Are your jeans older than this picture taken of two jean-clad Woodstock hitchhikers? That would be Woodstock, as in 1969. Photo: Getty Images

The Brits have always had a fondness for antiques -- this is the country that considers Queen Victoria's old undies a national treasure, after all -- but it turns out this fetish for all things old runs a lot deeper than we thought.

According to a survey by the Lakeside Shopping Center in Essex, England, two million Britons have held on to jeans for 40 or more years, The Telegraph reports. (And you thought it was just your dad.)

Thankfully, that's not the norm -- or else the entire country would be overrun with patchwork bell-bottoms that reeked of patchouli.

According to the paper, the survey found that the average pair of jeans is six years old. As for why people keep their faded baby blues, 48 percent of those surveyed said that jeans will always be in style, and 46 percent of men keep an old pair around for messy repairs and household chores.

Meanwhile, 30 percent of woman and 12 percent of men reportedly admitted holding onto "skinny" jeans in hopes of squeezing into them again.

And of all those surveyed, 22 percent reportedly said that they kept their jeans because they were the comfiest article of clothing they owned, while 8 percent treasure the dusty denim for sentimentality's sake. (Awww.)

The survey also found that the average Briton owns five pairs of jeans; 22 percent own 6-10 pairs, and 5 percent boast a stash of more than 20 pairs.

Hmmm. We're no Angela Lansbury, but we think we can deduce which group Victoria Beckham belongs to.

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