Why It's OK to Wear a Rumpled Shirt

[Nighthawk]

Personally, I prefer a few wrinkles, myself. I work with a guy who even starches and presses his pockets to the point where it's rediculous. To me a totally wrinkle free shirt says "I have OCD!!" This guy is totally OCD and so much fun to play with. He's like my own personal doll that screams and rolls it's eyes back in it's head at the slightest shake. It's great.

[fluter]

Sounds very much as if it the article was written by a bachelor. I really can't see my wife letting me out in public looking crumpled...

When I married, we had one iron between us. Guess whose it was? I still do all of the laundry.

If men told the truth, the reason most get married, after love and lust, is because they don't want to wash their own socks and underwear any more.

And here I thought we just got tired of holding our stomach in.

Oh and for the record, I press kilts, not shirts. Got a new iron last year, just for wool!

[Alaskan Kilted Guy]

Personally, I prefer a few wrinkles, myself. I work with a guy who even starches and presses his pockets to the point where it's rediculous. To me a totally wrinkle free shirt says "I have OCD!!" This guy is totally OCD and so much fun to play with. He's like my own personal doll that screams and rolls it's eyes back in it's head at the slightest shake. It's great.

You hit the nail on the head.

I agree that a wrinkled shirt or unshined shoes are small details that tell a lot about a person. It may just tell you that they have nothing better to do than worry about trivial crap.

I used to spit shine my duty boots as I had previously done in the military. One night at work, I had to respond to a guy who had hung himself. After performing CPR until the paramedics took him away I looked at all the wax I left on the floor. I saw how smudged my boots looked. I recall thinking how utterly silly the whole idea of the spit shine was. I haven't spit shined boots since.

[Jack Daw]

All of my piper shirts, dress/business shirts, and collared sports shirts (mostly plaid, btw) are pressed before wearing. For casual, I RARELY wear T-shirts, frankly. I do wear these very cool collared drip-dry tech shirts with jeans and shorts, and these don't need pressing.

[isantop]

I agree with the first post entirely! After all, I pride myself on the 25 or so very large wrinkles "round my rear" that I leave the house with on a daily basis!