Short Legs in a Long Pants World
Riddle me this – how are so many people able to find pants that are the appropriate length for their legs? This just baffles me! Sadly, I was not blessed with long legs or even legs of a normal length. I’m short and sweet, with the majority of my “height” being my torso. Needless to say, shopping for pants is an unpleasant event. I usually just wear skirts.
This morning though I decided to reintroduce myself to the pants-wearing world and dusted off my work pants. Nothing fits! The pants legs are either so long that it looks like I’ve got a train on my slacks or they are so short I look like I’m wearing flood pants in winter. Not. Cool.
As I walked to work this morning I paid particular attention to people’s pants. Surely I could not be the only human with this problem. But to my dismay – everyone else’s pants hit just where they were supposed to! How is this possible?!?! I just don’t understand.
Where are people finding these magic pants?
2 Comments
Dana
Tailors! They are the saviors of short-legged people. (Not that I have experience with this myself, but it’s what I hear from Sally and her mom.)
I love that this comes from one of my tallest friends! Thanks, Dana!
Holly
I just found your blog and I have to say this post especially made me laugh out loud! I feel exactly the same way. For me though I can’t find pants that fit right in general, too tight or too baggy. Pant length is bad too, I’m only 5’2 and pants are always either too short or too long, I hate it. I think it was the magic pants part that killed me. I love that you’ve made this blog, I’m soon-to-be engaged and have been looking for good, honest people talking about what it’s like to be married, so thank you. It really does help me as I journey into this scary thing called marriage!