Hand Me Downs

I read your last sentence and burst out laughing.

We have one girl and one boy, and our one niece close enough in age is extremely petite and chubbier than my beanpole daughter –> so no hand-me-downs go to her from us.

As for the formal wear, you're far nicer than me. I would have said, "you don't have to dress like this every day, so for these very few occasions you're going to have to suck it up."

But I do understand his objection. Formal clothes in this country are ridiculous unless you live somewhere north of Nebraska. Here in Texas they should be taking notes on Filipino formal wear.

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This is hysterical because my #3 of 4 boys also has already raided my jewelry box and my hair product. He is the most picky about his clothes. (and has had his ears pierced since his 6th birthday.) My clothes have been safe so far. And we do have the problems of different sizes and different styles, still, now they're all bean poles so at least the jeans get handed down.

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I always wanted at least one girl (I have two), but they're so spread out hand me downs will not be helpful. My son is so slender and grows so slowly, it's unlikely he'd be a help for dressing Roxy (who is a very very girly girl). My daughter does hel herself to my stuff, but NOT my clothes as a general rule.

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I could almost feel sorry for you except you never have to listen to screaming and girls pitching fits because their sister has borrowed the expensive sweater (which was stuffed in the back of the closet under a stinky towel).
Unless maybe you have been fit pitching yourself.

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I bet you had the tag problem, too. No tags! And the seams on the socks had to be perfect. No scratchy anything anywhere. I sympathize!

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We have this exact same problem. (Well, Mom draws the line at the makeup, but that kid outgrew the Emo phase in a relatively painless – I can say that NOW! – time)
My oldest is extremely slim. They don't make jeans size 20/42 for some reason!
His sister is just like him…we literally looked for over a year for jeans for her. FINALLY just found out that Wet Seal (What an awful name!) has jeans that aren't indecent, don't make her look like a tramp, and are cool enough for her to wear. On CLEARANCE!
(And for a couple years down the road, maybe she'll decide to wear boy's jeans…she can borrow her brother's!) Yeah, right!

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I want to meet GOTH!

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This post totally cracked me up. I can definitely relate to the hand-me-downs. So far, Boy #1 is wearing "Husky" sizes, and Boy #2 is wearing "Slims." Yeah, not much being handed down. Plus by the time the second or third boy gets the tub of leftovers, all the T-shirts are completely stained and the pants look like they've gone through a shredder. Maybe one of my boys will one day decide to raid my closet and makeup drawer. A girl can dream, can't she?

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These comments are hysterical. With my 3 boys I have actually been able to cash in on this hand me down concept. However, two years ago the two oldest boys, who are 20 months apart, have become the same size with the oldest's waist just a smidgen bigger. So I have had to increase the clothes budget and buy new stuff for both of them for back to school and spring. And then buy an additional bin to save everything for the youngest. The trick is remembering to get out the bins when needed for youngest. Seems he went all summer with 3 or 4 pairs of shorts. Then when school started I found the bin of shorts saved for him. There were 14 pairs of good shorts to choose from. He is happy to get all that stuff as long as I get him just a couple new shirts or such.
But the shoes? Gah! Every few months it's new shoes time for the lot of them. And the sad thing is they cost more than mine do.

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I'm not laughing at you, I'm laughing with you. You were laughing right? That's an interesting twist of fate. Luckily my four have been similar sizes at similar ages, I've actually managed to hand down some of the more neutral girl stuff to the boys. They'll never know the difference. Or they might appreciate it someday, my youngest has a very deep appreciation for women's shoes.

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Goth needs to hang out with my son! He is still trying to figure out whether he is a skater or a sports guy. I think underneath it all he would be more comfy as a goth, if he thought his dad and Mama C wouldn't throw a gigantic fit. Me, I don't care. Just clothes, just hair, I have said that all along.

Even with my girls, as long as they are not showing too much leg (you should see some of the girls their ages), they can wear what they want. Want to dye your hair purple? Fine by me!

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Really, I have no choice but to post a comment to this, as one of the last lines is mostly incorrect…
The only piece of clothing I've ever borrowed was a long, black skirt for camp (and honestly, I doubt anything else would fit me!). Jewelry, yes. Makeup, yes. But clothes? Nah––my friends' fit much better.

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Hahahahh love that your son got on to defend his honor. So is the lesson we're supposed to take from this post that hand-me-downs are worthless and for hoarders?

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Hey, the long black skirt could easily be the most versatile thing in a persons wardrobe. Good choice Goth.

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