If your husband is employed, does he regularly wear a tie to work?

[jenL]

Dh rarely has to wear a tie anymore. Rather, the men wear suit/dress pants and dress shirts without ties. Some days, he'll go in in khakis and a dress shirt, and on Fridays he can wear jeans and polo shirts. His industry never used to be this casual, but times are changing.

[FaithManor]

Whenever dh drives into the corporate offices, he wears a suit and tie. He tends to try to be the best dressed person in the meeting if possible since they only make him drive in when something like contract talks with GM are stalled.

 

Otherwise he works from home as the three accounts he works on are all global accounts that affect about 11 different countries...meeting times are by conference call and can be at odd times of the day including the wee hours of the morning. His work from home attire today includes a polo shirt, nasty jeans that have seen better days but which he claims are "just getting comfortable", a baseball cap, and sandals. During the winter, the polo shirt is replaced with flannel shirts!

 

Faith

[Jackie in AR]

He wears a tie from Labor Day to Memorial Day. His office has casual wear during the summer (polos).

[RachelFlores]

Dh usually wears slacks and a button up shirt, no tie. According to him, if you wear a tie to work everyone thinks you must be going to a job interview.

[jenangelcat]

Not in his current job no. In 2010 when he managed a theatre yes he often wore a tie to work. Prior to that he was a legal assistant and wore a tie and suit every day except for casual Fridays. 10 years ago when he worked in sales he wore a suit and tie. It depends on the job.

[Melissa in NC]

Engineers do not wear ties because it could get caught in the equipment. Some days he does not even wear his wedding ring since he is an electical engineer. Zap.

 

His standard uniform is khakis and a polo or button down with the sleeves rolled up.

[Jamee]

When DH started teaching here he started wearing ties, but mostly fun, novelty ties. We had a blast buying from E-bay and such and he can now pretty much wear a different tie everyday of the school year.

 

As for his navy uniform, the only time he's worn a tie is with his "Johnny Cash" uniform, I think that's what they called it. I believe they've done away with those in the last couple of year. I wish they'd transition faster to the new khaki though, I really like those. Oh, and bow ties with his mess dress.

[Parrothead]

Only when he wears a dress uniform, which is once or twice a year.

[kokotg]

DH is a high school teacher, and he pretty much never wears ties anymore. He did more his first couple of years of teaching. I just asked him if other teachers wore ties regularly, and he could only think of a couple of people who do. (I'm glad he didn't say, "oh, sure, everyone but me does!")

[Tree House Academy]

He is an engineering manager (the boss over a certain branch of engineering for his company). He never wears a tie unless he has some meeting with big wigs from some other company. Usually that is only when he travels elsewhere. He and most of his co-workers wear khaki pants and a polo shirt. On Friday, everyone wears JEANS! Lol. We live in the South...that may make a difference (i.e. we don't live in NYC and he doesn't work on Wall Street!).

[sarah1615]

My husband wears a tie to work most of the time. He is allowed to wear a polo shirt with the company logo on days over 80'.

[twoforjoy]

Nope. I can't remember the last time he wore a tie to work. He does research in a university lab, and it's pretty casual. Even when he goes to meetings, he very, very rarely wears a tie, unless his lab is meeting with pretty high-up people from the corporate world. Then he'll wear one.

[dirty ethel rackham]

Nope. They instituted "business casual" a couple years ago, so he mostly wears polo shirts or some nice no-iron button down shirts. He only wears a tie (and a jacket) for special meetings - a couple times a month.

[mommaduck]

A tie would be hazardous, and ridiculous, in the lines of work my husband has been in.

[Jen in PA]

When DH interviewed for his current job it looked like he might be working at their corporate HQ and we thought he was going to need to wear ties.... But when they hired him it was for a job in a very casual subsidiary and he felt really awkward the first week because wearing a polo and new khakis had him looking very overdressed! For his former job, where he worked for over a decade, he wore khakis and polos, never ties. He is a web designer and he can wear anything except for jeans.

[PinkTulip]

Full suit and tie every day.

[Guest]

Dickies shorts here. And an occasional baseball cap. :tongue_smilie: I'm glad he gets to wear shorts, though, as he drives a car 45 minutes to work that doesn't have a/c in triple digit heat.

[Night Elf]

For me, ties are for job interviews only. My DH works for HP, although he's been with this particular group through many buyouts. He started with Digital Equipment Corporation, which was bought by Compaq, which was bought by HP. They joked that if they saw someone in the building wearing a tie that the person was either 1. interviewing for a job, 2. a sales rep from another company, or 3. an executive from headquarters (though that one was a maybe).

[lcelmer]

NOPE! He runs his own automotive shop, and that includes working on cars fairly often. He wears a logo t shirt and work jeans.

[angela in ohio]

Every day. He quit wearing one for a while when he taught, because he would regularly have to restarin students and a tie becomes a liability with a clever student. :D He went back to wearing one as a principla, because he wanted to represent his building well, even though it was still hazardous (he would strip off the tie and his dress shirt on the way to an emergency call from a teacher, which earned his the nickname of SuperMan.) Now he wears a tie every day except for the few days that he at a special event (Special Olympics, etc.) and needs to wear a specific t-shirt to show his support.

[BarbecueMom]

He wears a tie from Labor Day to Memorial Day. His office has casual wear during the summer (polos).

 

Same here, except he wears dress shirts with the sleeves rolled up during the summer instead of polo shirts.

[Audrey]

No, but he's blue-collar. He wears Red Wings and Levis to work. :drool5:

 

 

Some people dig kilts, but it's hard-working, red-blooded American man that revs my engines. :D

 

 

Kilts? Meh. But, flannel shirts? My goodness, those just do me weak in the knees!

[KrissiK]

No, he's an engineer and he wears Dockers and a button down shirt, but no tie. He works for a very small company.

[abacus2]

No. He had to at his previous company. The lack of a tie requirement is one of his favorite things about his current job.

[YLVD]

No, we live in the greater Seattle area and even the most professional people I meet don't wear ties! It's very casual here.

 

He also works in the video gaming industry and it's, very casual!:lol:

[Ginevra]

Kilts? Meh. But, flannel shirts? My goodness, those just do me weak in the knees!

 

:drool: Mmmm...flannel shirts. LL Bean man. Yes.

[TravelingChris]

Not usually. He wears whatever the newest camouflage uniform is most days. On MOndays, he wears the blue uniform but I think it usually is without a tie. When he travels or goes to conferences, he tends to wear a tie.

 

As an aside, it is one area of his life that I know I am needed- he is somewhat blue/green color blind and always wants me to coordinate his tie, jacket, shirt and pants to make sure it all looks right.:)

[Elm in NJ]

If he has a meeting which is usually a couple of times a week. He didn't wear one yesterday, but he did today.

[Susann]

My dh is a restaurant manager and has worn dress shirts, ties and dress pants for the last 25 years. He just started with a new company yesterday where he wears dockers and polos. I have to say he looks just as hot without the tie:D

[Truscifi]

No. He's a restaurant manager. Ties + lots and lots of people moving food = disaster.

[IlluminatedAttic]

DH wears a tie just about every day. About once a month he might not on a "casual Friday".

[Mama2Many4]

My husband works for Walmart, so no. No tie.

[Audrey]

Not usually. He wears whatever the newest camouflage uniform is most days. On MOndays, he wears the blue uniform but I think it usually is without a tie. When he travels or goes to conferences, he tends to wear a tie.

 

As an aside, it is one area of his life that I know I am needed- he is somewhat blue/green color blind and always wants me to coordinate his tie, jacket, shirt and pants to make sure it all looks right.:)

 

 

Oh that reminds me of a funny thing about my dad. He was a bit colour blind, too. It never bothered him until after he'd left the Navy. He said once, "Until I didn't have a snappy Navy uniform to wear everyday, I had no idea I was such a bad dresser!" :lol:

[Cedarmom]

He is an engineer. The interesting thing is how much attire has changed over the years. When we first got married it was ties and button downs, then just button downs, now it seems like any shirt as long as it is clean.

[Jenny in Atl]

Thankfully none needed in his line of work... He sees them as a noose. He will deal with one for a wedding or funeral, if required.

[Mrs Mungo]

Oh that reminds me of a funny thing about my dad. He was a bit colour blind, too. It never bothered him until after he'd left the Navy. He said once, "Until I didn't have a snappy Navy uniform to wear everyday, I had no idea I was such a bad dresser!" :lol:

 

:D There is another guy in our circle who is the same rank as my dh. I don't think he's updated his wardrobe since he was in college. He wears pleated khakis and crazy 80s style patterned shirts.

[Cinder]

Dh is required to wear a tie as part of his work uniform.

[kchara]

Nope. My DH works in the field. It's either jeans or cargo pants and a company shirt. The only ties he owns go with his dress blues. Too bad, he does look nice dressed up.

[elizabeth]

Tie and pocket square with french cuffs. Dresses to the 9's. I, on the other hand, look like a color blind babushka with severe metabolism issues. Oh wait, I actually am a chubby babushka with what dh calls temperment issues.:lol: In other words I deal with the out of control or rude clients who need behaviour modification of a special kind. Technically that makes me a junkyard dog lawyer with a bad wardrobe.

[nd293]

Dh is an engineer, and is not expected to wear a tie to work, even when in the main office. On site he wears safety gear (navy with reflective stripes).

[TessaS]

Blue collar and proud! Dh's uniforms are laundered by a service. He changes in a locker room before and after work. He's an aircraft mechanic.

[redsquirrel]

My husband is an academic librarian. He wants to wear a tie to work and did when he first started. His supervisor took him aside and told him he was making everyone else look bad. Now he wears one for presentations, a few times a month.

 

He also wears actual tweed jackets. He wears those more than a tie.

[Just Beachy]

Yes. My dh is an airline pilot, and it is part of his uniform.

 

:) Beachy

[Greta]

Probably once a month on average, when he has to give a presentation. Does that count as "regularly"? I'm guessing not.

[Sandy in KY]

My husband is a chemical engineer and ties are actually forbidden at his work, because he's at a plant, rather than at a corporate office.

[Soror]

Never.

[prairiebird]

Yes, every day, and mostly ridiculous ties. He's a teacher, and the kids seem to get a kick out of what tie he'll wear. So among the regular patterns, we have Scooby Doo, Star Wars, Spiderman :lol: really weird patterns, and what he calls 'math ties'.

 

One year it was fairly challenging because the girls in his 7th grade class, on their own, decided to make charts and keep records of his ties. He ended up borrowing from friends because they would point out to him when he'd worn 3 superhero ties that week or something. Kids are hilarious!

[LuvToRead]

No, but DH is a mechanic. A tie would actually be dangerous in his situation. He does wear a tie to funerals, and to church on Easter and Christmas.

[Jamee]

Yes, every day, and mostly ridiculous ties. He's a teacher, and the kids seem to get a kick out of what tie he'll wear. So among the regular patterns, we have Scooby Doo, Star Wars, Spiderman :lol: really weird patterns, and what he calls 'math ties'.

 

One year it was fairly challenging because the girls in his 7th grade class, on their own, decided to make charts and keep records of his ties. He ended up borrowing from friends because they would point out to him when he'd worn 3 superhero ties that week or something. Kids are hilarious!

 

 

DH has several math ties! Also ones for all the services, Constitution Day, Pearl Harbor Day, several holidays, Sesame Street, bunch of Dr. Seuss and Disney. Yes, the kids love it! Where does your husband find his? We've only really had luck with e-Bay.

 

Although when he taught his first full year, he wore a tie the first couple of days and was recommended not to since it could "intimidate the kids." Whatever, they just didn't know about his tie collection. Now being in a military community it's a lot of fun.

[thescrappyhomeschooler]

I voted yes, but he usually only wears it at hearings (he's an attorney). He spends about half of the day in hearings. In the office, he usually takes the tie off. Sometimes he wears jeans and a T shirt to work if he's not meeting clients, then he'll change into a suit and tie that he keeps in the office if he needs one.