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   cleokaya said, 2 months ago

   OH, MY, GOD!!!!!!! The year begins on a most dire note.

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   SprSynJn said, 2 months ago

   I remember my mother attempting to dress me nice on the first day. I don’t recall it being this bad, but it wasn’t the most pleasant of experiences.

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   wndrwrthg said, 2 months ago

   Clothing is overrated.

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   Lewreader said, 2 months ago

   How come I remember wearing what my parents bought me or what my brother had outgrown?

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   Dora Dingle said, 2 months ago

   I remember my first day at private school (age 12) every girl (including me) wore plaid!

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   ejcapulet said, 2 months ago

   On the up side, it can only get better. I’m not much of an expert here, though, my mom has always had such GREAT taste in clothes that I let her pick things out for me in high school!

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   LibrarianInTraining said, 2 months ago

   This is why a lot of schools have uniform policies now.

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   kfaatz925 said, 2 months ago

   Yes indeed - let’s hear it for uniforms.

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   Johanan Rakkav said, 2 months ago

   My mother often bought me pastel-colored shirts because I looked so pale – not realizing that I’m a pale Summer, not a Winter, in complexion. I had to wait until college to dress in colors that actually made me look good.

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    unidawn10 said, 2 months ago

    Poor Peter, that shirt looks awful!

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    ninmas said, 2 months ago

    wow, i believe jason is taller than morton.

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    Ray C said, 2 months ago

    I know how you feel, Rakkav. I’m a “Hell Freezes Over.” I look bad in everything.

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    Doctor Toon said, 2 months ago

    I was one of those boys who did not care what kind of clothes that I wore.
    That is,until one year in High School I decided to wear what was trendy and fashionable.
    That was the year all the girls suddenly noticed me.
    I didn’t complain at the time, but how shallow is that?
    I was the same guy, just with nicer clothes.

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    TrapperJohn said, 2 months ago

    He couldn’t think to wear HIS t-shirt under MOM’s shirt, and then take the shirt off at school?

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    MisngNOLA said, 2 months ago

    Did Morton Goldthwait grow up to be Bobcat Goldthwait? It would explain a lot.

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    cleokaya said, 2 months ago

    Doctor Toon - Haven’t you heard the expression “Clothes make the man.” LOL

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    dhubb said, 2 months ago

    I’m glad my parents never did that to me. They let me wear what I wanted, within reason. Never had to wear “special” clothes.

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    kirbydude said, 2 months ago

    This has probably happened to all of us.

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    Burgundy2 said, 2 months ago

    I kinda wish they’d had uniforms in my K-8 school. I was not allowed to wear what was trendy - at that time, blue-jeans. What I had to wear was definitely NOT trendy, and I got a fair bit of grief for it.

    As Doctor Toon says, kids can be shallow.

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    ChukLitl said, 2 months ago

    As a good little communist, I showed my solidarity with the working class, with basic blue JCPenny’s work shirts & bluejeans.
    Now & then, as a joke on “trendy,” I’d go with red plaid corderoy bellbottoms & platform shoes. “Trendy” was a pretty funny joke in the ’70s. (Nobody got it.)
    Think how they’ll feel, in their 50s, about pictures of their boxers showing. In my day saggin’ meant poverty. You hadn’t grown into big brother’s pants yet.

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    Rmom said, 2 months ago

    My sons never had new clothes just because it was the start of a new school year. But then, with homeschooling, a pair of shorts, maybe a tank top were their everyday attire at home. They had their favorites made out of camo mesh fabric that they wore constantly (they had more than one set so I could wash them), so I referred to them as our “school uniforms”. Now that my oldest is in college, there is no way that he’ll allow Mom to dictate what he wears, although I still retain veto rights as long as he lives here. (Clothes I don’t like can always get lost in the laundry process…)

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    Furienna said, 2 months ago

    Uh oh. Andy, what did you do?

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    Ray C said, 2 months ago

    That’s a hilarious avatar, RRamon. I’ll bet your boys did great in math.

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    comixavier said, 2 months ago

    Peter’s and Morton’s matching outfits remind me of the video jacket of the Schwartzenegger/DeVito film “Twins.”

    http://addins.wgem.com/blogs/sports/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/twins.jpg

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    kab2rb said, 2 months ago

    I never did this with my kids. I let them help me pick their clothes for school. Neither could wear hand me downs. Boy oldest then girl.
    Where as my sister and I (female) my mom was too tight was born in the depression era it was garage sale clothes that where way outdated and ridcule at school.

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    LibrarianInTraining said, 2 months ago

    Burgundy, who said anything about kids?! Adults are shallow too you know!