A hair short of 5'5", and when not carrying an extra human I'm anywhere from a 4 to a 10, depending on the brand and style. The 4 end of the scale is definitely utter lying-label bullshit -- pre-pregnancy I had a pair of size 4 slacks that were roomier and comfier than a pair of size 8 jeans from high school (approx. 1985) that I could barely squeeze into anymore.
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter 46: The FIGHTIN' 46
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
JZ - Sep 12, 2006 1:57:07 pm PDT #7696 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Jesse - Sep 12, 2006 2:01:16 pm PDT #7697 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
At Trader Joe's last night, I apparently decided my life should be more like a cocktail party. I'm having mushroom turnovers for dinner.
§ ita § - Sep 12, 2006 2:01:41 pm PDT #7698 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Now that I'm broaching 8, I get more confused than ever. The whole small/medium/large thing is weird now that I can add large to the smalls and mediums that actually fit. Being just small and medium made a lot more sense, but still not all that much.
flea - Sep 12, 2006 2:05:11 pm PDT #7699 of 10001
information libertarian
On of the nice things about wearing's men's Levi's since high school is that I can be pretty sure I am mostly the same size, although store sizes are changing. I was always a 10 in college, and now am reliably an 8 and occasionally smaller (various insane designers and pregnancy status excepted). But a Levi's 501 32w/34l is always the same.
Connie Neil - Sep 12, 2006 2:06:39 pm PDT #7700 of 10001
brillig
We who shop in the 20+ section of the size pool laugh at those of you fretting over single digits.
edit: not that you're fretting, but merely wondering.
flea - Sep 12, 2006 2:07:36 pm PDT #7701 of 10001
information libertarian
I don't think anybody's fretting; I at least am marvelling over the inconsistency of clothing sizes.
Jesse - Sep 12, 2006 2:08:31 pm PDT #7702 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Who's fretting? I'm guessing size inconsistency is the same for women of all sizes.
Connie Neil - Sep 12, 2006 2:09:57 pm PDT #7703 of 10001
brillig
I'd claim I edited to make flea look silly (though adorable), but I hadn't refreshed my screen to see flea's comment before I edited.
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 12, 2006 2:12:06 pm PDT #7704 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I remember back in school when I used to be pissed that stores were always out of 29w jeans, as I reasoned that surely people must go through that waist size before moving on to the larger ones.
Alas, no such difficulties finding pants in a 40w.
Connie Neil - Sep 12, 2006 2:13:40 pm PDT #7705 of 10001
brillig
22-24W seems to be a popular zaftig size. I console myself with the knowledge that there's still larger sizes available in standard stores that I'm not big enough to need.
I love the word zaftig.