Does anyone else get tangled in their clothes?
I put on a sports bra this morning and the real sport turned out to be trying to get the thing off. I thought I was going to have to cut my way out or call for the jaws of live. I would have considered phone a friend but that conversation wouldn’t have gone so great.
“Hey friend. Whatcha doing?”
“Nothing, what about you?”
“Well, now that you ask, I put on a sports bra. When I tried to take it off, it got stuck. So it’s around my arm pits and I can’t put my arms down.”
The other day, I was trying to put on some wrap thingie and got tangled. I found myself spinning in circles, like my dog when she’s chasing her tail.
Now I remember why I don’t write a fashion blog.
I know! π
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Love it! Once got stuck in a dress and panicked to much I couldn’t breathe! We’ve just done a post on similar styles of handbags. Would love for you to check it out: http://carrythisbag.com/2012/01/21/the-same-but-different/
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I think the panic that is inevitable makes it worse.
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I know! whenever in these sorts of situations i remind myself “deep breaths” “deap breaths” Funny stuff
-Alisha
http://www.onempoweredgirl.com
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The panic runs deep here
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Been there, done that. Thanks for my wake-up laugh.
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Good to know someone else has my issues!
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See? There’s something to be said for sweats!
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Or pajamas.
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Reason number 67 that I’m glad I’m a guy is that there are fewer clothes in which I could potentially get myself caught in. (Should probably also add that I’m not a cross-dresser, obviously.) I have enough problems with my standard-issue t-shirt, jeans and boxer-briefs.
And you know, to outsiders, sports bras DO seem like the straightjacket of the sartorial world. I’m not surprised that one hijacked your torso, though of course I’m glad you’re okay.
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Yes, men have it easy. If it were up to me, I would never get out of my pajamas.
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That happens to me when I try to sleep in a tee shirt. I wind up having nightmares about being tied up.
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And being tied up is a nightmare?
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Turned over too many times in my sleep last night and got tangled up in my nightie. Woke up thinking I was paralysed!
Sports bras are an accident waiting to happen, stricter safety checks rewuired methinks!
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Just think if a sports bra had underwire. Now that’s a deadly combination.
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This made me laugh so much! I totally know what you’re getting at though as it happens to me frequently.
I remember almost crying when I’d bought a dress that had a zip up the back. I don’t know how I’d tried it on but when I came to wear it for a night out, I could not for the life of me get this zip up. I ended up using earring hooks attached to a piece of string to try to pull it up but the zip kept getting caught on something half way, the earring would break and then the zip would slide back down.
I was so incredibly frustrated that in the end I just shoved a jacket on and waiting until I’d met up with my friends to reveal I was only half dressed. Turned out that the fabric had well and truly caught in the zip and they had to unpick the fabric to get me zipped up.
Never again will I buy anything with a zip on the back.
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Sounds like a scene from a book. lol
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your funny, deidra……made my day
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Being bound up in clothing is the worst. I like being able to move comfortably. Sometimes it leads to a great deal of thrashing around, inevitably the spouse or child comes in and laughs hysterically.
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And to think some people are only trapped in dead-end jobs!! Maybe there is an ‘institute’ somewhere to get the training you need…Call Now, operators are standing by..800-unt-angl, that’s 800-un-angl, leave off the ‘E’ for exasperation..
Funny post..
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this was great! been there so many times. sports bras, especially sweaty, after-sports bras are the worst! like wrastlin’ an alligator!
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Good analogy. An alligator whose wrapped around your armpits. I didn’t even get a purse out of it.
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Removing a sports bra is certainly comparable to dissasemling the garage door without help, in two point five seconds, not to mention breathing while wearing it. But somethings got to hold these bad boys up!
My size A girlfriend prances around me while we jog, laughing, and saying, “Oh come on Lori!”….while my two ladies are like drums banging away at my chest….Payback is coming because next Monday she is going to have a breast augmentation. I can’t wait. She is going to be running around that lake holding herself down with her two arms….prancing will be reduced to a fast walk for fear of her two new friends smacking on the ground. She will finally know what it is like to be me. Thank God for those sports bras…and duct tape!
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So glad to have found your blog you really make me laugh. If it makes you feel better yes I have gotten tangled in a sports bra i have even considered trying to get my dog to play pull the bra off mommie
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Compression sports bras will getcha! I totally understand how this could happen, and I hope you managed to get free!
This piece made me laugh because I remembered something that happened to me last year. I was going to an event. I was in a hurry, and in my hurry, I pulled a few light jackets out of my closet that I hadn’t worn in a couple of years.
I pulled on a short, fitted jacket over my dress. Apparently, my arms had gained weight. And I could not get the jacket off after putting it on. I was stuck with it half-off, with my arms pinned behind me, and turning in circlesβ as you described so well.
Loved this piece. So funny and true!
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Having been there, I can truly relate! I’ve gotten trapped in a sports bra, too. Way embarrassing! I love them but hate, hate, hate rolling them off of me. Great post!
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OMG. here I thought it was only me who got tied up in those darned sports bras. won’t buy them. lol
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This reminded me of my first experience with trying to wrap a saree. My husband had sent me one before I moved to India. Being American I obviously had no experience with them at all. I watched several YouTube videos and decided to give it a try. If you’re not familiar with sarees, there are 3 pieces: the blouse, the under skirt, and yards and yards of the actual saree that is wrapped around the body in stylish fashion. Right. Well, my first 2 or 3 attempts had me looking more like a big blue sparkly cocoon and I couldn’t even manage to walk. Pure disaster. Since then I’ve gotten it figured out but I know I still look disheveled. At least I can walk! So, you’re not alone in this. Great blog!
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Oh my goodness. I can picture it! That’s probably not good,right? Reminds me of a friend when she bought an AHHH Bra. I’ll pass on both.
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It looked so cute when I bought it, neon green.
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Thanks for the morning laugh! I have been there. I bet sports bras are designed by sadistic men in a dark little room somewhere! π
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Who probably pull up a chair with popcorn to watch the havoc.
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Too funny. My clothes get tangled up in the washer.
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Yes, I’ve been stuck…I had several dresses from BC (before children) and was going to give them to my girls for dress up, but, of course, they insisted I try them on first. I was 30 and had 2 kids, last time I wore the dress I was 19…this did not go well. I got in, couldn’t zip it, then couldn’t get out of it!! My girls were laughing so hard it took them a while to be able to help me!
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I was laughing for a while, so it took me a moment to reply. I can’t imagine how much I would have laughed if I had been there.
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Sorry to be a technical bore, but if you were tangled to the extent of not being able to put your arms down, perhaps using the phone would have been slightly out of reach!
But the mental images being generated this side of the ‘pond’ are wonderful!
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OMG just too funny. Not only have I been subjected to this cruel and inhumane sports bra abuse, as well, but I’ve had to endure it while 3 dogs are jumping, barking, & whining to go out after being in all night & family members yelling to “hurry up! get dressed! shut those dogs up! what’s all that banging around? what’s taking so long?” And that’s about 7 am! LOL
I think we should start a Sports Bra Protest (then wage war against nylons that twist!)
GREAT POST!
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Oh gosh don’t get me started on nylons and tights.
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Haha. You made my day.
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LOL this is so funny π
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Don’t fret – I went a whole day with a t-shirt on wrong side out. And once I put on a pair of pants backwards, (the elastic waist kind) and couldn’t figure out why the pockets were backward! Some of us are just more clothing-challenged than others! Next time, take picture! ROFL
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I would love a picture of the elastic pants a backwards.
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Haaaaaaa I’ve literally punched myself twice trying to put on a sports bra. Thankfully, I’ve gotten better at it. π
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Just think if you had knocked yourself out. What questions there would have been to answer
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I especially hate when this happens in a dressing room! π
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YES! Fresh out of a shower, taking one off after a workout, or almost any day in Houston! And of course, in a hurry. They just roll up behind your back at armpit level and won’t roll up or down. All you can do is laugh in contorted form. But once on, they do a fine job. Nice to share the feeling π
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And the laughing doesn’t help
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I used to have problems with sports bras when I was younger, but I’ve figured out how to get them off without much struggle. It’s the camis and tank tops that I have troubles with sometimes. You have to figure out how to get it on without rubbing it on your armpits on the outside, or else you get deodorant all over the outside. But that’s really only if you remember to NOT put deodorant on BEFORE you put the cami or tank top on.
Girl clothing is just such a hassle. That’s why I mostly stick with t-shirts and hoodies; summer is tank tops and shorts. You reminded me of a blog I wanted to write about how much simpler guys vs girls clothing is. Thanks, DA π
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Thanks for sharing the tip, not π
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ROTFL I am glad I am not the only one who gets attacked by her sports bras!!
My other bΓͺte noire is dresses that button at the back.
As a single woman, I am now totally shameless and walk up to the first person I see when I wear this bloody dress and say “can you please do up the last few buttons”. It can be the cleaner of my building, the guy in the cafe making the coffee or the milkman .. I don’t care.. I cannot do it myself.
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Funny. I’m sure this happens to everyone, right?
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Hi,
That is hilarious, it seems sport bras are the same the world over. π
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I guess they really are supposed to be that tight
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As I read this I started lAughing. Imagining the image of you phoning a friend. I have gotten myself tangled as well. The worse is when you are in a dressing room and you are now in public, cursing, wiggling and certain the people outside the dressing room are thinking “what the hell”
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Oh gosh, being stuck in a dressing room would really cause panic
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I once tripped and fell while trying on some pants at JCPenney’s so…
π
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Lol that’s hysterical
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Your hilarious. What a hassle but glad you made it out. I’ve never had the pleasure—I MEAN panic of removing one.
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You would probably spend the time laughing at the poor paniced soul
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[…] was readingΒ Deidra Alexander’sΒ new blog post earlier,Β “Tangled in My Own Clothes?”, and remembered then that I had planned on writing a similar little story about women’s […]
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Thanks for the reblog!
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I struggle with sports bras, too. Some days it makes me really wonder if exercising is worth the effort. Well, most days I wonder about that… but I wonder even more on the days when I tussle with my sports bra.
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I can’t find getting out of sport bra in my calorie burner list. It should be right under baseball
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Compared to SPANX, the sports bra is child’s play. Believe me.
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You must be a blackbelt
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Nah, just a borderline-hysterical fat broad with a closet full of clothes that no longer fit. It’s a cautionary tale.
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This is so funny. Glad you were able to get out of it.
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And without the jaws of life
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This a daily issue. Especially nowadays when I have to wear shirts inside and also sweatshirts on top. I’m actually panting by the time I’m done. :p
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Maybe you’ve invented a new type of exercise. Clothes arobics
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Men are so lucky…the only risk is if you are silly enough to go “commando” and temp fate with a zipper!
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Oooowwwww!!!!!!
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You have no idea.
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Done that, sadly. Fortunately no damage!
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Gotta love the sports bra! Oh yeah! I have been tied up by that sports bra too. What is it in the material that makes it twist and stick under the armpits cutting off circulation and raising panic? One of the old fashion cross your heart bras work better and are no trouble to remove. Yotaki Beautywalk
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I’ll keep that in mind. I now have a sports bra phobia.
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This was really funny..I really liked it π
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Thank you
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I’ve done it with long-sleeve t-shirts.
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You must have muscular arms. The weak ones just slip right out.
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Now that I am done laughing…not at you, but at myself because this happens to me all the time. By the time I get the “sports gear” on I have done a full workout so I don’t need to jog or exercise…..I just get back out of the “sports gear” to finish off the work out.
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I understand that’s an intense workout, so you should try to add some warm up and cool down before hand.
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I have trouble with neck and arm holes, I really should get somebody to dress me!
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I swear the first time a red this comment, I didn’t think it as arm holes. I thought is said axxholes. I have problems with those too, but it doesn’t involve dressing, thank gosh.
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chortle.
oh yes.
been there.
learned the hard way not to drink too much coffee before getting dressed π
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For some reason alcohol and undressing, not a problem.
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Still giggling here… Hubby caught me once – I was so sweaty from my attempted exercise in Houston summer heat & humidity that I just stepped into the shower still dressed. Partly damp clothes are almost impossible to get off, fully damp clothes and skin, for some strange reason, work together much better. Maybe the soap helped…Hubby didn’t; he was on the floor, laughing too hard to breathe…. π
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That’s greatness!
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I hear you about the bra comment – been there done that. I also have the knack of putting my clothing on inside out or backward – why people don’t tell me I don’t know! However, my biggest problem is having things fall off at the wrong moment – one reason I never wear slips any more. :Thanks for the chuckle and the word picture. Angie
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Okay, you win. I haven’t had anything fall off. Knock on wood.
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I love your blog, Deidra. You have an amazing sense of creativity. As a result I’m giving you The Kreativ Bloggers Award. If you’ve already received one, just know I think you deserve another. You can receive it here: http://moonlightenedshelves.wordpress.com/2012/01/22/the-kreativ-blogger-award-thank-you-so-much/
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Thanks Jean, I’ve updated my Awards page to include your nomination.
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I once found a beautiful dress on the rack, with a price tag too good to pass by, so off I went to try the dress on in a dressing room. It had criss-crosses and ties, and a wrap-around affair that I spent a good half an hour trying to figure out. I never did get the blasted thing on, so I cannot say how it looked but I imagine it was stunning.
To that end, I have determined I will never purchase anything I cannot dress myself in within five seconds, not including a bit of wriggling or zippering. If I cannot be a diva quickly, I will not be one at all.
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I have that problem with some of my own clothes.
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Ah yes… not a sports bra, but a few dresses one to two sizes too small. I would get it on and then practically couldn’t find my way out of it. Did manage to eventually figure it out. And you can bet once I got them off, they ended up going to Goodwill
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Good for you. That should be a rule. If you can’t take it off, get rid of it.
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What’s with those sports bras? Same thing happens to me! π
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I think they’re really trying to make sure nothing moves.
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Hilarious!
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Thank you.
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LOL! Yes! Am glad it’s not just me. I injured my shoulder some months ago, and dressing and un-dressing got even more entertaining . . . especially if I started laughing!
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I’m pretty clumsy, so I could see injuring myself while dressing and undressing.
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Hahaha, this is why I buy sports bras that hook in the back now.;) I have also had more than one dressing room situation in which I could not quite maneuver myself out of a garment I was trying on, and seriously feared ripping the thing while trying to extricate myself…
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Creating a new escape route for the next victim.
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Jock straps tangled around my armpits. Can’t even imagine how that might happen.
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And I thought it was just me.
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Me too.
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Oh your post tied me in knots…of laughter. So glad I am not alone. One of those lycra bra things that goes to your knees is even way harder. Especially if the sales lady brought it in a couple of sizes too small. Funny how they slip on fairly easily. But I was stranded in the dressing room with the bra part stuck under my chin and both arms pinned against my ears. Couldn’t get it back on, or off, or even open the dressing room door. Sales lady forgot me, panic ensued. Terrible memories π
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A bra that goes to your knees! Holy crap. I have to just shower in it and hope to loose enough weight to get it off someday.
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LOL.. You know sports bras can be tight. I love that about them but I dislike taking them off too lol.
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Kindred spirits.
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Great post, you might be better at a fashion blog than you think. I got stuck in a pair of jeans …. I am sure the size was incorrectly marked .. and NOT the holiday spread which cause the problem but at one stage I thought that I would be forced to phone the firebrigade! π
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Of course not, the firebrigade, great idea. They come with firemen.
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Ha ha! Never had a problem with a sports bra but all I can say is motorbike, denim jeans, heavy rain and busting for the loo after a long ride. Wet denim is almost impossible to get off, and once it senses your urgency it seems to be even less compliant……
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Oh gosh, just what you need when you really have to go.
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Those bras are the pits. Also impossible to keep them the right way around and stop them from winding up on themselves and you
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Sounds like there a need for bra re-invention.
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Funny! My alien buddy tweeted your link!
https://twitter.com/#!/TweetGeistGuy/status/161146926119653377
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Super coolness. Thanks for the heads up.
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this was too funny … imagine the newspaper headlines! LOL
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Clumbsy woman strangles in sports bra. More details at eleven.
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Haha I def. recognize that!
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I thought I was the only one.
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I get chlostraphobic in tight clothes, and when I can’t get them off…oh boy, call in the military. Worst case: took my trauma sheers (those big heavy scissors paramedics use) to cut down the front of a weird sports bra thingy that had like three shelf bras in it. I didn’t know which way was up, but I cut it off and swore off those contraptions for good.
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Thank you D A, I smiled…
I have a similar problem when I put on my winter coat and the sleeves of my sweater and thermal t-shirt roll up and cluster at the elbows so that I can’t bend my arms… If I go out with them like that I have to walk like a penguin…
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Hilarious!
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this happens every day with my socks…
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Tangled in your socks. Now I would like to see that.
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I get that, but it sounds like you get it worse. The worst is when you get caught when you are trying in clothes in a store change room. At home I’m usually calm, but when I’m somewhere else I panic.
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ha ha, laughing out loud here π Bras can be tricky. Maybe we shouldn’t laugh at guys who are afraid of them
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Deidre, Your blog posts always give me a giggle for the day – thank you. π And no, you’re not the only one. As another commenter suggested, it’s when you get trapped in clothes in the store change room that things become pretty tricky, since there’s no way you’re calling out for help. And when you free yourself, you put that item clearly in the “too complicated for actual dressing” pile and leave, relieved rescue personal didn’t have to be called in.
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I usually fall over, bump into the wall a few times and have someone say, “Are you okay in there?” If they have cameras, you know the person watching is busting a gut.
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You poor thing. This sounds like Spanx for sports. Hurting at the thought!
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Shaking from exhaustion after a dance class, my sports bra decided to stick to me like glue and I was stuck in it for an hour before hubby came home to rescue me. I threw it away once I was free π Thanks for letting me know I’m not the only one bras bully.
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I know, right?! Whew! So relieved it’s not just me. Putting on a sports bra makes me feel like I’m squeezing myself into a sausage. Oh, and the comment on the sidebar re Voldemort – cracked me up! My daughter and I were both just howling. And where you talk about peanut buttet, did you mean to say ‘buttet’? I figured it must have tasted like butt-et.
Thanks for stopping by and the Like. π Always nice to make new friends, especially funny ones.
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Oh, and don’t even get me started on Spanx! THAT is just self-torture. Talk about humiliation and frustration. Although, I’m sure, a Kodak moment. And a good workout. No comparison to those skin-tight 80’s jeans you had to pour yourself into to look like you were wearing the skin on a grape. Nope, I’ll take the jeans, or NOT.
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as a bit of an exercise nut I have a similar problem…
I have pretty broad shoulders. this makes taking any sweater t shirt, or undershirt off difficult. More often than not I get stuck for a moment or two.
it’s somewhat amusing…afterwards…if i don’t have to rip anything.
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Hilarious! Thanks for de laff π
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A good laugh! I have tried things like that too. I don’t remember exactly what I tried last that got me tangled up, I just remember a feeling of panic coming over me. Haven’t tried anything like it since.
I hope you have recovered and your arms are in good health? π
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This seems to be a universal woman issue. Not many guys commenting.
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I once got trapped in a dress in a changing room in Dorothy Perkins. I had a kind of primordial fear panic attack and ripped my way out. I think I handed it back to the assistant saying “I liked it, but I don’t want it because it’s ripped”. Serves me right for trying to squeeze into a dress a size too small. Does anyone else own clothes they can only get in and out of with assistance? I once had to hold a girl’s crinoline over her head while she went to the lav. That was fun.
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Ah weddings, nothing like helping the bride pee.
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Oh my goodness I could never post anything like this. My kids would just die of embarrassment! But it has happened several times! I get tangled up putting the stupid thing on! It gets all rolled up and won’t for the life of me unroll!
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I’m so glad to know I’m not the only one who has agressive clothing!
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My clothing cooperates readily, especially when I put it on inside-out without noticing.
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i cant believe so many people have this problem LOL
god this makes me laugh LOL
the worst is when you put your sports bra on back wards….you got your 2 knockers hanging out the front
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Hysterical.
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had the same problems with some of the news ladies top these days.. i’d put it on.. then suddenly confused as to where’s to put the neck, where to put the hand.. lolz!! ^^”
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Exactly all that wrapy stuff
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Thank you,
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I’ve pressed this since it made me laugh and be grateful its not just me that gets in to pickles!
http://itsallmanana.wordpress.com/
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Thanks.
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“I have people to kill, lives to ruin, plagues to bring, and worlds to destroy. I am not the Angel of Death. I’m a fiction writer.”
I love this!
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At least I’m a writer of tag lines!
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I tend to have pants problems. I always end up hopping around in them.
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Fallen over when trying to get them up?
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I won’t admit to that.
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I have actually pulled a muscle trying to get a coat off before. It was in public, so, after about three or four minutes wrestling with the jacket, I spent the following ten minutes holding my shoulder and swinging my arm around trying to fix the injury.
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Wardrobe injury, one step beyond the malfunction.
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I know, right?! Whew! So relieved itβs not just me. Putting on a sports bra makes me feel like Iβm squeezing myself into a sausage. Oh, and the comment on the sidebar re Voldemort β cracked me up! My daughter and I were both just howling.
Thanks for stopping by and the Like. Always nice to make new friends, especially funny ones.
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Thanks. I thought everyone used funny names a Starbucks.
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Oh, and donβt even get me started on Spanx! THAT is just self-torture. Talk about humiliation and frustration. Although, Iβm sure, a Kodak moment. And a good workout. No comparison to those skin-tight 80β²s jeans you had to pour yourself into to look like you were wearing the skin on a grape. Nope, Iβll take the jeans, or NOT.
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Don’t get me started, jeans so tight you had to lay down on the bed and use pliers to zip them up.
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Love when they chase their tails
Peace to you, x
Laz
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Love it when it’s the dog and not me.
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Hysterical! Anyone with boobs and a sports bra has to have experienced this!
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This seems to be more common than I thought.
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I remember that stuck feeling… but it was anything I wore that went over my head to get it on. I had a (microscopic) tear in my rotator cuff and could not pull up with my left arm. I stinks being stuck in your clothes. ~ Lynda
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Very funny. I was once in a fairly serious meeting with a man. I couldn’t take my coat off because the zipper was stuck toward the bottom. When he stepped out of the room, I quickly stood up, dropped the coat to the floor and stepped out of it. When you are caught like that it is a panicky situation. (and the fact it was a coat, only made my internal temperature rise even more.)
Thanks for sharing your story.
Janet
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Wardrobe malfunctions abound.
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I hooted at this, then embarrassed my daughter. She was once “into” hockey and sports bra and other female paraphernalia were purchased. In her rush to don said equipment she managed to trip over the bra strap and fell heavily against a wall. A large bump ensued.
Now being a polite fellow, how is it possible for a woman to tangle herself in a bra strap of any description? Eve definitely has much to answer for π
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You should DEFINITELY buy less complicated clothing!
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Point taken but I just love the cute stuff.
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Beauty is pain I guess!
Except in this baby. The best there is.
http://shop.lululemon.com/products/clothes-accessories/women-sports-bras/Ta-Ta-Tamer-II-31110?cc=9713&skuId=3434685&catId=women-sports-bras
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Wow, that’s a nice sports bra.
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they make some with hooks that can be easier to remove. I keep saying I’ll buy some, but I haven’t done it yet π¦
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Yeah, I always get caught up by some cute bra and totally forget functionality.
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Hi Deidra,
Thanks for coming by and “liking” my post on dragons and newts and also for sharing with us about the technical dangers posed by undergarments. I am of course a new visitor to your blog but what a huge following you have and I am amazed how you find time to answer all these hundreds of comments.
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Ah, it’s how I spend my lonely nights. Pitiful, isn’t it.
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LOL…LOL….loved this…btw, thanks for liking my work…smiles and have a great day…Bev B
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Thank you. Life is funny like that.
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I get tangled up in sheets and blankets, but that usually involves someone else… Wait. I’m not sure if that’s what you’re talking about….
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No, no one else was in my bra though that sounds like fun.
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That does sound like fun. π
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Only if someone else is tangled with you.
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Hahaha!!!! My husband got stuck in a jump suit one time and was spinning around to make it funnier. I wish I had it on video.
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I once had to tear my way out of underwear. Glad that wasn’t on video.
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I feel like I have to dislocate a shoulder to get out of them. It’s crazy! It can bring on a panic attack for sure.
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Both arms stuck in the upright position.
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Sports Bra’s are always the worst. I’m always scared of creating some sort of public entanglement problem everytime I go the the gym.
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At least I was in the privacy of my own home.
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I don’t know if anyone else mentioned this (190 comments! wow, this post struck a nerve! lol) but have you ever had a moment of panic in a store’s dressing room because you were stuck in something and thought you wouldn’t be able to get out of it by yourself?! Lol…I have! But luckily, on the occasions where it’s happened to me, I’ve been able to calm down enough to get out without calling for help.
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I usually break into a sweat which doesn’t help any.
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Love this, so funny. Has happened to me many times and I think it happens to everyone sometimes. Bras are evil anyway. Thanks for ‘liking’ my cheez-it chicken post.
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In a hundred years I think they will look back and wonder why we wore them in the first place.
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I recently purchased a pair of tight leather pants. Could not bend over. Could not remove them. Had to enlist boyfriend for help.
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I don’t know if that would be sexy or just irritating.
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Oh gosh I can totally relate to the sports bra thingy, thought I was going to throw my shoulders out of place or hang myself……
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Death by Bra sounds like the title to my next book.
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HAHA so me too! If you would’ve called me I would’ve agree and said, “Let me know when you found someone who can be of help and then send that person my way.” I use to believe a sports bra is easier than a regular one. Love this!
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Easier, wow! I would never have thought.
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Thanks for checking out my blog! I can definitely relate to your sports bra story. There have been several times that I’ve woken up and my pajamas were nearly strangling me or I’d be trying on clothes in the dressing room of a store and can’t get the garment back over my shoulders. Luckily, I was usually with a friend or my sister and she was able to untangle me without damaging whatever I was wearing.
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I haven’t had the pajama problem but I have woken up fighting with my sheets.
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Hope it’s ok to say that I enjoy getting tangled up in a sport bra,,,,when it’s worn by someone else.
Sports gear is designed so as people get tangled,,,running leggings are like an instrument of torture…It’s a Lycra thing
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It takes two to make this fun. Lycra leggings sound dangerous. Careful you don’t put an eye out.
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Sports bras, I always get tangled in them. LOL
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I ripped a regular bra in half the other day. I’m not known for patience or coordination.
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I have a Nike sports bra I call it the fortress difficult to get into even harder to get out of. The modern day answer to the chastity belt
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What am I doing here?
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Not sure, are you tangled in anything?
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You made coffee come out my nose – I am going to burn my spanx right now.
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I’m known for dangerous coffee spewing.
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Thanks for the like! This is hilarious. I seem to have issues with sweater neck-holes. Maybe my head is slightly larger/rounder than average?
Now that I think of it, though, those bras are like sling-shots. I’ve nearly knocked myself out trying to get one over my head.
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Hopefully you never decide to mix the slingshot and the noose.
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Ha- yes, I don’t foresee that. When did clothes get so dangerous?
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I think the have also been a bit wild. Think of corsets. No telling what I could do to myself with one of those.
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Sports bras with regular bra clasps saved my life. π
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No need for the jaws of life I’m assuming
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I got stuck in a dress while trying it on at a store last week and had to get the sales person to help me out of it. QUITE eMbarrassing, but it made for a good laugh.
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I bet it did. Did you ask if it happens often?
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at least you’ve never had to tangle with a jock strap…terrible things…but good for keeping “the men” in their orbit…lol…loved your story…
The pirate…
T.
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That’s an interesting male perspective. Much appreciated.
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OMG, I can relate! The last time I put one on, I thought I would suffer from a dislocated shoulder from my struggles to free myself from the contraption! Never again! I can either suffer whiplash or stop exercising. I choose the latter. π
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But I just realized that’s good practice for escaping from a straight jacket and you know the odds are in my favor that I’ll get to try one sometime.
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Outstanding. No wonder your Blog is so popular
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I am a good combination of clumsy and weird. Well hopefully it’s good.
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Hi Deidra, Yes, I get tangled in my clothes everyday. Sometimes prevents me from blogging which is a problem ;)~ Thanks for tuning in
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This was laugh out loud, thanks for the fun. I flashed back to a similar battle I had with a turtle neck sweater. Shiver.
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OMG all out battle! Turtle necks give me a panic attack.
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What a great blog! I’ve had similar problems with tight dresses – and tops with strange layered folds that seem made specially to complicate life for us π
Thanks for liking my blog.
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“So itβs around my arm pits and I canβt put my arms down.β
Wow… dialing up your friend must have been a real chore… π
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Exactly. I’m lucky I didn’t break my neck.
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Add some baby boomer arthritis and not only do you get tangled – it hurts!
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I’m praying not to have the experience.
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I can so relate to getting tangled in my own clothing. Like a lot of women when out at a restaurant I wait until the last moment to run to the ladies room. Once inside the undersized stall its a race to lift my skirt and pull down panties and panty hose. This one time I was wearing a thong and pulled it down with my panty hose in one quick motion.
The problem occured when I tried to pull them up. The thong was so tangled in the waist band of the panty hose and the whole mess was around my knees. Try as I might they became more tangled as I attempted to unroll the two gaments. The stall was really small and I kept banging my head into my purse which was hanging in front of me on the door. Finally, boiling with sheer frustration I literally tore the hose from the thong. This is no easy trick. You can make a suspension bridge with nylon. I wonder if anyone noticed I no longer wore hose when I returned to the table.
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That’s hysterical. I once got my badge tangled in my panties at work and ripped the clip thingy try to get it free.
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Similar thing happened to me. End of the day and I just wanted to take off my bra and get comfortable. I was too lazy to pull my shirt off first … just figured I’d whip the thing out from under my shirt. Forgot I had on one of those configurable bras – you know the ones you can configure the straps like 150 different ways. Mine was in a t-strap in the back. Being the lazy cow I was, I figured I could still slip out of it without taking my shirt off. After struggling with the freaking thing for like 5 minutes, not only were my arms stuck in “hold up” position, I somehow got my shirt tangled in the mess. I had to call on reinforcements. Thank God my husband was there to rescue me.
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I see your point….I was wondering if that goes the same for Thongs? I would think that could be disastrous π
~ London
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Oh yeah, ever loss a thong?
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Lose a thong? Me? No honey…I don’t have those parts…just the swagger. π
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I haven’t lost a thong per say, but normal panties try to retreat on occasion.
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