Posted on 03/09/2005 9:47:25 AM PST by qam1
I just went to a beach wedding down in the Bahamas. That was tough to dress for. I had to ask the bride what was appropriate, since I figured a suit and dress shoes would be weird on the beach. Ended up wearing linen pants, sandals and a navy blazer with tie.
You're right, though, unless the wedding is somehow outside the norm in terms of location, theme etc., the guests should assume that a suit for men and dresses for women are the way to go.
"My nephew showed up at our house for a Christmas party last year wearing a pair of jeans so large that it looked like a family of Mexicans had just moved out of the ass end of them."
LOL! Another great mental picture and so true! Wonder what would happen if these kids had to run for their lives? Would they just drop the pants and run out of them or trip and fall down?
"I'm perfectly willing to be judged.
What makes judging so wrong? In many cases, it's called by another name: discernment."
I'm perfectly willing to be judged as well, but that doesn't mean I give a hoot about what "they" think. There's nothing wrong with dressing up for church, and there's nothing wrong with showing up in jeans either. When I was a child my sisters and I all had our "Sunday" clothes. All I'm saying is that if jeans is what someone prefers to wear to church, or any other place, then that is their right to do so. Who am I to judge?
Watch COPS sometime. I swear that at least every other episode they are pulling some guy out of the bushes with his pants down around his ankles and his boxers in full view.
I know nightclubs and bars in DC that don't allow overly baggy pants on the premises. I tend to agree. The look is stupid and slovenly and tends to correlate highly with the street thug mentality.
I personally prefer Diesel jeans. $140, but worth it. You can't beat the cut and fit.
"It shows a lack of respect for the situation. If you can't afford anything other than jeans, that's one thing. However, if you own slacks and a collared shirt, why not put them on?"
A "lack of respect" for whom? Do you honestly believe that God feels disrespected if someone worships Him in jeans? IYIYIYI! I believe you are basing your opinion on what PEOPLE, not God, approve of. :)
You can draw a lot of conclusions about somebody based on what they wear in certain circumstances. A person who wears a baseball cap while eating indoors or wears a t-shirt to a good restaurant is probably someone who wasn't raised right and isn't really worth knowing.
This reminds me of the last time I had to go to the easy tag store. There were these two guys in line in front of me whose pants were easily below the 75% exposure mark. I could not figure out what was keeping them from falling to the floor. At the same time I really didn't want to know. It haunts me to this day.
A lack of respect for the solemness and importance of the situation.
Tell me, what does it say to you about President Bush that he never wears casual clothes in the Oval Office or that he abolished casual wear for White House staffers?
Is it God drawing conclusions or you?
You would really judge someone as a person not worth knowing because they wear a t-shirt to a good restaurant? How Christian is that?
"You can draw a lot of conclusions about somebody based on what they wear in certain circumstances. A person who wears a baseball cap while eating indoors or wears a t-shirt to a good restaurant is probably someone who wasn't raised right and isn't really worth knowing."
Yes, there are some people who draw conclusions based on other's appearances. The fact that you would judge someone based on nothing other than what they were wearing in a certain situation is, IMO, very un-Christian-like. One thing my momma taught me as a little girl was to not "judge a book by it's cover". Other similar lessons were learned in Sunday School. I'm 49 years old now and I remember the lessons, and try very hard to live by them.
Aha! You did something I'm pretty sure the assorted younger set isn't smart enough to do: ask one of us.
Did it put you in mind of Carl and Lenny standing behind Homer dropping pencils?
I don't get out much, but I went to a little theater last Saturday. It was in the "arts district" - an old part of downtown where the buildings should be torn down because the heating and plumbing in them doesn't work.
The theater was next to what used to be called a "head shop." Old hippies and all that.
I was the only male patron in a coat, tie and dress pants. The vast majority of the other male patrons were dressed like disheveled clowns.
They might have called it fashion, but I called it disrespect for their fellow man.
The women looked OK, though.
"Tell me, what does it say to you about President Bush that he never wears casual clothes in the Oval Office or that he abolished casual wear for White House staffers?"
It says that President Bush believes that to show respect for the office of which he was elected, it requires a suit and tie. So what? I respect him for it, and I also respect people who wear a suit and tie to church. My point is that in my opinion, GOD, the one who matters the most in this situation, doesn't care WHAT you're wearing. HE never said, "only worship me if you're wearing something dressy".
Sounds like you were overdressed.
This reminds me of a story about President Reagan who went to a party in a tux, and the rest of the crowd was dressed more casually. If I recall the story correctly, he stood at the door and greeted guests as they arrived. I doubt he was ungracious and spoke condescendingly about how the other guests were dressed.
To claim other people shouldn't wear certain clothes to certain events is in the mind of the person who feels that way.
All of you, or most of you, claim to be conservatives or libertarians and express a wish for less government intrusion into your lives but you don't have a qualm about telling other people how they should dress! What hypocrites. Either you are for freedom or you are not. Wearing what you wish for whatever occasion is the right of every individual in the US or the world for that matter. What a bunch of control freaks a lot of you are!
To claim other people shouldn't wear certain clothes to certain events is in the mind of the person who feels that way.
All of you, or most of you, claim to be conservatives or libertarians and express a wish for less government intrusion into your lives but you don't have a qualm about telling other people how they should dress! What hypocrites. Either you are for freedom or you are not. Wearing what you wish for whatever occasion is the right of every individual in the US or the world for that matter. What a bunch of control freaks a lot of you are!
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