Deal!
:: shakes hands ::
ETA: Have you been catcalled a lot over this flash of man-panties?
Some women’s clothing does not have pockets. Some women carry purses/bags. Plenty of women’s pants – yoga or otherwise – have pockets. I know because I’m a woman and 99% of the time I won’t buy a pair of pants if they don’t have pockets.
Some women keep stuff in their bras, using the bras as pockets. We’re all lucky if I’m actually wearing a bra, but I’ve been known to use those binder clips from the office to clip my house keys to my shorts/pants/dress/whatever when I’m walking the dog.
I have one pair of compression yoga pants that have a tiny little zippered pocket on the back of the waistband. I think this is for your house key, because I can’t fit anything else in there. You can’t even get a pack of smokes and a lighter in that little pocket. :: ducking and running ::
Yesterday I volunteered at the state fair. I saw a great swath of Virginia-style humanity.
Lots of beer bellies and fat asses crammed into tight pants. Folks walking around in camo and Confederate flag emblazoned t-shirts, looking like walking stereotypes.
But all these horrible-looking people had a companion with them, whether it be a SO, a friend, or their own offspring. Which tells me that despite whatever I might think about how people look, someone in this universe disagrees with me. Someone must like fat asses crammed into tight pants, or else no one would dress like this.
A zaftig woman who wears yoga pants isn’t trying to attract all people or men like you. If she’s trying to attract anyone, it’s the people who are attracted to zaftig women confident enough to wear yoga pants. She doesn’t want a guy who is not into this look.
Since it’s impossible to impress everyone, it makes sense to limit all your fucks to the people you care the most about. I know I don’t give a fuck about what some random guy on the internet thinks about my appearance, because he’s just a random guy on the internet.
And as another data point from someone who has just gained some weight: I no longer have a lot of spare cash to replace my clothes right now. Since I’ve never had the confidence to go out in anything too tight, I’m on the other end of the spectrum. I’m probably judged for buying groceries in too baggy / sloppy sweats. But like everyone has said, I’m not dressing for random people that I meet. I’m clean, completely covered and appropriate enough for Walmart. I’m not in pajamas, spandex or anything illegal. If there’s bother about my attire, I’ll gladly take donations to change it. Until then though, I’ll simply continue to cut slack for what I see around me and hope I get the same in return. There’s lots in life more important than fashion (or lack there of).
Very good point. Thanks. Or people simply do not care about outward appearances, or give other factors enough weight to outweigh appearances.
Tonight my wife wants to go through my wardrobe. I guess the other day we were out and about and I looked especially like a bum, and she’d prefer that I not. Believe me, I understand the idea of dressing primarily (solely?) for comfort and not caring what others think. Actually, my biggest problem is I DETEST shopping and NEVER throw anything out, no matter how worn or out-of date. I also think of myself as pretty mediocre-looking, so that me all duded up vs. me at my worst ain’t all that much of a stretch.
But my wife has to look at me a heck of a lot more than I do. If she is willing to go through the effort of culling my clothes and buying replacements, I’ll wear just about whatever she wants.
Yeah. I’ve been working out a lot lately, as I said in another thread. I am losing weight, slowly. I’m not ready to buy new clothes yet. I went to Kohl’s and didn’t find anything I liked. I have clothes, and maybe they are a bit baggy now, but I just don’t feel ready to replace my entire wardrobe to suit strangers’ opinions of me. I don’t want to fork over the cash until I’m ready.
Guys regularly call out other guys who wear bike shorts. It’s not a sexist thing, just that no one wears speedos in public.
Except for the guys getting called out. I mean, certainly they exist, otherwise who is being called out in this case?
You say “no one wears speedos in public.” What you actually mean is “no one **should **wear speedos in public.”, which has the double virtue of accuracy (the former statement is provably false) and honesty. Because conflating opinion with fact is either stupid or dishonest.
Unless it’s two separate thoughts (links work safe):
(1) Guys call out other guys who wear bike shorts.
(2) No one wears Speedos in public.
The good people at Speedo make a raft of products of course but “Speedos” generally referring to the bikini brief style swimwear.
Shouldn’t this question be more of a plea and a thank you for women wearing yoga pants?
Women, i’m sure the vast majority of you don’t want me oggling your ass as you pass me in the street…but honestly, i’m still gonna do it and yoga pants are just awsome
from me, please continue this great tend. but also wear whatever you want. All this talk of modesty is a bit depressing and repressive (don’t think thats too strong a word)
Rock on
Most. Goodness. Jeans usually have pockets. Trousers sometimes do. Skirts and dresses rarely do. But pick out a random piece of women’s clothing, and it’s more likely than not it will not have functional pockets.
The only thing I like about winter is can put keys in my coat pocket and skip the purse.
But even still, if jeans and trousers have pockets, they’re rarely full-sized.
Hmmm. I wonder if there’d be a market for cargo yoga pants.