Reason I Love Tyler #23

Tyler's Clothes

You might recall that I don't like it when men do things that they think will impress women. Like wearing cologne, for example. Another facet of that is fashion. The whole notion of peacocking really turns me off. Now, I won't sit here and declare that men should wear this or that. That's sexist. But we all have our preferences and just like some men would prefer all women to walk around in tube tops and Daisy Dukes, it is my preference for men to wear plain and basic jeans and t-shirts.

You can tell a lot about a person by the way he or she dresses. While someone can't easily change their face, body type, or height, they do have control over how they ornament themselves. You can tell where that person's priorities lie. You can estimate their pride and sense of self. I freely admit to judging people by the way they dress. (I mean, if their clothes aren't even clean, we're gonna have a problem.)

When I first met Tyler, I couldn't do this because work requires him to wear slacks, a button down shirt and a tie. He has to look business-like. I assumed that he didn't wear that stuff in his private life, but what if he dressed like Fred Durst or Guy Fieri or some other extreme douchebag? Our chemistry was too strong so half of me didn't care and the other half crossed her fingers and prayed that he dressed normal. I mean, he didn't smell like cologne which was a good sign...

The first time I saw Tyler outside of work, we went to coffee and he didn't go home to change first. But he wore a grey zip-up sweatshirt to cover up. And he took off his tie. The second time, he came straight from work again. We went for a walk and it started to rain. He became soaked and asked if I wouldn't mind going with him to his house so he could change. I still wasn't ready to go inside his apartment, so I waited in the car. It was the moment of truth.

Tyler came out in normal clothes. (But you saw that coming, of course.) What would I have done if he was wearing an Ed Hardy t-shirt, you ask? I don't know. He didn't. He wouldn't. He's Tyler. So it's really a moot point. He dresses so he doesn't draw attention to himself. He dresses comfortably. He dresses manly. He dresses how he is and how he feels and I love it.