Author Topic: The Jacket... (Read 6782 times)

Tick · « **on:** December 07, 2019, 09:47:50 AM »

So about 2 weeks ago I see this jacket come up in my Facebook feed and I fell in love with it. As time went by I started obsessing about wanting to buy the jacket. Its only $90.00 which is a great price!
So yesterday I said to my wife I really want to order that jacket!
So as I got home from work my 19 year daughter and my wife sat me down to give me a harsh dose of reality...
My daughter Bri says...
"Dad I hate to say this to you and please don't take it the wrong way but that jacket is just too cool for you. Its an awesome jacket but I don't don't thinks its age appropriate for you. You are 55. Its more a jacket for someone who is 27. I just don't you can pull it off. Sorry."

My wife says, sorry honey I agree.

So...
That was tough to swallow. I'm older maybe I'm not seeing it the way I should?
Thoughts?

King Postwhore · « **Reply #1 on:** December 07, 2019, 10:04:00 AM »

Tell them it's how it will make you feel and isn't that important?

Tick · « **Reply #2 on:** December 07, 2019, 10:15:35 AM »

Quote from: kingshmegland on December 07, 2019, 10:04:00 AM

Tell them it's how it will make you feel and isn't that important?

I now feel self conscious about it. Now I am thinking, well perhaps they are right? I thought of it as an awesome jacket and now something I can't pull off.

Its brutal that at 55 I have to look at something like that jacket in that way. Or maybe they are off? Who knows, but at this point even though I was told, "if you really want it get it"
I feel like I don't want to anymore.

King Postwhore · « **Reply #3 on:** December 07, 2019, 10:16:29 AM »

Well, my weight limits my style so
I feel ya.

jammindude · « **Reply #4 on:** December 07, 2019, 10:32:04 AM »

I pull a Cartman and say, "SCREW YOU, I DO WHAT I WAAANT!!!!"

I'm 50, and reading that it's not age appropriate just makes me want it more. I'll wear it with my Utilikilt!!

Phoenix87x · « **Reply #5 on:** December 07, 2019, 10:32:42 AM »

A person cool enough to wear that jacket would just buy the jacket

Tick · « **Reply #6 on:** December 07, 2019, 10:38:47 AM »

Quote from: jammindude on December 07, 2019, 10:32:04 AM

I pull a Cartman and say, "SCREW YOU, I DO WHAT I WAAANT!!!!"

I'm 50, and reading that it's not age appropriate just makes me want it more. I'll wear it with my Utilikilt!!

Tick · « **Reply #7 on:** December 07, 2019, 10:42:53 AM »

Quote from: Phoenix87x on December 07, 2019, 10:32:42 AM

A person cool enough to wear that jacket would just buy the jacket

Well this is me still fronting my band Empires Past just 2 weeks ago and kicking ass with our all original music project. So I don't think I'm uncool. But my self esteem took a hit so perhaps I'm not as cool as I think I am.

Lonk · « **Reply #8 on:** December 07, 2019, 11:01:14 AM »

Personally don’t see the issue here. That jacket looks awesome!

SwedishGoose · « **Reply #9 on:** December 07, 2019, 01:07:51 PM »

I'm 51 and I would definiteley wear that jacket...
Bought a new leather jacket this autumn that was not like this one but also cool looking. Makes me feel good to wear it so why not this jacket for you.

MirrorMask · « **Reply #10 on:** December 07, 2019, 01:34:36 PM »

If it fits your size, go for it. Induments cool enough like that work fine on everyone. Heck, I just turned 40 and this is the gift I received:

https://www.emp-online.it/dw/image/v2/BBQV_PRD/on/demandware.static/-/Sites-master-emp/default/dw5744ee19/images/3/4/6/8/346851za.jpg?sfrm=png

And I can't wait for the next concert to wear them

PetFish · « **Reply #11 on:** December 07, 2019, 06:32:48 PM »

My prediction is that they're going to get it for you for Xmas and are just trying to throw you off.

King Postwhore · « **Reply #12 on:** December 07, 2019, 06:42:49 PM »

Quote from: PetFish on December 07, 2019, 06:32:48 PM

My prediction is that they're going to get it for you for Xmas and are just trying to throw you off.

Oooooh! This is a goid one! Rich, wait until after Christmas!

wolfking · « **Reply #13 on:** December 08, 2019, 03:03:06 AM »

Fuck them, buy the jacket.

wolfking · « **Reply #14 on:** December 08, 2019, 03:04:18 AM »

Quote from: kingshmegland on December 07, 2019, 06:42:49 PM

Quote from: PetFish on December 07, 2019, 06:32:48 PM
My prediction is that they're going to get it for you for Xmas and are just trying to throw you off.

Oooooh! This is a goid one! Rich, wait until after Christmas!

So they just crush his soul in the meantime and then pull it out on XMas and say, 'nah, jokes, here you go.'

Stadler · « **Reply #15 on:** December 08, 2019, 06:46:23 AM »

Quote from: wolfking on December 08, 2019, 03:04:18 AM

Quote from: kingshmegland on December 07, 2019, 06:42:49 PM
Quote from: PetFish on December 07, 2019, 06:32:48 PM
My prediction is that they're going to get it for you for Xmas and are just trying to throw you off.

Oooooh! This is a goid one! Rich, wait until after Christmas!

So they just crush his soul in the meantime and then pull it out on XMas and say, 'nah, jokes, here you go.'

What else is family for?

I've had that conversation as well, and largely the fam is right. I make up for it in other ways, but I do think my fashion days are over. That they are right doesn't mean I won't wear it though.

King Postwhore · « **Reply #16 on:** December 08, 2019, 07:13:58 AM »

Quote from: wolfking on December 08, 2019, 03:04:18 AM

Quote from: kingshmegland on December 07, 2019, 06:42:49 PM
Quote from: PetFish on December 07, 2019, 06:32:48 PM
My prediction is that they're going to get it for you for Xmas and are just trying to throw you off.

Oooooh! This is a goid one! Rich, wait until after Christmas!

So they just crush his soul in the meantime and then pull it out on XMas and say, 'nah, jokes, here you go.'

Yes. I've had it done to me before lol

Tick · « **Reply #17 on:** December 08, 2019, 01:17:28 PM »

I’d bet anything they ain’t buying this for me. They are not good enough actors to be as convincing as they were in shooting me down on this jacket.

wolfking · « **Reply #18 on:** December 08, 2019, 03:07:38 PM »

Quote from: Tick on December 08, 2019, 01:17:28 PM

I’d bet anything they ain’t buying this for me. They are not good enough actors to be as convincing as they were in shooting me down on this jacket.

That's what I'm saying. It would be downright cruel to sit you down and say this and then buy it for you. And not to mention a complete mindfuck that would make you self conscious if you even tried to wear it.

King Postwhore · « **Reply #19 on:** December 08, 2019, 04:15:34 PM »

Cruel from his wife and daughter?

If so, they think they are being honest. I was in the Other Banks 5 years ago. I rented a bike and rode it like a 15 year old. My weight said otherwise. I got 2 flats. It was a sign. Lol.

Still, I did it and I had fun. It's up to Rich to make himself happy.

TAC · « **Reply #20 on:** December 08, 2019, 04:26:11 PM »

Honestly, I don't think there's anything wrong with the jacket. I mean, I'd turn the collar down. It may be a ruse by the fam to surprise Tick. Maybe they're jealous. One day ..jacket. The next day..20 y/o bimbo.

I think I'd need more info on how that conversation actually went.

wolfking · « **Reply #21 on:** December 08, 2019, 05:43:32 PM »

Quote from: kingshmegland on December 08, 2019, 04:15:34 PM

Cruel from his wife and daughter?

To say those things and put them those thoughts through his head only to be a trick and buy it for him anyway. That's where I was coming from.

MinistroRaven · « **Reply #22 on:** December 08, 2019, 05:59:05 PM »

Buy the jacket and wear it, IF after you have wore it YOU don't like it, return it!

Herrick · « **Reply #23 on:** December 08, 2019, 06:23:02 PM »

I'm 38 and I'd feel like a right wanker wearing a jacket like that. Doesn't mean a 55-year-old can't wear it though. Get what you want!

Stadler · « **Reply #24 on:** December 08, 2019, 06:40:28 PM »

I don't get the cruel thing. Maybe it's my family, but I love my wife and my kid, and vice versa (I think), but they wouldn't hesitate even for a second to say "Yo, grampa, that jacket ain't for you." My kid debated getting me a can of tennis balls for my fiftieth, on the rationale that I would need them for the inevitable walker.

wolfking · « **Reply #25 on:** December 09, 2019, 04:08:42 AM »

Quote from: Stadler on December 08, 2019, 06:40:28 PM

I don't get the cruel thing. Maybe it's my family, but I love my wife and my kid, and vice versa (I think), but they wouldn't hesitate even for a second to say "Yo, grampa, that jacket ain't for you." My kid debated getting me a can of tennis balls for my fiftieth, on the rationale that I would need them for the inevitable walker.

Them telling him he is too old for the jacket isn't cruel, but saying that and then buying the jacket is what I mean. I guess you wouldn't think about it again if they purchased the jacket, but saying that reason for not getting the jacket as a lie to get him off the trail to surprise him just seems like something that would hit home regardless. Dunno, I'm probably thinking too much into it.

v_clortho · « **Reply #26 on:** December 09, 2019, 04:19:36 PM »

I think you should dress your age to appease your wife and daughter. Get some pants that you can hike up to your armpits. After dressing like that for a week then bring up the jacket again. Maybe it won't look so bad.

JayOctavarium · « **Reply #27 on:** December 09, 2019, 06:44:51 PM »

Fuck it.

Buy the jacket.

YOLO

T-ski · « **Reply #28 on:** December 09, 2019, 07:31:22 PM »

So this doesn’t have anything to do with the Adrien Brody movie?

Herrick · « **Reply #29 on:** December 09, 2019, 08:32:06 PM »

Quote from: T-ski on December 09, 2019, 07:31:22 PM

So this doesn’t have anything to do with the Adrien Brody movie?

Herrick was thinking the same thing.

wolfking · « **Reply #30 on:** December 10, 2019, 12:09:25 AM »

The Seinfeld episode also is a pretty good one.

Aythesryche · « **Reply #31 on:** December 10, 2019, 03:19:15 AM »

I used to be a fashion photographer for some top brands back in the day. I’ve met and worked with a lot of people you wouldn’t believe, and most of them were eager to share their opinions, which were often bizarre. One of the things I’ve learned is there aren’t very many rules, and most of the archaic guidelines are ignored. If I was still in the field and we were friends and I magically put you, your wife, and your daughter in a room filled with super models like Tyra Banks, Heidi Klum, Alessandra Ambrosio, and a handful of others in the fashion world and they over heard that discussion? Well, it would be a unanimous rebuttal explaining how they’re wrong, and they’d all say in unison “Buy the fucking jacket!”

It’s not a toddlers onesie, it’s a jacket. Wear it and enjoy it!

Tick · « **Reply #32 on:** December 10, 2019, 10:08:40 AM »

Quote from: wolfking on December 08, 2019, 05:43:32 PM

Quote from: kingshmegland on December 08, 2019, 04:15:34 PM
Cruel from his wife and daughter?

To say those things and put them those thoughts through his head only to be a trick and buy it for him anyway. That's where I was coming from.

Trust me my wife and daughter would not play a game like that. My daughter was giving her honest opinion. That being said they said if you want it go for it.

Sir GuitarCozmo · « **Reply #33 on:** December 10, 2019, 11:11:22 AM »

Guaran-mother-fucking-teed if you told your wife that a piece of clothing she wanted to wear wasn't appropriate for her, in your opinion, you'd be in some serious shit and be met with "What do you know about women's clothing"?

I mean, I don't know your wife, but I suspect that would be a pretty standard response from any woman who was given the same "dose of reality" that you were given.

Podaar · « **Reply #34 on:** December 10, 2019, 01:17:52 PM »

Hey Tick,

I just ordered this jacket for myself. I'm 58. Ask your wife and daughter if it's age appropriate for me.

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