Plus Size?..
I don’t want to write a super long diatribe on this, but man, society kills me. I was shopping with my wife the other day, taking advantage of our day off and enjoying each other’s company in a pre-Christmas purchasing frenzy. I know, I’m a guy and I am stereotypical, for the most part, in my dislike for shopping, such as wandering aimlessly throughout the woman’s section, but on the other hand it is always fun to spend money (on things I like). My wife is actually the frugal one: I had to fight with her (not fisticuffs or anything) to buy a new pair of shoes because her shoes have a hole in them. Her excuse, “it doesn’t go all the way through.” Sigh, and most guys would kill for a wife like mine, but she’s mine so back off.
Anyways, were going through the woman’s plus sized section and my beautiful wife had a panicked look on her face, she’s on the cusp of that clothing genre having just had a baby. But there she was, eyes bulging looking at me with a dazed and confused-like expression. And I asked her what was the matter as I was also talking to my mom on my cell about gift ideas for the boys. And she said her sizes were gone. Wha? They only had sizes 1-4. I studied the sign for a second and saw how they grouped plus sizes into those four numbers. Weird, and well, wrong on so many levels. Seriously grouping sizes like that only means they cut out all the smaller sizes in the group and make all the 16 through whatevers the largest size, since in a one size fits all situation you cannot go to the smallest size. Myself I just wish they’d make more extra large talls, I hate buying XXL’s even XXXL’s for their length, even then, only to have them shrink to too short once again. Ofttimes, I only get one maybe two wears out of a shirt since I have no wish to show off my midriff. So, I can sympathized with the badly made and or grouped sizes.
Though why the change, what’s the point, are they simply grouping plus sizes into a small, medium, large and extra type genre. Nah, then they’d simply use those sizes. In my not-so humble opinion, they’re trying to give larger wimmenz a chance to wear a size one or two without the work. Akin to giving a laborer a title but no raise. What’s the benefit, who are you fooling if you wear a size one but it’s really a size 16. Now, I have nothing against the not so skinny. Damn, I wish my Hollywood girlfriends would stop losing so much weight, it looks like their bones might slice through their skin at any second. What’s with this waifish obsession? How men got duped into thinking the 12 year old boy look was a good thing is beyond me. And how women bought into the same ideals, I’ll never know, they’re supposed to be smarter than us guys. And if so, can you see the idiocracy of such measures this possible new trend is taking to falsely boost your self esteem.
I guess it was inevitable, I remember in the old days long, long ago when I was in elementary school and they first started introducing the idea of participation ribbons to our “Olympic” type events. Participation ribbons? Wha!?! I mean, we knew they didn’t mean jack anything and threw them out on our way off the field for the lameness they imbued. Yet nowadays, kids try to “talk” to the ones in charge to exchange their participation ribbons for better trophies. We didn’t throw them away because they were ribbons (although that did add to the tomfoolery), we threw them away because the very idea was a joke. A medal for participating, doing something that anyone else in the world could do. Now there are exceptions to the rule: a 26 mile marathon, give anyone who participates and finishes a medal, because that’s a freaking accomplishment.
Not to mention, the 500 pound (or any weight) person, such as Ruby Gettinger, who has lost the weight by good ol’ hard work, healthy eating and will power. That woman deserves a medal. But giving someone a different label just for label’s sake is a worthless ribbon that should be thrown in the trash.
That is all.
Tags: Anne Hathaway, Kate Winslet, Participation ribbons, Plus Sizes, Ruby Gettinger, Target, Waifs, XLT
Random Nonsense | random | 
November 12, 2009 12:11 pm
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