Berlin. Beer: Check. Green Sweater: Check.
My husband wears this green sweater all the time. ALL. THE. TIME.
The Green Sweater made an appearance when we got our marriage license
Every vacation picture we have, he’s wearing the green sweater. When I post pictures from our trips, people think he only packed one sweater. Every family event photo, there’s that damn green sweater.
He even wore the Green Sweater for our professional engagement pictures
A few weeks ago, we went away for the weekend with some friends. On the Saturday, he wore the green sweater and one of our friends remarked, “I was wondering when the green sweater was going to come out”.
Gotta have the Green Sweater in chilly San Francisco
The green sweater is now fraying and has holes in it. I thought this would be enough to convince him to get rid of it but all that’s happened is that he’s started to shop for an identical green sweater.
The morning of our wedding wouldn't be the same without the Green Sweater
*sigh*
Was your wedding at the carneros inn NAPA?
Yes, it was. We loved it and can’t wait to go back.
was this taken at Caneros Inn
I hear that. My husband tends to repeat clothing as well. When we go on vacation he usually only brings one shirt. Doesn’t matter which one. Not like the green sweater, it isn’t his favorite or anything, he just picks one shirt out of his drawer and wears that shirt for our entire vacation. The only time I got his to pack more than one was on our honeymoon. He brought like 5 shirts for our 12 day vacation. Oh and the holes? At least your husbands holes are from wear. (I’ll bet I can top you on this one.) All of my husbands T-shirts have holes in the exact same spot. Right at the top on his back. Where the tag should be. You want to know why? It is because the tags annoy him in the middle of his day…so he CHEWS THEM OFF!!! This creates a hole. Everytime. (I’m looking into buying him more tagless t-shirts). On our wedding day the photographer came in to my suite asking for scissors. He wanted them so he could run them across the hall and give them to my husband, who was busy chewing the tag off of his undershirt.
Did he wear the Green sweater when he said, “I do???” Did he wear the Green sweater in the wedding pictures???
Hey, where can I get a great sweater like that?
Hahaha. You’re a good sport, Bob.
Hi,
Great website I am ROTFLMAO and great writing.
You have a book coming.
It might please you to hear that the “green sweater” appears to be an Indian Police sweater and therefore inexpensive and easily available in great quantities.
Andy
I guess you and at least half a million other women are married to the same man.
Subsitute green sweater for a pair of navy blue shorts. These shorts are covered with bleach stains, holes and the elastic waistband is so shot they tend to wind up around his ankles. Still, this is his attire of choice when heading out in public on a weekend.
Other annoying habits include:
Picking nose while driving
Farting at the dinner table
Lighting a b-bque with coleman fuel. I won’t go into details on this one as too much information might cause another husband to attempt this . I will only say…I am thankful we live in a very rural area and that everyone is okay.
The sweater reminds of one that Mr. Roger’s might have worn on Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood.
He looks good wearing green….he is thinking aboout the environment.
I’m with S. Brooke, Only I just think its that all men are the same, they just come in different models.
ALTHOUGH I have to admit to being equally as annoying on this one.
I have this black Ann Taylor blouse… its sleeveless and has a really pretty flower cutout pattern at the top. Its like a fancy tank-top really.
Anyway, I didn’t realize just how much I actually wear this shirt until I made an album of pictures from my favorite times. Wow. Literally almost every single one.
I’m now making an attempt to control my Ann Taylor tank top habit.
better a green sweater than smelly worn out boat shoes. yes you read that correct…BOAT SHOES with no socks..
my nose has literally fallen off
Hahaha…I had that problem too. I was sneaky and tossed them into the trash, but to my surprise found them back in the closet. Oh yeah, he dug them out. Don’t know how he found out, but he did and he retreived them….
Your nose literally fell off? So now you’re Cathy?
see at the positive side, this means also you have less clothes to wash ¡¡
I am sure you can help him if maybe you buy him a couple of similar sweater but in different colors,
step by step you can introduce him to new ideas to “fashionize” himself.
well i would bleach when you do the laundry thats the best thing to do . lol
your husband could be seth greens brother. Once you finally break his spirit…would you send the sweater to me?? Looks like many many miles left on the old rag. By the way…did you ever think that maybe he was wearing the sweater on the day he met you and it became his “Lucky sweater?” I say don’t make him change his mind.
That is a GOOD LOOKING sweater! Not that I have the same one in grey or anything…
Ask you hubby if there is one thing that you could change for him and inturn maybe he will do one favor for you and burn the sweater but you may have to wear thongs from now on.
OMG! My husband has the SAME EXACT sweater! I recognized the patches on the elbows! Actually, now that I think of it: I BOUGHT IT FOR HIM!! And everytime he wears it, he looks sexy..doesn’t wear anything underneath! Love that zipper!! You go girl!!! … lol
My husbands version of the green sweater is a blue and white plaid flannel. It’s in every picture and gone on every vacation. Here we are, happy on a cruise to Mexico, tropical drinks, flip flops and the flannel. Christmas Day family pics…the flannel. I could go on and on…
Your husband sounds very unique. You poor girl lol
This reminds me of my parents honestly, and the worn out runners shorts my dad insists on wearing with dirty “grass cutting shoes” around the house. Married 23 years and still very in love. Me on the other hand, I love my man dearly, but he has about40 polo-esque shirts, in all different colors, and picks roughly 5 to rotate. That or it is his beloved Patron shirt. A constant battle, “No John, I don’t think the Patron shirt is an appropriate shirt to wear to Christmas dinner.” But none the less I love him, all quirks and all.
I am so going to fav bookmark your blog and read more abou your hubby as it makes me feel so much better about mine. I have truly enjoyed reading it and a book might not be a bad idea : D
Just wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed reading your story. You really gave me a good laugh. I love your style of writing . Your husband must have a great sense of humor, regardless of the green sweater and the other “tic” or your description of him would not be in so many households right now. You should write a book focused around the green sweater for ex: “Marriage tales Through the Eyes of a Green Sweater.”
I am amazed and totally entertained by this original and brilliantly comedic blog. Great writing! I am always checking for the latest. Keep them coming and much success to you!
Actually, the only thing wrong with his outfit is the Yankees cap.
Jem (a Red Sox fan
LOL, I love your blog!! My husbands “green sweater” for 10 years was what I coined the “sexy lawn mowing outfit”. This ensemble was a red half shirt sporting the saying PHI SLAMMA JAMMA on it, too short/tight swim trunks from same decade and completed with the old deck shoes he had since the 70′s. Thankfully he finally parted with the “sexy lawn mowing outfit” of his own accord about 4 years ago.
Glad to hear you two newlyweds are getting along so well. Lucky for me (ha, ha) I still have a job at Ch.10, but I should be sending you some great photos that your wife asked for …my wife says “we don’t have any”. However, if you’re really interested we could take some. They’re bound to make somebody laugh. Sorry no fart jokes for now.
Looks like you were the lucky one. By the picture, it looks like you should still be single.
I once did the UNMENTIONABLE and encouraged his favorite tee shirt – called Blue Boy ( ripped, faded and stretched beyond belief) to “take a walk” – I threw it out and am still suffering the wrath of my actions….. be careful- if anything happens to your husband’s Green Boy – you’ll never hear the end of it!! Maybe you could just hide it for a while…. until he gets tired of looking for it…then it might “take a walk” too!
I almost hate to say this, but you should be happy it’s a green sweater! My husband wears golf shirts he buys from the Salvation Army store … ones with company logos on them. When others ask what the company is, he’s happy to tell them he has no idea and that the shirt cost 75 cents at the SA. It’s all he packs for vacations, family reunions, etc. He rarely wears any of the shirts I buy for him. Nope. Has to advertise for some unknown company.
Love this blog! Glad to see someone on the same page as me; I’m newly married to a man with crazy habits, too … who has a wonderful sense of humor to make it all worthwhile.
For the first 8 years of our relationship, my husband wore a beat-up, blue sweatshirt that said “Beam me up Scotty! There’s no intelligent life here.”
Thankfully he didn’t wear it in public!
I am also glad that your marriage has as many goofy moments as mine. I thought we were just immature 30somethings. Other people seem so serious!
How about sandals with socks? Shorts all winter long… even subzero Chicago temperatures? I mean come on, even the UPS delivery men change to long pants in the winter. People may look at him funny, but then they look at me as though I had some say in his attire. Can you see a 45 year old woman wrestling her 200 pound husband out of his shorts and into decent pants? Not to mention getting the crap kicked out of you for trying to take away those socks with sandals… his feet are very ticklish! If you’re engaged to a guy who does cute little quirky things, be assured those little things grow up into huge annoying daily struggles. Run…. run for your life!
My husband doesn’t have a green sweater…but he wears comic book t-shirts religiously. He is 30 years old! I keep telling him to grow up! His favorite comic book t-shirt is a red Spiderman shirt that…what for it…says: “FTANG!” That’s right…FTANG….?? I only wish I was joking. I hate that stupid shirt, along with the other 3,000 Avengers, Punisher, Hulk, Captain America, and Transformers shirts he owns. These shirts would be suitable for a 10 year old…not a 30 year old…they shouldn’t even print these shirts in adult sizes.
I want to know does he take it off long enough to get it washed or cleaned? When it falls apart will he get a new green sweater? Doesn’t he feel comfortable in any other clothes & does he have an answer for wearing it so much?
Be wary here: my mother famously threw out my father’s favorite jeans early in their marriage – too many rips for her to handle… and he was so mad, and so betrayed that he never wore another pair of jeans again… that’s NEVER. Do you know how uncool most other male clothing is? She regretted it…
Wow!!! Now THAT’S stubborn!!!
I love the fact that I’ve checked out your Annoying Husband’s website – and he’s wearing the green jersey in one of the photos! Classic!
All I can tell you . . . is keep that sense of humor! That . . . and keep respecting one another too. You’ll do fine. Oh, by the way, it does help to have jobs working different shifts! LOL
Honestly, he looks great in that sweater. Not even kidding. haha keep takin it out, man.
Love this site! thought I had the only annoying husband in the world! although between nose picking, farting and scratching himself while on the front porch I might win!
Green is not even one of my favorite colors unless it is MONEY!!
that sweater is almost better than my boyfriends green celtic soccer socks. they come up past his knees, and he wears them with EVERYTHING! he wore them on our trip to mexico with his shorts to see the tulum ruins. i pretended not to know him
I just saw you on the Tyra show. I had to go see the web site. I cant stop laughing. I drive my wife crazy some days like he does you. I can get stuck in the 80′s singing Journey and Def Leppard especially at sporting events. My wife is almost ten years younger than me so she doesnt have a clue.
My Fiance has this pair of ‘Good Jeans’…..They are the same type of jeans he’s been wearing since the 90s, and every 6 months he buys a new pair, which then become his ‘Good Jeans’, and the old ones get relegated to ‘Everyday Jeans’.
…..If you ask me, all of the jeans look the same, and none of them are attractive, but you have to love it, right?