Are you a “Twin Set” kind of girl?
I’m not a “Twin Set” kind of girl, never have been.
My mother is a “Twin Set” kind of girl. She has been since I can remember. I can’t count the number of times she would, with no encouragement from me, come home from a small shopping spree and hand me what she thinks to this day is one of the necessities of life, a “Twin Set”.
I abhorred them in high school as much as I abhorred khaki’s. I always gave them away to my khaki-twin set loving friends.
My parents travel a lot due to their respective careers. My mother frequents Italy. I often get small packages in the mail a week or so after she returns from one of these jaunts, and this time it was no different. There are probably a hundred different things I could think of for her to send me from Italy, a soccer ball, olive oil, leather anything, wine. Need I go on?
What did she send me this time.
You guessed it.
A “Twin Set”.
I think I have a “Twin Set” from every country in the world, which is why I’m so happy to see that cotton people have declared The Return of the Twin-Set.
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Well, you have my sympathies. Twin sets should be illegal.
Don’t think that a twin set is the last missing piece to my warddrobe, no. I imagine on you it would seem like a costume.
You know I saw the title and thought this was going to be the porn post
Around Waikiki, you’d roast to death in a solo set. And I have to show up in a sports jacket this morning. argh.
My wife wears those to her office.
Nice title, blatantly misleading yet totally relevant to the post.
A twin set? Je ne comprends pas. Unless it’s a risque joke.
Never been a twin set girl. Jacket with or without a tee – always
Not khaki’s, but cargo pants or jeans – don’t care if they’re out of fashion. I like wearing them
This post was the first thing to make me laugh all day as does Doug’s comment. Not to know a twin set…
I had no clue what that was and had to click the link. I think that says it all.
I would not know what to do with a twin set and unless there was some way to punk it up or hippie it down, I would not be able to wear it.
The only time I had khaki’s was when I worked at Starbucks. Never again.
I can handle “crazy” fine but anything else… no gracias!
Ooooh! New look! Pretty!
I’m one of the few here who know you so I can attest to the accuracy of this, a twin setter you are not.
I’ve never been a “twin set kind of girl” guy, that’s
why I left Nova. ;)
That’s your mother’s alma mater. It all makes sense now.
I like the alternating serious / humorous.
I’m not ashamed to be a twin-set kind of girl.
I can’t help it. My family is major Latino. I am the only twin-set kind of girl in the bunch.
You feel silly in a twin set. I feel silly in a short tee shirt, belly button ring and low cut jeans.
Why were we friends again? ;)
It must have been all those twin sets you gave me. ;)
zydecofish: I appreciate all sympathy in this case. If you would like a nice little twin set for those chilly Canadian nights let me know.
EW: Quite a costume and I don’t think they come in extra, super, over the top tall lengths so your belly would be exposed anyway.
That is pending due to the fact that I have to lighten it up here for a few.
OC: Just get the damn jacket off as soon as you can. Enjoy and eat some Ahi please.
Jacob: They work fine for some people but some people look foolish in them, some people being me.
You’re right blatantly misleading but quite relevant.…I want to keep as much integrity as I can.
Doug: I thought of a second line being “I’m not talking about breasts here”, but I figured I’d let the masses have their own thought in that direction.
Pia: Happy to make you laugh. I don’t picture you as a twin set kind either.
Really I think it is because he lives in California. Bless
them out there for that.
Miz Bohemia: You have missed nothing in my opinion. There are things you can do but they are just not me, they are the direct opposite of me.
John: Yes it makes perfect sense, not the place for you or me.
Kait: I know, that is why I kept giving them to you. I wanted to keep you as a friend and I knew that was the only way I could. ;) I guess they are big in Boston.
I gotta admit, I’m not that kind of guy either. I’m more of a t-shirt and jeans kind of guy. Though I rarely get to wear those anymore. I will also admit that I had no clue what a twin set was until reading this post. But how nice it must be to get presents from all over the world :) I’m pretty certain my mom has never been more than 100 miles from her house.
The whole twin set thing looks very Legally Blonde. And because of that I must agree that it’s very abhorring.
Those are pretty popular around Columbus Ohio, I never knew they had a name.
My mother stopped purchasing clothing for me when I was in sixth grade. You just got to put your foot down. ;)
One of the things I love about my job is that I can get away with wearing jeans or cargos every day.
Hahaha…okay, I really feel sorry for you, chica. Lord, I can’t imagine.
IS there therapy available?
Actually, I’m going to go ahead and add this to my “Banned Types of Clothing in my Apartment” list. I didn’t know what a twin-set was, actually, until I read this, but, lol, yeah… always reminds me of some sort of color-coated Amish torture fashion.
Chris: Very Legally Blond.
G: I imagine Ohio has their own version.
Coyote: Lucky you.
Jason: I think there is no therapy for this but no fear Jason, I was never affected.
I can’t imagine that being much of a fashion statement.
My orthopedic surgeon, or at least one of the orthopedic surgeons in the office I used to frequent, wore those little twin numbers all the time.