The Plaid Epidemic

            I was sitting in a coffee shop doing some writing.  I looked up in thought for a moment and was distracted by plaid.  It was everywhere I looked on every guy sitting in there.  Okay, not every guy, but most of them.  I laughed it off.  A few nights later I was on a double date with a good friend of mine.  Our boyfriends took off their jackets to reveal that, not only were they both in plaid, they were nearly identical shirts.  I should point out that the boys were meeting each other for the first time that day, so there was no “I’ll call you and tell you what I’m wearing” thing going on.  I think only girls do that, and usually so they don’t show up wearing the same shirt they both bought in different colors because it was so damn cute.

            In the coming weeks I started to notice it all over the place.  I started playing a game counting all the plaid shirts on the train.  The final straw came when I saw two kids playing in the park wearing button down plaid shirts.  Neither was older than six years old.  I thought, it has officially gone too far, these are children for goodness sake!

            I am no fool, it came to my attention long ago that dudes do not like to take too much time getting dressed.  It’s not at all that I think plaid shirts are ugly.  To be honest, I used to thank the good divine for plaid button downs.  It seemed that all of a sudden boys were looking less messy, but I am over it.  Fella’s are you aware that stores sell button down shirts that are NOT plaid?  They do exist I promise and you all look so handsome in them!  I know many of you are thinking I am crazy and annoying for complaining but it’s a serious concern of mine.  If I were Oprah, everyone would get a solid button down shirt, perhaps even pin stripped.