So, do you wear long sleeve shirts whenever you leave the house? Do you wear a suit and tie to work, church, dinner, when flying? When swimming, do you make sure your chest is covered? What about hats, not caps?
Exactly.
Actually, I do wear sleeved shirts always and yes I do swim with a shirt on. And yes I do dress up real nice for church. How bout that. Yes I do.
You left off hats, suits and ties. Are you dressing up by 2014 standards or are you dressing by 1930 standards? No blue jeans unless you are farming, no shorts unless you are in your backyard or maybe on a picnic. No pajamas at the breakfast table (what can I say, I was raised by a woman who was raised properly in the '30’s). Don’t ever go out in the front yard unless fully dressed, not even for the paper or to take out the garbage. Sports shoes only for sports, otherwise nice leather shoes (shined, of course). No white after Labor day. This also meant putting your summer suits away. Most dark suits should be wool, so you will be warm.
I know you are being snide, but that actually sounds pretty much like me, except that I don’t wear ties because I am a woman. (I do wear skirt suits, however.) No, I was not around in the '30s. But I am very sick and tired of people defending the lack of standards nowadays by ridiculing and attacking those of us who try to adhere to some sense of decency and wish that others would do the same.
I was not being snide. I understand wanting people to dress more decently. However, going backwards is not always the answer. The standards of the '30’s were fairly strict compared to now. There were things in that era that none of us would want to take on, but it is part of the package.
