Do Men Still Wear Ties Anywhere?
@JamesHxstatic (29242)
Eugene, Oregon
March 19, 2023 4:38pm CST
On my first job in a grocery store, age 14 (Texas) males had to wear white shirts & ties. On to California, age 16 another grocery job, had to wear a tie, sold women's shoes in southern California, age 19 or 20, ties & suit coats!
I spent the rest of my working life in offices and up to a few years ago ties were required there too.
So, I bought a truckload of ties over the years, nice silk ties at that. They were not cheap. A few years ago, I donated quite a few, gave some to my wife to use the fabric in her art quilts, and I still have a lot of ties.
I think I'll keep my two Snoopy Santa ties, one more Snoopy tie and my St. Patrick's day tie with the shamrocks and donate the rest.
I don't go to chuch, don't even know if ties are still worn there, so I will never need all these ties again.
Does your husband, father or SO have ties?
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@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
19 Mar 23
My husband rarely wears ties only on special occasions like weddings. In fact I think he only has like 2 ties 
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
19 Mar 23
Good for him! I like to wear one if there's a Christmas party, one of my Snoopys.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
20 Mar 23
I'll keep a very few that I do like a lot and maybe want to add character to whatever I wear.
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@LadyDuck (458233)
• Switzerland
20 Mar 23
@JamesHxstatic - Many worked at home during the pandemic, but now almost all are back to their offices. All public employees have to wear a tie and also all the bank employees here.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
20 Mar 23
@LadyDuck I figured things were much more formal there. At my bank there are no ties, nor with public employees. Many people are still working from home.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
20 Mar 23
I'm not surprised to hear that @LadyDuck. I suspect Switzerland is still a lot more formal than the US has become. Did many people work at home during the Pandemic? Have they gone back to the office mostly these days?
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@sol_cee (38223)
• Philippines
20 Mar 23
@JamesHxstatic neither of us knew how to wear ties properly and Youtube vids were too complicated lolll
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
20 Mar 23
@sol_cee Oh too bad, a four in hand knot is pretty easy.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
20 Mar 23
Oh yes, some schools do that I know.
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@aninditasen (15742)
• Raurkela, India
20 Mar 23
My elder son has to wear a tie at his office meeting and my late husband too.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
20 Mar 23
In the US, most offices had become more casual, then the Pandemic came and many people were working at home. Now there seems to be a casual atmosphere with many people at the office only one to three days a week. My daughter seldom goes to her office.
Did many work at home where you live?
@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
20 Mar 23
I suspect that things are more formal in your country.
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@aninditasen (15742)
• Raurkela, India
21 Mar 23
@JamesHxstatic We are still sticking to the British customs.
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@MarieCoyle (28553)
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19 Mar 23
Men just don't wear ties much anymore. I personally always thought they were really a stupid invention--oh, they look nice when a fellow is all spiffed up for a wedding or whatever. I am tired of formality. Ties are not comfortable looking, so I can understand why men would not like to wear them.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
19 Mar 23
Yes, I mean I got used to them, but they were a pain nevertheless..
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@GardenGerty (157555)
• United States
20 Mar 23
My hubby has one or two. I have not seen him in one since the day we got married, twenty five years ago. I saw kid in a suit and tie today--third grade or so. Not sure what the deal was.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
20 Mar 23
I'll bet that kid felt all grown up. In the US, ties seem pretty useless anymore.
@snowy22315 (169997)
• United States
20 Mar 23
Certain jobs like newscasters, politicians, some businessmen etc. wear them...but by and large I think they are extinct.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
20 Mar 23
A good thing as far I'm concerned.
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@celticeagle (159058)
• Boise, Idaho
21 Mar 23
They still wear them just not in the same area and not as often. Sounds like you are saving the better ones.
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@celticeagle (159058)
• Boise, Idaho
22 Mar 23
@JamesHxstatic .........The best of course.
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@allknowing (130064)
• India
20 Mar 23
@JamesHxstatic It will be a necessity if a mention is made about it in the invitation I guess.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
20 Mar 23
I wonder if it is habit or necessity?
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@LeaPea2417 (36442)
• Toccoa, Georgia
20 Mar 23
When my husband worked as a manager in a grocery store, he wore a tie. It was part of the dress code for management. That was many years ago when he worked there.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
20 Mar 23
I understand, all guys had to wear ties in that business when I was in it as a high schooler.
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@JESSY3236 (18923)
• United States
21 Mar 23
My boyfriend doesn't wear ties. My uncle, though, was a principal of an elementary school and he also played the organ at two churches. He wore ties. I still have some of his ties. Ones that were my favorite.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
21 Mar 23
What can you do with them? Just keepsakes, right?
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
28 Mar 23
@JESSY3236 That's a good thing.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
20 Mar 23
That does seem to be the case. Many employers are not requiring them.
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@thelme55 (76476)
• Germany
21 Mar 23
@JamesHxstatic I think so. Most are wearing casual clothes nowadays.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
24 Mar 23
I spent far too much money on the cray things.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
19 Mar 23
He was lucky. I lived in one half my life it seems like.
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@GreatMartin (23676)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
20 Mar 23
What's a tie??? I have 10 of those long-hanging things and haven't worn one since 1979!! Why haven't thrown them out?? Heck in the 1970s they were VERY ($20???) expensive Countess Mara ties! 
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
20 Mar 23
Many of mine were $30 plus, some Jerry Garcia designed I really liked.
@RasmaSandra (73444)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
20 Mar 23
My husband was mostly at home working on the laptop in Latvia and very rarely when we went out would he wear a tie, Only when it was something special, In the 1960s when I was a child my dad almost always wore a tie except of course when at home or out casual,
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
20 Mar 23
They were a strange thing with no real purpose that
became a custom.
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@Fleura (29128)
• United Kingdom
20 Mar 23
Yes he has some, but hates wearing them. I quite like ties! I have worked in a couple of places where a tie was part of the uniform for everyone (men and women). Also in some places where they give out ties to the men if they haven't worn one. The only thing I don't like about them is that they can dangle into food etc.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
20 Mar 23
Having something cinched up around your neck gets tiresome though.
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@TheHorse (205776)
• Walnut Creek, California
20 Mar 23
My dad wore ties most of the time when he was teaching. He was an English Professor at UC Berkeley and later at University of Chicago. When I followed in his footsteps (more or less) and became a Psychology Professor, I rarely if ever wore ties. But I did and do wear blue or "university stripe" button down shirts most of the time when I'm teaching at that level. At Guitar Center, I wear my Guitar Center black "clown shirt." With the littlies, I whatever I don't mind getting snot, tears and drool on.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
20 Mar 23
Almost all the collared shirts I own are button down. I have always preferred them.
@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
20 Mar 23
Good for him, it is nice not to wear them.
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