# Did your mama dress you funny?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 4, 2011, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-mama-dress-you-funny/566379 "2011-01-04T15:50:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-mama-dress-you-funny/566379/61 "2011-01-07T06:32:24Z")

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After I’m done complaining about what I wore, I always wonder what my girls will think when they’re grown. They wear a lot of handmedowns, but they’re pretty cute (we like the athletic look more than the sparkly look here) and I think they’re adorable and stylish. I sew for them, but remembering some of the things I had, I try to make them fashionable. Now that sewing is cool it’s pretty easy to do. But I wonder…

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**Author:** ![SurrenderDorothy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/surrenderdorothy/32/1221_2.png) [@SurrenderDorothy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SurrenderDorothy)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-mama-dress-you-funny/566379/62 "2011-01-07T08:56:59Z")

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Not too badly, actually.

My mom’s style when she was younger was a bit artsy/boho. She was never super into fashion as far as fads and trends go, so we escaped some of the embarrassing fleeting trends.

I mostly lived in my school uniform and my dance or gymnastics clothes. The dresses and such that I had for special occasions were pretty simple. I had a lot of hand-me-downs, but it wasn’t really an issue for me because all my friends from school wore the same uniform as I did and all my friends from dance and gymnastics wore leotards and tights/shorts/pants. So it’s not like I was frequently hanging out with people who were more fashionable than I was.

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