Eek!! I bought some leggings!

Pompa, you are being really horrible and old fashioned, what difference is there between a skirt and thick tights and a skirt /dress and leggings.
I like leggings as I have less than perfect legs and wear them as tights.
I agree that anyone of any age that wear leggings showing their bottom who have a less than perfect shape, look bad.
If I wear leggings without a dress/skirt, I always wear a long jumper. Leggins are warm for the winter, convenient draught free and above all comfortable.
I hate to see old men with baggy crotches, high trousers hitched up and in the swimming baths I hate to see speedo trunks. I also hate baggy jog bottoms in men, I don't like to see the outline of their sex organs wobbling to and fro. I equally hate pole shirts on old men usually with egg stains on them, I also hate to see men with suits that are over about 10 years old (remember 'Open all Hours' with Ronnie Barker with his demob suit, hilarious but best kept for comedy).
so move with the times old man and open your mind.

Goodness, you're on a roll tonight, etheltbags1!

Im not in the best of moods with being nearly 60 and a MAN criticising womens clothes was a bit much when you look around and see the state of most older men, I could pewk.

Well that really got the conversation going

Those of you that know me of old. know that I like to play devils advocate and stir things up, so don't take me too seriously. But PLEASE shoot me down, poorly or not.

Regarding leggings, I am talking about them when worn as the primary item, not when accompanied with a long jumper, mini skirt etc, as you say that is the same as tights. Regarding jeans, a well cut pair of jeans does wonders for a ladies bum. (as well as my blood pressure)

At least one lady agrees with me re boots.

Etheltbags1 - your comment regarding male wardrobe is scary - have you seen the contents of mine ?, by the way I also wear socks with sandals. My DW would love to burn most of it, especially my favourite work shirt that is full of holes and covered in glue and paint.
OMG even I would draw the line at speedos, I would look like a haggis with a rubber band around the middle.
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Nothing wrong with being 'nearly 60'. I wish I was. And Hey! Lay off pompa. He is entitled to his opinion. This is a 'grandparents' site', not just for grandmothers.

Seriously does anyone like older men or men of any age wearing baggy jog pants or dirty polo shirts, which is what most older men seem to wear. I must admit that my late FIL was immaculate he wore his best shirt and tie right up to the day he was admitted to hospital which turned out to be his last day.
Well, Ive turned 'blue' so you can all have a gawp.
Pompa I think I hit a few raw nerves there did I, I also thought that socks with sandals were just to bad to mention.

pompa you made me LOL!

Sweet little babba Ethel.

Sweeping statement that 'most' older men wear baggy jog pants and dirty polo shirts! Not one of the gentlemen who attend our U3A meetings meets that description.

Ethel's turned blue so I've just raced over to have a look and it says she already is sixty

Don't be grumpy ethel you look really nice and jolly in your pic!

You do look nice, ethel!

Yes you do. You look a lot nicer than you "sound" in your postings. Are you just trying to wind people up ?

Succeeding. I thought you said you were not going to do that any more?

Well, why not? Adds a bit of spice...

Although I take the point that it's unfair to take advantage of the good nature of those Gransnetters who have taken all your posts at face value, ethel.

No.The spice here is asafaoetida, not one of the tasty ones.

It is insulting to those posters who give sympathy for ethel's frequently expressed woes and then get blasted for insulting her.

There are more ways of being insulting than by calling people names.

Good Morning ladies, one and all, I love every one of you. (flowers)

I do hope no one is taking my comments as insulting, sincere apologies if they are, They are purely my personal view, my DW does not agree with me and does own leggings. (hmm)

How I wish I was 60 again (my suit would not have been 10 years old then), not that it gets worn very often. I have a dark one for funerals etc. and a light one which I wear for weddings etc, and occasionally to go out. Mostly, if I wear a jacket it is a linen one.
Ties - very rarely, had to wear them every day when i worked, hate them, wi;; wear a bow tie sometimes with my linen jacket.
My everyday wear is Craghopper cotton trousers, short sleeve cotton shirt and trainers.
However, I get caught out, often head off to our local garden centre for stuff in my work shirt (yes the one with paint/holes, not egg stains though) plus an old pair of tatty Craghoppers, I then suggest to my DW that we have lunch at their excellent cafe, so I dine her in my very best clobber.

Socks with sandals, I just hate feet (close to a phobia), anyone's feet, especially my own, babies feet are pretty bad and it just gets worse as they get older, by my age - no way should they be seen. Discuss

How I wish we could edit our own posts, that should have been and

There are an awful lot of beige men in my area, often accompanied by beige women. DH lives in black jeans, T shirts or polo neck sweaters and fleeces, depending on the weather.

I think all of us, male and female, should be quite free to have opinions on how either sex dresses. I am dismissive of beige people and like to wear clothes with colour and pattern, today I am dressed in black and scarlet, but the many threads there have been from gransnetters looking for age appropriate (beige?) clothing shows that my likes and dislikes are not shared by everybody, or maybe anybody and why should they be?

pompa what a lovely man you are, to take that sort of flak and rise above it!

Lucky you FlicketyB. Have tried to get Mr Purple into black jeans. But he is firmly wedded to chinos cos he says they are more comfortable. He has also taken to wearing sleeveless pullovers!! In fact he dresses like his father at the same age, with chinos substituted for cavalry twill slacks. Ah well it is his right I suppose

patronising

(not purpledaffodil of course!)

"babies feet are pretty bad.......................... Discuss "

Therapy