Imagine you’re a 15 year old middle class boy but you like to dress like a roadman

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What watch brand do you favour? Any one got any intel on watches these type of young gents wear? To set the scene, they are also wearing black joggers or low slung jeans, Nike sport socks, Nike trainers, a white t shirt preferably Calvin Klein and a gym shark or Nike hoody, Ralph Lauren if they are feeling swish, topped off with a black north face or adidas coat and perhaps a little Nike beanie if
it is sub zero temps or they are unhappy with their hair. Any cool brands to know for a watch?

Tell me you don’t have teenage boys without telling me you don’t have teenage boys.

my two largely escaped the Nike pro tracksuit phase but the Argos finest “diamond” studs, chunky watch, three showers a day and a twenty minute preen before we could go anywhere were all strong features of life 5 years ago.

we’re now firmly immersed in rich tech bro culture

The speed at which DS and his mates have gone from Temu gangsters to wannabe McKinsey partners deserves its own sociological study.

They now dress more like 40-year-old management consultants than actual 40-year-old management consultants.

County lines to bottom lines, in the flash of a Barbour and button down. A hilarious transformation.

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Just ask him to show you a few of his favorite reels and you'll know, probs something like fake Rolex from China

I have one of these
Nice MC boy with a similar group of friends who are incredibly well behaved and polite and all love their Mums but say "Bro" a lot and you may well cross the road to avoid them - especially as they are all Basketball players so HUGE!
They shop at Uniqlo mostly with a bit of North Face

DD1 and I watched a fight kick off outside a swatch shop in Carnaby Street this summer - big queue, some older (actually?) roadmen and big security guards. So, I'd say swatch.

My 12 year old who shows some signs went silver strap analogue Casio, black face.

They need one at school now. Burners locked up in Yondr pouches 😂

I have absolutely no idea what or whom a Road Man is and I refuse to have that in my Google search history! So I’m going to presume drug dealer. In which case the hell is PP offended? Deeply confusing 😵‍💫

Ohhhhhh so road man is someone who says “bro” a lot? Like a new name for a chav?

Three showers a day?!? Are you kidding or being serious? That’s borderline OCD. Hope he’s not like that now? I know this thread is lighthearted but this had me slack jawed!

No, Chavs are different
I think Roadman may have racial connotations but its usually South london
info here
Roadman Slang: A Guide to UK Street Lingo

I do like to use as many of these words as possible as it stops my DS from using them. Greeting him with "Wa Gwan Ma Fam" usually gets me an extreme eye roll

My DC showers in the morning, then before he goes to football practice, then before bed.
I should probably get shares in Lynx shower gel and Head & Shoulders.
The one saving grace is his morning shower is always cold to wake him up so I presume that’s not using up any gas…!

I love these watches. I house a 13 year old, he is not a wannabe roadman but I think he would like elements of the same fashion and he does call me Bro. Are the bright colours acceptable?

Ah yes, my older teen has gone into sixth form and is now all about the quarter zip, jeans and Adidas Gazelles. Which his father also wears. Less preening in the mirror than his roadman brother though.

Both of them like to spray themselves liberally in perfumed products and so the stench of cheap aftershave is eye watering on a Friday evening.

I don't have children and even I recognise the type! all over the place in SW London.

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