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AIBU?

AIBU to think men should keep their shirts on in public places however hot it is?

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catwalker · 31/05/2009 13:42

-especially the ones with fat, hairy stomachs. Unless, of course, they are in their own garden or on the beach. Went to a cricket match the other day and one of the dads sat next to me was topless. He had the most enormous hairy stomach and very small shorts so that when he was sitting down you couldn't see the shorts for his overhanging gut and it looked like he was naked. I couldn't bear to look in his direction - put me off my picnic. I see blokes wandering round the local shopping centre with no top on too - even if they're fit looking it still makes me feel uncomfortable.

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TheArmadillo · 31/05/2009 13:43

YANBU I hate it too

In your own garden or beach then fine but not anywhere else.

nkf · 31/05/2009 13:44

It's terrible isn't it? Why do they do it? It's so undignified.

ILoveDolly · 31/05/2009 13:46

My dh was going on about this earlier at the supermarket. He thinks its grim too, so not just us ladies dusgusted by acres of sweating man flesh

Lucia39 · 31/05/2009 13:46

I agree. I also dislike men who wear "wife beaters" with cheap jewellery!

sazzerbear · 31/05/2009 13:48

YANBU - even on slim blokes its just wrong. Patchy back hair/patchy chest hair/back fat/big guts/pasty skin yuk keep it covered! Mind you, a lot of women like stripping off (not to that extreme, although I have seen some sights) who should also keep covered up!

catwalker · 31/05/2009 13:49

What are "wife beaters"?!

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scottishmummy · 31/05/2009 13:49

aesthetically depends upon the man,toned permissible even encourageable

overhang and BO. eugh

ILoveDolly · 31/05/2009 13:50

True - Tesco's was like an advert for the dangers of sun exposure. Seriously now, sun cream?

snigger · 31/05/2009 13:52

Our closest neighbour whips his kit off at the first sign of active sunlight.

How do you get through to someone that it's hard to chat meaningfully when you're hypnotically tracing a bead of sweat as it wends its way through their greying chest wig to meet the greater rivulet halfway down their stomach?

Greugh.

sazzerbear · 31/05/2009 13:55

What about the other extreme, I went out this morning (must have been at least 20 deg) and saw a couple - he wearing a fleece and she wearing jumper (they weren't old either!) I WANTED them to strip off!

BCNS · 31/05/2009 13:56

ohh I like a nice toned chest ..
although I find a nice shirt slightly open is far more attractive on the right man.

hairy kegs sould stay in the garden

Also.. I do not want a hairy keg anywhere near my BBQed food..

Paolosgirl · 31/05/2009 13:57

Doesn't matter how toned they are - if they're not in their garden at home or on the beach, then they need to cover up. Yeuch in the extreme.

sazzerbear · 31/05/2009 14:00

We don't get many toned men in these parts! Catwalker come back - I also need to know what a "wife beater" is!

scottishmummy · 31/05/2009 14:01

i thought stella artois was wife beater,a pint of wife beater

Ohforfoxsake · 31/05/2009 14:02

Isn't a 'wife-beater' one of those basketball vest type things?

We live opposite a common. Men play football and take their shirts off. I don't mind

scottishmummy · 31/05/2009 14:03

oh if its clothing i think football top= wife beater

onagar · 31/05/2009 14:04

It's their right though to be comfortable even though I understand why it's not so pleasing to look at.

You just have to get used to it.

TheDevilWearsPenneys · 31/05/2009 14:13

Wife beater is a string vest, or a very tight thin cotton vest. Usually with lager stains down the front.

scottishmummy · 31/05/2009 14:15

can we include grubby curry and bevvy splattered footy tops.

LadyAga · 31/05/2009 14:21

i can't stand to see it, and i like to have a good letch... but these guys never look nice

sazzerbear · 31/05/2009 14:24

mmn the sweaty nylon of football shirts, should be banned on grown men!

Debs75 · 31/05/2009 14:24

YANBU

Old men with saggy boobs, grey hairy chests, huge beer bellys(except James Corden) stringy chests. YUCK

Men who strip have no shame yet think the 'fat bird in a bikin' is a crime

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piscesmoon · 31/05/2009 14:27

YES

scottishmummy · 31/05/2009 14:28

like porkers in sportwear.nike head to toe.arse size of a planet.

kind of ironic.

no footy tops on adults.ok on adolescent and children.no no above 18.or unless one is actually playing football,and changes after game ends

FairLadyRantALot · 31/05/2009 14:30

but onegar...us ladies don't just go around the supermarket or whatever topless....why should man be allowed than...

I truely think that it depends on the situation, I can just about cope if someone does some active sport and feels the need to go topless....but in a supermarket, or whatever, it is inappropriate

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