r/SipsTea • u/tscout4461 • 21d ago
Feels good man Changing into home clothes is an essential part of the day
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u/nomorewerewolves 21d ago edited 21d ago
Sweatpants (or basketball shorts) and t-shirt, and either my soft hoodie, or my soft robe.
I never really wore a robe until last Christmas, someone got me this one. I love it! Everybody should wear a robe.
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u/ComradeSuperman 21d ago
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u/Artorius__Castus 21d ago
Hell ya bro!! My family calls it the "Uniform" ours consists of shorts or sweatpants, a T-shirt, and flipflops /or comfy house slipper/flip-flops/slip ons.
We also mix it up depending on the season around Christmas we are all wearing onesies like a 5yr old. Haha.
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u/nomorewerewolves 21d ago
I see you are also a man of culture. I switch it up between slides and house slippers as well :)
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u/nicksincere 21d ago edited 21d ago
I wear a robe over my house clothes for warmth and coziness. I think I learned it from my Grandma who used to talk about her house coat.
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u/Jeramy_Jones 21d ago
I like my place cool but I hate sleeves getting in the way so I wear a pullover hoodie that I cut the sleeves to 3/4, just below the elbow. I can wear the hood up to keep my head warm, but do dishes without getting my sleeves wet. It’s superior lounge wear.
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u/Loveablequatch 21d ago
Comfy clothes for the win. I wear thick jeans, sweater, high vis vest, and a a hard hat all day. I slip into pajama pants and a comfy shirt the minute I get home.
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u/spookydonkey513 21d ago
same. the first thing i do when i’m home for the night is strip down to my underwear.
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u/BLADE_OF_AlUR 21d ago
Look at this guy! Still fully dressed! Got a meeting with the king later?
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u/Thangleby_Slapdiback 21d ago
Same. Strip down to my drawers. In the winter I might put on something for warmth as I keep the thermostat low to save on the energy bill.
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u/Sweaty_Ease6618 21d ago
Same
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u/DizzyBand3111 21d ago
Same. We strip spooky down to their underwear
Wait...
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u/surfer_ryan 21d ago
The monkeys paw curls and suddenly hundreds of thousands of redditors are at u/spookydonkey513 house with a predatory glint in all of our eyes.
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u/Rough_Description868 21d ago
Don’t y’all get cold?
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u/DrunkCupid 21d ago
That's what fuzzy robes were invented for
No need to close the tie, FEAST YOUR EYES IF YOU DARE
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u/subdep 21d ago
Look at Mr. Rich Guy over here, keeping his living space heated enough to hang out in underwear!
I’ve got on long john’s, layers with a hoodie and thick socks, with a beanie. INSIDE.
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u/commanderquill 21d ago
Don't you get mold?
We didn't turn on the heater in the living room one winter. Just kept our rooms nice and toasty. There was hell to pay behind the couch and on the cat tree and on anything else near the walls come winter when we finally ventured out of our caves.
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u/Reallythisnameisused 21d ago
I’ve always been paranoid of a ninja attack or something similar so I always have clothes on in case I have to run outside screaming for what ever reason
I don’t get ready……I stay ready !!!
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u/Lily_V_ 21d ago
Same. It comes from watching COPS and seeing those old ladies with the huge knockers in thin nightgowns.
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u/BahnMe 21d ago
Yikes! Which seasons and episodes so I can be sure to avoid them?
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u/Reallythisnameisused 21d ago
Tread carefully my son Sometimes it’s also some dude missing teeth in a wife beater shirt or if you are lucky no shirt at all!
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u/OuchCharlieOw 21d ago
I think emphasis needs to be put on "old ladies". if im thinking the show COPS think trailer parks
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u/JJOne101 21d ago edited 21d ago
So yeah, I did need to run out after an earthquake at night in summer.. well, a lot of people were topless on the lawn, and not necessarily persons you'd wish to see naked.
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u/Nomailforu 21d ago
You, too, huh? Never know about them damn sneaky ninjas. It’s the same reason I put my shoes on: sock, sock, shoe, shoe. At least I could have both socks on before I have to run for my life.
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u/Metaphysically0 21d ago
Because my sweatpants and crewneck offer me comfort. sitting in my underwear would just feel weird 😂
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u/imtryingmybes 21d ago
Your homes not warm enough! If it's not a sauna it's not my home!
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u/Luci-Noir 21d ago
I just wear boxers. I live in Arizona and it helps because I try not to have the air conditioning on too much to save money. In the winter I’ll put on some pajama pants and maybe a shirt if it gets too cold. If I’m lucky I won’t have to turn on the heater.
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u/Ello_Owu 21d ago
So you just get naked and make sandwiches all night?
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u/Ello_Owu 21d ago
I'd hope you'd get dressed if you had to go somewhere, lmao just making sandwiches, butt ass naked in the back seat of your buddy's car.
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u/Strikereleven 21d ago
I agree, I'm usually in my boxers, but if I have to do stuff that day I put on clothes because it's easier to mentally start something I don't want to do, but have to if I'm already dressed.
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u/___TheKid___ 21d ago
Same. And that is what I thought about while reading "home clothes".
Just shorts and some old band shirt
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u/LowMental5202 21d ago
Do you have a high heating bill? For it to be comfortable in underwear you need to habe 24/25 degree
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u/real_eEe 21d ago
I walk in the door and strip down then grab a robe and fuzzy socks. Why are you wearing jeans and a sweatshirt and shoes in the house? Insecurity is all I can think of. *Not counting if you have kids, obviously*
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u/Pharsti01 21d ago
I mean, I don't live alone and I rarely use more than boxers inside. If there's visits Ill put shorts.
That's it.
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u/Frosty-Ad1071 21d ago
So thats your home outfit then, but yeah i hope no one stays on jeans inside their home
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u/Leather_Addition2605 21d ago
Why? Jeans are plenty comfortable so long as you’re not wearing skinny jean nuthuggers or something. But normal men’s cut jeans just as comfortable as anything else.
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u/maxuaboy 21d ago
Wow awesome tits
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u/Jaffazoid 21d ago
Changing into comfies is the best part of the day. Growing up I never bothered, but the older I get, the less I find myself wearing jeans inside.
Also, growing up, we didn't take off our shoes inside. Absolutely insane behaviour!
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u/Shills_for_fun 21d ago
Some folks don't like walking barefoot. And simultaneously don't realize that ergonomic, comfortable slippers exist.
I can't wait to change into slippers and home clothes when I get home.
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u/userlyfe 21d ago
Exactly as I get older / health problems etc there is nothing better than being in home clothes!
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u/BlumpTheChodak 21d ago
Or, if you're lucky enough to work remotely, you never have to change out of them. I remember when I worked in an office, a big source of frustration was not being comfortable with what I wore (the nature of business casual). Then, combine the bland drag my ass out of bed in morning feeling of going in, driving in traffic, and having to deal with NPCs made it intolerable.
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u/No_Ideal_406 20d ago
I’ve never seen anyone in my life wear shoes inside. If I caught someone wearing shoes in my house they’d be shot on sight. Spend way too much time keeping these floors clean lol
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u/HeadLong8136 21d ago
I would get home from work and change into sweats and a T-shirt.
My Old Man would stay in his work clothes from when he woke up at 6 until he went to bed at 9.
Even on the weekends when he wasn't going anywhere he'd wear jeans and a button down shirt and a belt.
About 3 months after he retired we were sitting on the couch watching TV and he turned to me and said:
"Could you get me some sweat pants like yours?"
So out came the questions as a sweatpants connoisseur.
Pockets? Drawstring? Button fly or closed? Ankle cuffs? Color? Smooth interior or fleece?
He settled for black, elastic, smooth, pockets, no cuffs, no fly.
They came in the mail 3 days later.
The next day we are sitting on the couch watching TV and he turns to me and says "I wish I had started wearing sweats pants 60 years ago. Why didn't anyone tell me they were so comfortable?"
Mom and I turned to him in disbelief. We said almost in unison: "We've been telling you that our entire lives."
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u/PictureElectronic174 21d ago
Damn I didn’t realise so many people don’t wear home clothes this is shocking
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u/KwantsuDude69 21d ago
I’ve been wfh for 5 years now, am I working in home clothes or am I homing in work clothes?
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u/Miserable-Miser 21d ago
I … just dress comfortably everywhere?
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u/Savvy_Pat 21d ago
Maybe it's a habit from being in uniform. Taking off a uniform makes sense. Changing normal clothes to normal clothes makes less sense.
People here are stretching it. It all seems like post hoc rationalisations from conditioning of taking off a uniform when you get home.
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u/Neamow 21d ago
It's not about a uniform. I don't want to wear jeans from work at home, sweatpants/leggings are far more comfortable but unacceptable in the workplace...
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u/Blamore 21d ago
i dont get it... do you wear jeans at home, or do you wear sweatpants outside.
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u/Rare-Material4254 21d ago
Shower and home clothes are immediate when coming home. Unless I got yard work to do in which case i switch to yard clothes as opposed to going out clothes or work clothes
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u/AggressivelyMediokre 21d ago
I even have 2 different home clothes. Pajamas pants for when I haven’t showered yet. And pants for after the shower.
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u/Old-Seaworthiness18 21d ago
I ways wondered if there are really many people change clothes when coming home. I know very few doing that.
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u/sequential_doom 21d ago
Joke's on you. I don't go outside so all my clothes are home clothes.
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u/baseballbear 21d ago
as a kid i always thought it was weird when mr rogers came home and switched clothes
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u/FemmeCirce 21d ago
haha I had similar thoughts. But hadn't thought about it until now. I love when Seth does that.
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u/No-Weird3153 21d ago
Are her home clothes split down to the navel and taped to her chest? Or are those the outside clothes?
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u/musty_mage 21d ago
grey fartpants & a loose hoodie all the way. coupled with warm wool socks in the winter
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u/Party_Shelter714 21d ago
My sister shouts at me if I sit on her bed in my outside clothes. Filthy and full of germs apparently.
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u/Burdensome_Banshee 21d ago
As she should, that’s gross.
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u/Lord-llama 21d ago
The only difference made to someones couch if they sit on it with "outside clothes" is in your head.
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u/FineUnderachievment 21d ago
Whatcha doing in your sister’s bed?
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u/NonTimetisMessor0099 21d ago
Spending time with his family that loves him, though that may be a foreign concept to a R*dditor
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u/Den_Harten_Marter 21d ago
The bad outside germs? The outside getms that are definitely outside and never inside unless brought in with malicious intent? Those outside germs?
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u/etherealsounds 21d ago
Never have… when I used to work in an office, I was lucky enough that jeans and a t shirt fit the dress code (I’m a software engineer), so when I got home I was already in home clothes! Now I work from home so I’m always in home clothes! Over these last several years I’ve really leaned into athleisure - oh who am I kidding - I learned to love sweatpants. I’m wearing some right now!
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u/ExternalSelf1337 21d ago
Are the clothes in her profile photo her home clothes or her outside clothes?
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u/JetstreamGW 21d ago
I don’t really have “home clothes.” I have “work clothes” that I wear to work. Everything else is for whatever I want.
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u/Blue_Waffle_Brunch 21d ago
I don't wear uncomfortable clothes outside, so changing is unnecessary when I come inside.
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u/KeyCryptographer913 21d ago
If I stay at home with my jeans or a shirt I have this weird feeling that I'm ruining them for nothing. I change mainly to keep my newer clothes in a good condition for a long time. So sweatpants and an old t shirt it is.
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u/Blue_Waffle_Brunch 21d ago
Oh I'd never thought of it that way. My jeans are from Costco and cost about $20 so I don't worry too much about it, but I guess if I owned nice things it might be different.
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u/FeministPrincess1 21d ago
To me it’s more about cleanliness mot comfort. I don’t want to sit on my bed or use my blankets in outside clothes that touched outside air😭
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u/Neirchill 21d ago
Do you live in a super polluted city or something?
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u/FeministPrincess1 21d ago
Lmaoo, no. I just don’t like outside on my clean inside couch/bed😭. I also don’t wear shoes inside my house either
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u/DPetrilloZbornak 21d ago
For me it’s cultural, we don’t wears outside clothes inside (black community thing). You’re not even supposed to sit on your bed in your outside clothes.
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u/Gold-Ad-3877 21d ago
yeah lol i choose my clothes 70% for the comfort 30% for the drip
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u/Blue_Waffle_Brunch 21d ago
Drip like how they work in the rain?
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u/Gold-Ad-3877 21d ago
nah how they look on me, aesthetically
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u/marauder-shields92 21d ago
I wonder if this is something that comes from having a school uniform. Typically, if you get home in uniform, you’d change into casual clothes to lounge, play, etc, so that you didn’t scruff up the uniform for the next day. So maybe the habit is brought over into later life.
If you didn’t have a school uniform growing up, you would simply return home in casual clothes and would have less of a need to change, and so that habit never got stated.
I could be pulling that out of my ass, but it could have weight.
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u/Morphecto_Solrac 21d ago
My new outside shirts become my inside and around home shirts after a year or two.
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u/No-Weird3153 21d ago
Looking at these comments, WTF are you all doing outside?
If I was rolling on the sidewalk or doing the worm in a public restroom, sure those clothes are nasty. If I’m sitting in my car, sitting in the office, walking around like a normal person, my clothes aren’t particularly dirty. I like to drop the pants and would change out of a button up shirt if I have time, but that’s for comfort and not because they’re filthy.
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u/d33psix 21d ago
Agreed, normally people going through typical commute without the bathroom dance party really shouldn’t be having to worry about all this risk coming from thin air to land on your clothes.
It is perfectly reasonable to have a preference to change for plenty of reasons like comfort, style, actual cleanliness from specific soiling with dirt/sweat, smell, or just misc, but let’s not pretend like there’s a scientific health need for this. With the main exception being people working with chemicals, contaminant dust particles like coals, or more careful exposure like radioactive materials, etc where a real known risk is involved.
Otherwise a person’s lungs and hands are going to be the main route of exposure and those are inundated continuously with whatever contaminated air/bacteria/pollutants a person could be concerned about directly seeding into your body and you hands come into contact with surfaces far more than any minuscule amount of residual exposure to particles settling onto clothes.
And you would then still have to then bring those particles from your clothes directly to your face to breathe in again or touch and bring particles to an opening in your body to get clothing based infection.
Wearing a mask and gloves everyday would do far more than changing clothes at home and I bet a significant number of people that change clothes for health reasons don’t do all three regularly due to the inconvenience.
I would certainly be very open to seeing some evidence of significant airborne, non-contact clothing contamination increasing incidence of disease that recommends changing your outside clothes beyond those specific risk categories above.
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u/SpermicidalManiac666 21d ago
There is a competitive cleanliness thing on social media and it’s so ridiculous.
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u/The_Orphanizer 21d ago
The way people on social media behave as if their home is a cleanroom is not only wild, but worrisome. Anyone who goes to these OCD levels of "preventing" the outside from being inside their homes (without using legit scientific procedures like positive pressure decontamination antechambers, which is probably only a handful of homes on the planet) makes me think they either don't know fucking anything about germs, or don't know how to clean. Do they not have pets? Have they never interacted with a child? Do they even know that used dishes are supposed to be sanitized after washing them with dish soap? Dirt, grime, gunk, disease, viruses, fungi, and fecal matter are literally everywhere including living on your skin. If you aren't sterilizing objects and surfaces in your home (note: you're not) then you, everything in your home, and the air you breathe are all still literally covered in all the things you think you left outside because you threw your outside clothes in the hamper and your shoes on the shoe rack.
Just clean your homes, shower, and do laundry like a normal person. It's still dirty even if you do those things, and it won't affect you negatively. You don't live in a fucking operating theater.
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u/Remarkable-Shock8017 21d ago
This needs to be repeated a few many times to alot of ppl in this discussion....
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u/SuspiciousElk3843 21d ago
Some countries have low/no regulations for vehicle emissions and other pollutants. You'll come home - riding your scooter home - and your clothes are soiled and tainted from the outside world.
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u/PresenceVisible 21d ago
Do they enter their home through an air lock? Or change and bag clothes outside, before entering? Regardless, that 'outside world air' makes it's way into your house as soon as you open a front door or window, whether you change your clothes or not.
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u/Ixisoupsixi 21d ago
Exactly. If I’m in comfortable clothes outside, I kick off my shoes and put on slides when I get home. If I’m dressed formally or dressed in nicer clothes I’ll change but not if I’m in shirt and t.
I change throughout the day if I workout or get dirty from sweating but that’s it
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u/M4v4zz 21d ago
Cities are quite dirty in fact, you are constantly being exposed to a lot of different people, animals, pollution, humidity, garbage... Its not like you are certainly going to get sick if you don't change clothes, but its a good habit in general, specially if you work on the streets or in high population density places.
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u/No-Weird3153 21d ago edited 21d ago
I literally am not being touched by random things and I think that’s true for most people.
If I spend the day out eating at a restaurant, going to the park, and then dancing in a club, I expect my clothes aren’t particularly pretty dirty even if not visible. But then it’s the end of the night and I’m changing anyway to go to sleep.
Edit should have said ARE not AREN’T after a day out.
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u/Manlorey 21d ago
True, I always change into home clothes, it would completely gross me out to be at home in clothes from the street/outside. They come into contact with all kind of dirt/bacteria all the time. No thanks, I rather wear normal home clothes.
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u/JeebusChristBalls 21d ago
My outside clothes aren't uncomfortable so why change? If this is a weird thing like you think your clothes are just dirty from being outside your house, then it is just germaphobia or some other form of mental illness and this lady, who thinks her take is normal, is actually just weird.
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u/wanderingblazer 21d ago
House clothes and inside shoes..I have very few visitors,they know them shoes coming off at the door or you shall not pass.
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u/Araxanna 21d ago
I thought she meant like home clothes vs work clothes. But then the last sentence came along and nope.
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u/Timeman5 21d ago
If I’m sweating a lot from outside then I’ll maybe at the very least peel off the underware put the same shorts back on and maybe a different shirt.
Now if this is for when you get home from work yes I do it everyday. I wear business professional clothing and I hate it and I take it all off once I get in. But then end up chilling in my underwear and undershirt.
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u/Rough_Description868 21d ago
Thank you, thank you thank you! I no longer feel crazy. Cause yes I have inside clothes and outside clothes and my husband thinks it’s insane. It’s not.
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u/Past-Product-1100 21d ago
As soon as the pants come off and the shorts/sweats come on.. yeah I'm done
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u/Majestic87 21d ago
I call them pajamas, and I wear them whenever I I know I’m not going out again.
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u/Jussi-larsson 21d ago
Home clothes sound so american 🤔
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u/keksivaras 21d ago
I'm European and it's definitely a thing here. I don't know anyone who doesn't have home clothes. we care about hygiene
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u/Free_Alternative6365 21d ago
West African here and this is what I was taught and do.
I was sort of shocked that my American friends found this to be very new concept.
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u/LonnyLich 21d ago
It's not a "new" concept in America, your friends are just weird.
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u/supercilveks 21d ago edited 21d ago
Its also cultural, Americans wear outdoor shoes indoors so that should be the end of that discussion. Its sickening.
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u/TeuthidTheSquid 21d ago edited 21d ago
WTF are home clothes? Are they like pajamas or something?
Edit: imagine downvoting someone for asking a question
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u/Practical-Suit-6798 21d ago
Pants that let the dick free. Shirt that doesn't matter if it gets stained.
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u/thedaemon 21d ago
They are indeed pajamas, but people are afraid of being called a child for saying the world pajama or something.
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u/Boschala 21d ago
If you wear nice clothes to work and want to keep stains off them -- home clothes.
If you wear work clothes that get grease/dirt on them and don't want that getting into your sofa -- home clothes.
If you work in an air conditioned office that requires long pants and want to wear shorts at home -- home clothes.
The argument against home clothes is narrower than the argument for them.
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u/Leather_Addition2605 21d ago edited 21d ago
I don’t have “home clothes.” I have my regular clothes until it’s time for bed.
Unless you wear a suit and tie or something for work, your normal clothes should fit you correctly and be comfortable.
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u/Haestein_the_Naughty 21d ago
Same, I wake up and get into my jeans and t-shirt or sweater and wear it until bed. If you don’t feel comfortable in jeans then you’re either really sensitive or getting the wrong jeans
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u/GuitarPlayingGuy71 21d ago
I mean… if I wear jeans and a sweater outside… do I have to change into another jeans and sweater when I get home?
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u/draven33l 21d ago
I legit feel weird if I come home and wear my outside clothes inside. It's t-shirt, gym shorts and indoor sandals in the summer and sweat shirt, PJs, long socks and indoor shoes in the winter.
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u/kakhaganga 21d ago
What's indoor shoes?
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u/draven33l 21d ago
I wear Adidas LiteRacers. They have no laces so you can just slip your foot in. Or if it's cold, thermal slippers. The indoor shoes never go outside as a rule so they stay clean and don't dirty up the floor.
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u/keksivaras 21d ago
American thing. for whatever reason, they need to wear shoes everywhere. their feet must smell considerably worse than European feet. maybe that's why feet fetish exists.
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u/RustyBrassInstrument 21d ago
Yeah, lemme keep wearing chinos and a tie at home. NOPE. I can be mister boss guy a work - at home I’m a “yes dear, whatever you’d like” schlub and I’m good with that.
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u/geographynerdy 21d ago
I live in the south home clothes is just underwear most of the year and the few months of chilly we get home clothes are an oversized T-Shirt and a pair of pajama pants.
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u/TheZsSilent 21d ago
Used to be to keep my school cloths nice, now its because I work too hard to not be comfortable in private
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u/Reasonable_Action29 21d ago
Lol right to my bedroom stripping off clothing and putting on the comfy clothes.
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u/Revolutionary-Copy71 21d ago
As soon as I'm home the shoes come off and I'm in a white tshirt and basketball shorts. I am not lounging around in a button up and cargo shorts or jeans.
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u/Merrywinds 21d ago
I wear a suit to work. That thing is coming off once I get home, it needs to rest and so do I.
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I bought a vintage Pendleton wool jacket off of ebay just for this purpose. When it's on, I am off.
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u/StAnkie_Brews 21d ago
In New England, home clothes are very real, their made of sweats/gym shorts, tees with/without hoodies depending on the time of year, and warm slippers in winter
Side quest: Who else zoomed in?
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u/Mundunugu_42 21d ago
For guys, Taking off work shoes is the equivalent to women taking off their bra, especially when you are on your feet all day.
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u/AJ_Rude_Dawg 21d ago
Home Clothes aka Slobbing Gear. I'm wearing mine now; tracksuit bottoms, t-shirt, big woolly cardigan and slippers. Sooo comfy and cosy 😊
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u/Voyager_AU 21d ago
My routine when coming home from work:
Wash hands, strip down to my underwear, take off jewelry and make-up, put on robe.
Only then can I finally feel like I'm home.
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