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[quote=Anonymous]Shirtless guys were definitely more common in the 1970s and 1980s when boomers were younger.

My brother lived in just his briefs around the house. Outside during the summer, just gym shorts, a baseball cap, shoes and those striped tube socks to the knees but always bare chested.

If I or my sister had gone anywhere in the house in our underwear, mom would have had a fit.  But like many Italian American mothers, mom loved us girls dearly but she adored our brother to the point of worship.  He was considered perfect and could do no wrong.

My sister once set down at the breakfast table in shorts and a bikini top.  Mom raved at her to put on some clothes. Meanwhile my teenage brother was at the table in just the pair of tighty whities he’d worn to bed.

Always hated this double standard, so when I was raising my own kids, my DS and DD were made to wear clothes at all times outside the bedroom or bathroom.  If girls have to wear shorts and a shirt, so should boys.  Fortunately my DS never had a desire to go around the house without a shirt.

DH grew up in a family that didn’t go around unclothed, so he was in agreement.

I do recognize families have different customs, so I’m not being critical of others. DH came from a loving family but they are not affectionate at all.  The Italian side of my family was all about hugs and kisses.  My mom always woke me, my sister and especially my brother by kissing on us until we woke up.  Mom still kisses all of us, on the lips.  My DH finds that to be the weirdest thing and thinks it is gross.

So I recognize families have differences and there is no right or wrong in things like shirts being required.[/quote]

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