I hate vanity sizing

Danni3ll3

after I had my first son, who will be 30 next week, I wore size 9/10 juniors. I was exactly the same weight I am today. I wear a size 10 woman's. (8 when they are stretchy or I squeeeeeeze into them holding my breath :laugh: ) I have not noticed sizes being any different

I am surprised that you are wearing the same size. When I was this weight (144 lbs) in high school (40 years ago), I was wearing a very tight 14. Right now, I am between a 6 and and 8. I still have m wedding dress which is a 10 from 1979 and there is no way I can get into it. Back then, I didn't have a hope in you know what to even get into a size 8 even at my slimmest. So sizes have changed, and changed drastically.

Polly758

"What Size Am I" website-- put in your measurements and it tell you what size you are in different brands.

http://sizes.darkgreener.com/

UK and US for women's sizes only.

tami101

Wait, what?! There's vanity sizing? You mean it's not a miracle that I now fit in a size 12 even though I'm 28lbs heavier than I was in high school when I wore a 14! I am so disappointed!!!!!! =(

halobender

I was really discouraged a couple of years ago when I was even more serious about this stuff and taking measurements frequently. For some reason I was only measure my arms and chest, not my waist. I decided to do so and was astonished that, even though I had lost several inches my waist still measured larger than what my pants said. So I measured the pants and just couldn't figure out what it is that I was doing wrong when the pants measured 5 or so inches larger than the tag said.

What's ridiculous is when people try to guilt others about it. I had a roommate a few years ago who was, erm, quite unfit and had given up on himself a long time ago. I had mentioned my actual waist size and his response was something akin to "Oh, wow, I feel a lot better than myself because I wear the same size" except in a very rude manner. I just thought, "Uh, yeah, no, you most certainly do not."