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Posted: 3/16/2006 9:23:46 AM | ok maui is casual, but nothing really beats a sharp dressed man! my date, a rather nice looking mature man, showed up in frumpy sweats and rubber sandals, previously known as thongs. we had a fun time and then at the end of evening i requested "sharp dressed man" by zztop be played and told him my feelings. if a man shows up in sweats on a 2nd date, it indicates a lack of interest in me. now i am just wondering if i did the right thing? ... ps other men were dressed in tommy bahama shirts, nice slacks and shiny black shoes, i was slightly embarrassed.  | |
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| date shows up wearing sweats...
Posted: 3/16/2006 9:30:28 AM | Thats just wrong on so many levels... sweat pants belong in the trailer parks as far as I am concerned... girls can get away with wearing them, but any guy that does.. Holy f*ck man... they are so tacky...
I feel your pain, I have had a couple of dates where we went for dinner to fancy restaraunts, me dressed in a suit and tie, only to have her wearing a velure (sp) track suit.. WTF... talk about embarrassing... | |
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| date shows up wearing sweats...
Posted: 3/16/2006 9:59:55 AM | Last year I went to an upscale restaurant in Vancouver with Jeans & a Vancouver
Canuck t-shirt. The waiter seated me & my gf upstairs on the balcony with choice
seats. I looked around and people were dressed to the nines. BUT, the waiter was
great...he told me the Vancouver Canucks were frequent guests there and he
loved my t-shirt. I'm just comfortable wearing what I want...I guess sometimes
the Armani suits don't always get you the best tables in the house. | |
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| date shows up wearing sweats...
Posted: 3/16/2006 10:10:56 AM | | i dont wear sweats, but to me if the first date he dresses like that it ok I DONT MINE AS LONG HE NOT AN ASS AND HE SMELL AND LOOK CLEAN. I been with men who were dress to the T and they had bad breath and and smell sweaty.figure that one out. | |
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Posted: 3/16/2006 10:25:50 AM | i do think that the way someone presents themself to be WITH you, is somewhat of a reflection of how they PERCIEVE you. So, I'd say you made the right choice. Not only that - you sat face-to-face with him and told him HONESTLY how you felt! Alot of people wouldn't or couldn't do that! 
Good on ya'! | |
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| date shows up wearing sweats...
Posted: 3/16/2006 10:28:06 AM | I've seen this thread a thousand times. Jeez! Can't this just be avoided by asking where your going for your date so you can dress appropriately? Or when you tell them where you are going say "it's semi formal, so dress nice ok?" How hard is that? Now after doing that, they come dressed like a bum, then you KNOW for a fact they have no respect, otherwise, it could have simply been ignorance.
Lol, I'm not ragging you out, I just find this such a small thing that people are constantly getting caught up on. | |
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| date shows up wearing sweats...
Posted: 3/16/2006 10:28:21 AM | | both parties should dress appropriately for the intended activity. for a casual date, jeans are fine...sweats are too casual. it says "i don't care enough about our date to put on a pair of pants." i would have cut the date short...the guy didn't care enough to impress me. | |
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Posted: 3/16/2006 11:11:06 AM | I agree!
I don't think there is EVER a date when sweats are okay unless you are having a workout date or something. Sweats are never okay outside of the house or athletics. | |
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Posted: 3/16/2006 2:39:33 PM | | I had a guy show up for a first meeting wearing sweats. He later told me it was a test to make sure I was "real". I think I'd rather he pinched me - at least then when I smacked him he'd know just how real I am. | |
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Posted: 3/16/2006 2:42:45 PM | I personally would want to put my best foot forward, and fashion is just a part of that. I used to live in the islands and most everything is casual. No one wears a tie, but sweats? | |
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| date shows up wearing sweats...
Posted: 3/16/2006 2:43:41 PM |
I feel your pain, I have had a couple of dates where we went for dinner to fancy restaraunts, me dressed in a suit and tie, only to have her wearing a velure (sp) track suit.. WTF... talk about embarrassing...
Ummmmmnnn - Please tell me that wasnt you with that chick in that nice restaurant sitting across from my friend and I...?? I just knew it was a first date....  I win the bet!!!!
LOL...God they still sell velour in Calgary... | |
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| date shows up wearing sweats...
Posted: 3/16/2006 3:11:03 PM | | I'm a jeans and tee shirt kinda gal so wherever I go, that should be the appropriate dress. Putting your best foot forward means being the best person you can be, if you have to dress it up to make it look good, it's generally because you have something to hide. I never look sloppy unless I'm at home alone, but I have heard countless men say that ties are so uncomfortable and women say they hate pantyhose so my thing is if it ain't comfy don't wear it....on that note, I go commando cuz I can't stand feeling like I have to pick my a$$ all night when I get a wedge! LOL | |
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Posted: 3/16/2006 4:34:49 PM |
Velour in Calgary? Run away, run away!!!
Yes Gallivanting..what he is saying is true..On my way home from an appt today I looked to my right and there it was...a Velour shop...!! Specializing in track suits....
What have we come to????
Oh and for the record...I can't believe someone would show up in track pants, track suit..... or something appropriate... I would die if a date showed up like that...well unless we were meeting at the gym or going to climb rocks..lol | |
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Posted: 3/16/2006 4:51:24 PM | | It sure sounds like he was ready to run out/go through that "escape hatch" if you hadn't fulfilled his dreams/fantasies in the first milli-second... Southern California has lots of guys like that, worried that he'll lose a half hour of his life if you don't turn out like he expects... | |
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Posted: 3/16/2006 5:37:33 PM | | I would have told him up front that you would go with him to his house to change his clothes into something equal to what you were wearing. Put the rules up front dear. You set the boundaries. Unless he dissappointed you so much you would rather drop him. | |
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Posted: 3/16/2006 6:11:50 PM | wow.......
sweats are not tacky AT ALL in the right atmosphere. but that.....yikes. perhaps the girl didn't know where you were going? or the dress code? | |
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Posted: 3/16/2006 6:14:11 PM | Ahem,
Im my case she chose the restaraunt... lol...
And the second girl, well we went to Dinner/Theatre... I am assuming she was dressed in props or something...
Both times, severely underdressed... | |
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| date shows up wearing sweats...
Posted: 3/16/2006 7:26:40 PM | Wearing sweats on the first date!!!.ahhhhhhhhhhhh.If a guy showed up on the first date in sweats I assume he doesn't give a "Rats Ass".If he is making an impression or not.,,the answer would be not!.Guys that are reading please dont wear sweats!!. | |
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Posted: 3/16/2006 7:48:13 PM | Sweats are just not acceptable. Period. Unless your date consists of going to the gym or for run together.
Coffee/dinner/movies, although laid-back, still require a bit more effort than sweats. There's nothing wrong with a nice pair of jeans and a dress shirt, for example, and wearing something like that doesn't require a lot of preparation or coordination. You don't have to wear a tie or pantyhose or anything like that unless you're going to a very formal place (and even so, I wouldn't wear a skirt - that's what nice pants are for; and a guy can wear a bow-tie if he doesn't like ties :p).
But I will tell you something, lads. No matter what you look like, a nice, well-tailored suit that fits you well and in which you move easily will not only only streamline/hide/minimize any flaws, but will also make you seem classier and more dependable. I like dressing nice, and it makes me feel good to have a well-dressed guy on my arm. | |
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Posted: 3/16/2006 9:05:43 PM | It all depends on the situation. Dressing for the occasion makes sense to me.
If I was meeting a woman for dinner at a nice restaurant, and she arrived looking like a slob, I suppose I would tell her that she was not dressed appropriately, and that we would go to McDonalds instead. | |
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