# Is everyone the same size as me? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 26, 2007, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-everyone-the-same-size-as-me/397543 "2007-03-26T14:15:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-everyone-the-same-size-as-me/397543/21 "2007-03-27T03:51:46Z")
Last week I went shopping for some shirts at Simons. I found a cute blue grid number and tried it on. Well, it went on, but let’s just say it emphasized things I really don’t need emphasized. I apostrophized the clerk, who informed me that this was a “semi-fitted” cut. Apparently its sides curve inward, meaning it is concave: /) (\ I am convex: /( )\ I asked if this shirt was available with straight sides, so it would actually fit me. No, I was told; straight sides are being phased out. That’s fuckin’ nice, they’re phasing out my body type This week I went to look for some shirts at Winners and Zara. I got two collared shirts and two t-shirts – one L, two XL, and one XXL. They all fit me and are all the same size. Also, by no stretch of the imagination am I extra, extra large. Not even my pathetic self-esteem even tried to believe that one. Apparently men’s sizes and tailoring are now as fucked up as women’s. I don’t think this is better. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-everyone-the-same-size-as-me/397543/22 "2007-03-27T04:39:32Z")
[QUOTE=matt\_mcl] Apparently men’s sizes and tailoring are now as fucked up as women’s. I don’t think this is better. [/QUOTE] \ Our conspiracy has been discovered! Bwaaahaaahaaa… ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-everyone-the-same-size-as-me/397543/23 "2007-03-27T11:59:33Z")
I just bought a new pair of jeans, 36" x 30", and it definitely looked like they were running out of my size. If you’re really big or really small, you’re all set. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slip\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f475e1/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slip\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slip_1)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-everyone-the-same-size-as-me/397543/24 "2007-03-27T12:02:50Z")
It’s a Murphy’s Law. Whatever size you wear is the size the store is out of or doesn’t carry. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-everyone-the-same-size-as-me/397543/25 "2007-03-27T13:25:25Z")
[QUOTE=Freudian\_Slip] It’s a Murphy’s Law. Whatever size you wear is the size the store is out of or doesn’t carry. [/QUOTE] That’s what I suspected. But haven’t you read the entire thread? It appears that several Dopers are wearing my pants at this very moment! And neither I - nor my fellow commuters and co-workers who are subjected to me strolling around in my boxers - are any too happy about that! ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-everyone-the-same-size-as-me/397543/26 "2007-03-27T13:35:39Z")
No. Reports of his size vary, but I hear Spiny Norman is bigger than you. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-everyone-the-same-size-as-me/397543/27 "2007-03-27T13:38:35Z")
Dinsdale, blame my husband. He THOUGHT he was a 34 x 34 - heh - he ain’t been a 34 waist in ten years. I had to buy him a pair that actually fit. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-everyone-the-same-size-as-me/397543/28 "2007-03-27T16:48:07Z")
[QUOTE=matt\_mcl] Last week I went shopping for some shirts at Simons. I found a cute blue grid number and tried it on. Well, it went on, but let’s just say it emphasized things I really don’t need emphasized. I apostrophized the clerk, who informed me that this was a “semi-fitted” cut. Apparently its sides curve inward, meaning it is concave: /) (\ I am convex: /( )\ I asked if this shirt was available with straight sides, so it would actually fit me. No, I was told; straight sides are being phased out. That’s fuckin’ nice, they’re phasing out my body type This week I went to look for some shirts at Winners and Zara. I got two collared shirts and two t-shirts – one L, two XL, and one XXL. They all fit me and are all the same size. Also, by no stretch of the imagination am I extra, extra large. Not even my pathetic self-esteem even tried to believe that one. Apparently men’s sizes and tailoring are now as fucked up as women’s. I don’t think this is better. [/QUOTE] It all started when they began to inflate the sizes of men’s clothing. A normal guy wears a “Large” shirt. Scrawny guys wear Mediums. If you wear a Small, then you’re Vern Troyer. On the other end, guys that are kinda hefty (like me) wear XL. Guys that really are unusually large wear XXL and other multiple-X sizes. Now we’re getting odd cuts in our pants. Beware the slippery slope 😉 ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-everyone-the-same-size-as-me/397543/29 "2007-03-27T17:32:09Z")
[QUOTE=Missy2U] Dinsdale, blame my husband. He THOUGHT he was a 34 x 34 - heh - he ain’t been a 34 waist in ten years. I had to buy him a pair that actually fit. [/QUOTE] 34 x 34 at 40, just like back in high school :). Of course I never exercised back then and ate whatever crap I wanted, while now the status quo is maintained only through brute force and running 25mi/wk. I shudder at the thought of how this will ramp up. ---
**Author:** ![audiobottle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@audiobottle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audiobottle)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-everyone-the-same-size-as-me/397543/30 "2007-03-27T18:19:27Z")
[QUOTE=Diceman] It all started when they began to inflate the sizes of men’s clothing. A normal guy wears a “Large” shirt. Scrawny guys wear Mediums. If you wear a Small, then you’re Vern Troyer. On the other end, guys that are kinda hefty (like me) wear XL. Guys that really are unusually large wear XXL and other multiple-X sizes. Now we’re getting odd cuts in our pants. Beware the slippery slope 😉 [/QUOTE] This is sort of true. I used to be a size medium in shirts (5’9"). Now in some places I’m a small, and in others I’m still a medium, but really I’m just in the middle somewhere. It’s especially a pain with button-up shirts because they’re either tight around my chest but the right length, or they go halfway to my knees but fit nicely around my chest/shoulders. Stupid clothes. I should learn to sew and make my own. Except that takes motivation, and I’m all motivated out at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![enigm4tic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@enigm4tic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enigm4tic)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-everyone-the-same-size-as-me/397543/31 "2007-03-27T20:03:19Z")
shit I can’t find anything in 32x32. Or 34x32. Ideally I’d probably wear like a 33x33 but those don’t even EXIST as far as I can find. Consider yourself lucky to not fit exactly in between several of the most common (and therefore unavailable) sizes :\ ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-everyone-the-same-size-as-me/397543/32 "2007-03-28T20:56:39Z")
I’m 6’2", 195 lbs., and also wear 36"x34" pants, which I can never seem to find. Y’all quit hogging the pants. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-everyone-the-same-size-as-me/397543.md?page=1)