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Backward Baseball Caps - UGH

Pearlee — Tue, 26 Feb 2019 21:19:36 GMT

What is it with men wearing baseball caps backward? It's bad enough when teenagers and 20-somethings do this, but when middle-aged men do it it's especially unattractive.

I do not see the appeal of wearing a baseball cap style hat on backwards - it's ugly and also defeats the entire purpose of the cap which is keeping sun out of one's eyes. What's the point of wearing that part in the back? And the adjustable band across one's forehead looks downright ugly. It does not look cool - quite the contrary.

I absolutely hate this "look"!

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kitcat51 — Tue, 26 Feb 2019 22:26:42 GMT

My late husband wore his baseball hat backwards & he looked so cute...I have his favorite bb hat hanging by the door & wear it sometimes.

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Mersha — Tue, 26 Feb 2019 22:32:11 GMT

It 's cool; I like it....especially on certain guys.

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Pearlee — Tue, 26 Feb 2019 22:36:18 GMT

@Mersha wrote:
It 's cool; I like it....especially on certain guys.

@Mersha I suspect there is a generation gap between us!

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Mersha — Tue, 26 Feb 2019 22:40:49 GMT

@Pearlee wrote:
@Mersha wrote:
It 's cool; I like it....especially on certain guys.
@Mersha I suspect there is a generation gap between us!

@Pearlee Probably not much of a gap at all.

I have teenage grandchildren.

Pearly, we will have to agree to disagree.

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Ms tyrion2 — Tue, 26 Feb 2019 22:44:15 GMT

@Mersha wrote:
It 's cool; I like it....especially on certain guys.

I like it too.

...and I'm not young.

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Hooty — Tue, 26 Feb 2019 22:53:39 GMT

@Pearlee , Girl I am right there with you, I despise it! It makes them look like their mentality is "duh"! I have a friend and her 40 something son continuously wears his cap like that and I want to say something to her so bad about it, but I have kept my mouth shut! He wears it inside the house as well as outside, I could understand a young teenage boy, but a grown man!

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suzyQ3 — Tue, 26 Feb 2019 22:55:10 GMT

@Hooty wrote:
@Pearlee , Girl I am right there with you, I despise it! It makes them look like their mentality is "duh"! I have a friend and her 40 something son continuously wears his cap like that and I want to say something to her so bad about it, but I have kept my mouth shut! He wears it inside the house as well as outside, I could understand a young teenage boy, but a grown man!

@Hooty, a wise decision.

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deepwaterdotter — Tue, 26 Feb 2019 23:04:21 GMT

Guess I'm just not paying attention, I've never noticed which way a guy wears his baseball cap.

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GiantsLover — Sun, 03 Mar 2019 07:57:30 GMT

I never thought baseball caps were attractive on anyone except pro baseball players.

Even less attractive on men who wear them backwards just because, and men who also wear them backwards and also wear them correctly to hide their bald heads, or heads with less hair.

I believe everyone should age gracefully and age well with dignity. People should also accept the fact that we do not remain young forever, and it is a privilege to grow old because many die young.

P.S. Also balding and thinning hair men should buy a sun hat and wear it when the sun is out and when it is cloudy too..

A men;s sun hat has a brim on it and covers the entire top of the head so men can still be protected from sunburning their scalps in warm and cloudy weather.

Also when using the pool or beach using a thick sun resistent umbrella always helps as well as also wearing a sun hat on sunny and cloudy days.

In winter men should wear a winter hat to cover their heads when the sun is out or even on cloudy days, especially since the sun's rays do penetrate through the clouds.

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Cakers3 — Tue, 26 Feb 2019 23:44:34 GMT

Ken Griffey Jr. is considered the person who started this trend in the 1990's.

Wearing a baseball cap backwards doesn't make a person anything more or anything less as a person; just a person wearing a baseball cap backwards.

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Mersha — Tue, 26 Feb 2019 23:48:04 GMT

@deepwaterdotter wrote:
Guess I'm just not paying attention, I've never noticed which way a guy wears his baseball cap.

@deepwaterdotter Come on, Deep...you mean to tell me that you never noticed Rafa with his hat backwards???????

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ahoymate — Tue, 26 Feb 2019 23:49:25 GMT

Pearly, did you just wake up? Like Rumpelstiltskin? Wearing baseball caps backwards has been done for 10-20 or more years.

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deepwaterdotter — Thu, 28 Feb 2019 14:41:48 GMT

@Mersha wrote:
@deepwaterdotter wrote:
Guess I'm just not paying attention, I've never noticed which way a guy wears his baseball cap.

@deepwaterdotter Come on, Deep...you mean to tell me that you never noticed Rafa with his hat backwards???????

I hate to admit it, but for all the matches I've watched him play, I didn't even notice if he was wearing a hat. I have noticed he wears a sweatband and is sporting a bit of a bald spot. Now ask me about his abs or biceps and I could write a book

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bootsanne — Tue, 26 Feb 2019 23:53:39 GMT

My husband is old with a beautiful head of thick white hair. W/o his stupid bb cap, he looks 10-12 years younger. As soon as he puts that ugly Kubota bb cap on, he ages right before your eyes.

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suzyQ3 — Wed, 27 Feb 2019 00:01:10 GMT

Much reading into the simple choice of wearing a baseball hat backwards. I can't imagine looking even noticing it much less attaching any negative or positive to it -- particularly the whole age thing.

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RoughDraft — Wed, 27 Feb 2019 00:53:18 GMT

or...

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SydneyH — Wed, 27 Feb 2019 02:57:50 GMT

? I have to wear it backwards in the gym when I lift. This practice doesn't bother me in the least.

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stevieb — Wed, 27 Feb 2019 02:46:57 GMT

Baseball caps being part of the daily uniform for some men, however worn, is a look that was past its sell-by date about a decade and a half ago as far as I'm concerned... But yes, it does look especially goofy to see someone well into adulthood sporting the backward hat look...

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SoftRain — Wed, 27 Feb 2019 02:55:43 GMT