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Originally Posted by gailr42

I said something to my DH about his underpants. He rather huffily told me that men don't call them underpants.
I had to think about that for a second. I guess that is true for me. I call them "underwear." I guess "underpants" sounds like something that little boys wear.
By the way, I have no idea what size so I can't even guess! Right now I'm still wearing 3X that I bought a few months back when I was wearing size 48-50 jeans. According to the conversion chart, size 3X corresponds to sizes 48-50. But since I have lost weight over the last few months, I'm now wearing pants that are 42-44. Those sizes are between an XL and a 2X. But the weird thing is that even though those 48 - 50 jeans are too big on me and I've been wearing the 42-44, the 3X underwear still fit fine. I haven't tried a pair of 2X because the 3X still fit well, so maybe I could fit into 2X if I really tried. But its weird that the underwear I bought months ago seems to fit me the same as when i first bought them, but the pants I bought at the same time do not! It must be because of the elasticity of the fabric. I can't think of any other explanation (... except that gremlins are breaking into my underwear drawer and swapping out my 3X pairs with 2X pairs that are mis-marked as 3X!. On second thought, that's most likely what's going on.
I was in 5X or 6X at the height of my weight, and I had to buy new pairs because those were literally falling down on me!