Anonymous
Post 10/05/2011 19:59     Subject: Do you and you DH dress up for dinner at home?
Anonymous wrote:My sister is totally in to getting dressed up for Thanksgiving and other major holidays. It's not a manners thing for her -- instead it's about the fun of dressing up for each other. She calls us a week or so in advance to find out what we're wearing, to prolong the fun. My BILs and SILs, on the other hand, not so much.


My family dresses for Holidays too. It adds to the festivity.
Anonymous
Post 10/05/2011 19:14     Subject: Do you and you DH dress up for dinner at home?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We used to dress for dinner when we visited my grandparents. Now it's a stretch if the entire extended family is dressed, in the sense of nice clothes instead of jeans, for Thanksgiving.


I went to a boarding school from the time I was five (mother died when I was four and father in military). We had to be nicely dressed for all meals. Later on we were allowed to wear jeans for breakfast on Saturday morning and lunch. On Sunday, no jeans. Today, I do not allow my children to wear dirty clothes to dinner and they have to wash face, hands, comb hair. I have to look at them and they have to look at me and I think we should always look as good as possible.

Unless sick, no pajamas or sweats.


You needed a singing nun to make you play clothes out of the boarding school drapes.


Are you trying to demonstrate that trolls have below-average intelligence and are unfunny? Because you're doing a good job!
Anonymous
Post 10/05/2011 18:21     Subject: Do you and you DH dress up for dinner at home?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We used to dress for dinner when we visited my grandparents. Now it's a stretch if the entire extended family is dressed, in the sense of nice clothes instead of jeans, for Thanksgiving.


I went to a boarding school from the time I was five (mother died when I was four and father in military). We had to be nicely dressed for all meals. Later on we were allowed to wear jeans for breakfast on Saturday morning and lunch. On Sunday, no jeans. Today, I do not allow my children to wear dirty clothes to dinner and they have to wash face, hands, comb hair. I have to look at them and they have to look at me and I think we should always look as good as possible.

Unless sick, no pajamas or sweats.


You needed a singing nun to make you play clothes out of the boarding school drapes.
Anonymous
Post 10/05/2011 18:19     Subject: Do you and you DH dress up for dinner at home?
Of course. Where else would I be able to wear my tuxedo t shirt?
Anonymous
Post 10/05/2011 18:00     Subject: Do you and you DH dress up for dinner at home?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We used to dress for dinner when we visited my grandparents. Now it's a stretch if the entire extended family is dressed, in the sense of nice clothes instead of jeans, for Thanksgiving.


I went to a boarding school from the time I was five (mother died when I was four and father in military). We had to be nicely dressed for all meals. Later on we were allowed to wear jeans for breakfast on Saturday morning and lunch. On Sunday, no jeans. Today, I do not allow my children to wear dirty clothes to dinner and they have to wash face, hands, comb hair. I have to look at them and they have to look at me and I think we should always look as good as possible.

Unless sick, no pajamas or sweats.


Gee, you don't have issues, do you?

And btw your kids are not in boarding school, they are at home and does one really want to treat their home like an institutional setting?
Anonymous
Post 10/05/2011 17:43     Subject: Do you and you DH dress up for dinner at home?
I like to dress in general. I went shopping the other day and my personal shopper asked me why I was so dressed up! I don't know? Maybe because I like to wear my clothing! I truly enjoy fashion, there is nothing fashionable about sweats. I own two pairs and rarely wear them outside of the bedroom.
Anonymous
Post 10/04/2011 11:44     Subject: Do you and you DH dress up for dinner at home?
I dress up for Holiday meals. My husband used to think that was weird, but I make him do it too.

But weeknights? Seriously? I mean, if we're still wearing work clothes, then I guess so. But I'm normally in yoga pants and a hoodie in T minus 5 after walking in the door.
Anonymous
Post 10/04/2011 11:33     Subject: Re:Do you and you DH dress up for dinner at home?
Anonymous wrote:I'm lucky if I dress up for a dinner out!


Looking sloppy is nothing to be proud of.
Anonymous
Post 10/04/2011 11:17     Subject: Do you and you DH dress up for dinner at home?
My sister is totally in to getting dressed up for Thanksgiving and other major holidays. It's not a manners thing for her -- instead it's about the fun of dressing up for each other. She calls us a week or so in advance to find out what we're wearing, to prolong the fun. My BILs and SILs, on the other hand, not so much.
Anonymous
Post 10/04/2011 11:08     Subject: Do you and you DH dress up for dinner at home?
yes. I take a firm position on dressing for dinner. Every member of the family must have something on over their underwear for dinner. So no wearing just a diaper or just boxers, etc. So I often make them go put on either sweats or pj bottoms. I'm super strict like that.
Anonymous
Post 10/04/2011 11:08     Subject: Do you and you DH dress up for dinner at home?
People are lucky if I come to Thanksgiving dinner dressed up.
Anonymous
Post 10/04/2011 11:04     Subject: Do you and you DH dress up for dinner at home?
We change out of white shirts for dinner if we're having pasta, we're that cool.
Anonymous
Post 10/04/2011 10:54     Subject: Do you and you DH dress up for dinner at home?
This is my favorite thread ever.

PJ's/sweats.
Anonymous
Post 10/04/2011 10:51     Subject: Re:Do you and you DH dress up for dinner at home?
OMG! That's MY HUSBAND in this picture!

Who are you? And why are you eating dinner with my husband????



Anonymous wrote:This is us, more or less:

Anonymous
Post 10/04/2011 10:51     Subject: Do you and you DH dress up for dinner at home?
Depends on how late DH and I are eating. If it's before 7 then yes, bc we are usually still in our work attire. If it's after our toddler goes to bed then we're already in casual but clean clothing.