Do jeans shrink or does our butt get fatter after every wash?

[Lou_C]

Every time I wash my jeans it takes a few days before they fit properly again.

[Dogmudgeon]

1. Jeans shrink

They're cotton. Wet cotton almost always shrinks.

Your butt may, in fact, be getting fatter, but that's a different process.

--bkl
Obese, yet completely without a butt.

[Lou_C]

3. It's probably getting fatter

I have a size 8 body with a size 12 butt.

[pagerbear]

2. The question is this:

Which fit do you prefer--just out of the dryer or broken in a bit?

[Lou_C]

4. I love the feel and smell of clean clothes

Jeans on the other hand I like them broken in a bit.

[put out]

5. By the time mine fit comfy again,

They stink. Then off to the washer and dryer again. Then, no comfy. Then comfy. Then stink. Wash Rinse Repeat.

Or buy a larger size. I am loathe to do this. In fact, it is the jeans manufacturers with their evil plot.

I will write my thesis about it.

[St. Jarvitude]

6. I've noticed a similar effect

Usually, my shorts are a bit snug right out of the wash and I don't even need a belt to wear them. After two days or so, they've returned to their usual, loose self (the way I like them) and I can whip out my belt.

I think it has something to do with the rigidity of the material coming out of a dtyer, or something.

[chaska]

7. That's why I hate dryers.

I noticed that effect not only with jeans but anything cotton. Consequently, I never use the dryer for anything unless I take into account how it's going to fit afterwards.

I really like the stiffness of air-dried jeans.

[supernova]

8. Jeans w/ a touch of spandex = Ahhhhhh!

I've found my perfect jeans. They're 97% denim and 3% spandex

You can buy the right size from the start, not the size you think they'll be when they shrink.

They are flexible and giving from the very first. You don't have to break them in. Best of all; they don't ride up in all the wrong places.

If jeans ever dreamed about being sweatpants, they'd have a little spandex in them. I'll never go back to 100% denim again.

[Lou_C]

9. I will have to look for a pair with spandex in them

[skippysmom]

12. Another spandex fan

I buy mine at Lerner. They have just the right amount of give...plus I can wear them fitted and they're still comfortable.

[neebob]

10. I think my butt gets fatter every time I wash it. nt

[DemBones DemBones]

11. Jeans shrink. And they shrink MORE

and faster as you get older. :7

[Lou_C]

13. Thanks I didn't know that

I feel better now.