# tight pants. **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 15, 2005, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tight-pants/284903 "2005-01-15T20:31:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DuhCow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b38774/32.png) [@DuhCow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DuhCow)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tight-pants/284903/1 "2005-01-15T20:31:20Z")
my jeans were washed for the first time since i bought them and somebody put them in the dryer on regular heat. so now they feel like hell and are very tight. is there any way i can save them? for example, if i were to rewash them in cold water and then wear them while they were somewhat wet, do you think that would work? ---
**Author:** ![rorty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b2d939/32.png) [@rorty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rorty)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tight-pants/284903/2 "2005-01-15T20:40:52Z")
When this happens to me I just keep wearing them. Eventually they are broken in and loosen up to a more comfortable fit. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@The\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Cat)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tight-pants/284903/3 "2005-01-15T21:02:12Z")
unless its painful I would just wear them. They will stretch out again and the next time you wash them don’t dry them. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2005, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tight-pants/284903/4 "2005-01-16T02:34:49Z")
Yeah, I’ve always found that they soon stretch out to a comfortable fit. In fact, that’s my preferred fit…just a bit too tight out of the wash because I know they’ll feel just right in a short while. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2005, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tight-pants/284903/5 "2005-01-16T17:37:47Z")
A long time ago, when line-drying was in fashion, folks could use pants-stretchers. They were aluminum frames stuffed into the legs for drying. Once the jeans were dry, they came off the frame looking as if they had been ironed. My brother-in-law, who is 61, remembers his pants hanging on these. My high school history teacher once told a classmate of mine that “Your jeans remind me of a cheap hotel. No ballroom.”