Shirts tearing up around right elbow - Help

[Barrister]

Well I for one think Languish is an entirely appropriate place to look for advice regarding professional attire.

[szmik]

Hey, guys, sometimes I lose socks when I wash my clothes?  Is this normal.  Hey, guys, sometimes my gas light comes on but even though I'm out I don't feel like pumping gas and save it for the next time.  Is this normal?  Hey, guys, sometimes I feel like eating but I don't because I'm busy.  Is this normal?  Hey, guys...

[dps]

For guys who often wear shirts, especially for work - I seem to have a problem with tearing holes around my right elbow - I lose about one - two shirts per month this way (I have a total of 15-20 shirts). Is this normal or am I doing something wrong (e.g. buying shirts with too narrow sleeves, or maybe do not have enough shirts so I tear through them that fast, or maybe it's something about washing them?)

I've never actually had a shirt rip that way, and I have less than 15 shirts I wear for work.  You're either washing them way too often or actively scraping them or something else...

If it was a matter of a poor fit, the his shirts would most likely be tearing out at the seams, or he'd be popping the buttons off. 

[Ancient Demon]

I had the same problem. It was because I was working at a desk all day and was rubbing the elbows through. I switched to short sleeves eventually.

[Caliga]

I wash all of my work shirts nearly every week and never once had this happen.

[CountDeMoney]

I had the same problem. It was because I was working at a desk all day and was rubbing the elbows through.

Yup.

Of course, if Marty were a true work-clothes horse, he'd be replacing his shirts before it even happens, white dress shirts < 12 months.

[Brazen]

It's a sure sign of elbow cancer 

[Martinus]

It's a sure sign of elbow cancer