I don't realize I've put on a few pounds until I attend a wedding or funeral.

[trof]

I live on the gulf coast.
The one named after Mexico.


Most of the time I wear shorts and a T shirt.
Shorts with an elastic waist.
Very comfy.

But once in a while I attend a wedding (not so many anymore) or a funeral (more now) and I get out my one remaining suit.
It's a lightweight, understated, muted grey glen plaid.

I usually wear a blue oxford button-down collar shirt and rep striped tie.
Sometimes, if I'm really feeling 'fancy', I wear a white shirt with collar bar.

Disclaimer: I look nothing like Fred Astaire and don't dance quite as well.

And now I find the suit pants are a tiny bit 'snug'.
And if I button the coat, my butt sticks out.

Quandary:
New suit?
Or diet?

[ScreamingMeemie]

1. Tailor--for alterations.

That's what I used to do with MrG's suits.

I am having the one, super expensive, really nice one altered for our son.

[trof]

4. Miz t. has already let the pants out.

To their limit.
Sometime ago.

She's a pretty good 'tailor'.

[MiddleFingerMom]

11. Take the butt in.

[Scuba]

2. This is obviously your wife's fault...

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[Wait Wut]

23. I dare you...

...to post that in the Feminist's Group. Holy mackeral. No wonder my dad was such an asshole.

Edit to fix my apparent brain spasm. Femist? WTF is a Femist?

[Ikonoklast]

3. Neither. Spend just a few bucks, both problems solved.

Buy a mumu ike Homer did, and eat what you want.




Don't be a slave to Fashion!

[trof]

5. I'll start a new trend.

"Did you see that trof came out of the closet?"
"Yeah? Really?"
"Yep, he wore a mumu to Harry's funeral."
"Aw, jeez."

[Ikonoklast]

7. "If I croak, please don't tell trof."

"Yeah, cripes, even Harry's corpse looked embarrassed when trof showed up."

[NightWatcher]

6. I love it. Like me, you have The Suit

I bought mine in 99. Sometimes it fits sometimes it doesn't. Right now it'd fall off me. I lost more than 50lbs (sickness) and all I have are old BDU's cut down to shorts and tshirts. I look like quite the bum, but I don't care, I'm retired (ok, technically disabled).

[Raven]

8. Next time I see you in NH you have

to wear the suit and it has to fit!

[mwdem]

9. Raven,

are there wedding bells in your near future? I don't want to think it's the other option!

[trof]

15. Actually, I'll be going to a wedding in Oct. But it'll be casual.

On a small nearby farm under a huge 500+ year old live oak tree.
Looks a bit like this one:

[mwdem]

18. Beautiful!

Have fun!

[Manifestor_of_Light]

10. Too bad they don't have a man's equivalent to shift dresses.

The straight ones that don't have a waist. For those of us who never had an hourglass figure, or all our sand ran to the bottom

Really flattering. I went to OK to a family funeral. We ate out twice a day with the family for several days. I would order a chicken fried steak and take half of it home and eat it for a midnight snack. And i still gained five pounds.
GRRRR. i lost it though eating salad at home.

I guess it's the muumuu, Trof........

You too can be as fashionable as Homer!!

[trof]

20. I remember the 'sack' dress.

For some reason we thought it was sexy as hell.
Maybe because you could imagine nothing on underneath.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

24. That's an A-line but the basic idea of straight is good.

Covers a multitude of sins, as I have heard.

[Honeycombe8]

12. It doesn't sound like you've gained much wt, if you can still wear it but it's snug.

Men lose weight much more easily than women. I bet it wouldn't take much for you to drop a few pounds. Cut back on night time eating maybe, cut out breads for awhile, work out with weights twice a week and go for a fast walk daily, and I bet you'd drop some noticeable pounds in a month. And best of all, it wouldn't cost you anything, and would improve your health.

Sounds like a nice suit.

[Major Nikon]

13. Ever take a crap so big that your pants fit better?

I'm hoping that happens to me later tonight, 'cause these babies don't fit anymore. I'm hoping I'm one big turd away from backing into an old wardrobe.

-- Ron White

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

14. I finally broke down and bought a suit

my old one must have shrunk over the years.

I don't look like Fred Astaire either. Maybe like Fred Flintstone.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

16. Two words:

Sansabelt pants!

[trof]

19. I have slacks (and shorts) with 'hidden' expander waistbands.

Very comfy.

[Flaxbee]

17. Just how "snug"? And more importantly, how much time do you have before you

need to wear it?

That will determine if a diet is feasible.

If not, buy a new suit.

[trof]

21. I may just splurge and buy a new one.

[rocktivity]

22. Same here

I don't get dressed up anymore unless someone's wed or someone's dead.


rocktivity