[Greybeard]

Well, I just done it, dadgummitt. For the first time ever, tonight I bought a pair of jeans that are bigger around than they are long!

Moved up to 33-32. The old 32-32s "boot cuts" are still OK for ankle carry, but the pistola has got to feeling too much like a WEDGE lately and something had to give for IWB ...

It was one thing years ago to buy bigger-sized pants and belts for "always carry" purposes, but this turning 50 and slowly but surely getting rounder and shorter takes some mental adjustment as well ...

A diet maybe? Naaaaa ... :) ' Got plenty of draw-string shorts - with elastic waistband - for the upcoming summer. :D

[LiquidTension]

I wear 34-32, about an inch bigger in the waist than I need them so I can fit my 1911 in 'em. Nothing wrong with being bigger around than tall, I'm 6'+ and I still look skinny even though my beer drinking is starting to catch up to me!

[Kahr carrier]

Just normal growth .;)

[TonyB]

My neck is almost 33".........skinny a-hole:D
actually my extra weight (250lbs.)helps hide my gun....after a lifetime of diets,losing and gaining back weight,I'll just be FAT.;)

[Sisco]

turning 50 and slowly but surely getting rounder and shorter takes some mental adjustment as well
There seems to be a lot of that going around.
For you younger guys: If you think pushing forty is bad, wait 'till you start dragging it! :D

[El Tejon]

Memo to Grey: more sushi, less Bar-b-que.:D

[cslinger]

Bahhhhh you people make me sick. If I had to move down into that wast size I would think I was wasting away from disease.

It's not that I envy you it's just that I well, ahhh envy you.

One of these days I am going to get serious about loosing weight and not feel like :banghead:

[bigmtnman]

If my inseam matched my waist size I'd be 9 feet tall!!!:what:

[Standing Wolf]

Allow me, please, to recommend the famous Häagen-Dazs diet. I'm still wearing 32-32 jeans in my middle fifties, and that's with room for a small .357 magnum.

[Selfdfenz]

Memo to Grey: more sushi, less Bar-b-que
Gotta agree with El T.

Eating bait takes the weight right off.:p:p:p

Sorry, just couldn't resist.
S-

[CZ 75 BD]

I remember when the waist exceeded the inseam the first time! :uhoh: A moment on the lips, a lifetime on the hips. Still trying to get back to something more reasonable. Here's more, my bride now weighs more than I did on our wedding day 29 years ago!

[OkieGentleman]

Try 30w30leg to 40w30leg and shaped like an inverted pear. Pants fall down without suspenders. I cant tighten my belt tight enough to stay up, its like Im greased. Almost mooned the neighbors last fall, I would have but they werent in their front yard, nearly pulled a muscle getting straightened up and pulling up pants. :rolleyes:

[pyrguy]

Okie

Yep, live long enough and you get it.

The dreaded old man’s disease…….”noazatall”. :what:

I guess I’ll have to get me some suspenders soon. I keep loosing my pants too. Either that or start a new fashion statement Old Fart ‘Banger Wana Be’s. :neener:

[sm]

I take after a relative, that never really gained weight, kept all his hair with very little gray...everybody hated him. I must.

I just turned 48, still wearing 33/33 jeans. I don't like to shop so about 15-18 years ago I bought all they had in my size,Though over the years my stock is getting low--I still wear 33/33 jeans.

Just now a bit of gray in the mustache, I wear it long and bushy, trimmed up, probably wouldn't show any.

My sibs , well , they can't say the same, we don't even look related, yep they hate me...probably for other reasons too.

Then there are those that just hate me period. ;)

right at 6' , been b/t 165 and 170 # so long its boring, last time I owned scales I was married...been awhile...just one less thing to NOT stub a toe in the bathroom.

[M1911]

Well, I just done it, dadgummitt. For the first time ever, tonight I bought a pair of jeans that are bigger around than they are long!Unfortunately, I did that several years ago. Just remember, gettin' old sucks -- but it sure beats the alternative:eek:

[Bowlcut]

god i havent see a 34 inch waist in years.... being overweight and wanting to carry is a royal pain let me tell you.

just be happy you are what you are i guess

[Greybeard]

Thanks y'all (that's Texan for you all, ya know) for the moral support - and grins.

' Guess I'm trying not to be like some of the little old ladies back when I worked part-time in a department store during high school. When other clerks took a break, I would sometimes get stuck working in the shoe department. Some of those women swore that they wore a size 7, but a 9 1/2 sure did fit good ...

For the past month or so, I've been experimenting with a new Kahr PM9 and new Bianchi Pro 100 holster for it. After all that money and it still not feeling "just right", I figured why not try throwing $30 at a new pair of jeans ...

Thus far, the absolute most comfortable positioning for days when I'm mostly sitting or driving a lot is working out to be with the muzzle around 4:30 and the butt forward. For that though, I had to get a local leather shop to do an "add on" to another holster (much cheaper and actually for lefties) to keep the sharp edge on the base plate of the 6-round magazine from sometimes biting my little "love handle" that has also appeared down there. ;)

Before going to a 34" waist, I might just have to go back to the old j-frame that has a softer, rounder butt. Whew, that sounds semi-nasty ... but is as simple, yet descriptive as I think I can make it.

[blades67]

I have a pair of pants with a 34" waist and 34" inseam. I can only wear them when carrying two guns IWB because my 32" waist won't hold them up otherwise.:evil:



You know how they say there's always one guy that has open his big mouth? I'm that guy today!:neener:

[Greybeard]

Now Blades, THAT is what I would consider real WEDGES. :D

[Stevie-Ray]

Allow me, please, to recommend the famous Häagen-Dazs diet. I'm still wearing 32-32 jeans in my middle fifties, and that's with room for a small .357 magnum.On which leg? :D Seriously, for me it's 36-34 for the last 10 or so years, but I'd also like to shed a few pounds so the IWBs would feel better. Back to the gym I go.:o God, you guys that are thin and still eat everything you want, make me puke.:banghead:

[arinvolvo]

For crying out loud...Im only 24 YO and I am wearing a 36 waist and a 38 belt to accomodate my OWB holster. And I aint fat either...