Wednesday, November 21, 2018

But Sir, Where Are Your Pants

Yesterday, I took a day off of work and went on a short trip to Lexington,  Excuse me for not telling anyone.  I found out where I would be going to take my GRE.  It is located in the corner of a strip mall.  I would have thought it would be somewhat larger.  I saw more turkeys than I could shake a stick at.  Literally, I would have needed a stick to chase them all off.  One field had over three dozen! That is too many turkeys, even fo this time of year.  I also did a little shopping.  I found a few shirts, but what I really looking for was some pants.  For some reason, I keep having problems with my trousers, and they need more updating than I would like.  While I did find some I liked, they all had a problem.  Their stretchy waists made it so that they wouldn't fit.  Now, by some miracle, I have managed to keep a 34 waist, possibly a little less, with diet and exercise.  The picture shows that while I am no cover model, I am not that bad either.
So, I tried on a pair that were on sale.  While the tag said they were the right size, the stretch made them just a little to loose.  Even with a belt, it would have been uncomfortable wearing them, due to other features that I really didn't like.  I went to another store and found some other pants on sale.  These were actually in a better color and with a better discount.  However, the first pair I tried on were way too big.  I couldn't wear them even with a belt.  These weren't supposed to have as much give, but they did.  I even tried a smaller size, a 32.  These were still too loose.  I could take them off without unbuttoning them!  I might have been able to wear them with a belt, but it was still too much.  I couldn't try anything else on, as I was too despondent.  There are a few brands I like, but this was the first time I ever encountered not being able to wear anything that I found.  Why two pants have to be so stretchy nowadays.  Are other men so not wanting to admit that they are a larger size that they are getting a smaller size?  I would rather get something correctly labeled that fit than getting something "labeled" as my size that wasn't and didn't suit me.  Although, with Thanksgiving coming up . . .

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