As long as the pants are yours, and they aren’t dirty, then you can wear the same pants two times in a row. It is not gross at all.
If you are a man, chances are you work in an office, and your pants are dark in color. Chances are also that you wear lighter colored shirts and you have several shirts you wear with your pants. If all this is true then you are covered when it comes to making a switch in pants.
Do the switching at your convenience and when you feel the pants need a wash. If the fabric of the pant is denim, some people typically wash them after the third wear.
Depending on how you use them, you may want to push it to the fourth time. Other fabrics like cotton or wool may show signs of constant use than fabrics like polyester.
The point is the fabric can determine how you use your pants. In fact, if you wear certain fabrics like denim only on weekends, you can wear them this way for three months without having to wash them.
Is it weird to wear the same pants twice?
No, it is not. We live in a century where you can pretty much do whatever you like with what you have.
And twice isn’t a very long time, in my opinion. There are reasons that can necessitate wearing your pants twice:
- You like the pants
- You slept in the office or at a friend’s
You like the pants
If those particular pants are your favorite, chances are you will be tempted to wear it a second time.
And if there’s a colleague at work that compliments how it looks on you, then you may want to show it off by wearing the same pants the next day.
You slept in the office or at a friend’s
This reason is hardly a fault of yours. You have your desk full of work or you are far behind on your project. You live alone so why go home? The pants are yours, not borrowed.
What happens if you wear the same pants every day?
Despite all the talk about owning your pants and doing with them what you wish, there’s a limit to how many times you can wear them before a wash.
The following things happen when you wear the same pants every day:
- The pants get dirty
- The pants develop an unsavory odor
- You may get infections
- The fabric age faster
- You draw curious attention to yourself
- You may be developing a bad habit
- People think that’s the only one you have
The pants get dirty
This one is a no-brainer. If you wear the same pants every day soon it’s going to be soiled. How many days it takes before it becomes soiled depends on where you wear the pants, your personal neatness level, and where you live.
For example, if you live in a dusty area where you commute on dirt roads, in two days it should become pretty obvious that you need to change your pants.
If you live among the Eskimos it should take longer, maybe a week and some days. If you live in the heart of New York City and you use the train every day it should probably take about five days before you notice the dark sheen on your pants.
If it’s denim we are talking about it would take even longer.
But the bottom line is, the endgame is your pants become soiled. This leads to the next point, naturally.
The pants develop an unsavory odor
Our skin emits oil. When this oil mixes with dust and gets heated up. For some who use deodorants, they may not smell bad.
However, an accumulation of oil and dust in your pants leads to unsavory smells. It will be faint at first, but give it time, even you will perceive it.
It is worse if you live in locations where the temperature is normally high. Heat and body oil trapped in the pants all day is sure to develop into something dreadful in just two to three days.
Living in a colder region doesn’t save you entirely. With time the musky smell reaches you and others around you. If this picture is not bleak enough you just have to wait for what happens with the pants.
You may get infections
This result may sound far-fetched but it is logical to expect it. The buildup of bad smells, and the oils from your body, all form a fertile ground for possible skin infections.
It doesn’t take long before you start noticing the itching around the waistband of the pants and around the crotch area even though you may shower daily.
The fabric age faster
Your pants age normally. But when you wear the same one every day, you hasten the aging process of the fabric. It is as bad as washing your pants every day.
There are stress points on every pair of pants we wear; they include the knee area, the buttocks, and the general thigh area.
The stresses occur as you sit and bend. The color on the knees and thigh area begins to fade and this is how you know your pants have had it up to the neck.
You draw curious attention
It would be interesting to see how your colleagues at work feel about you wearing the same pants every day. They have to be really nice folks not to bring it to your notice, just in case you missed it.
You can always say you just love those pants, after all, they’re yours. But when the whispers begin to filter in from the grapevine, you’d surely hear it too.
If you ride the train every day, there must be some of the folks who ride with you who would say, that man who wears the dark pinstriped pants.
This shouldn’t be a problem though if said pants are always washed, ironed, and the crease in the right place.
If you wear pants with an assortment of nice shirts and shoes. Maybe then folks will forgive your repetition. But I wouldn’t count on it.
You may be developing a bad habit
If you wear the same pants every day you need to take a little time to ponder over the fact that this is not just proclivity. It may be an indication of an ongoing hygiene problem.
Do you find doing your own laundry a tedious task? And there are folks who don’t really see anything wrong in wearing soiled clothes.
If you have worn your pants three times, they must definitely be dirty. Not seeing this can be an indication that you are unaffected by having soiled clothes on your skin.
People think that’s the only pant you have
Though it’s none of our business, we are going to think that’s the only pants you have in your wardrobe.
And it is logical to think this way. Wearing the same pants every day not only draws attention but also causes people to make conclusions about the versatility of your fashion.
Do people notice when you wear the same pants?
Yes, they do. But only, mostly, if the color is white, yellow, pink, or any other color that is easily identified.
If you wear the same pants every day which are black or deep blue, with several different shirts, people may not notice it.
Some men have fewer pants than they do shirts. Many men buy different colors of shirts and just two black pants. Some have just a couple of dark-colored denim.
And denim is hard to tell from each other making it quite easy to fool the public. If you don’t want others to notice that you wear the same one every day, then make it a dark-colored one.
Another good thing that can be said about this is, if you wear, say, the same jeans every day, it must be that it matches well with everything you wear. In my opinion, that’s not a bad thing.
In addition, if you ever point out to people at work that the pants you are wearing are your favorite ones, they are sure to notice it the next time you wear them.
This also indicates that sometimes people don’t even notice. Especially if you work or live in a place where the population is much. People don’t really care what you wear.
But if you always have to wear the same pants to a closed group meeting, chances are someone who took an interest in you would notice the pants if they have a design in them.
Final thoughts
And you can have five pairs of pants and they are all the same. In such a situation, all bets are off. People are going to wonder if it’s just one pant until someone gets a chance to see your collection.
The point being made is you can go ahead and wear the same pants every day and hope that people would mind their business. At any rate, feel free to wear whatever suits you as long as your pants are neat.
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