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Irrational hatred of hats

avedwards

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AtomicEraTom said:
I once dated a girl that HATED my hat.
My hat has never spoiled a relationship, if anything it made me seem more interesting. Until it became apparent that I am indeed not interesting but boring - the hat is an optical illusion.
 

dostacos

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Just before first service at church today one of the men came up and said he loved my hat BUT he could only wear baseball caps. I spent the next ten minutes or so telling him it is only HIS perception that he looks funny in a fedora, once he starts wearing one that will go away.

{my wife was saying AND dressing up too:rolleyes:, I am usually the only one in a tie, there is one other that wears a fedora, and one guy wears a straw, but he is directing traffic in the parking lot so he is keepin da sun off his noggin and it is HOT in Eastvale:p }

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showin' off the newest Art Fawcett masterpiece:)
 
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Well, I was 12 or 13, and so was she.....Fedora's don't make you seem interesting to someone that age. Having the nicest bicycle or a sweet playstation do.

avedwards said:
My hat has never spoiled a relationship, if anything it made me seem more interesting. Until it became apparent that I am indeed not interesting but boring - the hat is an optical illusion.
 

Rustin

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Wolfwood said:
Are you sure he recognized you with the hat? Sometimes people just look at the most obvious thing and miss the rest - in this case, he might have seen the hat and thought "no, I don't know anyone who wears a cowboy hat" and missed the face that peeked from underneath the brim.
Oh yeah, he knew it was me. He knew I'd started wearing it a few days before and he'd seen it on me. Given that there's probably two people at the whole hospital who wear a cowboy hat (maybe I should say 'western' hat) to work, I think he was just having a problem being seen near it. His problem, not mine... I like my hat and he'll just have to get used to it. Kids are more uptight than us adults, 2/3 of the time.
 

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AtomicEraTom said:
Well, I was 12 or 13, and so was she.....Fedora's don't make you seem interesting to someone that age. Having the nicest bicycle or a sweet playstation do.
I'm 17, not too far off. There are many people who have a very strong irrational hatred for my fedora, even when I wear it with comparatively casual clothes. There are an equal amount of people who like my hats though (among them my friends).
 
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When I wear them now, I'm a bit bigger of a guy, I was a pipsqueek when I was 12 or so. I think that these hats look a lot better on a larger framed guy, gives him a 'I mean business' kind of look, versus a 12 year old Pipsqueek. Now, I get compliments on them a lot of the time, but most of the time don't wear one because my hair's tough to keep in control after wearing a hat.
 

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