the clothes they wear

Posted on 15/8/2009 at 17:35 - Post Comment

dutchwomanabroad

saturday 15 august 2009

what do you do when you are invited to a diner party or when you invite people over to your house for a nice meal? i go thru my wardrobe and get out something nice, will select some jewelery, and stand in front of the bathroom mirror for a while and get myself to be looking good. the persons we know here are not like that, and hubby dear is also a bit slack in the dressing up game(but he gets punished for that). for the ticino people dressing in their leisure time means(sorry i have to give you a brand name) dressing 'think pink'. can you imagine sitting next to the christmas tree and adults and children are all in their comfy gear. everyone a 'think pink' pair of pants and the matching color of sweatshirt on top. by now people who are invited over to my place learned that they have to dress. i am known to open the door to sweatsuit guests and tell them i didn't recall inviting them for a gymsession. hubby dear is terrible, even worse. if you are on time on our doorstep, you might find him cooking in his briefs and maybe an undershirt. he will open a bottle of something good to get you at ease, cut you some bread and prosciutto crudo and then he'll go and put on something. and that might just be a t-shirt. i am the only one embaressed and the foreigners also. for the ticinesi this is normal. they make fun of us, dutch people, being dressed with shoes, etc. in the house until we go to bed. it really depends on what you are used to, doesn't it?!

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