Let’s talk about sizes. There are many sizes a lady has to memorize in order to have her outfit perfectly fitted to her body. Shirt size, pant size, shoe size, bra size, underwear size, ring size, dress size. It is all a mess of numbers.
Then, to add to it all, there are the names of certain sizes. Sure, being labeled as “small” or “medium” sounds nice; it makes you feel better about yourself. I am small, I am medium. Then, with ladies with curves, you are considered “large” or “extra large.” I don’t want to be known as large. I am not large or extra large, I have curves and am probably a D cup. Why isn’t there a size called “curvy” or “non-stick figure”? Elephants are large. SUVs are large. Skyscrapers are large. Women are not large. Why do you think none of us usually admit we are bigger than a medium? Because we don’t want to be labeled as large.
And then there are common misconceptions of pants and dresses, ranging from sizes 00-22. Working in retail, I learned that men’s pants are measured by the inches around their waist. Thus, a man with a 36 inch waste will wear a 36 sized pant. However, women have 00 and 12.What does 00 mean anyway? That you have a less than 0 waist line? Or 12? I am a size 13 and I know my waist isn’t 13 inches around. The common misconception is that any size 12 or up means that a woman is fat or unhealthy. I don’t consider myself either. I work out, I try to stay in shape and my job consists of running around for about 8 hours.
The numbers don’t add up. Shirt size, pant size, shoe size, bra size, underwear size, ring size, dress size. I feel as though, with this particular subject, it is best to ignore numbers. It has worked well with me avoiding math so far.
to add to the confusion you also get some brands of shirts pants etc running slightly smaller or larger than other brands so you may be one size in one kind of tshirt brand but a larger/smaller size in another kind lol
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