Gainer in denial

[muckefuck]

I wonder if my lumbar region would hurt less if I stopped trying to shove myself into slacks that were one or two sizes too small for me? Of course, finding out would require admitting that I've gone up another waist size sooner than my younger brother so fuck that.

Comments

[twnchicago.livejournal.com]

vanity, vanity...

[bunj.livejournal.com]

I gave up a year or so ago and started buying 36s. Let it all hang out, my brother.

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

You don't understand: Shortly after you began buying 36s, so did I. Now even those are feeling snug. Let me know ASAP when you break down and begin purchasing 38s.

[bunj.livejournal.com]

Sorry, you're older. You'll always have more weight and less hair (at least connected to your scalp) than I do. Until you die.

Sucks to be you.

On the plus side, you had sex first.

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

Don't be so sure...

Salutations, Midwestern fatties!

[owenthomas.livejournal.com]

*I* wear a size 36 now. Want my old 38s? 40s? 42s? 44s?

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

...AND THE POMMEL HORSE YOU RODE IN ON, GRANOLA BOY!

[owenthomas.livejournal.com]

And here I thought I was "Monkey Boy."

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

I thought that Monkey Boy was now dead to you. In any case, your dramatically different waist size certainly merits a new moniker. Get Greg to work on that, ey?

[nibadi.livejournal.com]

Ich habe im Wörterbuch (LANGENscheidt) nach geschaut und dort steht slacks seien DAMENHOSEN. Was ist nur mit dir los? Und dann sind sie auch noch zu eng!

Meine Hose, die ich in Chicago kaufte, hat die Grösse 33(Länge)/32 (Breite). Ich hatte nicht den Eindruck, dass du soviel kräftiger bist als ich. Ich wiege 76 kg bei 177cm, zwischendurch waren es 81 kg und die Hose passte trotzdem.

Wie kann denn das sein?

[go-wade-in.livejournal.com]

may i suggest buying either loose fit or low-rider pants?

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

I already do!

Man, you skinny boys really know how to comfort a guy, doncha?

I'm on your side.

[pheret1.livejournal.com]

Don't give in. Read my lips: no new sizes.

Well, until it becomes indecent, I guess.

OTOH...

[darkphuque.livejournal.com]

tight pants will show off your glorious basket!!!

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

At least until the dunlap's disease begins to obscure it.

I just love the juxtaposition of your comments and pheret1's.

I still say no new sizes

[pheret1.livejournal.com]

...I am *trusting* that you know the difference between showing off your glorious basket and indecency.

From what I've seen, you've a long way to indecency anyway.

Re: I still say no new sizes

[darkphuque.livejournal.com]

a lot depends on whether or not he wears underware. *snicker*
and indecency is only in the eyes of the beholder....

[gopower.livejournal.com]

There's always the Seinfeld option, at least for jeans: buy the larger size, then change the label with a marker.

Or you could always switch to kilts...

[niemandsrose.livejournal.com]

Yes! Kilts! Kilts!

ah yes...

[darkphuque.livejournal.com]

I forget... Kilts are easy access for all occasions and necissities....

[lhn.livejournal.com]

This ties in to what I was discussing with caitalainn a couple of months ago. Clearly what's needed is an Alan Greenspan for the clothing industry, to manage size inflation, so that clothing sizes roughly track the average user throughout his life. (And incidentally to help even things out so that the numbers can actually be used as a guide. Women have it even worse, given that the same person can be a size 9 or size 2 depending on the store.).

This can either mean that eventually small children start out at size 137 (much as their first allowances are nominally larger than a good weekly salary a lifetime ago), or the code-word vocabulary can be expanded and systematized so that, e.g., "Comfort-Fit" is the size range for people born 1965-70 while "Executive Fit" uses the same numbers-- but different actual sizes-- for those born 1950-55. In 2020, a Comfort-Fit 36 is the same as (or maybe a bit larger than) what an Executive Fit 36 was in 2004, but the people who wear them needn't necessarily pay close attention. (And those who maintain or reduce their weight get the gratifying experience of slipping down the size charts doubly emphasized.) :-)

[gopower.livejournal.com]

I think Levi's started in that direction some 20 years ago, unveiling a line of jeans with a "scouch more room" in the seat. Alas, American waistlines progressed faster then its marketing.