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Excuse Me, Is My Skirt On Backwards?

Posted on Sep 9th, 2008 by Susan #1 : Balanced Susan #1
I got dressed today... still refusing to let go of the fond memories of summer, I chose a pink skirt, a white spaghetti strap top and a crisp pink and white striped, long sleeved oxford shirt to go on top.  I got fully dressed, donned my New Balance sneakers for the train ride and was on my way to the train station.  I drove maybe 1/4 of a mile before it dawned on me that my skirt may have been on backward.  I checked for the position of the tag.  Damn!  It was in front!  I stopped at a light, unbuckled and tried my best to spin my skirt around... I didn't want to end up wrinkling the front of my skirt by sitting on it... it didn't prove as easy as I though it would!  I think everything got twisted in the process.  Yuck!  I was tempted to just step out of my car at the next light and fix everything.  I wasn't really comfortable with the fact that the slit was now in the front...

So I called my mom.  I'm lucky that she's an early riser.  At least she is always happy to hear from me and she always knows who I am... unless, of course, I am tricking her by disguising my voice... "Mom.  Does the tag on a skirt always go in the back?"  "Yes", she replied.  Okay then... problem solved.  I told her what had happened, and she chuckled.  I drove on a ways and decided to call my step-mother.  "Mona, does the tag on a skirt always go in the back?"  "Yes", she replied.  "What about if the skirt has a slit?  Can the slit go in the front?"  "Yes", she replied.  I thanked her.  I still thought that my skirt was on backwards.  Hmmm...  I got to the train platform and of course, I posed my question to Lucia.  She made me turn my skirt around 180 degrees, and then back around the way I had originally had it.  Back and forth with the skirt AND the discussion. 

I left it with the slit in the front.  I still kind of think that it feels funny to me... I am not used to having a slit in the front of the skirt.  I am going with the tag-in-the-back theory... and if my skirt IS on backwards, then I have decided that I'm okay with starting a new trend!  LOL!
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33 minutes later
emma said

Hahaha! This post is adorable!

I do think the tag always goes in the back, but who says you can't wear the skirt in any direction you want?? =)

trailryder : rockinator
about 2 hours later
trailryder said

Ha Ha Ha, and Hee Hee Hee (!!!)   So I'm thinking maybe the rest of the World should know that “Wait, She left out the fact she called Me first!!.”.. Like I'm gonna know? Yeah, right!! Heck, I'll go around half a day with a shirt on that is inside out and backwards and not think twice… BTW, you can gain extended wear by doing this little known helpful hint.
So, yes, a very funny story about a grown woman, that cannot tell which is the front from the back! I am so glad this is in print as proof!! I'm anxious to find out if one of her tiny students got things straightened out !   ( Male wearing a grin in front)    ~K

Susan #1 : Balanced
about 6 hours later
Susan #1 said

Emma,
Thank you!  I wore the skirt with the tag in the back… I'm just such a fasion backward person… no pun intended!

Karl,
Yes… I did call you first.  I couldn't let them know that I was seeking fashion advice from my man now, could I?!?  I fixed my skirt BEFORE the students saw it, and no… not a single child commented on my skirt.  They must have been dazzled by the beautiful fashion statement that I was today… HA!  Just kidding!

Hugs!
-Susan

maze : ordinary
about 8 hours later
maze said

it doesn't much matter where the slit belongs…as much as it matters when it is recognized.
great reflection….  

starlight : StarLight Dancing
about 9 hours later
starlight said

LOL…sometimes the tag goes on the side, and so does the slit…sometimes…hehe

Janet : Strategic Enthusiast
1 day later
Janet said

This was great Susan!  I can imagine myself in that position…trying to twist it around while driving. My problem is I drive a manual transmission which would complicate the procedure even further.

FastDart : Peaceful Arrow
1 day later
FastDart said

Sidebar here…Susan does this represent a change in the flow of the ants as they go marching off to new adventures.. ;-)Maze, eh! Tom seems to have captured the flow..
I enjoy the twist to the story…Breathless.
…Once upon a time., tags

~haiku

elisa : Mirror
1 day later
elisa said

roflmao
pssst if you rip the tag out you can do what ya like!!!

Susan #1 : Balanced
1 day later
Susan #1 said

Maze,
:-) Thanks… I loved your excuse me blog!


Starlight,

I thought about that, but the zipper would have been in the back and the tag would have been on the side… the slit too… kinda weird!


Janet,

Yes, a manual transmission would kind of make things difficult… especially if your foot slipped off of the clutch!


Lars,

I enjoyed the video… good tune.  Tom ALWAYS captures the flow.  Love how you tie it all together.


Elisa,

I like the way you think…

Hugs!

-Susan

mimi : MOONCHILD
1 day later
mimi said

This is hilarious and you told it so well.  Felt I was right along for the ride, and wanted to help you out - take the wheel or something.

I hate tags, and usually precision cut them out, especially those sewn in with plastic thread.  My tags are are hanging out at the back of my neck.  Strangers are always tucking in my neck tags. 
I have a mocha mohairish lacy poncho shaped thing.  I have put it on every conceivable way in front of the mirror, and no way looks right.  The best way seems to be with the label over the right shoulder.  I am going to give it away (if I don't wear it out from constantly turning it.)
Clothes should have easy to remove labels, like mattresses. (that's another story)

Geo : Karmic Expediter
2 days later
Geo said

TGIF, Susan!!  Tag Goes In Front (mostly)!  When I used to work for the city police here I had to get into town via bus.  I am chronically late and one morning I dashed for the bus, barely making it.  Luckily, it was a driver that I knew and he waited the few moments for me to thunder down the block and get in.  Then, calmly looking me over, he enquired if I was going to wear those shoes?!  Yikes!  I still had my Birkenstocks on!  Then he mention that my duty belt seemed a bit empty.  Oh, crap, no gun!  “Let me back off, I'll see you in a half hour…”
Lovely story, I can see you whipping the skirt from back to front and then back again!  Tee-hee!

Susan #1 : Balanced
2 days later
Susan #1 said

Mimi!
I am also guilty of walking around with my tag sticking straight out!  I get so embarrassed when someone reaches over and tucks the tag in.  I don't usually cut them off, though.  I always worry that the back of the shirt will curl out somehow. 


I also have some items of clothing that just don't look right no matter how I wear them.  I should give them away.  Afterall, they spend the majority of their time hosting dust bunnies in my closet!  I used to have one dress that wasn't just right… it always felt crooked on my body, but it didn't look crooked in the mirror.  You know, it had that twisted nightgown feeling… but THAT'S another story!!!  I agree with your clothing label removal idea… that would make things a lot easier!


Geo!

TGIF… I'm busting a gut over here.  I have never had the tag in the front.  I think it's people like you that encourage people like me to be crazier than ever.  You know what… I always shave my legs and armpits, I don't wear socks and underwear that are “holy” and I like to make sure that my tags are where they belong… you know, just in case I get into an accident… I don't want the ambulance crew to make fun of me.  :-) 


I love your story as well… I can see you in those Birkenstocks… so comfy that you didn't even know you had 'em on!  Too funny.  Good thing you have such great friends.  I don't think the station would have let you live those things down!
Hugs!
-Susan

kicksave : sayer of sooths
2 days later
kicksave said

“pssst if you rip the tag out you can do what ya like!!!”

rip the tag off and sew up the slit! 

You reminded me of an event that happened when I was a youger kicksave.

It was early around 8 am, I'm on Main st. in Westport, the north end where it's still two way traffic.  I see a woman in a pink dress walking in the same direction I'm going.  I also notice that she's wearing a pink skirt (dress?) and it has a slit up the back.  Fantastic legs, that seem to go forever.  I'm checking it out and I think..my that slit is very high up…as I get closer I realize it's not really a slit skirt, one side was tucked into the top of her pantyhose, and happened to be wearing pink undies.  So I start honking my horn, she looks up and I'm waving and making circular motions with my hand to indicate she should turn around.  This was an older car, with crank windows (anybody remember those?)  so I couldn't roll my window down to say something, she looks away,  I honk even more and try to find a place to park, she turns back to look at me one more time, gives me the finger and turns away.

I drive off to work chuckling to myself.

Susan #1 : Balanced
2 days later
Susan #1 said

Kicksave,
OMG… I'm so LMAO right now. 
I can picture the whole thing in my mind's eye…  Yes I remember the old crank windows.  What a pain… we are so spoiled to have automatic.  I think the funniest part about your whole story is that she ended up giving you the finger when you were trying to help her out.  She must have been awfully red in the face and must have felt like an idiot when she realized that you were just trying to help her out after someone else, somewhere else pointed out her faux pas!
Still LOL!
Hugs!
-Susan

Geo : Karmic Expediter
3 days later
Geo said

Yes, Susan, as a longtime bambalance driver and paramedic, I can reassure you that no matter what combo of socks and undies you have on, we will spend the entire time giggling and laughing at them!
“Can you believe she wore THAT bra with THOSE undies?!  OMG!!”
Don't tell anyone, but, like Jeanie, we would tuck little fashion notes into the pockets of the clothes we had cut off the patients so they could have some better sense of fashion when they got out of the ER!  Tee-hee!  Kind of like that show, What Not To Wear, but with more charm and wit.

mimi : MOONCHILD
3 days later
mimi said

I wear some of  my clothes inside out because I don't like the seams and tags. 
I always wear my socks seams out - my friends stopped pointing this out long ago. 
I wear undies and camisoles inside out.  Sometimes my pj'  too, the buttonless ones.

For the paramedics - I figured you might look.  I wrote a blog about it  a while back, about wearing nice nightwear in  case I expired during the night. (I am 66)  What outfit would you be found in? 

kicksave : sayer of sooths
3 days later
kicksave said

I want them to rip open my shirt to apply the defibrillator, and see a superman costume!  Won't that stop them in their tracks for a second!

Diane : listener
3 days later
Diane said

OMG !! I just spent a half hour reading and twisting and turning and laughing sooo hard at the whole vision and then………………all the replys.  How funny is this!  I've been there too!   See…The universe is filled with laughter if we're looking.  Thank you so much for the visual.  What FUN !  I'm reaching out to hug all of you but something is scratching my neck… OH  it this darn label ..LOL,LOL!!

Susan #1 : Balanced
4 days later
Susan #1 said

Geo,
Okay, I'm glad that you confirmed my suspicions!  LOL!  Gotta love it!


Mimi,

You give those paramedics TONS to talk about… don't you?!?  LOL!  If I died in the middle of the night, they'd find me in a t-shirt.  I can't sleep in any of that fancy-schmancy stuff… it's not comfortable, and I get all twisted up in the night.


Kicksave,

Yeah… knowing you, that would be a good one.  In some respects, you are already a superman!  That would be a good one though… too bad you wouldn't be awake to see their faces.  That's the only downside.


Diane,

I giggled when I read how funny this was to you.  Now you've gotten a glimpse into the inner-workings of my head… always wondering about odd stuff like skirt orientation.  LOL!
Hugs!
-Susan

Centria : Full Moon
4 days later
Centria said

This is SO funny!  I loved it, Ms. Susan!  I think lots of us skirt-wearers have faced similar challenges.  So glad you had people to call to ask about it.   :)

Susan #1 : Balanced
4 days later
Susan #1 said

Hi Kathy!
Yes, just one more challenge for us women to overcome… let's just put this up there with having to wear pantyhose… LOL!
Hugs!
-Susan

mimi : MOONCHILD
4 days later
mimi said

I haven't had any problems with skirts, mainly because I never wear a skirt.

  When I went to work in an office in 1973, the rule was NO PANTS.  The women had to wear skirts or dresses, AND NO BARE LEGS.  Finally, the boss (who always wore a jacket even when it was 100F. relented, and said, “pant suits ok”  Whoopeee!   I stretched the limit by wearing a silk blouse with nice pants, scarf and belt (and jacket).  I eased into wearing the pants without the jacket!  I was so disobedient!  One day, I walked into the office wearing a skirt , and a group of guys was staring at me and laughing.  One of them hollered out, “Oh my gawd, mimi's in drag.”

MS : Gaia Child
4 days later
MS said

Just getting in on this now….  Very funny story!  BTW…a few weeks ago, on a day when I was moving things from the old apt. to the new one, I realized that my shirt was on backwards. Doh!  This was minutes after I'd had a nice long chat with the new landlords. They probably didn't notice until I walked away, with the tag showing in the back.

Anyway, this blog is cool…I like the fact that you kept it on the way it was. Perhaps you're a trendsetter!  :)

Laura : foxfire
8 days later
Laura said

I once wore a shirt inside out to school. it was one of those shirts that has these funky seams that kind of stand up a little. this was several years ago. one of the girls in my homeroom clued me in before the day got started good. I made a joke out of it. when my first period class came along I said to them “I can't depend on y'all for anything, can I? you have to let me know these things!” and faked being pissed off. they laughed with me when they realized I wasn't really mad. this was a cute story, Susan. thanks.

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