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Down 4 sizes or 8? I've never understood this

schelly81
Posts: 161 Member
I started at a size 20 and now I'm down to a size 12. So would I be down 4 pants sizes as there is a size 12, 14, 16, 20. Or am I down 8 pants sizes as 20-12=8? I feel like an idiot asking this but I've never really understood what people mean when they say that. I don't even plan on using the term.
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5 sizes: 20-18-16-14-120
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I think its 4. Congrats0
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I would call that 4.0
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I'd say 4....I'm down from a 48 to a 36.....48 - 46 - 44 -42 - 40 - 38 -36...so that would be 6 sizes. I never understood the difference of 2 between two sizes....but there are short sizes. A petit 48 is a 24, a 46 is a 23...so 24 to 23 is also one size.0
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You are down 4 pants sizes. You do not count the odd numbers because they are not sizes in women's clothes- they are juniors sizes. It's not like you went from size 20 to size 19 at some point.0
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Yeah... 4. Odd sizes are for juniors. It's for cut more than measurements.0
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It's confusing, but I'd call that down 4: 18-16-14-12. Like others have said, since you don't go from 14 to 13, I wouldn't count 13.0
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