# Men -- how do you take off your t-shirts? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 28, 2019, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-take-off-your-t-shirts/842573 "2019-10-28T04:29:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-take-off-your-t-shirts/842573/1 "2019-10-28T04:29:26Z")
Things I have observed in a long life. Poll shortly. Alternative method descriptions welcome. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-take-off-your-t-shirts/842573/2 "2019-10-28T05:58:55Z")
I would use your Method 1 (Grab the bottom and pull it off over my head), but I’m not flexible enough. So I use your Method 4 (Grab the neck at the back and pull it over my head), even though that risks tearing the fabric. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-take-off-your-t-shirts/842573/3 "2019-10-28T07:58:25Z")
I pull the neck up over my head, and the rest follows. My ex used to pull them off from the bottom, turning them inside-out. More work when doing laundry. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-take-off-your-t-shirts/842573/4 "2019-10-28T09:20:59Z")
“Grab the neck at the back and pull it over my head (not inside out)” Like **Panache** says, less work at laundry time. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-take-off-your-t-shirts/842573/5 "2019-10-28T09:31:46Z")
I’ve been taking t-shirts off for 60 years, and I honestly have no idea. I just do it without thinking. I don’t start by pulling my arms inside the shirt, that much I know. But do I grab the neck and pull? Do I grab the back and pull? Damned if I know. I guess I’ll have to pay attention the next time I take a t-shirt off. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-take-off-your-t-shirts/842573/6 "2019-10-28T09:36:07Z")
Mostly just grab the bottom and pull. A shirt that is not destined for the hamper, gets pulled off neatly and put on a hanger. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-take-off-your-t-shirts/842573/7 "2019-10-28T11:10:19Z")
From the bottom, but I straighten the t-shirt out before letting go of it. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-take-off-your-t-shirts/842573/8 "2019-10-28T11:15:37Z")
Why only ask men? ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-take-off-your-t-shirts/842573/9 "2019-10-28T11:22:07Z")
Back of the neck and up and over. [Works on someone else, too](https://youtu.be/00U-FcZ1ZAI?t=18). ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-take-off-your-t-shirts/842573/10 "2019-10-28T11:29:47Z")
I usually use a combination of pulling up the bottom and then pulling over the neck, not just a single motion. My back is often sweaty enough that my shirt sticks to my back and so pulling it by the neck alone would be difficult. ---
**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-take-off-your-t-shirts/842573/11 "2019-10-28T11:31:18Z")
Kind of a hybrid method for me due to limited function in my left shoulder. Most of the time, I pull the shirt up from the waist and then take my left arm out of the sleeve entirely. At that point, my right arm which is still in it’s sleeve grabs the shirt collar at the back of the neck and pulls the shirt off my head. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-take-off-your-t-shirts/842573/12 "2019-10-28T11:56:53Z")
I pull my right arm inside my sleeve and then grab the bottom with my left arm, while pushing up with my right, and pull it over my head and then let it drop down my left arm. So like option 2, but only one arm. I don’t know why I do it that way. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-take-off-your-t-shirts/842573/13 "2019-10-28T12:13:20Z")
No single method. Usually grab the bottom and pull up. Note: arms are crossed and each hand grabs the opposite side bottom. Sometimes grab the same side neck and pull up. This is most often when I’m wearing an outer shirt and want to take both off at the same time (and keep them together so putting them both back on together later is easy). In terms of laundry, inside out or not makes no difference. I’ve tried making sure they are right side out before going in and about half end up inside out when finished. So the machines decide what they’re going to do and there’s no point in wasting time beforehand. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-take-off-your-t-shirts/842573/14 "2019-10-28T12:14:51Z")
I just flex and the pieces fall to the floor. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-take-off-your-t-shirts/842573/15 "2019-10-28T12:40:53Z")
Mostly method 1 for me, but I pull the neck over my eyes first, so that the shirt won’t get caught on my nose and glasses if I am wearing them. Shirt ends up inside out. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-take-off-your-t-shirts/842573/16 "2019-10-28T13:38:53Z")
Reach under the bottom and kind of slide the material up, duck so the neck opening goes over my head, reach overhead and snag it and pull. Ends up right-side outward so I dont’ have to invert it when I’m doing laundry. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-take-off-your-t-shirts/842573/17 "2019-10-28T13:59:10Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Why only ask men? My thought exactly. I wear a T-shirt every day. I use the grab the top and pull it over the head method. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-take-off-your-t-shirts/842573/18 "2019-10-28T13:59:54Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > I just flex and the pieces fall to the floor. - swoon \* 😃 ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-take-off-your-t-shirts/842573/19 "2019-10-28T14:12:24Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > My thought exactly. I wear a T-shirt every day. > > I use the grab the top and pull it over the head method. Yeah, in the winter I only wear t-shirt when I exercise, but in the summer I wear one every day. I usually cross my arms, grab the bottom, and pull it inside-out over my head. I have no idea why, this seems easy. But I like having them inside out in the wash. That means the dirty side that I sweated all over gets agitated more, and the sometimes fragile image on the other side is subject to less friction and damage. A couple of my t-shirts have laundry instructions that SAY to turn them inside out. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-take-off-your-t-shirts/842573/20 "2019-10-28T15:06:22Z")
I use a 2 handed method, grab the collar on each side pull up over my head. Then slide it off my arms one at a time. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-do-you-take-off-your-t-shirts/842573.md?page=2)