lostgirl1986 wrote:
Yes, I have that. I tend to wear certain clothes over and over. Half the stuff I buy I wont wear again and there are a select few that I love wearing. Right now though it also has a lot to do with financial stuff right now as well. I haven't gone clothes shopping in ages.
This. My mother loves taking me clothes shopping and I always end up getting stuff that I wear maybe twice before going back to my old things. I bought some overalls last March that I wore literally every day until they finally got a hole in the rear end (I do way too much sitting) and I had to pitch them. I got by with sweat pants for the two/three weeks before getting a new pair that are going to see an equal amount of wear. Before the overalls it was the same cotton t shirts and soft denim jeans for two-three days at a time, the jeans only became a problem when the knees wore out and I'd still be wearing them in 5F temperature winter weather. For the past three almost four years I've worn the same sweater to the exclusion of all others, and my mother has finally started forbidding me from wearing it to school because of the holes in the sleeves, something I find extremely frustrating. The time has finally come for me to bite the bullet and find a new sweater to love, something that won't be easy. As for shoes, I've worn one pair of converse or another for the past five and a half years, since I wear the same shoes every day and during school I do a fair amount of walking, they usually wear out in about a year, at which point I take a deep breath and get another pair in a different colour. Part of my obsession with wearing the same clothes over and over is due to an aversion to change, and part of it is my tactile sensitivity: nothing irritates my skin more than uncomfortable clothes, it's a nightmare.
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