I don't think she meant anything personal.
I think that it is just a general thing. For instance, when I go to the mall shopping, I see tons of people who look like "slobs" for a lack of a better word. Even if they are wearing $100 pants and $200 shoes, the in look a lot of times is still sorta "slob".
I mean, if I were a foreign exchange student from India or somewhere where clothing styles were completely different...and I came here to see:
~The mass of bare legs.
~Men and teenage boys in their "4 sizes too big pants belted UNDER their bums" with their underwear hanging out 5 inches.
~The women walking around in tanks and tees with no bras.
~Low rise jeans with tight baby t-shirts and bellies and muffin tops hanging over.
~The Doc Marten sandals or flip flops as "dress" sandals with chipped toenail polish.
~Brand new Abercrombie and other premium jeans selling for $80 that already looked like my husband drug them behind his Harley for 20 miles.
~Women with the t-back of their thongs peeking out of their low rise jeans.
~The "cut off" jean shorts
~The "cut off" flannel shirts and t-shirts made into tank tops
I would probably have the same perception at a glance, too.
Obviously it does not mean that every single person dresses that way, but you know how it is, and what you see when you are out somewhere.
It is just the fact that our society is so less formal (and even proper) in some ways than others are...and what is acceptable now, the standards just keep getting lower, and lower.
If you look at the generations of our parents and grandparents...things were just different, and everything just keeps getting more and more relaxed, and I don't think that it is always a good thing. No one in my grandfather's generation would go into a business in super casual attire, talking slang, and expect to get hired. Now, they do. People go into a business in ripped jeans, with children, or their "ride" (instead of driving themselves) with them, acting unprofessional, and expect to get hired. People go to weddings and funerals and church in jeans-something that people used to dress up for. Dinnertime used to be family time, not time to shovel it in while talking on the phone or text messaging someone. Child rearing, and what is acceptable, has even changed. I see 5 and 7 year old kids running around the neighborhood at all hours...with no adult in sight. Instead of great television programming, we have mindless reality shows about bimbos and players.
It is a shame, really...
I can totally see why some, at a general glance, would see us as slobs. I do.
It doesn't mean that there are not well educated, well dressed, and well mannered members of our society out there-we just are not the ones often seen on the media.
I think the slob comment was a generalization, and definitely not anything personal.
Personally, I ONLY wear pantyhose for special/formal occasions. Hate them!!! I work outside of our home 2 days a week, but wear scrubs. I'm not sure if I could work in a profession that required them!
I wish I lived in colder weather, so I could do it lol.
