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GoneButNotForgotten — Sat, 26 Aug 2023 03:47:45 GMT

...some old, ratty clothes that are so comfy you can't bear to part with them? I have a shirt with black and white horizontal stripes--kind of like a sailor's shirt. It's old, it's ratty, I look about 100 years old when I wear it, and I love it.

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Kachina624 — Sat, 26 Aug 2023 03:51:37 GMT

No, I really enjoy wearing my pretty, newer things.

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GoneButNotForgotten — Sat, 26 Aug 2023 04:01:53 GMT

I do too but sometimes I'm in the mood for an old and trusty old shirt or jeans, etc., for reading a good book on a chilly night...cuddled up with DH (he's old and trusty too )

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kate2357 — Sat, 26 Aug 2023 04:02:00 GMT

No I don't keep many old, well worn clothes. I cycle some into garden/work clothes, but they get tossed by end of summer.

Now I do have one old Ralph Lauren denim shirt I wear when I dye my hair. It cracks me up there are no dye stains on that shirt....so I don't toss it. It has to be 30 years old. I only wear it to dye my hair and even my dh knows it's my hair dying shirt. 😀

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Snowpuppy — Sat, 26 Aug 2023 04:07:08 GMT

Sure do!

I have a few long sleeve henley shirts from Duluth Trading that I can't part with. Prob 7 years old and still wear them for weekend chores and trips to the hardware store with Keds sneakers and rockin' the Pandemic Ponytail.

I would get laughed right outta the Fashion Forum. 😄

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chrystaltree — Sat, 26 Aug 2023 04:22:00 GMT

Nope. That's not who I am. Also I don't live alone.. Hubby and I share our home with my nephew's little family. I like looking nice even when I'm not going out. If anything, I overdress.

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Desertdi — Sat, 26 Aug 2023 04:33:22 GMT

NO! I wouldn't even dig in the yard in something that bad.....

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haddon9 — Sat, 26 Aug 2023 04:44:29 GMT

I had an Etsy business for 12 years and used to do a lot of painting. Rather than wear a smock I wore old schmatta paint splattered clothes. However they are long gone now since I don't need to wear old clothes and don't have my Etsy shop anymore.

Now when I lounge around the house, I like to look as good (for me) as I feel. I have my nice & cute loungewear.... no more schmattas!

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KathyM23 — Sat, 26 Aug 2023 04:52:13 GMT

No, I have never had any ratty clothes. Nothing I have ever had got to the point of ratty. When anything started looking old, it was trashed. I also have very few if any old clothes. I am a good purger and donate older clothes or newer ones I no longer like.

I have over-many nice newer clothes I like to wear.

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JeanLouiseFinch — Sat, 26 Aug 2023 05:15:02 GMT

I have one Cuddl Duds wrap that I bought when I was big, so it's the wrong size, but I leave it hang on the back of our bedroom door in case I need it. It's loaded with pills and is a pet hair magnet, but I keep hanging onto it.

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phoenixbrd — Sat, 26 Aug 2023 09:12:37 GMT

No. But if you do. enjoy!

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CalminHeart — Sat, 26 Aug 2023 11:33:47 GMT

I have 'dog' clothes and other clothes. My dog sheds like crazy so I have old comfy clothes I wear only at home. Then there is everything else, some of which aren't the greatest either.

I gave all my suits and dressier work clothes to a women's shelter after I retired. I go for comfort now.

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Rockycoast — Sat, 26 Aug 2023 11:40:13 GMT

No, I don't keep clothing til they start looking ratty. I donate the clothes I no longer care to wear. If I find a rip or hole in my tops, they go in the clothing recycle bin at our town transfer station.

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ValuSkr — Sat, 26 Aug 2023 11:44:38 GMT

Yes, I really do. But I wear them only around the house, for gardening, etc.

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Citrine1 — Sat, 26 Aug 2023 11:46:18 GMT

I'm surprised at all of the "no" answers. I certainly have old, ratty clothes that I wear. I refuse to put on nice clothes when I go out and cut the grass where I'm going to sweat, get dirty and end up with grass stains. Then again, I no longer wear make-up when I'm just sitting around the house.

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AuntG — Sat, 26 Aug 2023 11:48:03 GMT

Sure do. I wear them when pushing the lawn mower, raking, gardening and trimming shrubbery. If I lived in a tiny condo, with minimal maintenance required, I wouldn't keep the ratty items.

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LindaSal — Sat, 26 Aug 2023 12:36:47 GMT

I have a couple of older pieces that are a bit worn. I do the same like house cleaning, working out, things like that in them. I have one treasure I won't let go of and it's my Rolling Stones concert Tee from 1981.........I can still wear it (with Spanx, LOL) but I just love it, it's vintage

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gidgetgh — Sat, 26 Aug 2023 12:50:38 GMT

No, I don't.

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San Antonio Gal — Sat, 26 Aug 2023 12:58:41 GMT

@GoneButNotForgotten - I have one t shirt that's pretty ratty that I use as a sleep-shirt. It's so soft with holes, but has some sentimental value. It's ready for the trash, but for some reason, I don't want to part with it.

I think I'll sew the holes and keep it.

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scruffsmom — Sat, 26 Aug 2023 13:17:32 GMT

Yes, some I wouldn't wear to go any further than opening the foor to get the mail. Mostly it's my late husband's sweats that he grew out of and some of his tees that I wear as night shirts. Just hard to get rid of them. I did have a pair of jeans that I finally tossed because the holes were just too big for even home wearing .