The Advice

The Advice

"Dress complicated,

not like a potato sack."

Advice from a man

Before I went out on a date, I asked a dude friend how I should dress. I said that I might just wear what I was wearing at work, because it was cute and comfy. He was not impressed with this comment, and said that I should dress sexy and complicated, not like a burlap bag around a bunch of potatoes. Not that I was shaped like a bag of potatoes. Why would a man want something complicated? I talked to a lady friend who asked well what does he mean sexy and complicated, like from the 1880s? When ladies had to wear corsets and those button up shoes? Then I drifted to thoughts of bustles and petticoats, and how a gentleman should always bring a button hook on a date and keep it right next to his handkerchief. And his chloroform.