The Undershirt Theory

Would you say that $8.87 is a lot of money?  Would you feel like you were going to go broke if you spent it on a pack of say 6 Fruit of the Loom, short sleeve, crew shirts?  Me neither ladies.  Men I know you are hesitating.

Me: Can we throw this shirt away?  The arm pits are stained.
Jesse: What's wrong with it? It's not that bad.  I'll just wear it as an undershirt. 
Me: Really?
Jesse: Yeah.  Well, that or I could just cut off the sleeves and wear it as a work out shirt.  But don't throw it away.  It's a perfectly good shirt.

I have learned that holes and stains are not deal breakers for men.  To them they just add character to the shirt.  Jesse, along with many men, is a strong believer in the Undershirt Theory.  A shirt can have many lives.  It is never useless.  NEVER throw it out!  We could use this one as a cleaning rag for spills or dusting or something.

You want my advice? Throw them out when you do the laundry.  Jesse hardly ever notices.  If he does it will be weeks/months later.  Have you seen my blue Hutch shirt anywhere?  You know the one from highschool?  All I am hearing when he says this is: Have you seen my blue shirt that had the holes in the armpits and that I have been wearing since my freshman or sophomore year of highschool?  He has started following those questions up with: You didn't throw it away did you?

He's catching on.....
 

This one is probably from grade school/middle school years.  (CORRECTION: I have just been informed that this one hails from 1989!) Here you can have this, it doesn't fit me anymore.  Another very popular second life idea of his. Waste not!