No Sweat
My son likes sweatpants.
He won't wear anything else.
Loose legs, elastic waist, comfy material. Heck, I don't blame him.
For some reason, it seems to be socially unacceptable to wear comfortable clothes. In a perfect world, we would all wear silk pajamas. And fluffy, over-sized terrycloth robes during the winter months.
I made my son put on jeans for our recent trip to Arches National Park. He wasn't happy about it at first, but he quickly realized that climbing up and sliding down slickrock wouldn't have been nearly as much fun in easily torn sweatpants.
There was a time, not too long ago, when jeans were frowned upon in the workplace. Now, though, you see a much more casual dress code in most organizations.
Maybe my son is at the forefront of a movement to bring our society to a whole new level of fashion comfort. In a decade or two, sweatpants will become the new boardroom chic. The President of the United States will address the nation wearing a hoodie. Bankers will shuffle around their offices in bright blue bunny slippers.
And my son will call me up to say, "I told you so."
He won't wear anything else.
Loose legs, elastic waist, comfy material. Heck, I don't blame him.
For some reason, it seems to be socially unacceptable to wear comfortable clothes. In a perfect world, we would all wear silk pajamas. And fluffy, over-sized terrycloth robes during the winter months.
I made my son put on jeans for our recent trip to Arches National Park. He wasn't happy about it at first, but he quickly realized that climbing up and sliding down slickrock wouldn't have been nearly as much fun in easily torn sweatpants.
There was a time, not too long ago, when jeans were frowned upon in the workplace. Now, though, you see a much more casual dress code in most organizations.
Maybe my son is at the forefront of a movement to bring our society to a whole new level of fashion comfort. In a decade or two, sweatpants will become the new boardroom chic. The President of the United States will address the nation wearing a hoodie. Bankers will shuffle around their offices in bright blue bunny slippers.
And my son will call me up to say, "I told you so."
Permalink posted by Idaho Dad at 11:07 PM
9 Comments:
Well I go to work in jeans most days. I just dress it up with a nice shirt or jacket lol
Sweat pants are the epitome of comfort in my book. Any time I have to drive more than a few hours I always put sweat pants on. I hate wearing jeans on long road trips.
I'll make sure I give your son credit if I ever wear them to work. ;-)
The comfort movement is making headway. "Hoodie" has made great strides in becoming part of our everyday vernacular. It's only a matter of time until sweatsuited people rule the world. :)
TOTALLY laughed out loud at the thought of the President addressing the nation in a hoodie!
But, Phil, they make some totally cool sweatpants now! I call mine yoga pants when I wear them to the grocery store, and feel faintly self-righteous, as if I actually did exercise.
My dad used to think jeans are 'sinful' attire..he said it clearly shows off your shape. But I think now he can't say much because we almost wear nothing but jeans all the time!
Sounds like our son too, must be the comfort they like.
Both my kids hate jeans, I have one only, a very soft comfy one.
Hubby is probably the one jean wearer in our house.
I was the exact same way. I hated jeans, I didn't like how stiff they were and how the crotch of the pants rubbed against your legs like it did.
I only wore sweats until about the sixth grade when my dad told me, "If you go into junior high dressing like that you're going to get beat up."
my sons wear sweat pants *every day* - i look forward to summer because at least they switch to elastic-waist shorts! ;^)
a couple weeks ago i told my younger son he needed to wear (elastic-waist!) khakis and he said, "what is it - a wedding?!" lol
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