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Tuesday, December 09, 2008
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By China at 10:08 AM
I have a tee shirt for everything I have ever participated in it seems. When I was younger and in gymnastics, my dad would buy a tee shirt for the size I was then and for one that would fit me when I was way older so I would have it as a memory (who knows why) but he would buy these tee shirts for every single meet and there were times when the meets were every weekend for months in a row and I did it for about ten years (yea that is a whole lot of tee shirts).
And then in high school we got a tee shirt for every single thing we did. We got a freshman class tee shirt and one for sophomore, junior and several for senior year. We also got them for every sport we played every year (I did cheerleading, cross country and volleyball).
And now that I am in college I have gotten tee shirts that say the universities name in so many different ways it could make your head spin. And for my sorority we get a tee shirt for every single little event we participate in. I counted how many tee shirts that I have with me (this doesn't include the probably 200 that I left at home and didn't make the cut to bring to school) and I have about 450. Meaning about 640 tee shirts in total which is absolutely insane. There is no way I could even wear that many and I definitely don't have room for all of them, they take up most of the under my bed space, my closet and my drawers. I could almost wear 2 tee shirts a day for a year and never have to do laundry.
I know my parents meant well when they were buying all of them for me, and I am sure that one day when I am much older and looking back at my youth I will want to have some of them, and they are convenient and comfortable to wear, it just seems like an obscene amount to own. I guess though somewhere inside of me I feel attached to them, because I always have a hard time donating them when it comes to be that time of year and when friends come over I secretly hate to lend them out. Maybe I'll end up to be one of those cat ladies, but with tee shirts instead.