Posted on 03/12/2010 10:43:24 AM PST by Kaslin
Of all the things grownups do that is , well, not grown up, he chooses to pick on blue jeans and baseball caps?
wearing jeans and baseball caps.
What are we supposed to wear, a suit, tie and fedora? Grandpa pants up to our armpits and a plaid shirt?
The wimpy dude confuses maturation with becoming a stuffed shirt fuddy-duddy.
That’s how he came off to me, too. Blergh.
It’s time for our government to trust us. Don’t worry. We’ll behave like men (and women), even if we don’t always dress the part.
So I guess I should be sitting in my favorite easy chair, with a pipe hanging out of my mouth, monocle on, brandy snifter in hand, muttering "old boy" every once in awhile?
What a dope.
My 84 year old father, who landed on Omaha Beach on D-day, was in the Battle of the Bulge, has been a lawyer for more than 55 years and has been very involved in his community occasionally wears blue jeans and his VFW cap but apparently he’s not grown up.
I wear jeans every day unless the occassion requires something better, and I wear a cap when out in the sun. So I am immature for doing this? LOL!
One, people are tending to 'not act their age' because blue jeans & board shorts are comfortable, and mountain biking & surfing are fun & good for you. People today wanna partake as long as they're able - nothing wrong with that.
The other problem is much deeper and more destructive & he identifies the culprit accurately.
What’s the problem with jeans and a baseball cap? The men of my father’s and grandfather’s generation, who were farmers and industrial workers, wore jeans and the same kind of cap, with the exception that, instead of a sports logo, the caps had an FS or Funk’s Hybrid Corn logo, or the name of the factory where they worked.
They were grown up, believe me.
I do it all the time...in my jeans and ball cap.
These days I trust men in jeans and ball caps more than I do the ones in suits...
I say, at least wear a bow tie old chap. I mean, reaaaaaally
Last time I looked, the government hasnt told people what to wear. Not that that isnt coming. After all, we cant smoke, ride in a car with no seatbelt, drink soda, eat transfats and soon in NY you will be taxed for sweet drinks (soda) so ya dont get fat and ya wont get your food salted. I am sure the ban on jeans and baseball hats for older men is in the works.
We will end up with a bunch of jean/hat wearing, closet grandpas.
(And all of this while the country and states have bigger fish to fry..go figure).
I always say, for the most part, it’s not your dress, it’s your attitude...but these days...with the sideways caps and the pants down around the shins...it’s hard to tell anymore.
It looks like this writer lost us all on the jeans and baseball caps. That’s standard clothing everyday for my husband, when he’s not at the office working to provide for our family.
“with the sideways caps and the pants down around the shins.”
Real men wear their clothes correctly, so the slobs can easily be pointed out with your description.
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