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To hate red trousers on men?

383 replies

abacucat · 05/01/2019 12:45

This seems to be a status marker meaning I am very posh, so it doesn't matter if I look like a total nob.

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DeadBod · 05/01/2019 12:47

YANBU.
It's always people like Dom (?) off Gogglebox that wear them. Also add pink and mustard to the list.

LaurieFairyCake · 05/01/2019 12:47

And dark green cords

LaurieFairyCake · 05/01/2019 12:48

Bright yellow is the worst though

With a pink jumper sling casually round the shoulders

abacucat · 05/01/2019 12:48

Yes! The first time I met a man, it was Peter Tatchell, wearing horrible mustard coloured trousers, I felt sorry for him. I assumed he was too poor to afford decent trousers. I didn't understand the posh markers then.

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LakieLady · 05/01/2019 12:49

lookatmyfuckingredtrousers.blogspot.com/

You are not alone, OP.

abacucat · 05/01/2019 12:52

That blog is brilliant.

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Didntwanttochangemyname · 05/01/2019 12:53

I bloody love red trousers, especially cords - remind me of my dad and David Attenborough!

kaytee87 · 05/01/2019 12:54

Is there something wrong with being posh?

abacucat · 05/01/2019 12:55

No, but why do you have to have status markers to demonstrate it?

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kaytee87 · 05/01/2019 12:56

Maybe the people that wear them like them and they're not thinking about a 'status marker'

kaytee87 · 05/01/2019 12:57

Why do certain people wear tracksuits and pyjamas out and about? Is that a deliberate status marker too?

abacucat · 05/01/2019 12:58

Oh come on! It is a status marker. Quite clearly.

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kaytee87 · 05/01/2019 12:58

In your opinion.

Biancadelriosback · 05/01/2019 13:00

Can women wear them?

greendale17 · 05/01/2019 13:00

Red trousers on any adult is tragic

kaytee87 · 05/01/2019 13:01

Some people don't like wearing a boring uniform of monochrome 🤷🏼‍♀️

abacucat · 05/01/2019 13:02

If men just wore them because they liked them, then they would be worn more widely rather than just by very posh men.

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SneakyGremlins · 05/01/2019 13:03

I wear them cause I like them and they're comfy.

Whisky2014 · 05/01/2019 13:03

Yeh why is it ok to make fun of people with money when you certainly wouldn't if people didn't?

NameChangeNugget · 05/01/2019 13:04

I’d rather see a man in red trousers than ill fitting jogging bottoms. They are far more offensive

MrsMoastyToasty · 05/01/2019 13:04

George Ferguson, former Mayor of Bristol, was actually nicknamed Red Trousers by the local press.

kaytee87 · 05/01/2019 13:05

Some men wear white tracksuit bottoms (usually with their hands down them)- presumably because they like them. See where I'm going with this?

Elfinablender · 05/01/2019 13:05

I don't think I have seen a grown man in red trousers since Timmy Mallet. Clearly, I'm not posh.

kaytee87 · 05/01/2019 13:06

I’d rather see a man in red trousers than ill fitting jogging bottoms. They are far more offensive

Yes, or jeans hanging so low their underwear shows 🤮

abacucat · 05/01/2019 13:06

I dont have money. You really think people don't make fun of people who dont have money. Have you been hiding under a rock? Did you not see photos of the party young royals attended that was a "chavs party". They were all dressed like young working class people. Or the site People of Walmart, taking the piss out of mainly poor, fat, disabled people. Poor people get this all the time.

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