Tattooed working class (regular guy) neighbor never wears a shirt

[mickeyfan2]

As president I invite you to join......I wasnt going to let you but I saw the belly thing and it did me in (DH has a belly too )

WELCOME!!!

I am so envious. I cannot join this great club. Dh is a professional, has no tattoos and does not mow the lawn with his shirt of. He does have a cute little belly. Will that get me in? He is not hairy either.

 

[snowwhitesmom]

He does have a cute little belly

Hmmmm - maybe!

 

[mickeymousemom]

Yuk. Working class or otherwise, when you are out in public (which includes your front yard) put a shirt on.

Who are you and why are you here(with your 3 posts)? And thank the Lord above you aren't my neighbor. I'm doggone proud of my tattooed, ear pierced, goateed, bigger bellied DH. He's a cutie, a sweetie and if we're your neighbors then, by all means, just don't look out the winder when he's mowing the yard(the only time he'll go out in the yard shirtless)!

OHHH....I just thought of something here. WTH's the difference between being in a decent pair of athletic shorts, mowing the yard shirtless and being at the pool ??? HHMMMMMM???

 

[TruBlu]

They allow tattooed working class people in your neighborhood?

Sounds like OP needs to upgrade the nieghborhood!

 

[TruBlu]

NikiM20 may I please join you club??? DH doesn't have any tatoos (yet), but he is very hairy!

 

[Uncle Remus]

I just wondered what people thought about someone who never wore a shirt in public. I can see by the responses so far that the casual look of the typical working class man seems to be quite popular among similar working class women on this board.

I still maintain that it is a question the specific subculture (social and economic status) the person comes from.

Do you think your school teacher is gonna give you an A for your "research paper?" You might wanna work on your premise (last sentence of quote) since it isn't a complete sentence. And your bias...

 

[JunieJay]

Who are you and why are you here(with your 3 posts)? And thank the Lord above you aren't my neighbor. I'm doggone proud of my tattooed, ear pierced, goateed, bigger bellied DH. He's a cutie, a sweetie and if we're your neighbors then, by all means, just don't look out the winder when he's mowing the yard(the only time he'll go out in the yard shirtless)!

OHHH....I just thought of something here. WTH's the difference between being in a decent pair of athletic shorts, mowing the yard shirtless and being at the pool ??? HHMMMMMM???

Sorry, I didn't know there was a prerequisite to the number of posts one could have in order to voice an opinion. I also wasn't aware that I needed a reason to "be here". I'm here to join in the community, why are YOU here? To holler at people who don't agree with you and make them feel unwelcome?

If your husband is out in the yard without his shirt, I'll be sure to look away. I said I thought it was gross, I didn't say he wasn't allowed to do it.

Geesh! Is a dissenting opinion always taking so negatively here at the DIS boards?

 

[Squirlz]

They allow tattooed working class people in your neighborhood?

Perhaps he is the helicopter pilot. He obviously hasn't reached the station in life where yardwork is beneath him.

 

[Race the Reaper]

I suspect people who are out in public without a shirt are from a certain American subculture that thinks this is perfectly fine. I would suspect this is from a working class blue collar subculture. QUOTE]

It is fine. MY husband mows the yard topless. So does both the neighbors on both sides of us. We live in a subdivision where the average house is in the $190,000 range.
My husband is a paramedic. He has tattoos all over his back and chest. No one knows he has the tats unless he shows them or takes his shirt off.
He has delivered 166 babies(including 11 sets of twins) in his career, has been nominated twice for state awards in Trauma Excellence and is a preceptor for the local college. Physicians and nurses are on a first name basis with him and are glad to see him when he brings a bad patient into their ERs because they know that he gave them a fighting chance and a bit more time.
Now, think about this, how many of his patients would change their opinion of him if they saw him mowing the yard shirtless?
So, I'm not sure where you got this "american subculture" thing from. I really would like for you to go more indepth on what you are trying to say.

 

[inaminute]

I haven't been able to read past the "no shirt, no shoes, no service" comment. Besides immediately invoking Kenny Chesney singing that song, I don't understand the comment. Was this person at a restaurant, walking down Main Street, in a bar? I understood that he was in his own yard.

Does the comment mean he gets no service from his wife because he's not wearing a shirt or shoes?

 

[inaminute]

Sounds like OP needs to upgrade the nieghborhood!

BINGO!! We have a winner for best comment on this thread!

 

[Race the Reaper]

Does the comment mean he gets no service from his wife because he's not wearing a shirt or shoes?

 

[Evil Genius]

Again, I never made a comment on the value and beauty of tattoos or a no shirt look. I just wondered what people thought about someone who never wore a shirt in public. I can see by the responses so far that the casual look of the typical working class man seems to be quite popular among similar working class women on this board.

I still maintain that it is a question the specific subculture (social and economic status) the person comes from.

And just what is it that you and your SO do goodtype?

In my book anyone who has a job is a decent human being. Get off your high horse.

Oh and by the way, I'll proudly join that club, thank you very much!!

 

[salmoneous]

Psst - you guys aren't real familiar with the OP and her posts, are you?

 

[Race the Reaper]

And just what is it that you and your SO do goodtype?

In my book anyone who has a job is a decent human being. Get off your high horse.

Oh and by the way, I'll proudly join that club, thank you very much!!

They probably don't own a mower and hire someone to do their yard work. Or maybe they live in an apartment complex and are jealous of us that do have a yard to mow.

 

[Race the Reaper]

Psst - you guys aren't real familiar with the OP and her posts, are you?

I'm not. Should we be?

 

[mickeyfan2]

I'm not. Should we be?

Some of the comments do include our past history with the OP.

 

[Race the Reaper]

Some of the comments do include our past history with the OP.

I see what you mean. Did some research and found this:

At my house we have a cleaning women come in once a month and a man who cuts our lawn every ten days. We can afford it and feel like at this stage of our life- dirty work like this is really somewhat beneath us. (Yes, you heard right)

Sounds like flat out bragging and looking down on the rest of us.

 

[librarygal]

Personally I don't like tattoos and men going around shirtless outside except for the beach or pool. How appropriate it is to mow your lawn shirtless would depend on the neighborhood. In an upscale neighborhood it would be almost unheard of. Of course those people just hire illegal immigrants to mow their lawn anyway.

 

[mickeyfan2]

I see what you mean. Did some research and found this:



Sounds like flat out bragging and looking down on the rest of us.

BINGO!!!!!!