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Help orientating clothing..slightly embarrassing. (self.Blind)
submitted by Trick-Regret-493
So I lost my vision rather suddenly. And everyday since I have put at least ONE item of clothing and backwards every morning lol can anyone give me any suggestions. I have tried putting puffy paint on the back of some of my shorts and t shirts mostly problematic for tagless items helps only a little like 1/2 right vs 1/4...
EffectiveYak0 7 points 1y ago
I also lost vision very suddenly. In fact I went completely blind for a while, but eventually got some vision back. I try to feel for identifiers like tags and stitching. Nowadays I'm pretty good, but every once in a while my wife will inform me that my t-shirt is on inside out. Woops!

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Sometimes you just gotta have a good laugh and keep going.
KillerLag 5 points 1y ago
You can use a small safety pin to attach to one side, so you can feel for it and check it's on the right side (for example, a small safety pin by the right waist or something).
Trick-Regret-493 [OP] 2 points 1y ago
Ok! Thank you maybe I some small ones for sure what about t-shirts same?
KillerLag 4 points 1y ago
You want something subtle, so if the safety pin is on the inside, it would work for both a shirt and pants (or tuck the shirt in). But you do have to be careful about the safety pin coming undone. Another method that is more permanent is having a small, distinctive shaped button sewn to the inside as well.
CosmicBunny97 4 points 1y ago
I also struggle with this sometimes. You can feel a difference sometimes if things are backwards - necklines feel higher for example. Maybe put a bump dot on the back of the shirt or other piece of clothing, calling an Aira or Be My Eyes if you need to. They should be able to help
You orient the clothing.
Trick-Regret-493 [OP] 4 points 1y ago
I think a button would work good.
Nighthawk321 3 points 1y ago
Give it a little more time. As you get more custom to identifying things with your sense of touch, you'll most likely begin to feel the tags or writing on the back of your clothing. However, sometimes it's literally impossible to tell with clothing and maybe you just got unlucky haha.
Trick-Regret-493 [OP] 2 points 1y ago
I'm getting better from when it first happened but still not great. Thanks for the encouragement. I follow you on YouTube.
complex-blobfish 3 points 1y ago
i use the button technique too, or if not a button, a small round bead.
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Trick-Regret-493 [OP] 3 points 1y ago
That sounds so amazing! What a time to be blind.
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Trick-Regret-493 [OP] 2 points 1y ago
Basketball type shorts lol
QuentinJamesP89 2 points 1y ago
Oh haha. I am generally wearing dress clothes, or jeans and a button down shirt, but even any pajama and casual pants/shorts I have tend to at least have a tie on the front.
QuentinJamesP89 2 points 1y ago
It's not very easy to get things inside out because of the seams, but getting a t-shirt or undershirt on backwards is much easier, especially undershirts since they usually don't have tags. Generally the front is a little lower than the back so that's one way to tell. I always notice immediately if I put on an undershirt backwards because to me it feels weird, but perhaps that's not true of everyone.
Trick-Regret-493 [OP] 2 points 1y ago
I can usually tell when my shirt is wrong right away. The shorts not until I go to use my pockets and they're on my butt...
QuentinJamesP89 2 points 1y ago
Don't all pants have a zipper in the front? I'm confused.
QuentinJamesP89 2 points 1y ago
I think socks are actually the trickiest, especially dress socks. Thankfully I have my wife to sort and match them when we do laundry.
bradley22 2 points 1y ago
For shorts and underpants there’s usually strings in the front for the shorts and a front for the pants that you can feel.

For T-shirts, as seone else said, you can feel its on backwards.
For trousers/pants, the strings go in the front and the tags are in the back.
Trick-Regret-493 [OP] 2 points 1y ago
The more you know. Thank you.
Trick-Regret-493 [OP] 2 points 1y ago
The more you know.
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