Women spend nearly one YEAR of lives deciding what to wear

[Holly_Hobby]

Choosing outfits for work, nights out, dinner parties, holidays, gym and other activities means the average female will spend 287 days rifling through their wardrobe. The biggest chunk of that time is used up picking a killer ensemble for Friday or Saturday nights out or selecting the right clothes for a holiday.

Experts found on average women spend 16 minutes every weekday morning deciding what to wear and around 14 minutes on a Saturday or Sunday morning.

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The study - which was based on an adult lifetime from the age of 16 to 60 - found most women will spend around 20 minutes deciding what to wear before hitting the town on a weekend night. Week nights out can take up to 20 minutes a time too. Deciding on what clothes to take on holiday uses up to 52 minutes each time.

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/5783991/Women-spend-nearly-one-year-deciding-what-to-wear.html

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Ha! I totally screw up their numbers because I only hem n haw when I am thin, and that

only occurs for 3 weeks every 4 years or so.

So there!

[Hello_Kitty]

29. LOL! Right there with ya.

In my plumper times dressing is MUCH easier. "Which skirt with the elastic waist band shall I choose?" :rofl:

[BOSSHOG]

2. My Wife also spends alot of time

deciding what I'm gonna wear. If we go to a place where I gotta get "dressed up" I just wear whatever she lays out for me. And she buys most of my clothes for me. I'm fine with that, she likes to shop, I don't.

[seabeyond]

6. that is funny. lol. hubby dresses self, though he will ask my thoughts. but

i do buy most of his clothes now a days. not cause i like shopping but cause he doesnt like doing it either and i am being nice.

[guitar man]

12. I hear ya

"You're not going to wear THAT are you? :eyes:"

she will say it like it's a natural right for her to....but if I said the same thing to her? ho boy :(

[sandnsea]

18. God love ya

Mine insists on doing his own shopping and choosing. And heaven forbid I ever say "you're going to wear *that*", because by god he will even if it's a tuxedo t-shirt with a hole under the armpit. Yeah to all men who defer to their wives IF their wives have better taste.

[Missy Vixen]

25. Howie Long changed his suit last year on a "FOX NFL Sunday" broadcast

because his wife sent him an e-mail and said she didn't like it on him.

The other four guys gave him massive amounts of crap about "losing his man card", but she was right: It would be hard to find an ensemble that didn't look good on him, but that suit was awful.

In the meantime, he made points with every female viewer for being smart enough to listen to his wife.

[BOSSHOG]

33. My Wife

has much better taste then I do and I'm incredibly lazy when it comes to doing something as horrible and time consuming as buying clothes. The only problem I've ever had with her shopping was a couple shirts she got for me were a tad snug but she took em back and got the right size. She's my best friend.

[seabeyond]

34. She's my best friend.

ahhhhhh. lol

ya, it is a big deal if you let it be and it is nifty if that is what you chose.

i like the howie long story too. my hubby would appreciate me telling him if something didnt work. i would appreciate if he let me know too

[Brooklyns_Finest]

35. Dude

Having your wife dress you is nothing to brag about. In fact, it is quite sad. There are a lot of stereotypes about Americans (men and women)that I do not agree with, but the stereotype that we dress horribly is oh so true. I used to be one of those fools who cared not about what I wore until I woke up and asked Andy.

http://www.askandyaboutclothes.com/SALES/New%20Detailed%20Articles.htm

[BOSSHOG]

48. My Wife

doesn't dress me, she picks out my clothes and she buys my clothes saving me the angst. I don't care what I wear so why should I spend time picking and buying? I think the wife does an outstanding job of "dressing me."

[seabeyond]

3. damn it is nice to outgrow this. dont know if it is age, or cause i have kids

but all that... went out the window a good decade ago. life is heaven

[Mari333]

11. amen!! nt

[RebelOne]

43. Well, I'm 70 years old and have not yet outgrown it.

I work full-time and stand in front of my closet every morning for about 10 minutes trying to decide what to wear.

[seabeyond]

53. hm. my mom would all too often put herself together

on a regular basis. i admired. and she always looked good. but never enough to put the time in myself

viva la difference

[Mari333]

4. not all women

I grab whats clean. that is all. otherwise, i dont give a shit.

[Liquorice]

8. That's the way I usually am too, except for some rare special occasion. nt

[BlooInBloo]

14. Many people are able to understand the impled "on average" in such statements...

And then, many aren't.

[Mari333]

17. someone has to speak up for those who dont give a shit

otherwise, who will speak for us, whose wardrobes hang in lifeless ungranduer? have you no heart for the downtrodden moth eaten wastrals and vagabonds?
:)

[LWolf]

23. Yep

I like clothes that are clean, comfortable, and functional.

I try to avoid wearing tie-die or with my striped shorts.

Unless I'm at home.

[Mari333]

28. baggy clothes with a lot of holes for A/C

the kind that you can use to wipe your hands on when you are painting or eating ice cream. :P

[KansDem]

46. "I grab whats clean. that is all. otherwise, i dont give a shit."

I agree. If it's lying on the floor, I wear it. If it's standing up in the corner, I wash it.

Life is sweet when it's simple...

[get the red out]

5. How much time to men spend channel flipping?

I wonder.

[Horse with no Name]

7. +1. n/t

[Mari333]

9. men choose their wardrobe a lot more carefully then I do

and dont get me started on my drag queen friends

[MercutioATC]

10. I believe it...many women are soooo mush more fashion-conscious than men.

My girlfriend dresses nicely, but she's no fashion nazi.

I was dressing for work last week (this is the job where, after they instituted a "business casual" dress code, I spent 6 months dressing like (as described by some) a 1970's gay porn star). I put on a pair of dark blue cargo pants and was just about to put on a black polo when she said "You can't wear that shirt with those pants".

"Why?", I asked.

"You just can't wear black and blue like that."


NOW I understand why it takes her so much longer to get dressed...women have a flowchart to go through while we're just getting dressed.

[Gwendolyn]

24. Lol, navy plus black ensemble!

Do NOT EVER let this lady out of your life! :D

[ecstatic]

13. It's even worse after weight gain

:(

[csziggy]

15. Yeah, it is hard to decide if I wear a Tshirt with or without a pocket

Or if it should have a picture or a political message - those two decisions are if I am "dressing up." And if I am "dressing up" then I want my socks to match my Tshirt, which makes it even harder!

If I had to work in town and look professional, I would have a series of suits, jackets and slacks with man tailored shirts. Then it would be easier - and as a woman, I wouldn't even be stuck wearing a tie!

[Lerkfish]

16. and men spend 20 years trying to figure out how to persuade them to remove it

LOL

[Holly_Hobby]

20. LOL n/t

[lumberjack_jeff]

19. Now I'm feeling less bad about livng 5 fewer years. n/t

[KamaAina]

21. Well, they live longer than we do,

so I guess it all comes out in the wash. :P

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

22. How many years of their lives do men think about taking off her pretty clothes?

The total must amount to an impressive number.

[scheming daemons]

26. all of them

[gauguin57]

27. Not me. I have a very small wardrobe. So it's easy to pick among 2 or 3 outfits for a given occasion

I only have six pairs of shoes (plus boots for winter) to choose among, as well.

Small wardrobe. Saves time AND money!

[Mari333]

30. on average, most women spend 1 yr of their lives picking their nose

farting,
belching,
and scratching.

[Blue_In_AK]

31. Jeans and a T-shirt.

Not that hard. :)

[kimmerspixelated]

32. At least that's creative engagement

as opposed to sitting around drinking beer and letting the woman do the cooking,cleaning, shopping forever and ever!

[BlancheSplanchnik]

36. Ever notice that these stupid "studies" always focus on women

and their frivolous behaviors? They always seem to send a subtly insulting message.

I guess everything men do is respect worthy and not to be questioned....

[Z_I_Peevey]

37. Thanks for pointing that out.

What a bullshit waste of time, money, and brainpower.

[seabeyond]

38. sheeeit, and even when it is about men, it is dissing women and pumpin male ego

recalling all the cute little evolutionary psycho babble of late....

[BlancheSplanchnik]

50. you got the gold ring there---

that endless need to pump male ego.....

[Forkboy]

39. "I guess everything men do is respect worthy and not to be questioned...."

And don't you forget it!!

:yoiks:

[BlancheSplanchnik]

52. you have no idea...

how hard it is to find the perfect LOLcat among the zillions of faves in my library......

guess I'll just have to settle for:

:P

[Peacetrain]

40. Guilty as charged sometimes..

Depends on the occasion, but have been known to keep them waiting.. :hi:

[a la izquierda]

41. Wow...

I must be atypical. It takes me 2 seconds to figure out what I'm wearing. I don't like wasting time on that stuff. I go through my clothes 2x a year and donate what I haven't worn, or what doesn't fit-so I have a good sense of what's in my wardrobe.
I'm also a jeans-and-tshirt kinda girl on Friday and Saturday nights, so how hard can that be?



My husband is another story altogether. He takes forever to get ready.

[seabeyond]

42. guess this study on teens and twenties.... then average otu for a lifetime, lol. n/t

[a la izquierda]

45. I'm only 31.

I've never worried too much :) I also have a healthy sense of the "don't cares" when it comes to what other people think, you know? I always look relatively presentable, except on my vagabond work-around-the-house days.

But, I have two sisters that won't leave the house without makeup and accessories on. Ever. Going out with them is tragic...

[tuckessee]

44. And they spend another year telling men what to wear. n/t

[Vinca]

47. As a woman who lives out of the clothes dryer because I'm too lazy

to put clothes away, I find this hysterical.

[seabeyond]

49. i also have brother and other males friends i know that are SO into what they wear. maybe

it isnt so much gender adn the people that did the study just assumed as much. maybe there are just as many men that are particular on what they wear, the image they present and it will balance out a year for males too.

we dont know

sounds like study was just on women????

i dont know, didnt go into it and check

[WillyT]

51. Yeah... And It Feels Like That When You're Waiting For Them...

:hide::scared::hide:

:evilgrin:

:nuke:

[tomreedtoon]

54. We should all admit that we look like crap.

And that nothing we put on, nothing we do to our hair, NOTHING can change that fact. We would be much more sane as a race if we accepted the truth, instead of following the lies of the fashion and cosmetic industries.