Get Smart
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"I can't speak for everyone else, but I am fairly solid and my waist does not "compress." If I pull a tape measure around my waist as tight as I can, it reads 30". Pants with a waistband shorter than this (the length of the tape measure) will not fit."
^^ ok you stick with whatever size you want to wear but I guarantee for 99% of guys if they followed your advice they'd feel the jeans were way too big. For a wool trouser you'd be more correct, but with denim your example isnt accurate. It'd be like taking a piece of elastic that is 31" around and putting it around a cylinder that is 32-33" around. It would fit and over time that elastic would give in its tensile strength and become looser to accomodate the wider circumference.
^^ ok you stick with whatever size you want to wear but I guarantee for 99% of guys if they followed your advice they'd feel the jeans were way too big. For a wool trouser you'd be more correct, but with denim your example isnt accurate. It'd be like taking a piece of elastic that is 31" around and putting it around a cylinder that is 32-33" around. It would fit and over time that elastic would give in its tensile strength and become looser to accomodate the wider circumference.