Do You Take Your Shirt Off Like a Guy or a Girl?

Groundskeeper Willie tearing his shirt off before performing some heroic deed like saving a child or celebrating Scotchtoberfest.

Unlike other mornings, most of my family converged on the washroom at the same time. Brushing teeth, combing hair and wotnot. I could overhear them from my "office" talking about how guys and girls take off their shirts. (Leanne was the resident expert.)

I hopped over to the loo and asked what they were talkin' about and Leanne quickly said, "Kuya, take off your shirt," and I reached both hands behind my neck and pulled it halfway off.

This drew a "told ya!" from Leanne as Mom and Dad smiled, amused. Without knowing it, I'd helped rest her case about how a man takes off his shirt. So I demanded to know how women take their shirts off—carefully emphasizing that I did not want a demo from anybody present.

There's a lot to consider, really. Not messing up your hair, not losing your glasses, getting it around your breasts, and making sure it doesn't end up inside-out because really, who's got the time to untangle it afterwards?

Apparently, women grab the shirt at the bottom on each side; the fabric on the left with their right hand and the fabric on the right with their left. Then they lift it off over their heads, taking their arms out of the sleeves before it turns inside out.

So complicated it boggles my mind.

Remembering I was wearing an old T-shirt, I shouted, "this is how a real man takes of his shirt!" and did my best impression of the Hulk or Groundskeeper Willie and tore the front open.

Lucky for me, I actually was strong enough to rip it off, despite my less-than-Hulk-ish build.