I picked up a red Tommy Hilfiger sweater for my husband. It looked like something I saw a guy in an advertisement wearing, and the guy in the ad looked suave and alluring. Would my husband look suave and alluring in a similar sweater? He slipped it on, and I thought he looked great. We waited to see what our oldest daughter, the resident style expert, would say. She gave it a big thumbs up with a grin. Later, however, our preschool boy saw him modeling the sweater. The boy, who hadn't heard any of our previous discussion, blurted out, "You're wearing a girl sweater, Papa!"

Of course this is the same boy who today wore a pair of jeans almost two sizes too small with a ripped knee--along with oversized pink socks borrowed from a sister that, due to the short jeans, were fully exposed.

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