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I'm so glad I'm not the only one! I can wear what I like to work and tend to just go for jeans and t-shirts, but if I'm having a bloaty day, like today, the jeans dig in and because I'm so thin have to wear a belt or they come down but that makes the pressure worse!!! Underwear I'm ok with, but the jeans are a nightmare! So I wear big jumpers over the top to not show off my extra tightened belts but they aren't very flattering!!
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Thanks Nelly...I am 56 and have avoided the low riders, altho I have to admit that I end up with low riders because I have to loosen the waist or skirt to take the pressure off. And pantyhose!!!!!!!!!!!:(((( My husband would be so embarrased because I would wear those knee highs under my dresses...my dresses got longer and longer...:)
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NO! Please don't be so sensitive with me. Sometimes I say things weird and it comes off that I am being defensive. It's not you or me, it's just that we got off on the wrong foot, and we only got one more foot to try...:) I appreciate your imput and always read your posts. I hope you will forgive me if I have adry wit sometimes. I clearly have truoble navigating for information and forget to go to the search....I have been using it more, and it has helped a great deal. Don't give up on me!...:)
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That style of dress looks frumpy on me. I'm petite & wear a size 6, but that type of dress makes me look huge. There's no way I'd wear that.
I, like you, just wear pants, skirts, jeans, etc that are a little big on my waist. The new style of waist that is cut a little lower is fabulous. I also love the fact that so many clothes now have stretch in them. I even have stretch jeans. They're awesome! Even with the stretch, the waist has to be a little big or I can't stand it. The funny thing is that I've been this way my whole life. When I was a little girl, I used to pull my pants up as high as I could (arm pits if they'd go that far) because I can't stand anything remotely tight on my waist. 
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Thanks for sharing/venting...same here. I use to speak publicly and was in a high stress job, having to wear suits. I can remember back then feeling just miserable! I was taking a group of ministers to see a new communty outreach ministry,,,and I will never forget having NOT put on panty hose or underwear because I was so sore. But I was standing at the top of the bus steps and a breeze caught my dress, needless to say, those below me coming up got a view!...:) And I assure you, I am no Marlyn Monroe...:) I have been shopping at places where I can get alot of denim jumpers. I find ones that have special beadings, or designs to set them off. I also love to wear Egyptian or Arab clothing that is beautiful, but comfortable. And some of it is so sexy and soft. My Dr. is Indian and we were discussing style, I dont' do the the scarfs, but I love the freeflow and try to wear it appropriately for outings. I am a 4 too, but you will find me getting 6 and 8 in some styles.
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If the link doesn't work..go to White Stag
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/catalog.gsp?adid=1500000000000001530270&cat=136778&dest=103925&path=0%3A5438%3A5438%3A136775%3A136778
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funny you mention that- I do that still with workout pants and PJ bottoms with a baggy top over them- pull it up and put it under my bra....
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Dietetics Student (anticipating RD exam in Aug 2010)
IBS - A
Dairy Allergic
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There are quit a few of us that feel the same way about clothes. I can put something on in the morning and it feels fine and then by the end of the day I can't get home fast enough to change into my sweats. I can't stand anything tight around my waist or my stomach. Tight clothes just make me feel bad all day. It is almost like I feel clostrophbic in my clothes. I know that sounds silly. When I am buying clothes I have the hardest time because I have no rear and my legs are thin but my waist and stomach cause me to buy bigger pants that are usually baggy in the butt and legs. It's all about comfort for me. Who cares about the rest.
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Janey
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I think you will find that all of us have problems with clothing due to our tummies and waists.
I wear dress slacks to work with various tops. All my slacks have elastic waist. I am a size 8 but wear a size ten to work in case of bloating, gas, pressure - all the things we go through. I wear a medium top, but get an XLARGE so no one can see my tummy (I found some nice ones at Walmart, Kmart, Sears and Gottschalk's) - Macy's and Neiman Marcus as well as Saks are just too high-priced and their clothing doesn't look that well on me.
It is one of the things we have to deal with due to IBS. We can still look nice, even though our clothing is to big for us, as long as we are comfortable who cares what others' think?
Someday we will all get like LauraSue and will be able to wear the clothing that we want more often. As for now, comfort is what I seek and that is what I buy.
Extremely good topic.
Lene 
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God never promised life would be easy, but he did promise to provide a way out!
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LOL! I hear you about the knee highs!! I live in those!! I had a friend who didn't do low-rise either and she had a terminally swollen belly and unzipped all her slacks. But then she took a look at herself and didn't want to be the girl with her pants undone, so she actually went to a maternity store and got slacks, etc. with those panels in them that expand and don't put too much undue stress on the belly! She's far braver than I, tho!
She said the salesladies were all asking her when she was due, and she's like, uh, I'm just sick and need pants that fit!  She got cargo pants, jeans and skirts, all stylish, all maternity! *shaking head* No way I'd do it, tho! 
~nelly~
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