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[–] architect@thelemmy.club -5 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Yea I don’t believe this is true at all.

[–] kadotux@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm a man and I do this. I'm actually eating lunch rn with a shirt with holes in them. I don't mind. And if somebody does mind, I see it kinda as their problem, not mine :)

[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago

As someone married to someone like you, sometimes it's inappropriate, but that is absolutely my problem and not his.

[–] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Tell that to my dad with his bin of t-shirt cut cleaning rags

[–] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I have dress shirts that can buy cigarettes, but they don't make them like this anymore. Well stitched, natural fabric is so soft after years of use. The logo is worn off, but the designer turned out to be a racist so that works for me.

[–] zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago

It's so painfully true that it feels incredibly awkward to read.

[–] Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I'm literally wearing one of my favorite old T shirts that has so many holes the neck and shoulder seams are the only things really holding it together and my most destroyed pair of old jeans right now because we're doing some painting and home repairs. And they both used to be "home clothes" until my gf started shaming me for wearing them.

I was lowkey happy to get an excuse to wear them in public on the unavoidable last-minute supply run to the home improvement store.

Edit : I also got pissed at my mom for throwing away another old t-shirt because it was slightly too small, mildly discolored and only had one (admittedly pretty big) hole. It was still a perfectly fine "home t-shirt" ! She didn't even make a rag out of it because they already have more than enough from my dad's old clothes.