The basic laws of the universe must have shifted, because I am now too big to fit into XXXL size blue jeans.
I am not sure when this sea change occurred, but at some point in the recent days, I went from a svelte 36 waist to being too big to fit into XXXL.
Of course, this is because I am trying to fit into Chinese size XXXL blue jeans. Haha! For a moment, my gentle reader, I am sure you must have thought that JMB had put on some pounds perhaps?
The other day, I decided I needed some more casual attire. I have plenty of nice brooks brothers pants, with pleats and such. These pants are fine for the work week. However, I only have two pairs of pants that I can wear "out and about".
My two casual pants are a pair of army style BDU's (one from an army surplus and the other from EMS).
Therefore, I wanted to get another pair of pants. However, I am a giant among petite Chinese people. My giant American frame does not fit into the confine of even a XXXL size jean! The legs were skin tight on me.
I bought the pants at Walmart. In China, there are no changing rooms at the Walmat, therefore, I had to trek back to my apartment, only to find to my horror that my mass has expanded a great deal since last I paid attention to such things.
I promptly returned the pants to the Walmart. I think they actually do alterations, because the woman at the customer service desk at first emerged with a tailors cloth ruler to measure me for alterations to the tiny XXXL blue jeans.
I said "Maeyo! Ni Ge Qian!" shaking my head and pointing to my receipt.
You will be pleased to know that I was refunded the full amount of 129 RMB (about 20 USD) for the price of these rather flashy designer jeans.
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