Hehe...shh! Don't tell anyone, i was intentionally avoiding that point...What kind of an ignorant child acts like....Well nevermind, let me just say, that was about the stupidest thing he could have done in that situation...you don't intentionally push on people that are ready and able to push back harder, sometimes its better to go around...as a football player he should have understood that, but maybe he was a lineman...
Ride - you crack me up, and I think you just like a little controversy in riling up the "older folks" on this site.
I think you might find that many of them were rebels in their day, just as you were. After all, every generation has their rebels. Flappers in the 20's, pin-up girls for the soldiers going to WW2, those who started smoking, girls wearing PANTS!! like Katherine Hepburn, then the leather jackets of the 50's, mini skirts and hippy hair in the 60's. the list goes on. Going to high school in the late 70's to early 80's, we made fun of the "preppies," wore extremely short shorts and tube tops, then watched in a little shock as Madonna got her wanna-be's (which tended to be middle school girls -even tho she was older) wearing sexy underwear as outerwear. I was one of those with blue eyeshadow, bright blush, etc. Then graduated to high heeled boots at clubs with a long shirt with a wide belt. (no skirt/shorts/but did have pantyhose on) Yet would also wear longer flouncy skirts and pony tail.
And dated people who would have been hippies had they been born sooner.
I still find the pants on the ground style silly and a bit offensive. It seems to me to be a bit unhygenic as well - that's what bothers me. Boxers are loose, and the junk is flopping. (excuse my directness) And kids can't even walk - just waddle as someone else said - and one hand is always used to keep them from completely fouling up their feet. I think that while you wouldn't mind seeing a cute young thing wearing her thong out, you'd object to an unattractive, or older, or less firm person dressed only in their underwear!
And ultimately, I don't want my daughters having to see people dressed this way. Or eventually dating someone who dresses this way. It's hard enough letting them wear bikini's (moderate coverage - not the itsy, bitsy ones) at the beach, as I notice them getting looks now. They are only 10 and 12. I would not be comfortable having them sit next to a young man in his underwear - and they wouldn't like it either. And regardless of what you say here - I know you would not allow your 5 year old DD sit next to a man wearing a shirt proclaiming any proclivity to sex offenders. On a plane?? for a few hours? Yeah, right. where are his hands?? Sorry, but things change when it's your own kid.
I try to give my girls some leeway, but certain things are not appropriate at their age, and other things will never be appropriate for them to wear. But then you get the other side... My older daughter was told that "jeggings" are considered skin tight and not appropriate in her Catholic school on "free dress" days. It never dawned on me that they'd be a problem as it's a common look for pre-teens in this area and I have no problem with how she looks in them.
She's fine with not being able to wear them to school - those are their house rules. It was posted in the handbook, we just didn't think about it. Shoot, last year we found out that our principal considered high tops to be "boots" and therefore not allowed, even though they were the right color for athletic shoes and are a sneaker, not a "boot."
Again, it didn't seem worth it to argue the point. It hasn't hurt their ability to express themselves as individuals. They can do that outside of the classroom. I'm sure more and more that their choices will not always be mine, but I think they have good judgement for the most part, and they know the house rules. They also understand there's a time and place for protest. An airplane is not a good place to make a stand...
Anyway, I also wouldn't be comfortable having Lady Gaga sitting next to me, my DD's or my husband in some of her outfits. It's fine, I guess, for the stage, but not for general wear. You already agree that certain clothes are inappropriate for work. For the flight attendant - that
is her workplace.
Anyway, thanks for entertaining reading....
