# Is it weird to not want to wash this shirt? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 25, 2002, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-weird-to-not-want-to-wash-this-shirt/133875 "2002-10-25T19:14:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gingersnap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f04885/32.png) [@gingersnap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gingersnap)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2002, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-weird-to-not-want-to-wash-this-shirt/133875/1 "2002-10-25T19:14:16Z")
Okay so call me a pig but I have this favorite t-shirt that I like to wear around the house (i’m a bachelor) that I really kinda enjoy not washing very often. It smells like…me and for some reason it is comforting to wear it. Is this totally weird or actually quite common? I do NOT wear it if I have company! ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2002, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-weird-to-not-want-to-wash-this-shirt/133875/2 "2002-10-25T19:27:05Z")
Weird. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2002, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-weird-to-not-want-to-wash-this-shirt/133875/3 "2002-10-25T19:36:02Z")
Weirdness polls go in IMHO, so I’ll move this thread over there for you. ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2002, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-weird-to-not-want-to-wash-this-shirt/133875/4 "2002-10-25T19:38:27Z")
No, you’re not weird, it’s perfectly normal. My dog gets upset the same way, when I wash her bed… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2002, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-weird-to-not-want-to-wash-this-shirt/133875/5 "2002-10-25T21:54:24Z")
Despite your user name I’m going to assume you don’t smell like fresh baked cookies, so yes, IMO it’s pretty gross. ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2002, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-weird-to-not-want-to-wash-this-shirt/133875/6 "2002-10-25T22:05:21Z")
It’s not weird to me. But so what if I thought it was. It’s your house. That’s one of the great joys of living alone. You can do whatever you want in your own home, without a lot of suggestions from someone else. I’m not sure what the problem is. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2002, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-weird-to-not-want-to-wash-this-shirt/133875/7 "2002-10-25T23:22:23Z")
I feel the same way about my teddy bear. I sleep with it, like a pillow, and after it’s washed it doesn’t “smell right.” ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-weird-to-not-want-to-wash-this-shirt/133875/8 "2002-10-26T04:39:55Z")
No, it isnt. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-weird-to-not-want-to-wash-this-shirt/133875/9 "2002-10-26T07:19:36Z")
yet another vote for WEIRD. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-weird-to-not-want-to-wash-this-shirt/133875/10 "2002-10-26T12:17:46Z")
It’s not weird to not WANT to clean it. It IS weird not to clean it. ---
**Author:** ![Washte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Washte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washte)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-weird-to-not-want-to-wash-this-shirt/133875/11 "2002-10-26T14:44:23Z")
Nah. Not too weird. I like wearing hubby’s shirts that have been around a while (not so long they can walk on their own but…) cos they smell like him 😃 I also have a t-shirt that AFAICR has never been washed. I was at a John Denver concert, bought a t-shirt, wore it a few times, then he died a couple months later… Shirt has not been washed (nor have I worn it since either I must add). ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-weird-to-not-want-to-wash-this-shirt/133875/12 "2002-10-26T15:26:24Z")
[Ikea]Some of you don’t want to wash you shirt. That is because you crazy. The shirt has no feelings, and beubonic plague is everywhere.[/Ikea]