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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was looking for a good oversized sweatshirt to wear for dog walks and weekends when the weather gets cold. When I looked on the Anthropologie site I saw a ton of sweatshirts that said stuff like "Wifey" and "Fiancé". Do people actually wear these? It seems incredibly obnoxious. They also had stuff that said "Bride" and "Maid of Honor" which is also kind of obnoxious but I could see someone wearing to a bachelorette party or the week of the wedding. But like is someone walking around wearing a sweatshirt that says Wifey.

There's also a brand called Favorite Daughter selling sweatshirts that say "Dad's Favorite" or "Mom's Favorite" and while I get these are meant to be kind of tongue in cheek next to the other ones it just comes off as very braggy.

Is this a new trend? I have never been a message tee person but it's never bothered me that other people wear them. But these feel self-absorbed and braggy in a totally different way. And I say that as someone who is married and was a fiancé and has even been a maid of honor and might be described privately as my mom's favorite daughter. But I can't imagine wearing any of this stuff. Can someone explain it to me.

People are wearing them on the plane to their honeymoon destination. Or at their bachelorette. Or whatever. MYOB. No one will make you wear one.

OP here. That's what I would normally assume but these are expensive sweatshirts. Like $80-120. Not a $20 joke tee. Are people really spending $100 on a sweatshirt they will wear to their honeymoon destination or their bachelorette and then (presumably) never again? I guess the price point made me think this is something people are buying to wear somewhat regularly while they are engaged or after they are married. Which strikes me as strange.

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Anonymous wrote:Of course there are people who buy this! Newly engaged or married people, people buying gag gifts for sisters or daughters, etc.

What a waste of resources. More trash for the landfill.

Anonymous wrote:Of course there are people who buy this! Newly engaged or married people, people buying gag gifts for sisters or daughters, etc.

Anonymous wrote:My DH and I bought tshirts that said “Just married [name]” and pointed toward each other. It was just a gag for the post-wedding hangout (very casual wedding). But it backfired because it required I always stand to his right and we kept forgetting so all the pictures look like we each just married someone off camera.

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Anonymous wrote:I can’t understand why anyone would search for a sweatshirt from Anthropologie.

This. I didn't realize that people over 18 still shop there.

Anonymous wrote:I can’t understand why anyone would search for a sweatshirt from Anthropologie.

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Anonymous wrote:Of course there are people who buy this! Newly engaged or married people, people buying gag gifts for sisters or daughters, etc.

This.

They are meant to be gag gifts or for special trips, eg, bachelorette weekends in Nashville.

They are not meant for dog walking. There are myriad sites for what you are looking for.

My other pet is a cat who would kill me if I tried to leash her.

Chief Pooper-Scooper

My boss thinks I’m working right now.

Or just wear a sweatshirt from your alma mater. Better yet: order a sweatshirt from a school that might prompt a strong reaction—good or bad. Think: Harvard Law (who cares that you are a SAHM or flight attendant) or Ole Miss.

Personally, I triple dog dare you to go bold with your sweatshirt. Why not find an old school hip hop hoodie from the 1990s? Why not have a sweatshirt made with your neighborhood name—perhaps design a logo and mascot? The Vienna Vixens or Del Boca Vista Phase 3 Foo Fighting Federalists?