because you never know where they came from.
Once upon a time there was a couple that married young. Despite the wife's hopes, the husband couldn't really change his ways of admiring all things. For recreation, they shopped. They both always looked well-dressed and put together, though they were exclusively outlet mall shoppers, or Marshalls and/or TJ Maxx.
The husband had a sister who was very close with the wife. They remained so, even after they (husband and wife) parted ways. In 2002, sister received a big bag of clothing from (ex) wife. Beautiful clothes in a variety of sizes (6/8/10), all name brand wonderful clothes. Sister only wore 6/8 but because that was a time of lots of kids (3 in 4 years), she kept everything. In 2004, sister decided she was going to work hard to be only a 6, and all the 8/10 went to her best friend who was that size range. Best friend wore the clothes until about 2006, when she moved to a 12/14 range (where she remains today). All the beautiful clothes went into a box in her unit at the storage place.
Fast forward to 2010, when best friend and HER friend went to the storage unit to rearrange. The bin of beautiful 8/10 were no longer a reality for friend who had moved to the solid 14 range. The bin of 8/10 went home with her friend. This friend loves the clothes and wears them regualrly (should add that these are timeless and tasteful classic styles/colors/cuts).
Present time, 2011: Best friend's friend was fixed up with sister's brother, who happens to be the husband of the wife who passed on the clothing in the first place. They apparently like each other and see a lot of one another. So much so that husband has been seeing lots of clothing that he has recognized as belonging to wife, one or two of them possibly even being gifts he gave! I suppose that we could call this something like "shades of the ex-wife"? "Sisterhood of the traveling clothes"? "What goes around, comes around"?
So now, friend is annoyed with best friend for not disclosing origin of the clothes. Brother is a bit miffed that sister is somehow involved in the drama.
Sister is sitting here LHAO!
I refuse to be involved in the drama of relationships, but this was certainly worth the post. Laugh away, pass on your clothes, and if you're divorced its probably best to keep them out of the old family.
Lesson: If the clothes fit, wear them! But make sure there isn't an odd psychological connection between your boyfriend and his ex-wife associated with your BR grey cahsmere sweater!
Sisterhood of the Travelling Clothes, or Beware of 3rd Generation Hand-me-Downs
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This should help:
(1) Original owner, wife of F
(2) Hand-me down 1G, sister of F
(3) Hand-me down 2G, best friend of sister of F
(4) Hand-me down 3G, friend of best friend of sister of F, who is currently girlfriend of F
I'm the one who had an ex-stepmother (seven years older than myself) as a bridesmaid at my wedding (I was 20, she was 27) which happened to be 6 months after biological father married then-current step-mother. I've never stood a chance of being drama free!
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