<p>Yeah, well all I got was a bunch of pigeons or somethun…
(Doesn’t even go with my purple cow.)</p>
<p>For me I bought my Georgetown sweatshirt almost 2 years ago on a visit, but I didn’t wear it until I got in and sent my deposit. For me it is a representation of a lot of hard work and a dream come true. Now I know it’s not Harvard so maybe it won’t offend you, but I love my future school. However, I am very careful about wearing it around my friends who haven’t heard back yet, but they all understand and would do the same.</p>
<p>ROFL MINI - well you can mix and match - and make your own statement LOL</p>
<p>Georgetown is a terrific school, hec2008. Congratulations. And enjoy your shirt.</p>
<p>I recognize we all have our pet peeves, and perhaps I am not as visual because it doesn’t bother me.</p>
<p>I am more bothered by people who have loud music in their cars, or are talking on cell phones, even when they are at the cash register, or are talking loudly in buses or on trains- I find that harder to tune out.</p>
<p>Of course if I was insecure about my own lack of college affiliation, I might be more sensitive- but I try not to judge others- especially regarding something personal like clothing.</p>
<p>In this overly-litigious age, it seems that a disclaimer is now needed in small print on the back of each piece of clothing that contains the name or logo of an institution that may be perceived as elite. Something along the lines of</p>
<p>“Caution: Wearer makes no claims, stated or implied, with respect to affiliation or lack thereof with the named institution, nor have they received any consideration whatever from anyone in return for wearing this garment in public. Readers of this garment are welcome to think whatever the heck they please but, except in cases where potential violations of applicable public decency laws are concerned, they are respectfully requested to mind their own gosh darned business should they feel any need to share negative opinions with the wearer. Deliberate actions committed by readers resulting in harm to the wearer will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.”</p>
<p>HSisoverrated, you are concerned about adults clothing styles and choice of t-shirts?
Let it go! </p>
<p>Most adults I know, especially 10 years out of college or longer are not even thinking about what they are throwing on to go to the store/gym/lawnwork/whatever. </p>
<p>Gone are the days where we obsessed over what shirt we had on and what it implied. The obsessions we share now are (from the worst) how am I going to pay this mortgage if I get laid off, or (to the mundane) O Dam*, I’m out of formula and diapers. </p>
<p>The guy you saw with the Harvard shirt on probably went to Boston on vacation and picked up a Harvard shirt at the co-op, and right when you saw him was worrying if he had remembered everything his wife told him to pick up at the store. He is probably much more concerned with the stern look his wife is going to give him when he comes home with no butter than any approving looks he imagines he is getting from people envying his presumed Harvard affiliation.</p>
<p>Where I have lived alums frequently wear their college logo stuff on weekends, especially during football season. Lots also fly their college flags on football Saturdays. Mostly Pac 10, Big 10, ACC, SEC, Big 12 grads seem to do this.</p>
<p>I live in Fla, and EVERYONE wears college shirts around here, from all over. Of course, UF and FSU are the most common, but for some reason Ohio State is a biggie too. It’s more of a sports thing than anything else. I think UF became really popular after the NCAA wins.</p>
<p>"Because I consider it to be elitism masked with the excuse of “I worked hard for this”. "</p>
<p>So tell us, how far down the rankings does the right to wear the shirt kick in?</p>
<p>“The guy you saw with the Harvard shirt on probably went to Boston on vacation and picked up a Harvard shirt at the co-op, and right when you saw him was worrying if he had remembered everything his wife told him to pick up at the store.”</p>
<p>So true! You know he had to get a souvenir shirt from his trip to Boston to add to the Yosemite, Times Square, Disney World, and Alcatraz shirts in his collection. He’ll wear them all on his upcoming Alaska cruise.</p>
<p>BASSDAD - I think that would be appropro to be stamped along the edge of the ‘college’ shirt ROFL</p>
<p>HANNA - can we add a Dunkin Donuts shirt to that pile too?? ;)</p>
<p>College teeshirts (or any shirt with writing or pictures) are great conversation starters! I have met many people asking them about their shirt. When my brother was in the Navy years ago he asked me to send him a shirt with “Michigan” on it just because Navy people identified their home states that way and it was a way to meet other people when traveling.</p>
<p>Since the OP’s title for this thread includes yay or nay - it seems that the yay’s have it about 99% over the nay’s. I guess the OP has a very unique perspective on the wearing of ‘college colors/shirts’ - so to each their own I guess.</p>
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<p>Now THAT is a fantastic idea - US pride at it’s best.</p>
<p>I like BassDad’s idea. Or maybe, on the back “It’s just a shirt”</p>
<p>I’m a parent and I still have some college sweatshirts that I wear. Yes, the schools would be considered prestigious, but why should that offend someone? I have good memories of my time there, so why not? I and my kids have also worn shirts that were gifts and had names of schools that weren’t prestigious- again, who cares? I liked the shirt, I liked the person who gave it to me. To the OP-so, if your school is obscure and not prestitgious, is it OK to wear the shirt? I see people in my area with paraphernalia with the local community college printed on it. I never give it a second thought. Is it OK to wear something from a community college or if the school is ranked below a certain number on US news? What about if the school’s average SAT is below a certain number?</p>
<p>Last year as soon as my S was accepted ED we got him a hooded sweatshirt with school logo that he proudly wore for quite some time. My S also found out that his during orientation week for any activity you signed up for you got a free t-shirt. During Christmas break, I noticed that quite a bit of his clothing proudly showed his school. At parents weekend I got a shirt and for Christmas S bought H a golf shirt. So yes we all proudly wear college apparel. My H has so much stuff from his college too.</p>
<p>Geez, I didn’t know there were parts of the world where one doesn’t see half the folks on the street wearing UM shirts & the other half wearing MSU shirts! Going to the school is NOT a prerequisite around here!</p>
<p>My H and I are happy as middle schoolers to wear shirts from our D’s college. The FU is such a conversation starter! We don’t have the one that says “FU 'til you’re purple” (D bought that one for her UM friend for Christmas), but H has the one with the famed & fabled Furman football chant: “FU one time … FU two times … FU three times … FU all the time.” I also enjoy the double-takes my FU (with the tiny “Furman University” printed underneath) window sticker gets. Yeah, I’m a real class act.</p>
<p>P.S. My D wears hoodies from several of the schools she visited. She says “everyone” does. If you spent the money, why waste it?</p>
<p>My father-in-law is in his late seventies and was the first one in his family to attend college. He proudly wears his college baseball cap - everywhere. It is not HYP or anything close, but he wears it with pride. His choice to wear it has nothing to do with anyone or anything else, other than the pride he feels and the wonderful college memories he cherishes (he attends his reunion every single year). Our S would be the first grandchild to attend college and I have a feeling he will buy a baseball cap to honor our S - and which college would be irrelevant in his decision making.</p>
<p>HSisOverrated, maybe you will better understand why “older” folks wear their college T-shirts after your college experience.</p>
<p>When we were in Tanzania, I was startled by the huge number of African men that I saw wearing college t-shirts from American colleges–until I realized that every street market sold the old t-shirts bought by the container-load from American thrift stores. </p>
<p>My personal favorite was the one from the University of Alaska, showing a team of huskies pulling a sled across the snow. It was being worn by a very tall Maasai tribesman, underneath his red wool wrap… The only snow in Tanzania is at the stop of Mt Kilimanjaro.</p>