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[mamajoan]

I don't know whether I mentioned in my previous post, but buying jeans is really damn difficult these days. What happened to the days of my youth, when all you had to do was figure out what size you were and then go pawing through the racks until you found a pair in your size? Now you have to decide whether you want regular waist or low-rider or ultra-super-I-see-Paris-I-see-France-low-rider; slim fit or regular fit; petite, regular, or tall; boot cut or flare leg; stone-washed or acid-rinsed or "vintage" or "indigo" ... AUGH! I just want a damn pair of jeans!!!!

I tried on a whole bunch of pairs and ended up buying two pairs in size 18. The size 16s were difficult to fasten around my belly; the 18s were quite loose in the groinal region. "Well, it's relaxed-fit," I said to myself. "It's supposed to be loose." Yeah. So today I wore one of the pairs to work, and they keep falling down almost to low-rider level. I hope they'll shrink a bit in the wash. It's a good damn thing I didn't get the low-riders.

Oh, and also, what they call "petite"? What a frickin' joke. The legs on the so-called petite jeans are still way too long for me, and I'm 5'4". I'm exactly the definition of petite (height-wise, anyway). Hello, any woman who can wear these jeans and have the leg length be exactly right on her, is not petite. If that's petite, I want to meet the freakishly tall and yet somehow thick-waisted and bootylicious woman who can wear the "tall" sizes! Cuz I bet she would be fun to hang out with, and useful for changing lightbulbs and stuff. Maybe when I hug her, my face would be right in her boobs like something out of a lame sitcom. That would be cool.

It's okay though, it's all good. I mean what the hell, it's just a number. So I'm a size 18 now and all my pre-pregnancy jeans are 12s and 14s. So what? I am not the sum of my numbers! Or something. Whatever. I am at one with my size-18-ness.

Comments

[lunaris1013.livejournal.com]

I want to meet the freakishly tall and yet somehow thick-waisted and bootylicious woman who can wear the "tall" sizes!

::ahem:: You have *g*

Cuz I bet she would be fun to hang out with, and useful for changing lightbulbs and stuff.

I am, on both counts.

Maybe when I hug her, my face would be right in her boobs like something out of a lame sitcom. That would be cool.

I don't believe that you've ever given me a hug. However, my friend Sarah, all of 5'4" herself, does actually come nose to tits with me when I hug her. And yes, we both find that pretty damn cool!

[tiggrrl.livejournal.com]

I had that experience recently in jeans shopping, although I was at Goodwill, which makes the game of finding a pair that fits extra fun, because depending on cut the size you would normally wear might suddenly not fit at all. I tried on a whole bunch of jeans and kept being totally unable to fasten them, seemingly no matter what size they were. I eventually figured out that I either needed to buy a pair that was two sizes larger than what I would normally wear, or make sure that the style was relaxed, because anything even close to low-rise was making me feel like super whale girl who could never fit into a pair of jeans again.

[wyldreamer.livejournal.com]

clothes shopping is evil. I only have one pair of jeans that fit me right now and need to get more, but so don't want to go trying them on. I'm 5'1'' and everything is always too long.

[boniblithe.livejournal.com]

I want to meet the freakishly tall and yet somehow thick-waisted and bootylicious woman who can wear the "tall" sizes!

When are you free? *g*

[mishaslair.livejournal.com]

You should read this (http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/openletters/4lowpants.html). I think you might find it amusing.

[tiggrrl.livejournal.com]

Well whether or not she does, I sure did!

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[psu-jedi.livejournal.com]

Not sure where you got your jeans, but you might want to try Lane Bryant (sizes 14 - 28??). They tend to have jeans in short/average/tall. I'm 5'2.5" (hey, every 1/2 inch counts, dammit!), and the short are usually the right length on me. They tend to be a bit more expensive (around $40/pair), but every now and then there's a sale and you can get a good buy.

I swore I'd never buy stretch jeans again (the ones from the early '80s were pretty sucky!), but that's what I've been buying lately. They don't bind around your middle, and they don't give you the look like you have a load in your pants, a la Issac. ;-)