I was enjoying Transcona Shannon's post http://youlookfab.com/welookfa.....oison-eyes

and read it to the end. Now I need answers! What should I do when faced with such a poison eye?

Unlike many of the posters I am in a relationship of only a few months, and this after years of being single. A feature of our relationship is that my dear man takes a great interest in my outfits, usually praising them to high heaven. He lets me know if he doesn't like a garment only by complimenting all the other things I am wearing and leaving that out!

I figured out he dislikes a coat which is my pride and joy, which I get stopped and complimented on and which I sometimes need to wear for practical reasons. (I posted about it here http://youlookfab.com/welookfa.....e-raincoat)

I now try not to wear it around him which is somewhat limiting. When I do need to wear it around him I feel somewhat self conscious, and last time I had to grab it out of the car when he asked me if I had a jacket I said "only the one you don't like!" He said something to the effect that it didn't matter because he only wanted to be with me.

So now I am a) trying to be mindful and avoid wearing it around him; b) wondering exactly what he disliked about it but embarrassed to ask as he hates to be direct with criticism, and second-guessing other garments before he sees me in them (i.e. I have a new hooded jacket - should I wear it? Was it the hood he hated? Or something else?); and c) feeling the polish has come off the joy of wearing it, because even not around him I now have it in my head that there must be something wrong with it.

How do I deal with these three things? How do you?

Please especially address point c) - the poison eye getting in your head!