I bought him some very nice sweaters and shirts over the years, but never saw him wear most of them. When I asked him once where they were, he showed me a box on the wooden trunk that sat at the end of his bed. They were all there with the price tags still attached.
Too good to wear for everyday, I suppose.
The ones he did wear, however, were definitely well worn. He also saved a lot of water and detergent by washing his clothes very infrequently.
And being an old farm boy, he thought a bath should be taken once a month, if at all. He didn't think he needed one most of the time because he wasn't caked with dirt.
He got quite tired of, and irritated with, me saying, "Oh, Dad!"
I did throw away the nastiest of his every day clothes. :)
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| Some of Dad's clothes |
