Color coded couple?
By rogen_andrei
@rogen_andrei (638)
Philippines
March 29, 2007 5:24pm CST
Would you ever consider it vanity when a couple go a bit color coded when they go out like malling, going to the church, or simply anywhere?
OK. am not really into this thing, like I have to wear something blue when my girlfriend wears a blue dress..or could be just anything provided there's a distinctive blue accent to match on her attire...
funny but my girlfriend now is fond of doing this.. like when I go to her house and fetch her when we wanted to go out, she just wanted to change her dress to come up with something that would match to what I'm wearing... well, not all the times though...
but anyways, I find her logical at times, especially when I'm all set for my pastel blue shirt and there she was wearing an orange blouse..lol so then she will change so we won't look funny together.. :P
have you also experienced this? is your partner also like this or it's you initiating the idea of getting a bit color coded? or you don't bother at all and go on whatever you feel like wearing?
do share your thoughts.. :P
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19 responses
@samrat16 (2442)
• India
30 Mar 07
Good for you that your partner has taste for colour combination. Many a times we can see inmarkets, malls and different shops that couples are in some entire different colours and it shows that they are not sarisfied with eachother ( pshycology say so ).
I think it's a good idea and I will also try to get into this habbit .
@rogen_andrei (638)
• Philippines
30 Mar 07
so you mean this is really psychology proven? that's cool! I used to think this is mostly for fun... :)
@rogen_andrei (638)
• Philippines
30 Mar 07
That's so cool of you, iamdang! I'm sure you'd look great together. :)
@slickcut (8141)
• United States
30 Mar 07
I have done this before.I remember when I use to sew a lot,that i made my husband a shirt,and i was expecting at the time and i made myself a maternity top out of the same material to match his shirt...I have not done this in a very long time,but I think it is really cute...Your g/f sounds like she is really a nice person to think of this..I would assume that people like it,I know i sometimes see this and I think it is the coolist thing to do...It just like lets the world know that you two are a pair or couple ,I should say...I love this idea ..Now that you have called this to my attention ,I think I will also do it again sometimes...I would imagine you two get a few smiles...
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@rogen_andrei (638)
• Philippines
30 Mar 07
Cool! yeah, I do get a smile while reading your response..and am sure my girlfriend would be smiling a lot wider when I tell her about your views..thanks for the response, slickcut!
@mbizmom (237)
• United States
30 Mar 07
Color coding is definitely not something I'm into, if we're not going somewhere formal then we don't need to match. I think this is something the female half of the relationship comes up with so that her and her partner feel more "together". But, like I said, it's not something I'd make my boyfriend do unless we clashed enough to be hideous.
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@rogen_andrei (638)
• Philippines
30 Mar 07
LOL thanks for sharing your thoughts, mbizmom.. I do appreciate them. :)
@netski_15 (423)
• Philippines
29 Mar 07
I agree that this is funny. Me and my hubby loves to go to places. Everytime we go out of town we buy 2 shirts, which is exactly the same. When we get to our house and decided to go malling or somewhere else, we would wear those paired clothes that we bought. It's just one way of making our day happy =)
@rogen_andrei (638)
• Philippines
30 Mar 07
Kewl! I'm glad my girlfriend and I are not alone! lol thanks for the response, netski.. :)
@gorgeousdreamer (1034)
• Philippines
30 Mar 07
I'm not fond of doing that color coding thing. Well, I just don't like matching my dress to the color of my boyfriend's shirt. I just don't feel it. But if it's your girlfriend's habit of doing so, then I would have to respect it. Because people have different taste and enjoyment. Maybe it's her own satisfaction to match her dress to the color of your clothes. Right?
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@crazynurse (7482)
• United States
30 Mar 07
I have never heard of this practice. I can only think of a few times that my husband's and my clothing ended up being color coordinated, and that was purely by accident! I don't think that either of us have the patience or desire to try and match our clothing. If you guys have the time and patience (and amount of clothing!) to match and that is what you enjoy, go for it!
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@maildumpster (3815)
• United States
2 Apr 07
I'd say 90% of the time I don't care what either of us is wearing. I don't try to color coordinate us.
The other 10% are times like weddings and since my hubby wears neutrals; I don't need to worry about clashing.
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@Grandmaof2 (7579)
• Canada
30 Mar 07
I definitely think this is a girls thing. Girls like to match their socks with their shorts and their top has to match their pants and so on. I think it's kind of cool to see a guy and girl wearing matching jackets, I've always thought that's cool. I think you should be very privileged that your girl wants to be color coordinating with what you are wearing...
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@Yestheypayme2dothis (7874)
• United States
30 Mar 07
I have never heard of fetching a person such as a girlfriend...I have heard of fetching a newspaper. Anywhooooo, no...I am not into this. To me it would be a waste of time.
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@mightycrumbgirl (380)
•
30 Mar 07
it does make sense, as if one of you is wearing bright orange, and the other a pastel blue, then it could look quite funny.
However, me and my boyfriend are not into this, we are the typical down to earth couple who are just happy as we are, I change my style from day to day and so does my boyfriend, and I go through phases of which colours i like to wear, but we never color-coordinate (except maybe sometimes by accident).
He's comfortable with the person I am underneath my clothes, and I'm comfortable with the person he is; I know our personalities are a perfect match so I don't feel the need to match our clothes! lol
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@cassidy22 (2974)
• United States
30 Mar 07
I think that's kind of weird. really. My husband and I don't intentionally color code our clothes so we match each other. Granted, when we get dressed up to go somewhere - he wears ONE thing - his Scottish Kilt. I has a black jacket. I almost always wear black dresses, because I like them the best. But it's not intentional. But on a daily basis, I don't care what he wears and he doens't care what I wear.
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@meleshia (624)
• Philippines
30 Mar 07
I'm not fond of purposely going out with matching colors. but i enjoy it once in a while and especially of my boyfriend fetches me and we end up wearing matching color shirts. i don't go back and change my clothes, i just wear it as is. it's fun to do that sometimes! ^___^
@lordwarwizard (35747)
• Singapore
30 Mar 07
I have seen such things and I always thought it mushy. Never had or want the opportunity to try it for myself though. :P
But hey, it is a free world so anything can do what he or she likes.
@franxexces (1096)
• Philippines
30 Mar 07
I would consider couples who go color coded in school corny. But tot hose couples who have the same shirt color by coincidence I would find that nice and funny. In special occassions it's nice that you and your partner's clothes match cause you would look funny or even very funny when you're colors are mismatched. I find your girlfriend sweet for changing her dress to some up with something taht will match with yours.
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@daniel_shiro (12)
• Indonesia
30 Mar 07
Eventhough I don't have any experience about that, I think color coded clothes will a little bit affect other people opinion about that couple, it is just increase matching rate in other's point of view. But if you don't want to do color coded, I think that's okay
^_^
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