They know how to deal with hormones and evenly fake tan your back Around 2 years into my relationship with my boyfriend I discovered that he does not own a housecoat (or dressing gown depending on where you’re from, the war rages on). A shocking revelation within itself, as the housecoat has been, and always will be a pinnacle of relaxation in my own household, but the reasoning behind his lack of cosiness was something I was even more shocked to discover. The conversation went something like this: Me: ‘I’m a bit cold, I think I’ll just put your housecoat on if that’s okay, where is it?’