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I wear various Walt Disney World shirts all the time. And I see scads of them all over Maryland, so they're not unusual at all up here.
The only comment I've ever gotten, aside from "I like your shirt" or "I've got one like that", was a guy who asked me recently, "Did you just get back from Disney World?" when he saw my embroidered HCOE shirt from 2005. "Nope," I told him, "I just have a bunch of these shirts, because I go every year."
Teri - was the shirt form-fitting, or a little tight on you? It could have been a comment about the size, as much as it was a comment about the content.
Besides, some people are stuck in that whole high-school mentality of "they're different - we MUST make fun of them!"
Teri - was the shirt form-fitting, or a little tight on you? It could have been a comment about the size, as much as it was a comment about the content.
Besides, some people are stuck in that whole high-school mentality of "they're different - we MUST make fun of them!"
LOL - no it isn't... but I have to admit that thought crossed my mind after I posted this... mmm. maybe people will think I was wearing too small of a shirt. But really it is a loose, normal fitting tshirt. The other lady working the table started telling me that she also liked tinkerbell so it really seemed to be about the content.
Regardless of what you were wearing, it is rude for a complete stranger, or anyone actually, to make a comment like that about your attire. People need to learn to keep their mouths shut...."if you can't say something nice....don't say anything at all."
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Very rude and the comment should be totally ignored and not even given a second thought IMO! I wear my Disney shirts all the time, in fact just wore my bright pink one yesterday. Makes me feel like I'm a little closer to my happy place.
I wear various Walt Disney World shirts all the time. And I see scads of them all over Maryland, so they're not unusual at all up here.
The only comment I've ever gotten, aside from "I like your shirt" or "I've got one like that", was a guy who asked me recently, "Did you just get back from Disney World?" when he saw my embroidered HCOE shirt from 2005. "Nope," I told him, "I just have a bunch of these shirts, because I go every year."
Teri - was the shirt form-fitting, or a little tight on you? It could have been a comment about the size, as much as it was a comment about the content.
Besides, some people are stuck in that whole high-school mentality of "they're different - we MUST make fun of them!"
Where I live A LOT of people act like they are in Jr. High!! I don't mean like young at heart! It's like everything is a popularity contest! It's really pathetic! Makes me sick!!
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Beside I would rather see an Adult wearing a Disney T shirt than some of the rude , obscene t shirts I occasionally see.
Hear! Hear!
In a similar situation once, a friend of mine replied in her most charming, sympathetic tones with a lovely smile, "Oh, I understand completely. You're simply pea-green with envy, you poor dear." The other woman turned eight shades of red and said not another word.
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Keep wearing that Disney stuff with pride! I love it when I see people with their Disney things. It's nice to see other people like to feel close to home too! It doesn't matter what other people think--espcially people like that. I cannot see how that comment didn't have mean intent. I'm at college and Pooh is sitting next to my bed (as well at my 17 year old Cabbage Patch doll) and I'm wearing a WDW sweatshirt right now!
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That was very rude! Would she have asked if you were wearing your son's shirt if it had a football or baseball team on it? I don't think so. I think I would have asked her to explain just what she meant. I wear my Disney shirts all the time and have only had comments along the lines of "Cute shirt" or "I would love to stay there".
That was rude. I wear my Disney stuff all the time as does Abby. And I see lots of other people wearing Disney stuff here in MA too. I see kids wearing them in my cafeteria line at school (I'm in the middle school), I've seen adults around my age wearing them in different stores and I've seen older people wearing Disney stuff too so for someone to assume that just kids can wear things like Tink is just so wrong IMO.
Keep wearing that Disney stuff with pride! I love it when I see people with their Disney things. It's nice to see other people like to feel close to home too!
I agree completely. Everyone whom I care to associate with is a Disney kid no matter what their age.
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I'm at college and Pooh is sitting next to my bed (as well at my 17 year old Cabbage Patch doll) and I'm wearing a WDW sweatshirt right now!
And I'm still slogging around in my Eeyore nightshirt and wish my Eeyore slippers hadn't worn out to the point they were falling apart, or I'd be wearing those too. They weren't the ladylike scuffs with the dainty little embroidered Eeyores either but the Eeyore head with floppy ears kind. Sure hope Disney Store Online has those for adults again one of these years!
That woman would have had kittens if she could have seen me wearing those, I bet. I say she can just do something to herself as rude as what she said to Teri!
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That was really rude. I will say that I've had people kind of look twice at one of my Disney shirts, but maybe that's because it is soooo Disney. What can I say.. I'm Disney all the way! Loud and Proud!
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