XLarge is the New Small
Okay, I'm overweight. My skinny days have long since disappeared. Actually, they never existed. When I was thinner, I still had a round tummy and curves. Now, I have the curves and the round tummy, but extra curves have shown up where they needn't have, and my tummy is rounder. Call me stout. My body is similar to many others in Spain. Yes, there are thin women, too. My daughter is testimony to that. There are also obese women that give the impression that if they fall they'll just roll away. The clothing industry, however, only sees rail-thin women that have been starving themselves for five weeks just to fit into their clothes. Sizes are a mystery bigger than that of the Immaculate Conception. Trying to buy some shorts once, I went from store to store. I tried on sizes that ranged from 42 to 54. I have no idea which one was my true size. I finally settled on the shorts in the store that labelled them as a 42 (14 American). So call me vain. There have been instances i...