An attitude appropriate for a child or a dog, perhaps, but not a fellow adult.
Clearly, I gave up long ago. I remember the day of surrender is when I came to the conclusion that wearing a t shirt with funny cartoon animals was a fine thing for an adult to do. But, I do have a question of sweat pants appropriateness. Are the kind with the band at the ankle made with the fleecy cotton worse than the nylon ones that have legs that hang down like regular pants? It seems like they should be. Because, if you squint the nylon ones look like regular pants.
The nylon ones are appropriate only if you wear the matching windbreaker and are above the age of 75.
And I never said I’m not down with baseball hats, only that it sometimes means balding. I, personally, like a man in a baseball hat. Not out to dinner or anything, but casually is okay.
I think general society views them as airheads, which I don’t fancy anyone would regard as a compliment. I don’t suppose they are “looked down on” overall as people, but at least in that regard they are. They remain popular, though, because people would rather look at pretty shinny things, than someone who is unkempt and in sweat pants. I don’t think people who go out in sweats are looked down on as people, but they do appear to be slobs who don’t care what people think (the italicized version, as opposed to those who simply do not care what people think).
Even if the adult is acting like a child?
[childish tantrum]
stamps feet
"but I don’t waaaant to look like a 'sponsible adult. I wanna be comfy. can’t they tell i’m 'sponsible? I is old. They should just knoooooow. I like my Tazmanian Devil t-shirt and my sweats. Shoes don’t let my toesies bweathe! Socks are yucky!
I don’t wanna dress up. I don’t wanna! I don’t wanna!"
[/childish tantrum]
Something that an adult gets to do is choose his or her own clothes. That you think that his choice means that he’s acting like a child is your own construct.
[Wipes sandwich grease on shirt, as opposed to napkin]
What?
I don’t know about you, but I was picking out my own clothes while I was still a child. That doesn’t mean it was ok for me to wear my bathing suit to church, or my sunday dress to go strawberry picking.
It’s not the right to choose clothes that is in question. It’s the ability and willingness to choose appropriate clothing for the given situation that is under review.
Personally I’m more inclined to indulge children or dogs, since adults should know better.
The idea of “indulgence” is appropriate to children or dogs. With an adult, one should admit the possibility that their choices simply disagree with yours.
I don’t know about society at large, but I don’t think much of people who are more concerned with their appearance than anything else in their lives. There’s a happy medium between rolling out of bed and going out in public like that and being all-consumed with your appearance.
I guess this is another area of compatibility for couples - if you both like sweats, good. If you both like dress shirts and dress pants, great. I don’t think my husband and I have ever had a problem with what the other was wearing.
I value what my partner says about my clothes- there are times if I am not certain whether what I have in mind is up to scratch. Similarly, if she asks my opinion I give it. It is no big deal.
I gather sweat pants are what we call track suit pants? Or are tarck suits something different (for anyone who knows of both).
I think for this thread sweat pants mean cheap cotton pants that are mostly baggy and grey.
A track suit would be nicer, they are sleeker and sometimes made by Nike or Addidas or similar companies. Usually made of nylon or another synthetic, they are worn by pro athletes.
Yeah, are “sweat pants” just trakky daks, or is there some sort of grading system? Nowt wrong with trakky daks. But then again, wasn’t there a thread here whining about tshirts…so it’s penguin suits or nuffin it seems.
Won’t spoil the sweatpants consencus but have to say that here (Italy) flip-flops are signal you are or would like to be funky and perhaps slightly alternative but the wearing of Tevas equals American or German tourist. Wouldn’t wear flip-flops to a truly elegant restaurant but round the town is fine. Tevas only for outdoor pursuits in which I do not engage, so never.
In the old days you had a one fine suit of clothes for Sundays and work clothes. The difference back then is you knew when and where to wear them.
Now we have sweat pants which are not used for excercise but to lounge in. They evolved into everyday attire but I still think there is a time and a place for sweats.
Kind of like wearing your underwear in public. It’s coming…
I guess when I see a man in sweat pants I see dirty socks and underwear in piles and no job.
You’ve not been paying attention, have you?
I wear sweatpants at home, in the cold weather. I try to buy the straight leg ones without the elastic at the ankle, in basic gray, because even shovelling snow, making bread, taking out the trash, or watching Oprah I would feel uncomfortable doing all this in hot pink or kelly green sweatpants. Sometimes I’ll go to the 7-11 for a quart of milk, or go gas up the car, or return a library book. Even run into the grocery store for kitty kibbles. Not only do I not change into something “dressier”, I don’t feel at all sloppy, and I don’t care one iota what some random stranger would think of my gray sweatpants. If I was going somewhere that required me to speak and spend time with somebody - school meeting, doctor’s appointment, Girl Scout meeting - that would require a little makeup, combing of hair, and I would probably change into slacks or jeans.
Thank you.