Are you really a size .0008.7? Are you?

I know what you mean. There is this company Mango (I don't know if you have it in America) and I love their clothes but I some time ago I bought 3 items from tehir shop the same day: a t-shirt, a blouse and a longsleve and they were European size 36, 38 and 40 respectively. All were uperbody clothes from the same store!
No point in looking at sizes.

I love Mango! We have it in NYC and I shop there online... there sizes are not consistent at all but I still love their clothes

I agree our sizing system is seriously messed up - in the same week i bought a t-shirt that was a medium...i KNOW that was wrong, because later that week i then bought an XL (which was what the rest of my closet had been)....and my fiance wonders why i can't walk into a store, go the the size "whatever" jeans and pick one. Why i have to pick 4 different sizes, maybe even 2 or 3 different cuts and try them on...

and maybe one will fit.....

It's not about a size or a weight but about a lifestyle!

This!
I don't measure how good I feel or look by a number! I don't weigh myself but go by how my clothes fit and how I feel. Progress photos are a big help as well. Sizes are so variant when it comes to women's clothing - to the point of madness - and so it really makes no sense to go solely on that basis. On average I'm in a 14/16, but I have some smaller and some bigger pieces, depending on the cut or the material (stretch, etc.)

I have a MIL who likes to look at the sizes on other people's clothing (and criticize, etc.), so I have the habit of snipping off the size tag if at all possible. It annoys her when she doesn't know what "size" I'm in. ;-) Muahahah!

Btw... really could care less about what size other people are wearing. Like age, like weight... it's just a number. Doesn't mean much at all.

(this, by the way men, is why we are all neurotic about our weight… don’t blame us, don’t even blame supermodels in the media. No, blame our ridiculous clothing sizes and our apparently mathematically challenged designers.)

I'm not buying the blame game...

I have a 32 inch waist measured with a tape measure. Yet I have 31 shorts from one place, 32 slacks from another, 31 and 32 jeans from the SAME store, and 34 dress pants from yet another.

It gets better. My chest is 42", and I have wide shoulders. I can't just buy a dress shirt that matches my neck/arm dimensions because shirts do not have separate waist measurements. The typical men's dress shirt that fits me in the shoulders, are built to take a waist anywhere from 38"-42", even some labelled "slim!" Which means there's anywhere from 6 to 10 inches of puddling fabric waving in the breeze, making me look that much fatter. It takes forever to try on a single good dress shirt, because they're usually locked up in those horrible packages with lots of pins, cardboard, and plastic. Now try doing that 10 times to find one that actually fits...

It's mildly annoying, but somehow it doesn't make me neurotic. Heck, I like finding good clothes and don't give a crap about the number on the outside.

I am a size 4.. I wear 4's in all my clothing and Size Small top in all my tops... Last time I checked, clothing was pretty universal if you only shop at a few places instead of every store you see.

Not sure why the hell you having so many issues when it comes to shopping or get pissed when people brag about size, but I worked my butt off to get where I am.. so best you best believe I'm going to celebrate it.

Also, I highly doubt you wear a 4 some days and then a 12/14 other days... that is a huge difference in size no matter how the clothes are cut. So unless you are getting really fat and then really skinny with in the course of like a day, you should be able to find one size and stick with it.

GEESH!!! some people aren't happy unless they're mad, right?

I tend to just tell people Im a size 6 pants and a medium top, most of my clothes are a 4 but I hate getting gifts that are too small, its insanity though, I have some 0's that fit, but then go to the store and there is nothing like that sinking oh god the 8 is tight, oh god, oh god, where is a razor blade.

My daughter expresses the same concern. I was going to buy her some tops for her birthday a week or so ago and she told me she has to try everything on now. It's no longer "one size fits all the time"! I guess I am experiencing similar issues, but somethings are styled to be "loose" but too loose isn't always a good thing! Focusing on the size isn't what is important, how you feel is! I saw a thing recently that said "Zero isn't a size, it's a warning!" Maybe they should put THAT on some ad!

I am a size 4.. I wear 4's in all my clothing and Size Small top in all my tops... Last time I checked, clothing was pretty universal if you only shop at a few places instead of every store you see.

Not sure why the hell you having so many issues when it comes to shopping or get pissed when people brag about size, but I worked my butt off to get where I am.. so best you best believe I'm going to celebrate it.

Also, I highly doubt you wear a 4 some days and then a 12/14 other days... that is a huge difference in size no matter how the clothes are cut. So unless you are getting really fat and then really skinny with in the course of like a day, you should be able to find one size and stick with it.

aaaaah haha haha

I think you should direct your anger into something productive!

I think if OP can rant.. so can I.

Shopping is not difficult... and I have had no where near the issues she describes.. ever!

i so agree with u
i love shopping, i shop for ONE brand size 26" and small shirt unless i want it to be a lazy shirt,
ya i have bigger jeans, from when i was bigger and thats it. i go for the same cut cuz thats what fits my body, i dont pay 100$ for a pair a jeans to have them not fit right. and just for fun~~~~im a size 2:) in all my jeans!!!

(this, by the way men, is why we are all neurotic about our weight… don’t blame us, don’t even blame supermodels in the media. No, blame our ridiculous clothing sizes and our apparently mathematically challenged designers.)

I'm not buying the blame game...

I have a 32 inch waist measured with a tape measure. Yet I have 31 shorts from one place, 32 slacks from another, 31 and 32 jeans from the SAME store, and 34 dress pants from yet another.

It gets better. My chest is 42", and I have wide shoulders. I can't just buy a dress shirt that matches my neck/arm dimensions because shirts do not have separate waist measurements. The typical men's dress shirt that fits me in the shoulders, are built to take a waist anywhere from 38"-42", even some labelled "slim!" Which means there's anywhere from 6 to 10 inches of puddling fabric waving in the breeze, making me look that much fatter. It takes forever to try on a single good dress shirt, because they're usually locked up in those horrible packages with lots of pins, cardboard, and plastic. Now try doing that 10 times to find one that actually fits...

It's mildly annoying, but somehow it doesn't make me neurotic. Heck, I like finding good clothes and don't give a crap about the number on the outside.

whats up with mens packaging, ive noticted the dress shirts come like packaged meat

Okay, now your a size 1, how do you look? I give up.