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So many middle aged Irishmen have let themselves go

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,461 ✭✭✭munster87




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,860 ✭✭✭Sgt Hartman


    You think cheap ill fitting jeans are an improvement for people over 40? Out of interest what do you wear?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,033 ✭✭✭YellowLead


    I didn’t day cheap ill fitting jeans. Proper jeans. Or chinos. It just looks a bit like your trying to hang on to your youth - especially when paired with band tees.

    I rarely wear trousers - 90% of the time it’s a dress or skirt.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,860 ✭✭✭Sgt Hartman


    I don’t, the closest I have to my own kid is a very demanding Jack Russell terrier. However, I know plenty of hard working middle aged people with kids who still dress smartly so I don’t think it’s a valid enough excuse to let oneself go to wrack and ruin if you can help it.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,733 ✭✭✭PoisonIvyBelle


    This isn't to do with nationality or gender. Lots of people who reach middle age start putting on a little extra weight or stop caring as much about how they look, and that's fine if they're fine with it.

    I do think Irish people can be less bothered about how they look or how other people in general though. My boyfriend is an American in his early 40s and in really good shape, but recently said to me he didn't want to start slacking off working out in case he ended up like the men who get pot bellies once they hit 40. Here's the thing about that though, I can appreciate that he's fit and hot as fcuk, but I have exes who've had extra weight and it didn't bother me at all and nor did I think they "let themselves go". Once someone is healthy and confident in themselves then that's all that matters.

    On the fashion aspect, that's another thing, he used to feel like he was looking like a homeless person if he went outdoors in jogging pants anywhere except to work out/exercise. I love my jogging pants (and his arse in jogging pants!) and he's since relaxed a bit on that since meeting me and being in Ireland quite often. But when he's over in Ireland (he lives in Sweden), he's always commenting about the people going about in tracksuits 24/7 here as it's just not common over there and it would be pointed out. You should have seen his face when he saw someone in PJs in tesco🤣



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,733 ✭✭✭PoisonIvyBelle


    I love band tees on guys, especially when I can "borrow" them.😂



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,033 ✭✭✭YellowLead


    I will allow them with jeans. Not with cargo pants :) Nor worn to a restaurant.



  • Posts: 1,125 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


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    Show yourself Marty.....sorry Sgt Hartman! We need to see your style, we know you have the moves.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,658 ✭✭✭Potatoeman


    Op is this you?

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,860 ✭✭✭Sgt Hartman


    I definitely don’t do band tees although in defence of cargo pants I think they can look good on anyone, especially if they have strong legs. A guy I worked with in his 60’s used to wear them every day for comfort and practicality mainly but I thought they suited him. He was a strong looking guy who ran regularly. You say you wear chinos though which I do like. I don’t think I’m so much trying to hang onto my youth as I am just not willing to go down the road of dull stereotypical middle aged wear just yet. I know people a good bit older than me who are the same and who would dress even smarter than I would.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,710 ✭✭✭Eibhir


    Marty himself could be described as a demanding Jack Russell😅



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,733 ✭✭✭PoisonIvyBelle


    I'm fine with them worn to a restaurant, nice with a blazer. I'm grand with cargo pants too. I have my own, albeit being more of a skirts/dresses fan, so I'd be a bit hypocritical not to be ;)



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,733 ✭✭✭PoisonIvyBelle


    I don't see it as trying to hang on to your youth at all! You should wear what you like and whatever feels like "you". Not a thing wrong with cargo pants or band tees at any age, as long as they fit well and you're not bursting out of them.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,033 ✭✭✭YellowLead


    Funnily enough I don’t mind them on women 🤣 They don’t suit me though.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,033 ✭✭✭YellowLead


    Irish people aren’t known for their style. But because we have a great sense of humour, creativity etc and pretty much everyone loves us - who cares 🤷🏻‍♀️

    But I do like a man who dresses well. Zero tolerance on the tracksuit.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 959 ✭✭✭Neames


    He's not, he's looking at the space where there is a complete lack of an arse....get it right!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,860 ✭✭✭Sgt Hartman




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,081 ✭✭✭✭cj maxx


    I have a book about him on Shakatons ? Antarctic expeditions . Big rough Kerry man who would have made a great Fullback in Football

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,710 ✭✭✭Eibhir




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,710 ✭✭✭Eibhir


    A lack of a good muscular arse leads to poor core strength. You need a bit of power in the hind quarters.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,710 ✭✭✭Eibhir


    A good arse is an invaluable 'ass'et in many sports. You can use it to make space hold fellas off the ball in many codes. Seamus Darby used his arse to nudge Tommy Doyle out of the way in 1982.

    Also very valuable if you end up in a plane crash in somewhere like Bolivia. If you die at least you're leaving something valuable 'behind' you that others can survive on.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,710 ✭✭✭Eibhir


    Having spoken at length on arses I don't particularly like the humongous arses some girls have today. They don't look in proportion to the top half of their bodies.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,967 ✭✭✭✭BorneTobyWilde




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 161 ✭✭Alexus25


    Yeah I think women work hard to stay youthful and at their peak where lads - its a total different story, if only i were bi/lesbian etc. Finding a hot guy in Ireland leads me to getting so excited because they're such a rarity, it's like finding a leprechaun across a pot of gold



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,229 ✭✭✭chrissb8


    The OP is concerned with how others are looking because it's a normal feasible standard he holds himself up to and finds it bewildering others can't just do something as simple as looking after themselves.

    And he's right. It is shocking, and it is annoying people clap back and say never mind them. Why not though? a standard is being let go, a very good standard being self-pride in appearance. What never mind people getting fatter? never mind people turning up to Christenings in Lpool jerseys?

    Self-pride in appearance has numerous positive effects. Exercise, which literally translates positively into every other aspect of your life. A healthy weight, we all know the health benefits of that, namely not dying early.

    Clothes are divisive, but dressing for what works for you aesthetically and actual individual attention to what works for your body cut/fit wise and not slapping any brand on you like you're a walking billboard will do wonders.

    I don't care for all this live and let live. I don't want Ireland to be steeped in a myriad of health problems and everyone looking unhealthy, unhappy and miserable. What is wrong with an expected standard in appearance? nothing. It builds positive expectations individually and that is great collectively.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,096 ✭✭✭taxAHcruel


    ^ The two are so separate for me that I do not think I could ever write a post that treats them so interchangeably like that. I am all for fitness and healthy living and healthy eating like you describe above. All for "looking after yourself". All for wanting an Ireland full of physically and mentally healthy people. Though unless someone asks for input or advice on the subject I generally keep my opinions and standards entirely to myself and never preach or judge.

    But fashion and clothing for me simply is not part of that. Even a little. So it is difficult to get myself into the head space to see where someone like the OP is coming from or understanding their priorities there. It would be difficult for me to put any less thought into my clothing choices than I already do. I assume if I was a complete fashion disaster my girlfriends might mention something. But perhaps not as I suspect they are about as interested in fashion sense as I am.

    Hell I went through Tesco to get some store cupboard items yesterday in my full blue Jujitsu Gi. If I saw someone at a Christening in a Liverpool top like you describe - I would not for a moment make a value judgement on any level. I would at most notice he is a Liverpool fan and store that data for possible later use. It's nice to know what people are into.

    But I can not remember the last time I even noticed - let alone cared - what another person was wearing. Let alone people I do not even know at all and am merely passing in the street - or to contemplate how attractive or not their clothes make their ass look. That seems maybe even a bit creepy to me. Is the attractiveness of the asses of strangers really something people give genuine head space to? That really is fascinating. Humans be fascinating and sometimes leave me feeling like I am some alien external observer to their interesting patterns and concerns and behaviors :)



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,335 ✭✭✭✭Ash.J.Williams


    What's wrong with being bald, we **** rock



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,658 ✭✭✭Potatoeman


    Why would you go to the supermarket in a Gi? Anyone doing martial arts always changes at the Dojo unless they are children. Those things just soak up sweat, so as soon as you go outside your cold and weat. It’s also a magnet for any ‘hard-men’ looking for a fight.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,096 ✭✭✭taxAHcruel


    I was on the way TO the school not on the way home. So sweat was not yet an issue. But to answer your question I was just seriously short on time as the trip to Tesco was not planned and factored into my plans last minute. So I decided to throw my stuff on at home and just get out the door so I could go straight in the door and straight to the mats to teach and not keep my students waiting.

    But yes it would be odd and not normal behavior as you say. Just how the dice fell yesterday and a quick time saving decision. The only point being that generally I put zero thought into what I wear where or what anyone who sees me might actually think or not think.



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