Underestimating Myself

@flapiz (23148)

United Kingdom

February 7, 2022 12:30pm CST

I went shopping today as everytime I go off island that's my favourite past time. Since the holidays I've always felt fat and insecure. So today when I bought clothes I bought a size higher than I normally would. Surprisingly when I got home I found that a lot of what I bought is a size bigger. I'm very surprised to be honest as I feel fat. Maybe the clothes are larger than the standard size? I'm really baffled.

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@bunnybon7 (50973)

• Holiday, Florida

7 Feb 22

Different brands do have different sizes labeled as the same it seems. I have bought pants and blouses the very same size but by different manufacturers and found them to actually look and feel like they were different sizes

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@flapiz (23148)

• United Kingdom

7 Feb 22

Yeah I find that all the brands I bought today seems to be bigger than usual. I definite have gained weight as my scales point out. I'm doing some returns tomorrow.

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@bunnybon7 (50973)

• Holiday, Florida

7 Feb 22

@flapiz good that you caught it in time to return them and perhaps get a size better

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@flapiz (23148)

• United Kingdom

7 Feb 22

@bunnybon7 yeah exactly as I'm only holidaying here. I could return them tomorrow at least.

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@LadyDuck (471253)

• Switzerland

8 Feb 22

Sorry to laugh, but I always do the same, I buy too big and I have to bring back and buy a smaller size.

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@flapiz (23148)

• United Kingdom

8 Feb 22

Yeah I just had my haul exchanged for smaller sizes today too.

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@flapiz (23148)

• United Kingdom

8 Feb 22

@LadyDuck Well I'm quite lazy to do fittings so I always come back returning them or I end up sending them to my sister back home.

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@LadyDuck (471253)

• Switzerland

8 Feb 22

@flapiz When I try on things at the stores, I always bring three sizes and it is always the smallest that fits.

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@kaylachan (69199)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

7 Feb 22

Clothing numbers can be misleading. It also depends on the material. I can go to a size smaller in a pair of sweat pants, but a size or two higher in jeans. Only because sweat pants have more give and jeans don't.

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@flapiz (23148)

• United Kingdom

7 Feb 22

Yeah I'm really getting to the point where I need to actually try them on now than relying to size.

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@kaylachan (69199)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

7 Feb 22

@flapiz Same here. I have an idea of where I want to start, but I have to try on some materials .

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@flapiz (23148)

• United Kingdom

8 Feb 22

@kaylachan we can just wear stretchy all the time.

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@sjvg1976 (41281)

• Delhi, India

8 Feb 22

It depends on the brands, standard size varies with every brand. You should not worry much and buy a size higher than yours or you can try them at the shop itself and if find suitable for you then buy them otherwise not.

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@flapiz (23148)

• United Kingdom

8 Feb 22

I have a rule never to buy an extra large. I don't want to get comfy with that sizing.

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@flapiz (23148)

• United Kingdom

8 Feb 22

@sjvg1976 yeah I'm happy some shops allow clothes fitting now. With the Covid some shops do not allow it.

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@sjvg1976 (41281)

• Delhi, India

8 Feb 22

@flapiz you can try it at the shop and check if you find it suitable or not and buy if you feel it's okay.

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@DianneN (247186)

• United States

7 Feb 22

Sizes vary even within the same manufacturer. That’s why I prefer to try my clothes on in the store, which I haven’t done for two years.

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@flapiz (23148)

• United Kingdom

8 Feb 22

Is it due to the pandemic?

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@flapiz (23148)

• United Kingdom

8 Feb 22

@DianneN have you got trusted brands to shop from?

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@DianneN (247186)

• United States

8 Feb 22

@flapiz True. Some things I just won’t do during the pandemic.

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@CarolDM (203422)

• Nashville, Tennessee

7 Feb 22

It is too bad companies do this with the sizes. It is like a game they play. I am sure you look beautiful.

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@flapiz (23148)

• United Kingdom

8 Feb 22

Oh bless you are too kind. I think they should standardise these sizes. Specially cause Covid times does not allow you to fit sometimes.

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@CarolDM (203422)

• Nashville, Tennessee

8 Feb 22

@flapiz I do as well. Take care.

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@ptrikha_2 (46909)

• India

7 Feb 22

At times, different brands have different fits for the same size. For e. g - A Peter England Brand shirt size 42 would be a lot different than a Van Huesen shirt size 42. And same could be true for other brands as well.

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@flapiz (23148)

• United Kingdom

7 Feb 22

Yeah I have 3 different brands all ending up too big on me. I'm wondering if they're trying to make sizes bigger to boost there customer's ego.

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@marlina (154131)

• Canada

9 Feb 22

I think it depends on the brands,

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@flapiz (23148)

• United Kingdom

9 Feb 22

Well "river island" normally runs small on me but it actually ran big the most recent shop I did.

@JESSY3236 (19914)

• United States

8 Feb 22

Yeah I have noticed that I can't hardly fit in my jeans anymore. My birthday is coming up so I put some jeans on my birthday list that is a size bigger.

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@flapiz (23148)

• United Kingdom

8 Feb 22

Oh bless. Advance happy birthday to you! You deserve those jeans.

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@JESSY3236 (19914)

• United States

8 Feb 22

@flapiz Thanks.

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@JudyEv (339427)

• Rockingham, Australia

7 Feb 22

The sizing varies sometimes from brand to brand. Maybe you haven't put on as much weight as you thought. What do the scales say? (You don't have to tell me but are you heavier than what you used to be?)

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@flapiz (23148)

• United Kingdom

8 Feb 22

I am 2 kilos heavier than my normal. But seems like I'm not as fat as I thought.

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@Kandae11 (54986)

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7 Feb 22

It depends on where the clothes are made l suppose. A medium size in some places would be small in others.

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@flapiz (23148)

• United Kingdom

7 Feb 22

Yeah I'm normally a medium or a small but due to recent holiday I decided to go for mediums all throughout and well these mediums are quite huge.

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Claudia Ramirez

• Havana, Cuba

8 Feb 22

It seems to me that you get a false idea that you are fat, however, it is the opposite, in my case the opposite happens to me, I get the idea that I am too thin but when I weigh myself, I am the same as always, measuring your weight daily can be a solution to know if you gain or lose weight.

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do you measure your weight periodically

@flapiz (23148)

• United Kingdom

8 Feb 22

Well the scales did say I was 2 kilos fat. Thus I picked a higher size. I'm surprised it was too small. Even the small size was too big so now I'm confused.