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Okay, now I'm lost. What's a "trend"?
If these two get a divorce, do they stay brother and sister?
:rofl: You crack me up!!
Okay, now I'm lost. What's a "trend"?
If these two get a divorce, do they stay brother and sister?
I spent 6 months in the USA and I was a bit shocked by the way a lot of people dressed. Only weird people would go to university wearing tracksuits and flip-flops with greasy hair in France. And people in Walmart...
I say "man" deliberately here, as I so often see couples out for dinner / out on the town over here where she will have made quite an effort to dress nicely ad appropriately, while he appears to regard Jeremy Clarkson as some sort of fashion god.
Edward -- Joe says people wear shorts here more because it is way hotter. We can reach up to 110 degrees in the summer even in the Northeast. Joe told me in England summer is 90 degrees on a "hot" day and hardly anyone has an air conditioner. Joe says here in America air conditioners are almost a must!
Of course, I've only been to England in September, December, and January, but we're planning a trip first week of July. I guess I'll see for myself just how unhot it is there
Okay, now I'm lost. What's a "trend"?
Edward -- Joe says people wear shorts here more because it is way hotter. We can reach up to 110 degrees in the summer even in the Northeast. Joe told me in England summer is 90 degrees on a "hot" day and hardly anyone has an air conditioner. Joe says here in America air conditioners are almost a must!
I suppose it's all relative... I find anything much above 25C unbearably hot (my ideal is 18C)
My ideal is 15C and rain, but then I'm weird.
I think there are some pronounced differences... and I'm sure, with a country the size of the USA, there are pronounced differences over there even in terms of region to region within the US.
You're not weird! Or wait...maybe you are...I guess that would mean I was weird, too. Which I am. So...
(I wish it was 15C and raining all day, everyday. But what do I know?)
Yes, I was in New Orleans, so maybe not the smartest city in the USA.
I hope I don't sound condescending.
...Talking about couples going out for dinner, I hope my fiancé makes more efforts to dress up. He loves the way men on this forum dress but he doesn't know how to do to get a vintage/smart look, where to start; moreover, he wears a uniform all the day long so he likes to relax when he can...
My ideal is 15C and rain, but then I'm weird.
Yes, I was in New Orleans, so maybe not the smartest city in the USA.
Talking about the UK. I spent a year in Swansea, a lot of girls wore yoga pants and UGGs boots with fake tan, fake nails, fake blond hair. And when they dressed up for night most of them wore ultra mini skirts, very tight tops etc.
Talking about couples going out for dinner, I hope my fiancé makes more efforts to dress up. He loves the way men on this forum dress but he doesn't know how to do to get a vintage/smart look, where to start; moreover, he wears a uniform all the day long so he likes to relax when he can.
Despite not wearing shorts as much, men in the UK tend to take their shirts off whenever the first sunray hits and/or it hits 14 degrees C and above- I've lived here for seven years and it still drives me insane. Who wants to push past pasty, half naked men in the middle of town? Especially since men in much hotter climates manage to keep their clothes on.
So come to France, it has been raining and cold (for me 15C is cold) for a week now
That is true! Since I started wearing only dresses or skirts a few years ago my husband has completely changed his style and sometimes comes out already looking nice but then goes back to change again as he considers himself looking scruffy next to me. It has even spread to some of our friends when we go out for dinner with them. His colleagues still make fun of him if he wears a hat, or when he started wearing a full beard, but he says he only worries about my opinion. Goes both ways though.The biggest hurdle for any guy, IMO, is worrying that other people will take the pee, that he'll look like he's in fancy dress, or like he's made too much of an effort, or whatever. From what I have gathered from others, much less inveterate non-daters than myself, having the classy lady with whom he spends time making it clear to a young man how much she appreciates his new look helps an awful lot in getting it to stick / convincing him it's "okay".