Men’s jeans

Written around Christmas

Rarely do I buy new jeans. I wear them thread bare before I get rid of them. Then go to a thrift store. This weekend, my bestie and I, go on a last minute Christmas shopping toot. Okay, I’m done Christmas shopping. Her last minute shopping, my toot. 

While in the men’s section, she’s shopping for her husband, I spy this great looking pair of jeans. They look great on the hanger. The color. The style. The design on the back pockets. But they are men’s jeans. Cut for a man’s body. Right guys? 

This starts a conversation about jeans. Men’s jeans are labeled 36/30 for example. Women’s jeans are 6, 12, 16 for example. More and more, I see women’s jeans with a lot more numbers on the labels than I’m comfortable with: 24/26 or 36/37. 

What happened to the days of see jeans, like jeans, try jeans on, buy jeans. I expected to have to ask Google what the size of these  men’s jeans translated to for a woman. I never expected to have to ask what size ladies jeans are. Now we have to woller with waist, hip and inseam measurements. GROSS!

One other thing I’ve noticed, and it could be this brand, the pockets are 3 quarters of the way down my butt. What are you diggin’ for guys? Why are your pockets soooo deep? The front pockets are really deep as well. Guys?! 

Like all the pants I buy, I’m going to have to hem them. For whatever reason short girls can’t have the styles that I like. One time I made a joke, talking about myself, that it broke my heart when I bought my first pair of petite pants. It reaffirmed (for me), that I was short and fat. A lady near by, ripped me to shreds, she would have me know, she wasn’t fat. I just smiled and said, “wasn’t talking about or to you.” Geezs!

I wager, without looking at the label, only 10% of the material is denim. There is a lot of spandex here. This is true for ladies jeans too. In the morning, your pants fit and feel great, by the evening, they are around your ankles. Not because you want them to be. It gets to the point, you’re ready to take the laces out of your shoes to make a belt. Sadly, I have a belt on. I’m still pulling and tugging. I’d like to say that I’ve lost so much weight that’s why I’m fighting with my jeans. 

And guy’s, all my married friends tell me that their husbands don’t have a butt. So why is the seat of these pants roomy on me? More questions as to why the back pockets hang so low? That little watch pocket, I can stick 3 fingers in that little pocket. In ladies jeans, I can barely get a nickel. What gives?  

I was expecting the front to look different. No need for me to spell out any of the whys? Interestingly, they don’t. 

Will I buy men’s jeans again? Most likely. I have room in the thigh area that I love. The material doesn’t feel or look like it’s been painted on. And I’m not into skinny jeans. So yeah! I will be buying men’s jeans again.