Dressing for the occasion

OK, so me and my family go to the mall yesterday and maybe I'm old, but what happened to people dressing for the occasion?

Just on the drive to the mall we notice a couple of guys outside an apartment complex and their shorts aren't droopy, they are below their butts.  Is it necessary?  Do they think this is sexy?  Do any girls think this is sexy?

At the mall I notice two young men hanging over the railing looking down, again shorts hanging below their butts.   I ask my husband "what is wrong here?  I mean if a woman walks around in her bra security would be there escorting her out (at least I can hope).   My daughter tells me "you're gonna get beat up".

Really?  Because we all know these baggy clothes wearing boys have such thin skin that a woman walking by cannot be overheard speaking her opinion.  Please.  It isn't as if I was intentionally trying to be heard or rude, I was only stating my opinion to my husband.  Maybe you don't have thin skin you have low self esteem and your ego can't handle it.  Well, get over yourself.

But it isn't just the men.  Oh yes, the ladies offend too.  Shirts so tight, and low cut...I don't know how they breath.  They look uncomfortable.  Shorts are so short that heaven forbid if they sit down.  Are men really attracted to this?  And the sad part, and this truly makes me shake my head, these women, not all, but certainly some, are fat.  Yes, OMG I said FAT.  Don't get me wrong.  I didn't say fat was ugly, some really beautiful women are large women.

I remember the day, long long ago, when my grandmother was taking me "to town".  Not only did she change from her around-the-house clothes to slacks and jacket, I was expected to dress to.  Not wearing a dress or slacks, but jeans should be worn nice and neat and shirts should be nice without stains or holes.

Don't tell me about trends, it's about class.  It's about respect.  It's about you respecting yourself.  I don't always dress up to go to the mall.  Not at all, but I don't hang out all over and when I put on my flip-flops, I fear Stacy and Clinton will tackle me and take them away.

You don't have to dress in expensive clothes or trendy clothes, just please cover up.  Underwear is underwear to wear under.  Get it?

I want to know where the hell Stacy and Clinton are?  They should walk the malls of America and give advice.