today in transmasc learning about manhood as it becomes more and more relevant…
ties are expensive! this is ridiculous it's a tiny step of fabric! I ordered a few for cheap from SHEIN, but I figured I'd turn to fedi as well for help from #DirectGiving #HelpFolksLive #HelpFolksLive2025 #MutualAid¹ #MutualAidRequest and the #Jewish and #Transgender and broader communities.
do you have a tie that you don't like or just feel is extra, and that you'd like to find a good home for? please consider giving it to me. as I'm revamping my #MensClothing wardrobe although ties are strictly for formal situations where they're required, I'd like to have a nice set of choices to choose from.
so folks have an idea of what I'm typically wearing when I'd wear a tie, I bought six mostly lightweight poplin shirts to wear. I have a tan, light grey, and grey sweater vests, I have a burgundy sweater to be obnoxiously matching with the maroon chinos because I can be.
I have become That Guy who wears chinos and similar all the time because theyre comfortably and the only things that fit me well. I have one pair of dark khaki/brown and middle grey from Target's Goodfellow's brand, one dark gray pair of Dockers, and one maroon pair from Amazon Basics. I like the Dockers and Amazon Basics more, surprisingly enough, so I'll be getting more of those and when I have enough, retiring and passing on the other pairs probably to a recovery house my dad knows that always needs more clothing.
so yes. please reply to me if you have a used tie to pass on, and I'll give my address as long as you're not a skeevy TBS person.
1. a note, this doesn't supercede other mutual aid posts. the rest are still applicable this is separate.
addendum:
I can't easily go to thrift stores.
I do not drive and I do not ride the bus.
on good days I have about a three mile radius from my house that I can go.
on school days I can survive the bus by using anti-anxiety medications.
I rarely have anyone other than my parents to drive me places and I can't impose on them too much because they have their own stuff going on.
so if you got your collection of ties by thrifting and you were going to suggest thrifting to me please just don't, or better yet you can go thrifting for me— I will send a small amount of money like ten dollars to cover a couple of ties and postage to shove them in a manilla envelope and go to the thrift store and buy some you like that you think are good, and then send them.