MEN: young professional lacking presentation?

My boyfriend for over a eyar (27 yrs old) is a wonderful guy but his inability to dress and eat a certain way do inhibit him. For example, my mom is taking us to eat steak at Ruth's Chris...he is SO excited but he did stress out about not having the appropriate attire and I'm wondering...but you're 27! You should at least have a nice pair of shoes! (sneakers at this place would be highly inappropriate)...and I'm also wondering how he will eat there-- last time we ate at a nice restaurant I was a little embarrassed at the massive chunks of greenery sticking out of his mouth.



I have absolute no desire to "change" him but do want to help him incorporate some nice clothing items into his wardrobe for 'special occasions' and want to help him learn how to not eat like a cow munching on grass....



How is the most polite way I could do this? I'm def. going to buy him a basic nice pair of shoes for christmas, lol, but I cant buy him all his nice stuff and I dont know how to help him with his eating etiquette !MEN: young professional lacking presentation?
I'd say head to a few stores for him, initiate that you want to buy him something nice, and pick out clothes that you think are appropriate..like a new shirt..let him try it on, tell him he's sexy, and buy it for him.



All this should be done subtly but he'll get the picture when he gets a great reaction from your mom and other people when he's out socializing.



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It's not changing him at all, I mean if he was a lawyer he would dress appropriately. The same should be done at an upscale restaurant/bar/get together. Just make sure you're not pushing him to spend all his money on things he doesn't want. If he's saving for school say (which likely isn't the case at 27) or cannot afford expensive clothes at all because of his salary..he shouldn't have to put his money into those clothes. But there are still relatively cheap clothes that you can buy that ARE very attractive. I'm in Canada and there's places like Mexx where you can look damn good and not pay a fortune.MEN: young professional lacking presentation?
leave him aloneMEN: young professional lacking presentation?
Yes, you ARE trying to change him. It sounds like he is one of those guys that isn't into business casual. If you talk to him about it, and he still doesn't do it/want to do it: then leave him be. If you can't handle that, then you two have no business being togather if you ask me.