Older men wearing shorts

No problem with shorts, not keen on the bare chested, specially when it involves a rather large stomach bulging dangerously. Shorts are very much the order of the day here, except for my o.h who is definitely old hat!

We have had a bit of a tussle over shorts this summer. DH had three pairs - one unfashionably short pair, which make him look like an eighties scout master; one fashionably long but a bit on the baggy side, which make him look like Sanders of the River; and one pair, in fetching jungle green , that look good on him (he still has good legs - it's just the rest of him that's a bit dodgy). The scout master ones have been restricted to the garden. We spent an excruciating afternoon in Debenhams looking for some nice modern cargoes (I couldn't swing him on tailored shorts) and he behaved like a stroppy seven year old, but now he loves them and is talking about getting another pair. He wears them with deck shoes or trainers, and trainer socks. I have no objection to older men wearing shorts, but what I absolutely hate to see is older men wearing shorts with dark ankle socks and any type of plimsole or light coloured trainer. If mine did that I wouldn't let him out of the house.

Bellanonna he's Italian of course!! Natural sense of style

There's shorts and there's shorts and there's men and there's men!
Just above or on the knee with good legs and a tan is very attractive, reminds me of stiff upper lipped young officers in Jewel in The Crown and there's the shorts a man wore when he did his National Service -don't go there - and then ther's young men in those awful halfway down the calf, baggy pocketed "combats?" Usually accessorised with tattoos, beer bellies,and very short hair.
Bring back Carruthers with his shorts, knee length socks and swagger stick!!

My husband looks really good in his shorts. He wears them with sandals or deck shoes. Good legs to go with them.

My DH wears shorts as soon as the weather warms up. Also with the accompanying polo shirt and trainers.

DSs also wear shorts, but with flip flops! I really can't see what the problem is!

nothing wrong in older people wearing shorts, Ive seen worse sights with youngsters wearing them lol. We should wear what we like! well apart from men wearing socks with sandals!

I live in sheltered and we have communal gardens, the new neighbour above me is 63 he sits out in his shorts and topless and theres been a few of the older generation 80+ complaining that he is half naked lol. Me well I love a bit of eye candy lol.

My husband (72) loves wearing shorts and looks really good in them. He is nice and slim and has good legs that seem to stay tanned all year round. Why should he stop just because he is 'an older man'?

This sort of ageism really infuriates me. It's bad enough getting older, with all the limitations it brings, without the style police getting in on the act too . Why the hell shouldn't older men - and women for that matter - wear shorts if they want to? My DH is vertically challenged and frankly I think he looks better in shorts than trousers (and at least I don't have to take the shorts up for him!). His shorts are usually a couple of inches above the knee and he tends to wear them from about May onwards, and well into the autumn. He too wears them with a polo shirt, but with trainers as he doesn't like sandals. And yes, I reckon he looks good in them.