Originally Posted by RiverRider
If you wamt me to take off my hat indoors, the boots come off too. Your call.
whistle


I tend to agree, assuming I even have boots on as I go barefoot quite often. eek

I wear a hat most of the day, started when I was young. My own mother said when I was about 12 that if she didn't know better she'd think I was a Hassidic Jew. I generally am never seen in a public place without a hat. I will take my hat off when asked in certain circumstances, like at the table in my friends' house where I am presently staying. Otherwise, I have a hat on. Even in my own house a good part of the day. I have on occasion even fallen asleep with my hat on.

IN looking for the origins of this "convention" I found this:

https://www.levinehat.com/pages/hat-etiquette

Seems according to some sources the tradition was because hats were outerwear and got dirty so take them off. Probably similar to taking off one's shoes in certain houses (and cultures).

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/11/AR2011021103545.html

Lots of other "rules" about hats, like not showing the inside to others when you take it off, etc:

http://www.traditioninaction.org/Cultural/A045cpCivility_Hats.htm

But I'm not a big follower of some conventions, I haven't worn a tie in years, don't even know where the one tie (a bolo tie) I own is. Why give anyone a head start on a hangin'

When I do take a hat off, I never put it on a bed!!!!

y'all can keep your hats on around me. I'm not fussy.

Geno

The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men.
In it is contentment
In it is death and all you seek
(Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)

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