# Why would anyone wear shorts over pants?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-anyone-wear-shorts-over-pants/559765>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 7, 2010, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-anyone-wear-shorts-over-pants/559765 "2010-11-07T03:37:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 2

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2022, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-anyone-wear-shorts-over-pants/559765/21 "2022-12-20T05:28:41Z")

</div>

> [@Isamu](#):
>
> And a skirt over jeans - why?

My mother and aunts used to do this in the wintertime going to school, but they had to take the pants off class started.

[Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-anyone-wear-shorts-over-pants/559765.md?page=1)