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Post by tloonya on Apr 19, 2014 12:42:42 GMT -5
Growing up I watched my father used to wear boxers and walk around the house and if needs to be walked out of the house and have conversation with neighbors dressed same way and no one gave a damn. Back then over there men had not wore shorts because it was considered silly overseas clothes... So men could walk around with naked torso all day and never think of it twice. Wearing tank tops with boxers was almost an attire in which men where ready to go. To the store to buy pack of cigarettes, beer...whatnot. Having those hair sticking from under armpits seemed never bothered anybody. These days if DH wants to go to a car for something with bare torso in shorts I am catching him screaming madly but sometimes he slips and runs off and I am praying that no neighbor will see him, even his torso is good - still, who needs to see naked men? (well, do not answer that And what about those tank tops with armpit hair? I can not imagine men shaving armpits - it would be disgusting! but having them walking around in a supermarkets around food... there are T-SHIRTS for that!
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Post by yogiii on Apr 19, 2014 13:34:01 GMT -5
Don't most stores have signs that say "shirt and shoes required" on the door?
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Post by tloonya on Apr 19, 2014 13:37:26 GMT -5
Don't most stores have signs that say "shirt and shoes required" on the door? Not here, no. A lot stores here saying 'no hoodies' but nothing about shirt and shoes. And tank top is a shirt, isn't it? I mean...depends...
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Post by bookkeeper on Apr 19, 2014 13:40:40 GMT -5
Growing up I watched my father used to wear boxers and walk around the house and if needs to be walked out of the house and have conversation with neighbors dressed same way and no one gave a damn. Back then over there men had not wore shorts because it was considered silly overseas clothes... So men could walk around with naked torso all day and never think of it twice. Wearing tank tops with boxers was almost an attire in which men where ready to go. To the store to buy pack of cigarettes, beer...whatnot. Having those hair sticking from under armpits seemed never bothered anybody. These days if DH wants to go to a car for something with bare torso in shorts I am catching him screaming madly but sometimes he slips and runs off and I am praying that no neighbor will see him, even his torso is good - still, who needs to see naked men? (well, do not answer that And what about those tank tops with armpit hair? I can not imagine men shaving armpits - it would be disgusting! but having them walking around in a supermarkets around food... there are T-SHIRTS for that! My husband trims his underarm hair with the trimmer on his electric razor. He keeps it short but not shaved. I like it way better than the 3 inch underarm hair. Just sayin!
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Post by yogiii on Apr 19, 2014 13:43:10 GMT -5
Don't most stores have signs that say "shirt and shoes required" on the door? Not here, no. A lot stores here saying 'no hoodies' but nothing about shirt and shoes. And tank top is a shirt, isn't it? I mean...depends... No hoodie hate please
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Post by tloonya on Apr 19, 2014 13:57:16 GMT -5
Growing up I watched my father used to wear boxers and walk around the house and if needs to be walked out of the house and have conversation with neighbors dressed same way and no one gave a damn. Back then over there men had not wore shorts because it was considered silly overseas clothes... So men could walk around with naked torso all day and never think of it twice. Wearing tank tops with boxers was almost an attire in which men where ready to go. To the store to buy pack of cigarettes, beer...whatnot. Having those hair sticking from under armpits seemed never bothered anybody. These days if DH wants to go to a car for something with bare torso in shorts I am catching him screaming madly but sometimes he slips and runs off and I am praying that no neighbor will see him, even his torso is good - still, who needs to see naked men? (well, do not answer that And what about those tank tops with armpit hair? I can not imagine men shaving armpits - it would be disgusting! but having them walking around in a supermarkets around food... there are T-SHIRTS for that! My husband trims his underarm hair with the trimmer on his electric razor. He keeps it short but not shaved. I like it way better than the 3 inch underarm hair. Just sayin! I am supposed I can NOT ask for a picture...
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Post by midjd on Apr 19, 2014 14:36:15 GMT -5
DH is a weirdo, he won't sit around the house in his underwear, even on the weekends. If we ever have a house fire he will be fine, I'll be the one standing there in Ninja Turtle pj pants.
Around here, sleeveless shirts are the norm in the summer. A lot of farmers and rednecks live here. You get used to it.
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Post by resolution on Apr 19, 2014 16:57:42 GMT -5
DH gets dressed as soon as he gets out of bed, but I am lucky if his clothes aren't full of holes. I keep buying him new clothes, but he puts them up on the closet shelf to save for later while he continues to wear the holey ones.
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Post by zibazinski on Apr 19, 2014 17:00:31 GMT -5
That's one of the perks of doing the laundry. Stuff I don't like never makes it back to his closet or drawers.
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Post by Bonny on Apr 19, 2014 17:30:40 GMT -5
That's one of the perks of doing the laundry. Stuff I don't like never makes it back to his closet or drawers. Now if I only had the courage to get rid of his "collector's item" concert T shirts which are 30 years old full of holes. It would not be pretty if he wore them in public.
But I have to hand it to him; he did purge the dresser drawer of most of his company T shirts after he retired.
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Post by achelois on Apr 19, 2014 17:33:10 GMT -5
I never had much of a dress code for my ex. I did ask that he wear a shirt to the dinner table.
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Post by zibazinski on Apr 19, 2014 17:36:16 GMT -5
We lived on the water. We came to dinner in bathing suits!
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Post by achelois on Apr 19, 2014 17:39:06 GMT -5
We lived on the water. We came to dinner in bathing suits! Inside dinners? I can understand bathing suit with pool party dinners outside.
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Post by zibazinski on Apr 19, 2014 17:40:47 GMT -5
Yup, inside dinners. Meals were casual at my house especially on weekends and in the summer. Pool kept kids entertained for hours and you called them in to eat and back out they went afterward. Great life!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2014 18:53:05 GMT -5
I live with my MIL and still walk around with just my boxers. I figure she should consider herself lucky I don't walk around naked...
Haven't been an issue so far... Clothes come off the minute I make it inside the apartment. My dad was the same way; maybe it is genetics.
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Post by Blonde Granny on Apr 19, 2014 18:55:25 GMT -5
Growing up I watched my father used to wear boxers and walk around the house and if needs to be walked out of the house and have conversation with neighbors dressed same way and no one gave a damn. Back then over there men had not wore shorts because it was considered silly overseas clothes... So men could walk around with naked torso all day and never think of it twice. Wearing tank tops with boxers was almost an attire in which men where ready to go. To the store to buy pack of cigarettes, beer...whatnot. Having those hair sticking from under armpits seemed never bothered anybody. These days if DH wants to go to a car for something with bare torso in shorts I am catching him screaming madly but sometimes he slips and runs off and I am praying that no neighbor will see him, even his torso is good - still, who needs to see naked men? (well, do not answer that And what about those tank tops with armpit hair? I can not imagine men shaving armpits - it would be disgusting! but having them walking around in a supermarkets around food... there are T-SHIRTS for that! WOW, and you made fun of me because I was such a prude. You've got no room to talk. However, I do agree with you. I don't care if someone is Mr. America...............put on same damn clothes.
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Post by NoNamePerson on Apr 19, 2014 19:18:13 GMT -5
Geeze, my EX looked like he stepped out of GQ magazine most of the time. Kinda drove me crazy that he never dressed casual like normal folks, but that was the way he was raised. I think he could have mowed the grass in a Tux and not looked messed up....
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Post by 8 Bit WWBG on Apr 20, 2014 10:17:30 GMT -5
...:::"I'll be the one standing there in Ninja Turtle pj pants.":::...
Early-90s turtles, or 2004 reboot? (there is a correct answer)
...:::"Clothes come off the minute I make it inside the apartment. My dad was the same way; maybe it is genetics.":::...
I think back to the very old "Dennis the Menace" TV show with Jay North, and how the most casual you ever saw the father was when he took his suit jacket off and put a sweater on. The shirt and tie only came off for bed.
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Post by Otto the Orange on Apr 20, 2014 10:45:33 GMT -5
Don't most stores have signs that say "shirt and shoes required" on the door? Not here, no. A lot stores here saying 'no hoodies' but nothing about shirt and shoes. And tank top is a shirt, isn't it? I mean...depends...
"depends"---like the diapers?
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Post by NoNamePerson on Apr 20, 2014 11:31:48 GMT -5
...:::"I'll be the one standing there in Ninja Turtle pj pants.":::... Early-90s turtles, or 2004 reboot? (there is a correct answer) ...:::"Clothes come off the minute I make it inside the apartment. My dad was the same way; maybe it is genetics.":::... I think back to the very old "Dennis the Menace" TV show with Jay North, and how the most casual you ever saw the father was when he took his suit jacket off and put a sweater on. The shirt and tie only came off for bed. This was sooooo my EX except for the sweater part. And I was just the opposite
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Post by Blonde Granny on Apr 20, 2014 11:34:40 GMT -5
My Dad came home from work and my parents sat in the living room having cocktails while talking about their day. Dinner was served in the dining room about 7 PM.
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Post by midjd on Apr 20, 2014 18:52:40 GMT -5
...:::"I'll be the one standing there in Ninja Turtle pj pants.":::... Early-90s turtles, or 2004 reboot? (there is a correct answer) ...:::"Clothes come off the minute I make it inside the apartment. My dad was the same way; maybe it is genetics.":::... I think back to the very old "Dennis the Menace" TV show with Jay North, and how the most casual you ever saw the father was when he took his suit jacket off and put a sweater on. The shirt and tie only came off for bed. Early 90s, of course!
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Post by tloonya on Apr 21, 2014 10:12:31 GMT -5
My Dad came home from work and my parents sat in the living room having cocktails while talking about their day. Dinner was served in the dining room about 7 PM. Say...who was serving a dinner? Please, say yor mother...
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Post by milee on Apr 21, 2014 10:19:43 GMT -5
My Dad came home from work and my parents sat in the living room having cocktails while talking about their day. Dinner was served in the dining room about 7 PM. If I were a man, I would have loved the male roles from that era - being the breadwinner and having someone at home to make me cocktails and handle every other thing around the house.
As a woman, though, the female roles from that era sound like my idea of slavery with a thin veneer of respectability.
It's easy to see how people living at the same time even in the same house could remember things very, very differently. My grandparents were from that era and lived that way until they died. My view of the situation as a young child was very different than my view of the situation as an adult - an interesting mix of good and bad memories.
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Apr 21, 2014 10:20:40 GMT -5
...:::"I'll be the one standing there in Ninja Turtle pj pants.":::... Early-90s turtles, or 2004 reboot? (there is a correct answer) ...:::"Clothes come off the minute I make it inside the apartment. My dad was the same way; maybe it is genetics.":::... I think back to the very old "Dennis the Menace" TV show with Jay North, and how the most casual you ever saw the father was when he took his suit jacket off and put a sweater on. The shirt and tie only came off for bed. Early 90s, of course! Good choice.
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Post by tloonya on Apr 21, 2014 10:46:19 GMT -5
My Dad came home from work and my parents sat in the living room having cocktails while talking about their day. Dinner was served in the dining room about 7 PM. If I were a man, I would have loved the male roles from that era - being the breadwinner and having someone at home to make me cocktails and handle every other thing around the house.
As a woman, though, the female roles from that era sound like my idea of slavery with a thin veneer of respectability.
It's easy to see how people living at the same time even in the same house could remember things very, very differently. My grandparents were from that era and lived that way until they died. My view of the situation as a young child was very different than my view of the situation as an adult - an interesting mix of good and bad memories.
If someone won bread for me I would make cocktails and while he is drinking I would give him a lap dance or whatever was appropriate back then...belly dance, whatever...and after I would serve him hot dinner - he would be guaranteed hot desert! I would prefer that to selling fruits and vegetables anytime. I think.
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Post by milee on Apr 21, 2014 10:50:15 GMT -5
If I were a man, I would have loved the male roles from that era - being the breadwinner and having someone at home to make me cocktails and handle every other thing around the house.
As a woman, though, the female roles from that era sound like my idea of slavery with a thin veneer of respectability.
It's easy to see how people living at the same time even in the same house could remember things very, very differently. My grandparents were from that era and lived that way until they died. My view of the situation as a young child was very different than my view of the situation as an adult - an interesting mix of good and bad memories.
If someone won bread for me I would make cocktails and while he is drinking I would give him a lap dance or whatever was appropriate back then...belly dance, whatever...and after I would serve him hot dinner - he would be guaranteed hot desert! I would prefer that to selling fruits and vegetables anytime. I think. I guess my problem is that I can think of about 1000 things I'd rather do than either be a housewife or sell fruits. Back then, the choices for women were very limited. So if you were happy with the few choices available - the world was a good place. If you were a woman that didn't care for those few options - tough cookie.
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Post by tloonya on Apr 21, 2014 10:55:08 GMT -5
If someone won bread for me I would make cocktails and while he is drinking I would give him a lap dance or whatever was appropriate back then...belly dance, whatever...and after I would serve him hot dinner - he would be guaranteed hot desert! I would prefer that to selling fruits and vegetables anytime. I think. I guess my problem is that I can think of about 1000 things I'd rather do than either be a housewife or sell fruits. Back then, the choices for women were very limited. So if you were happy with the few choices available - the world was a good place. If you were a woman that didn't care for those few options - tough cookie. I wish I could find 10 things I would 'want' to do instead of forced to do. I am seriously do not want to do anything except lay in bed, having hoagie on the plate on bed stand and watching rerun of 100 shows I love.
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Post by milee on Apr 21, 2014 10:59:23 GMT -5
I guess my problem is that I can think of about 1000 things I'd rather do than either be a housewife or sell fruits. Back then, the choices for women were very limited. So if you were happy with the few choices available - the world was a good place. If you were a woman that didn't care for those few options - tough cookie. I wish I could find 10 things I would 'want' to do instead of forced to do. I am seriously do not want to do anything except lay in bed, having hoagie on the plate on bed stand and watching rerun of 100 shows I love. Those things sound good.
But I also really loved my job doing business consulting, doing turnarounds of struggling companies and improving operations. I'd also love to get an engineering degree and be an inventor. Certain aspects of law would be very interesting. I can think of at least 10 other interesting intellectual careers that I'd greatly enjoy. None of them were options for most women back then. And even now, unless you are a woman that chose well (or was lucky) enough to have a partner that is willing to do a large portion of the house/kid work or you choose not to have kids, they're still tough to be in.
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Post by tloonya on Apr 21, 2014 11:58:12 GMT -5
I wish I could find 10 things I would 'want' to do instead of forced to do. I am seriously do not want to do anything except lay in bed, having hoagie on the plate on bed stand and watching rerun of 100 shows I love. Those things sound good.
But I also really loved my job doing business consulting, doing turnarounds of struggling companies and improving operations. I'd also love to get an engineering degree and be an inventor. Certain aspects of law would be very interesting. I can think of at least 10 other interesting intellectual careers that I'd greatly enjoy. None of them were options for most women back then. And even now, unless you are a woman that chose well (or was lucky) enough to have a partner that is willing to do a large portion of the house/kid work or you choose not to have kids, they're still tough to be in.
Yeah, milee, with women like you we would be extinct in a few centuries! that is why I am always sayin' - career women are not the way to go...unless we give birth young, raise them quickly and starting a career after. We shouldn't be running around managing/consulting if we had not brought anyone in this world to insure human race is continuing. Right?
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