>>>Assuming 250 working days per year, on how many of those do you wear a tie?
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>>>Ladies: use your discretion re: "tie equivalency" :)
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>>>Me: zero.
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>>I refuse to wear a uniform, so I never use a tie.
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>>And I also never use a suit, except for funerals, wedding and other special occasions. I never understood why women are so careful to wear a dress that is different from all the other women's dresses, while all the men wear "uniforms". I have been to several parties where almost all the men wore suits, and I wore a sweater. I never felt uncomfortable, and nobody took notice of my "missing" uniform. In fact many of the men told me they envied me, but their spouse "forced" them into wearing a suit.
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>>Btw, I have never worn a tuxedo either, and I certainly never will, I think they just look silly.
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>I wore a tuxedo to my wedding and looked fabulous ;-)

I don't doubt that, and I did not want to offend anyone. But it's important to realize that the use of a tuxedo is much more common in your country. Here they are mostly used in "fine" gentlemen's clubs, and by the snobs in parties for other snobs. Should I be invited to the Nobel's peace prize dinner party, I would be stopped in the door with anything else on. But so far no invitation has been sent to me, and that's fine with me.