Has anyone ever stopped you and asked if they could "pet your coat"?

[JLStorm]

I was wearing my new Aero B3/ANJ-4 hybrid today and a woman stopped me and asked if she could pet my coat. I thought it a bit odd, but obliged her and she stroked my fleece for about a minute amazed at the softness.

Ive had quite a few compliments on this jacket, but I must say, that request definitely caught me off guard.

Has anything similar happened to anyone else??

 

[Baron Kurtz]

I believe Paddy had a similar incident when wearing an Irvin …

bk

 

[johnnyjohnny]

anyone ask to pet my coat?

...yes, people have asked to pet my coat...

...but i don't think they meant what you were asking about

 

[H.Johnson]

Yes, it happens to me , particularly with Irvin jackets.

 

[Spitfire]

Ahhhh yes - the good ol' Irvin always works.
Lots of young women askes me if they must try it on, to feel how "cozy" it is, and to snug up in it.
Many years ago I - being the gentleman I am - lend my Irvin to a certain beautifull - and freezing - girl, she would not leave it again.
We are still married.

 

[Maj.Nick Danger]

Yes, and when they
do my tail starts to wag uncontrollably.

 

[Dexter'sDame]

She may have been flirting with you

JLStorm,

fftopic: Being a woman, I can say that while not definitely, there's a good possibility that the woman who stopped you and asked if she could pet your coat may have been attempting to flirt with you. More precisely, perhaps she was interested in you and wanted to meet you, but petting your coat was the only thing she could think of in a hurry, so it came off awkwardly. :eusa_doh:

Sounds exactly like the sort of thing I would have done in my late teens... especially if I found the coat as attractive as the gentleman wearing it.

 

[Smithy]

I've had a lot of admiring comments from women and the old "pat the fleece" when wearing my Irvin so it seems that it's not all that uncommon.

My wife loves mine, and although it's miles too big for her, she often "borrows" it when we've been outside whilst living in Norway or uses it as a blanket on train trips.

 

[JLStorm]

JLStorm,

fftopic: Being a woman, I can say that while not definitely, there's a good possibility that the woman who stopped you and asked if she could pet your coat may have been attempting to flirt with you. More precisely, perhaps she was interested in you and wanted to meet you, but petting your coat was the only thing she could think of in a hurry, so it came off awkwardly. :eusa_doh:

Sounds exactly like the sort of thing I would have done in my late teens... especially if I found the coat as attractive as the gentleman wearing it.

Normally, I would have thought that too, but my wife was standing right next to me at the time, so Im almost certain that she really was only interested in the jacket!

 

[Dexter'sDame]

JLStorm, "Oh! Well that's very different! Never mind..."

Back to the topic: Gentlemen who have been accosted in a similar fashion, what did you think when it happened to you?

 

[bobjones]

Well, only men have commented positively on my Aero Stockman, so I would guess either I'm ugly, my jacket is, both are, or maybe I'm just too intimidating for a woman to comment

 

[Warbaby]

Alas, my fur remains unfondled.

 

[johnnyjohnny]

GeT aHoLD of YouRSELF...er...i mean...

"My wife loves mine, and although it's miles too big for her, she often "borrows" it" ---Smithy

geeeeeez smithy, do we really need to hear this personal stuff?!

 

[Spitfire]

Take a break JohnnyJohnny. What else do you want to hear?
The question was what we men felt, when women wanted to "pet" our jackets.
What we feel - and how we react to it IS personal.

 

[carter]

I've had this happen with a black cashmere sportscoat. It is a nice coat.

 

[Edward]

Take a break JohnnyJohnny. What else do you want to hear?
The question was what we men felt, when women wanted to "pet" our jackets.
What we feel - and how we react to it IS personal.

I think JJ was actually ribbing you about the unintentional innuendo he saw in what you wrote, rather than criticising what you said.

I've had a lot of compliments on my LW B-3 from ladies, though I'm pretty sure it was much more the coat than me they were interested in.

 

[Spitfire]

I think JJ was actually ribbing you about the unintentional innuendo he saw in what you wrote, rather than criticising what you said.

I've had a lot of compliments on my LW B-3 from ladies, though I'm pretty sure it was much more the coat than me they were interested in.

Who? Me!

 

[der schneider]

while wearing a white deer skin jacket a young lady was rubbing the soft leather at my back and said "it is so soft, it feels like rabbit."

I said it was and she said " I didnt know rabbits got that big"

 

[Smithy]

geeeeeez smithy, do we really need to hear this personal stuff?!

Sorry, forgot to say she's rather keen on my Irvin too

 

[MisterGrey]

That happened to me earlier this year during a conference with some of my classmates. We were on our way to the reception and I'd gotten myself all dudded up in a black velvet jacket and gray wool trousers. In the elevator on the way down, one of the professors who'd accompanied us on the trip asked what material my coat was, and when I responded, everyone in the elevator stepped forward and began to feel my sleeves up. It was actually very flattering, considering that I was only one of two males in the elevator, and the only heterosexual one!