An odd habit...

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I don't wear the same CLOTHES all the time, but I have lots of stuff that is the same item, except for the color or emblem. I wear jeans and tees every day unless I HAVE to dress up for some reason. I _HATE_ dressing up!! If I find a shirt or pair of jeans/socks, etc. that are comfortable, I get several.

I have a few basic pairs of khakis for work, and a couple of similar yet different colored dress shirts for work. I hate ties, but I'm required, and I've narrowed it down to two or three that match the shirts. On my time, I wear the same thing: shorts and t-shirt. Because I do hate dirty laundry, I usually multiples of the same shirts, just in different colors so people don't think I'm dirty. If I had my way, it'd be shorts and t shirts all the time (like when I worked at Borders or Tower Records, the good old days.)

But sometimes I get frustrated because I see a shirt or something that I like on other people, and will risk buying it, only it will bug me to death, either the feel, the heaviness, or some kind of pattern that will distract me all day. ( I tend to go with solid colors nowadays, though I do like a sporty shirt with stripes on the sleeves.) But it always comes down to a simple t shirt and shorts, or in the winter, a favorite sweater, not too thick, not too heavy, but just the right softness and warmth level without sufffocating.

oh, the fabrics have to be cotton. wonderful breathable cotton, or cotton rayon blend, or linen rayon cotton blend. . .they have to wash wonderfully in baby soap and hot water and some bleach every now and then to get out the body sweat and grime. fresh and clean, from the skin out and a shower with non soap (like Zest) every day. good non pore clogging deodorant, unscented. Clean mouth/breath, too. I meet high NT standards, I refuse to be shunned by people for bad hygiene, it is just embarrassing!

Let them shun me for not being one of them, not for bad hygene.

Merle

I wear the same stuff everywhere; I’ve got drawers full of the same shirts and shorts.

I vary my wardrobe, but I do it mechanically.

I wear the same brown leather Dr. Martin's sandals everyday. Unless I have to step in a river, then I'll wear my rubber/nylon Tevas. But when you walk around campus in sandals when there is snow on the ground, people start to look at you funny.

When people start noticing, I switch to a cheap comfortable pair of sneakers. I used to wear Chuck Taylor Converse, but they're so popluar now, I can't wear 'em or everyone will think I'm trying to be cool.

I have a couple pairs of pants in the exact same style but different colors; and endless supply of white tee shirts; and 6 or 7 long sleeve button down shirts for over the t's (worn open, sleeves rolled up.) That's my daily work wear. All the colors are compatible so I don't even have to think about getting dressed.

At home: shorts or sweats and tee shirts, mostly all in navy blue if I can manage it.

I usually wear one pair of shoes (Crocs or Birkies) untill I'm sick of them then start on another....

i usually have a few pairs of clothes i wear for days at a time. i also like shirts with collars and that are bright colors

I usually wear the same few items of clothes as well. I have some shirts that are over ten years old that I still wear regularly! And I've spent entire days at huge malls without buying single thing... even if I desperately need new clothes and go to dozens of stores... if it's not the right colour, texture, style, size, etc., I won't buy it!

I wear the same pair of shoes every day until they wear out. Then I get another pair (exactly the same) out of my store cupboard (because I have stocked up on six pairs of the same shoes) and do the same again.

As for clothes - much as I want to, I wouldn't dare wear the same outfit two days in a row to work. My NT work colleagues would find that very weird . What I do instead, is buy tops of a similar style, and bottoms of a similar style - then keep a mental tab of which ones I have worn already that week so that I can 'mix and match' and wear something different each day. It's actually quite stressful . I would much prefer to wear the same clothes every day until they wear out.

So, does anyone know for sure why NTs, at least in 'Western societies', believe that a different outfit each day is essential? Maybe it's to infer that they have washed themselves (and therefore changed clothes) or to infer that they 'got lucky' and removed all their clothes........

It's weird with these dreams; although they are often dreams of frustration, I am never aspie in my dreams.

Frequently, there are other people but they tend to either be in the background or somehow always out of reach. For instance, last night I dreamt about being invited to a friend's place by his mum. It was very frustrating because he kept on disappearing. In real life, I would have liked to be better friends but I think he is leaving town soon. I also would have liked to be better friends with his brother but he moved away.