How much bare is too much bare?
Apr 25, 2011 | 10:25 am
#31
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Where I Personally Draw The Line...
...for an attractive woman sitting next to me, I have no boundaries, except for really pungent perfume.
For myself, I've drawn boundaries mostly from my commuter train experience. I do my running in the morning, so I am almost always dressed in my running clothes when I get on the train.
In the summer, I always wear a tee shirt over my singlet, so people don't have to deal with my hairy armpits. I wear baggy shorts over my much shorter running shorts. I'm not at all concerned with exposed legs. What I'm trying to prevent is a second occurance of a "wardrobe malfunction" I had with a pair of running shorts a few years ago.
In the winter, I'm usually wearing tights. My winter coat generally covers my butt because I think that looking like a ballet dancer probably isn't very neighborly.
The huge advantage of wearing running clothes on the train is that very few people want to sit next to me. At the building, everyone gives me a wide berth in the elevator.
For myself, I've drawn boundaries mostly from my commuter train experience. I do my running in the morning, so I am almost always dressed in my running clothes when I get on the train.
In the summer, I always wear a tee shirt over my singlet, so people don't have to deal with my hairy armpits. I wear baggy shorts over my much shorter running shorts. I'm not at all concerned with exposed legs. What I'm trying to prevent is a second occurance of a "wardrobe malfunction" I had with a pair of running shorts a few years ago.
In the winter, I'm usually wearing tights. My winter coat generally covers my butt because I think that looking like a ballet dancer probably isn't very neighborly.
The huge advantage of wearing running clothes on the train is that very few people want to sit next to me. At the building, everyone gives me a wide berth in the elevator.
Apr 25, 2011 | 1:00 pm
#33
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Ideally, most people would realize that beach wear is not appropriate for public flying, particularly those that do not look good in beach wear to begin with. Moreover, in a premium cabin or airline club.
But from the land of Housewives of Wherever, Snookie, The Bachelor, etc. its not going to happen. As long as they have proper hygiene and stay within the confinds of their seat I just take it as part of being thrown in with the human race.
But from the land of Housewives of Wherever, Snookie, The Bachelor, etc. its not going to happen. As long as they have proper hygiene and stay within the confinds of their seat I just take it as part of being thrown in with the human race.
Apr 25, 2011 | 7:02 pm
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I like how Ancien Maestro expressed it about making himself comfortable while allowing others to be comfortable, too.
What you personally wear you didn't say, but I do believe we all contribute to the group experience of flying and so we need to bear that in mind choosing what to wear and how to act. If you were badly dressed, staring at you would be bad manners on my part.
It is so easy to dress comfortably yet modestly, even when it is hot. Board or Bermuda shorts instead of short shorts, a tee instead of a scooped out tank.
Saw a sign today at the public library saying you must be fully dressed and not negligent in hygiene to enter. A higher standard than is enforced by the airlines, it would seem.