Flower In The Net

I rarely use tumblr via my computer anymore so I just saw this. I’m not sure when you sent this, but I apologize if it’s taken me a long time to get back to you. I had a long think about this. I got some similar responses vis a vis number 7 on my list of things that annoy me at hockey games. And I tried to think about why that one in particular seemed to bother me at games. I think it comes down to my own internal assumptions about others’ intentions. And the truth is I don’t know anyone’s motivations unless they tell me. I don’t know WHY these women decide to wear jerseys as dresses. Maybe they just feel cute like that, as you suggested. Maybe they didn’t have any clean pants that day. They could be doing it for a number of reasons, but the judgment I make about them isn’t on them. It’s on me. 

Judgments are normal. They’re human. That whole post is just a list of judgments I made - mostly for the sake of humor. And I didn’t think about the implications of number 7. Which is my mistake. It was one of those judgments I should have kept to myself.

The truth is – yes, girls wearing jerseys as dresses make me uncomfortable and annoyed, for a variety of reasons. And I’m allowed to feel that way. But just because I’m uncomfortable with or annoyed by something doesn’t make it wrong. Personally, I get cold at hockey games. And I don’t fully “get” the trend. But I’m not the fashion police and even if I were, I don’t have jurisdiction. I would never want to make anyone feel like they can’t wear what they want.