Yet Another Bizarre NSV
Why are all of my NSVs such weird stories?
So I go to the drugstore to buy a knee brace (I have odd requirements...I am allergic to neoprene which eliminates 90% of them, and need an open patella, which eliminates 80% of the rest of the ones available, but my physical therapist said he'd seen an open-patella woven cotton/latex brace at Longs, so off I went).
Now, I've had knee issues forever, and always I had to go to specialty stores to find x-large knee braces. Those, even, were pretty tight on me. So when I get to the store, I pull a large, thinking "well, xl's were tight before, so I bet a large will fit well now".
This little old lady next to me (also looking for a knee brace) says "Oh, honey, thats a large. You don't have a large knee. What does your knee measure?" I said I didn't know, so she (wait for it) whips out a tape measure. Turns out I'm at the low end of a sz. medium brace.
So thank you to the little old lady who prevented me from buying the wrong size, and YAY for being able to find regular braces in my size!
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