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Silk and lace
June 6, 2008
I’m not usually one to complain about commercials because by the time you’re done bitching the thing is off the air and forgotten and a newer, equally stupid one has already taken its place.
However, there seems to be a flourishing of online dating ads on TV anymore, and has anyone seen the new match.com promo? Where a happy couple sits on a bench or a concrete slab or whatever, and they make heartfelt promises to each other?
And in the one, the woman says very seriously, “I promise to never wear a flannel nightgown”?
Every time I see it, sitting up in bed in my baggy, worn pajama bottoms and over-sized lacrosse t-shirt, I squint my eyes, cock my head, and am all, “really?” Really?
Is there really a group of women out there, let alone hot-bodied ones you can meet online, who truly believe they will wear sexy lingerie to bed every night for the rest of their lives?
Because that says one of two things to me. Either a great deal of men looking for wives via the internet have been unable to tolerate flannel on past girlfriends and have exasperatingly turned to their computers to quench their last, dying hopes, or match.com is confident in the fact that any marriage they form will not last beyond the honeymoon.
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June 6th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
OR that the women are dirty, dirty liars.
June 6th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
I think it’s the latter.
June 6th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
It’s just a ploy to reel in a good catch :)
June 6th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
If my wife ever stopped wearing her flannel pj’s I’d think there was something wrong.
June 6th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
The Match.com ads are terrible. Everyone knows Myspace is where you meet chicks.
June 6th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
spoon and Narm - HA.
June 6th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
It was a definite culture shock that mine wears them all the time! (In summer, the A/C seems to be too cold…)
June 6th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
Isn’t match.com the site that got into trouble for having employees go on dates with people to avoid refunding them money? CLASSY!
June 6th, 2008 at 1:30 pm
I love flannel PJs. Better stay away from match.com
June 6th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
Of course, I’ve never worn flannel pjs and I don’t plan on it.
Honestly, having just recently gotten married, I will never wear them because I married a heater. I pretty much have to wear nothing to bed to not dehydrate.
I know not everyone is like me, but wearing flannels is like me committing suicide…
Now.. comfortable cotton pjs, I totally agree.
P.S. - I also do not live up North, I live in the South, so I can’t say if I moved the situation wouldn’t be different.
June 6th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
TheJim - whaaaat?? If that is true, that is the most awesome thing I’ve read all day. Maybe all week. Hooray for poor executive decision-making! Keeps the comics I like watch in business….
June 6th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
I just cut the crotches out of my wife’s fave pairs. Win-win for all….
June 6th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
Christ, I hate those Match.com commercials.
But wait, are you telling me that women DON’T wear sexy lingerie to bed every night?
June 6th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
Obviously, Match.com has never been to Maine, NH, or VT.
Flannel is considered very sexy up north.
June 6th, 2008 at 2:42 pm
I always frown at that part of that commercial. I’m glad I’m not the only one.
…and if she lived in Pgh during the winter, she’d renounce that promise real quick.
June 6th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
I think that woman is just naive, I thought I was going to care what I looked like in my marriage. As I type this I am in torn up shorts, a stained tank top and my hair standing straight up.
June 6th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
whoops, I shouldn’t have just my first name in my comments to you, it can get confusing.
June 6th, 2008 at 3:01 pm
That woman was a robot. I have only worn my “sexy” pjs a few times since the Honeymoon ;)
June 6th, 2008 at 6:48 pm
It’s marketing, people, marketing! People will believe anything, especially when it comes to finding love (or lingerie) — that’s what Match.com lives for!
Not that I work in marketing.
Certainly not for an online dating site. And certainly I can say that my lingerie sits in a drawer buried under flannel.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:12 pm
PLEASE tell me you’ve seen that super creepy comcast commercial with the pre-historic beaver that says “i…wuv…you”
June 7th, 2008 at 12:47 am
I’ve always felt I was in a minority about that because I’ve always found the pajama bottom / tank top or t-shirt combo to be very attractive. A woman who is comfortable is always a lot more sexy.
June 8th, 2008 at 11:14 am
Ahh, dating commericals drive me crazy, period.
June 8th, 2008 at 11:19 am
Thank you, thank you for this post!! My boyfriend and I had a conversation about sexy lingerie vs pjs (flannel or not). Nothing wrong with lingerie, but give up my pjs forever?? Hell no!!
June 8th, 2008 at 8:22 pm
I will wear whatever I want to bed in order to be comfortable.
That will never be flannel. In the flannel-appropriate season, I have an amazing down comforter with a flannel duvet cover. And I have a personal, live furnace next to me. Flannel would result in me sweating profusely.
And in the summer, it’s hot. So, again, no flannel.
But if I wanted to wear flannel every night of the year? The man would just have to suck it up and deal.
June 9th, 2008 at 1:40 am
I found this post via a Google search and am disappointed. Who writes “cock my head”?
June 9th, 2008 at 8:35 am
The Woolrich flannel nightgown with the sheep print only comes out when I’m really, really sick. It signifies: “Honey, please buy me some ginger ale and Ricola and rub my head.”
June 9th, 2008 at 8:55 am
I wear his cotton boxers and an oversized shirt. If I had to wear sexy lingerie every night, I’d probably divorce him. No man is worth that much trouble.
June 9th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
In principle, Rachel, you are entirely correct. But take note of the clever, subtle use of semantics employed by Commercial Lady:
“I promise to never wear a flannel nightgown.”
is not
“I promise to never wear flannel PJs.”
June 9th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
I think flannel pj’s are cute!
June 9th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
I loathe those commercials. Since when is comfort a turn off? I’m not saying you shouldn’t dress up, but when it comes to sleep wear? I’m usually in a shirt that is at least a decade old and boxers and my other half doesn’t seem to mind.
I always joke about those eharmony ads because they say they will find you your perfect match and sometimes it cracks me up to think of them matching miserable people with other miserable people and so forth.
June 9th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
“I promise not to let some internet based company, some personality trait matching software, find the person that I am going to spend the rest of my freaking life with. I promise not to be that lazy.”
June 9th, 2008 at 5:10 pm
I think it should be Moron.Com, ’cause if anyone believes that crap they’re a Moron!
Besides flannels are kind of cuddly, except of course when it’s 93 degrees at 12:30 AM.
June 9th, 2008 at 5:40 pm
Daters are so cute with their big promises, always and nevers… Flannels are an absolute step up for me.
June 9th, 2008 at 9:30 pm
I happen to be a bit of a fabric freak - I can’t stand flannel anything. But I do love silky fabrics like spandex and actual silk, and so that’s usually what I sleep in… Just not a silk *nightgown*. That shit rides up and suffocates you in the middle of the night. :( I much prefer spandex short shorts and a tank top!
Either way, this a perfect example of good marketing - match.com’s ad spurred you to blog about it, and consequently, 33+ people to chime in! People don’t always have to be saying *good* things about something - they just need to be talking about it, period. Just ask Paris Hilton! ;)
July 6th, 2008 at 9:44 pm
your blog is so awesome… just found it.
what kind of guy has to be such a grand idiot to think most girls are seriously going to comfy going to sleep all dressed up like victorias secret models every night? those clothes? that hair? that makeup? ummm…. give me an old tshirt and some shorts, and im set for bed, thank you very much. lol
scroll up and see lippy’s post, he said: “I’ve always felt I was in a minority about that because I’ve always found the pajama bottom / tank top or t-shirt combo to be very attractive. A woman who is comfortable is always a lot more sexy.”
thank god thats how my fiance feels too!!! well most the time. {wink}