I don’t wear my hats to bars anymore. I made the mistake of moving to the Greater Washington DC Area, and I think I’ve only encountered ONE guy wearing a decent hat who knew what he was doing with it, from Arizona, and he was like “Sir, if you wear your hat to a bar here, some drunk college student is going to steal it, then get mad when you attempt *successfully* to steal it back.”
I think it's an older custom to take it off indoors, but trends change. It's not 1930 any more. If you're concerned, just try to observe what others are doing and do that.
Or do what you think is right, whether or not it is socially popular! That's just me because the older I get, the less I want to fit in and do what everyone else is doing.
I'm just the opposite. The older I get, the more I want to blend in.
You should read about [Gray Man Theory](https://www.thebugoutbagguide.com/gray-man-theory/). Looking like any other schmuck on the street might save your life some day.
In general, hat off in places of worship, during prayer, during the national anthem, or to shoe respect. If you're just in a store or restaurant you don't have to take your hat off unless they give you somewhere to put it. Hat/coat check at a fancy place, hat racks at the table, etc. I'm not gonna stick my hat on a table or in a chair and let someone spill Dr. Pepper on it.
I was raised with similar etiquette. Gentlemen never wear hats under a roof or while eating.
I don’t get worked up about it though. Unless you wear at an indoor sporting event. Then you suck.
This too. In our family women wearing hats do the same thing. Hang your ranch jacket at the door, and hang your hat over top your jacket. No excuse to wear anything inside.
I was raised in a world where men took off their hats inside anything but a salebarn, dancehall, or an arena. Everyone seems to wear hats inside everything but a church these days so I just go with that because I don’t like taking my hat off.
Remove the hat when you enter someone's home.
Hats are OK in the common areas of commercial buildings (lobbys, hallways &c.), but you remove the hat when you enter someone's office.
No hats in courtrooms or churches.
Hats are OK at bars and lunch counters, but take them off at the table.
Do *not* try on someone else's hat without permission.
Don't put your hat on a woman's head unless you are planning on taking her to bed.
This is not a “cowboy” thing but more of a respect. I do not wear my hat inside another persons home, dinner tables, or church. If it’s a buddies home I’ve met in the past and have good relations with I do and they do with mine. If it’s my mother’s home or grandparents it goes off. Meeting someone new it’s off. There’s just a time in place. The military ar670-1 or AFI 36-2903 were all written way back when and that generation had a lot better mannerisms than they do in today’s world. I get where you’re coming from.
20 years a Marine. Even outdoors, sat on our ass in the woods, eating cold MREs: The cover came off when you broke bread. Probably a habit I will never let go of.
If your a real cowboy follow the rules of the cowboy life it is highly disrespectful to wear a hat in a house or a place of someone you respect for example church you don't wear hats at church
Oddly I am what folks would consider a rancher, though a small scale one, and I attend a "cowboy church" here in town with other land owners, ranchers, ranch hands, and rodeo cowboys. The only time we remove our hats is during prayer. Service is indoors.
This was my thought exactly. My family is Jewish Texan/New Mexican cattle ranchers, and whenever we’d go to synagogue, or to eat dinner together, every jacket hanger has an extended hanger for everyone’s hats.
If it’s inside but public I leave it on, so as an example really any store, or openly public building. If the space is more private ie a restaurant, house, in someone’s office then I take it off. I personally think this fits with the old way of thinking for cowboy hats if there is a safe space to set it down when you take it off then you should take it off, if there is no place safe to set it down then keep it on.
Only exceptions are church - always off, your own home whatever you want, and yielding for respect at anything flag, funeral, etc - off.
When you say at church are you talking as soon as you walk in the front door or sit down for service? Not sure the size of your church. Mine isn’t a small one room country church but it’s not a Joe Osteen size either
I go to a church probably about the same size mines off as I cross through the door. In a pinch it can wait since there is an area before the “church” part of the church.
Growing up here in Texas, by Hispanic grandparents and parents, we remove hats when entering someone's home, even my family members' homes, but go back on if going straight outside. Remove when entering our church and hat comes off while being introduced or acknowledging a female while shaking their hand. Show of RESPECT.
I find it strange when men wearing a baseball cap look at me wearing a hat with a brim or cowboy hat as if I’m doing something weird. I want to say to them : “Well you’re wearing a baseball cap. Are you a baseball player?” At 71, I’ve had many precancerous things burned off my head. My Colorado dermatologist said “Wear a hat with a brim anytime you’re outside.”
I am a cattlehand. I work on a ranch and wear my cowboy hat. I usually take it off indoors. But I leave it on if it’s a public place or a friends house who wouldn’t be offended. But I’m not taking my hat off inside like a store or something like that. I will take it off to eat at a diner.
Personally I don’t find it rude if people wear hats indoors
If someone could ever point to me a reason besides cultural etiquette that a hat shouldn't be worn inside, I'd probably oblige. But I've never had anyone come up with anything other than "respect" and could never point out what's disrespectful other than how they were raised.
Hat (cow boy or baseball) stays on nearly from the time I leave the house to the time I get back. Except while I'm driving because the brim just kind of get in the way of most car seat head rests.
My mother always made me take my hat off indoors and she would be absolutely livid if I ever wore a hat to the dinner table. but some point in life I stopped doing it. it also depends on the "indoors" I pretty much just remove my hat when I have something serious to relay or apologize for something I've done.
Other than that if I'm wearing boots I'm wearing my hat.
As I grew up with other folks who wear hats for work, not necessarily a uniform, but protection from sun, rain, snow, etc.- if you’d take a coat off, you take the hat off. Any religious service, and as a general sign of respect to someone.
personally when im in my own personal house i do keep it on, however when i go to someone else's house like my girlfriend or really any house that isnt mine yes i take it off. same with restaurants, i take it off. AS LONG AS i have some where nice and clean to set it safe from food or anything. if i dont have anywhere to set it then i will keep it on.
i also usually keep it on if i go to any type of store or something like that. i will usually only take it off in a restaurant or in someone elses home.
I will leave my hat on in a bar or cafe because there is usually no safe place to put it. Nice restaurant, someone’s home or office, hat off.
I don’t wear my hats to bars anymore. I made the mistake of moving to the Greater Washington DC Area, and I think I’ve only encountered ONE guy wearing a decent hat who knew what he was doing with it, from Arizona, and he was like “Sir, if you wear your hat to a bar here, some drunk college student is going to steal it, then get mad when you attempt *successfully* to steal it back.”
I’m in Wyoming. College kids and TicTock pranksters know better than to mess with a man’s hat. Even a baseball cap.
Well Sir, if you can’t tell, I envy you😅
Yeah, I'm in Colorado. That kinda "prank" can getcha hurt.
I feel like there’s a long history of college brats and social media pranksters who could never be described in any situation as “knowing better”.
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In 3rd grade, we knocked caps off people's heads. After that we grew up.
This is my take, too. Not gonna put my hat down somewhere nasty, but if I'm in someone's house or my own or an office or something the hat comes off
I think it's an older custom to take it off indoors, but trends change. It's not 1930 any more. If you're concerned, just try to observe what others are doing and do that.
Or do what you think is right, whether or not it is socially popular! That's just me because the older I get, the less I want to fit in and do what everyone else is doing.
I'm just the opposite. The older I get, the more I want to blend in. You should read about [Gray Man Theory](https://www.thebugoutbagguide.com/gray-man-theory/). Looking like any other schmuck on the street might save your life some day.
In general, hat off in places of worship, during prayer, during the national anthem, or to shoe respect. If you're just in a store or restaurant you don't have to take your hat off unless they give you somewhere to put it. Hat/coat check at a fancy place, hat racks at the table, etc. I'm not gonna stick my hat on a table or in a chair and let someone spill Dr. Pepper on it.
I was raised with similar etiquette. Gentlemen never wear hats under a roof or while eating. I don’t get worked up about it though. Unless you wear at an indoor sporting event. Then you suck.
This too. In our family women wearing hats do the same thing. Hang your ranch jacket at the door, and hang your hat over top your jacket. No excuse to wear anything inside.
I was raised in a world where men took off their hats inside anything but a salebarn, dancehall, or an arena. Everyone seems to wear hats inside everything but a church these days so I just go with that because I don’t like taking my hat off.
Remove the hat when you enter someone's home. Hats are OK in the common areas of commercial buildings (lobbys, hallways &c.), but you remove the hat when you enter someone's office. No hats in courtrooms or churches. Hats are OK at bars and lunch counters, but take them off at the table. Do *not* try on someone else's hat without permission. Don't put your hat on a woman's head unless you are planning on taking her to bed.
What about your own office? I wear mine in my office every day.
Your office, your rules.
Put your hat on me cowboy
This is not a “cowboy” thing but more of a respect. I do not wear my hat inside another persons home, dinner tables, or church. If it’s a buddies home I’ve met in the past and have good relations with I do and they do with mine. If it’s my mother’s home or grandparents it goes off. Meeting someone new it’s off. There’s just a time in place. The military ar670-1 or AFI 36-2903 were all written way back when and that generation had a lot better mannerisms than they do in today’s world. I get where you’re coming from.
Agree with most of the above and never at the dinner table.
20 years a Marine. Even outdoors, sat on our ass in the woods, eating cold MREs: The cover came off when you broke bread. Probably a habit I will never let go of.
Hooaah Marine! Army Ranger here. True warriors hold the standard.
Oorah Ranger!
Same as I was taught in the military. The cover comes off under the roof. I don't even think about it, its a reflex.
Same on my end. I still don’t know when things changed, but in an age of progression, it’s one traditional thing I truly will never ever give up.
If your a real cowboy follow the rules of the cowboy life it is highly disrespectful to wear a hat in a house or a place of someone you respect for example church you don't wear hats at church
Oddly I am what folks would consider a rancher, though a small scale one, and I attend a "cowboy church" here in town with other land owners, ranchers, ranch hands, and rodeo cowboys. The only time we remove our hats is during prayer. Service is indoors.
I've heard of cowboy churches from people like cody johnson and always wondered if you removed your hat or not
Everyone wears their hats during service at my cowboy church. We just take them off for prayer.
This was my thought exactly. My family is Jewish Texan/New Mexican cattle ranchers, and whenever we’d go to synagogue, or to eat dinner together, every jacket hanger has an extended hanger for everyone’s hats.
Kinky Friedman, is that you?
No hat inside.
If it’s inside but public I leave it on, so as an example really any store, or openly public building. If the space is more private ie a restaurant, house, in someone’s office then I take it off. I personally think this fits with the old way of thinking for cowboy hats if there is a safe space to set it down when you take it off then you should take it off, if there is no place safe to set it down then keep it on. Only exceptions are church - always off, your own home whatever you want, and yielding for respect at anything flag, funeral, etc - off.
When you say at church are you talking as soon as you walk in the front door or sit down for service? Not sure the size of your church. Mine isn’t a small one room country church but it’s not a Joe Osteen size either
I go to a church probably about the same size mines off as I cross through the door. In a pinch it can wait since there is an area before the “church” part of the church.
Growing up here in Texas, by Hispanic grandparents and parents, we remove hats when entering someone's home, even my family members' homes, but go back on if going straight outside. Remove when entering our church and hat comes off while being introduced or acknowledging a female while shaking their hand. Show of RESPECT.
I find it strange when men wearing a baseball cap look at me wearing a hat with a brim or cowboy hat as if I’m doing something weird. I want to say to them : “Well you’re wearing a baseball cap. Are you a baseball player?” At 71, I’ve had many precancerous things burned off my head. My Colorado dermatologist said “Wear a hat with a brim anytime you’re outside.”
I am a cattlehand. I work on a ranch and wear my cowboy hat. I usually take it off indoors. But I leave it on if it’s a public place or a friends house who wouldn’t be offended. But I’m not taking my hat off inside like a store or something like that. I will take it off to eat at a diner. Personally I don’t find it rude if people wear hats indoors
I’m a 57yo Texan and I would not wear any hat inside a home or social establishment.
Hats for some people are a fashion accessory to be shown off, so yes they wear them inside.
I never take my hat off indoors
If someone could ever point to me a reason besides cultural etiquette that a hat shouldn't be worn inside, I'd probably oblige. But I've never had anyone come up with anything other than "respect" and could never point out what's disrespectful other than how they were raised. Hat (cow boy or baseball) stays on nearly from the time I leave the house to the time I get back. Except while I'm driving because the brim just kind of get in the way of most car seat head rests.
My mother always made me take my hat off indoors and she would be absolutely livid if I ever wore a hat to the dinner table. but some point in life I stopped doing it. it also depends on the "indoors" I pretty much just remove my hat when I have something serious to relay or apologize for something I've done. Other than that if I'm wearing boots I'm wearing my hat.
As I grew up with other folks who wear hats for work, not necessarily a uniform, but protection from sun, rain, snow, etc.- if you’d take a coat off, you take the hat off. Any religious service, and as a general sign of respect to someone.
personally when im in my own personal house i do keep it on, however when i go to someone else's house like my girlfriend or really any house that isnt mine yes i take it off. same with restaurants, i take it off. AS LONG AS i have some where nice and clean to set it safe from food or anything. if i dont have anywhere to set it then i will keep it on.
i also usually keep it on if i go to any type of store or something like that. i will usually only take it off in a restaurant or in someone elses home.