Wow, that sounds like fun! Let’s all go up a size in our clothing without gaining any weight.
That’s exactly what has happened with many major clothing retailers.
They have taken the sizes and shifted them a little bit. Where 18-20W used to be 1X, it’s now 2X. Where 22-24W used to be 2X, it’s now 3X. Where 26-28W used to be 3X, it’s now 4X. That’s right—I’m now a whole X bigger without lifting a finger.
It’s humiliating enough to be a plus-sized woman without having this extra pressure. It’s really hard to walk into the store and find something to try on in my size, especially now—many stores only carry up to 3X. Yes, that’s right—thanks to this new sizing technique, I once was acceptable in most stores and now I’m not. I have crossed the great divide from 3X to 4X, and many stores will not be able to serve me now. Again, my weight hasn’t changed; I’m just suddenly too big to clothe any more.
I wish I knew the reasoning behind this. It’s got to be confusing to more shoppers than just me—we head in, grab something in our size, and find it doesn’t fit? Where’s the sense in that? I have to think, too, that it’s curtailing sales. If you went shopping to discover you’d gone up a whole size, wouldn’t you suddenly lose your appetite for shopping?
And while I’m on a rant, I’d like to address this whole “morbidly obese” thing. I’ve always hated that expression—it makes being heavy sound like it’s illegal or immoral. I would like to start a movement toward coining a new politically correct phrase. I like “person of unhealthy weight.” I think that’s accurate and to the point without sounding like the person in question should be in jail.
Oh, and have I mentioned that I really hate bathroom stalls that are so tiny, you can’t even turn around in them? And how about …
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