for Valentine’s Day.





Either way, you can still make the most of the experience and move on from there.





Jennifer is a part of the digital blogging team at shoutingindigital.com who work with brands like Debenhams. For more information about me, or to keep up to date with the latest in retail news, check out my posts at shoutingindigital.com or visit my Twitter account, @shoutingID.