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I know this sounds either funny or insane (or both), but its true. I have a problem keeping my trousers up. They seem to fall down at random times. Obviously I catch them before it’s too late. But still it’s very very annoying, as you can well imagine. It more typically seems to occur when I am carrying heavy (or a bunch of) packages or children in my hands.
I’ve been having this problem for as long as I can remember. I am somewhat overweight, but nothing crazy. I presume I could wear suspenders, although I’ve never done so. (At least not since I’m 5 years old.) Is that my only option (is that even an option?) or what other solutions are there?
if you are overweight then your belt is sitting on top of a slope (curving inwards ) and by the laws of physics will tend by the force of gravity to fall.
options:
1. lose enough weight that your abdomen is approximately flat
2. suspenders
3. wear your belt high enough up to be above the midpoint of the curve (“nerd” style)
4. live with it
Wear Suspenders.
Get a job as a clown in a circus.
your english. you said trousers instead of pants and packages instead of bags. in that case…um…no shaychis. hatzlachah.
Just wear two pairs of pants. Ah, but if those too were to fall down, then three? No. Ain sof l’davar!
LOL, I love how you call them trousers!
You have a bright future awaiting you as a Plumber. Good Luck!
How about a pair of overalls?
And actually, suspenders can be very fashionable.
toi: maybe it was a way of disguising his identity especially as he has given one aspect of it away i.e. overweight. Anyway what do you have against the English? I think they’re great!
Suspenders will work. Or your pants are too loose.
Hey y’know, you can always sew it to your undershirt or use safety pins. If that is not an option, sew strong magnets onto the bottom of your shirt and on the corresponding areas of your pants waist.
Excuse me the op did not invite the posters to insult him and make jokes hes asking for a solution to a problem. What your mom said is still true if you have nothing nice to say……..
if he’s from the UK, then we should be saying ‘braces’ instead of ‘suspenders’!
in the UK: ‘suspenders are what ladies’ use to hold up stockings, although this term was also used for the contraptions men used to use to hold up their socks’.
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So, does the belt hold the pants up or do the pants hold the belt up?
haleivi that’s a good idea 🙂
Go to a Tailor and have your Pants altered, or buy and use Suspenders(known as Braces Down Under/England).
suspenders. I know very skinny pple who wear them to keep their trousers on. they come in different colors also.
Suspenders with a pull over vest on top, if you don’t want them to show. You can also try white suspenders which will show less over a white shirt. You may be able to find them in clothing stores that outfit chassanim. Better to wear suspenders than worry about falling pants. You may start a trend!
LOL this is the most hysterical discussion ever!!!
Thanks for the laugh!
after a small weight loss, I was walking through an airport terminal and carrying two bags when . . . you guessed it . . . my pants fell down. I’m sure it was untznua, but of course there was no intent involved.
I put down my bags, hiked up my pants, pushed out my belly in hopes it would hold, smiled sheepishly at the passersby, and went on my way.
Chein, obviously you should consider you health first and foremost and truly consider losing the appropriate weight for yourself and your family. Firstly because they love you and need you. And secondly to be a good role model.
As far as a solution “in the mean time” suspenders is always an option or you can try using snaps or velcro sewn into your pants and shirts. Suspenders is the easiest way to go. But don’t buy cheap suspenders that will make you look sloppy. Get yourself a handsome pair that you can be proud to wear. Then work on losing the weight. You will be surprised that you might get accustomed to the look and choose to wear them as an accessory even after you lose the weight.
Aries he didnt ask for a mussar shmooze on weight loss he asked how to keep his pants up, why do thin people feel they have the right to look down on those of us who are overweight? guess what we know being thinner is healthier maybe we are dieting and maybe we are not, its not your place to impose your beliefs on us.
aries is a certified “life coach”
Goq, who said I’m thin? I am also working with a doctor to lose weight. I have lost over 30 pounds already to stay healthy and am still working on it. I know what I am talking about, so please don’t jump to conclusions and don’t be quick to judge.
I did not offer mussar, I asked him to consider his health because I care about others and if you are in the same position I will ask you to take care of your health as well. I also answered his question.
I’m the one being judgemental? really? it must be nice to be on that high pedestal to always preach to us who are not fortunate enough to be as wise as you.
Enough bickering kids.
What I am trying to understand if this issue affects those overweight or underweight. It seems both kinds have “weighed” in here indicating it affects them.
Now you know why your mother told you always to wear clean underwear.
Aries, you are doing it again.
FTR, I did not see any insult in the remarks made by Aries. I am also overweight, and I would definitely be sensitized to mean-spirited remarks. Aries said some well-expressed NON-mussar, but rather sound advice, IMO. I heard no judgmentalism in her post.
However, I do think that sometimes some of us do tend to not respond to the actual question posted, but to offer “insights” that are as a result of our reading between the lines. For example, the poster asks for advice about what type of movies are appropriate for the children to view, and several people respond “Since when is it muttar to see movies? Did you ask a shailah?” That may be the responder’s hashkafa, but that was not the question the other poster asked, and it is not helpful.
Sometimes we are correct, but soemtimes after reading someone’s response to a post, I feel like, “Wow, the original poster never meant THAT, I’m sure!” So I think it behooves us to really think before we hit the “send post,” to make sure we are not misreading the OP, and to also make sure that what we are replying is what we intended to convey.
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dear Ursula. I listened to my mother. My underwear was spotless.
I really think that this thread has run its course. The general consensus is that the OP should purchase some “shlaykus”. If people are going to get critical of other posters, then this thread (in which a fairly simple, non-halachic question was asked), then it serves no further purpose. I found nothing offensive in aries’ post yet The Goq was offended. I think it was a defence mechanism, but that is neither here nor there. I think the question has been sufficiently answered and the Mods should “shut ‘er down”.
Why, how do you know there’s no other ideas? For example, suspenders under the shirt, or to over starch the trousers until they can stand on their own.
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I think you should try to make the pants waist elastic. The belt might be adding unnecessary weight.
Do people really wear suspenders under their shirt?
how bout you come up with a new invention to solve the problem? my mom and i will thank you a lot for that one bec. going through the same parsha
I agree w Haleivi, was just about to type that.
Taking in to a tailor and inserting an elastic around the back is the best way to go, unless you’re much older it might not be good for your circulation. Then i’d suggest losing weight. Either way it is important getting/ staying in shape. Hatzlacha!
P.S. I really enjoy many of your other posts.
HaLeivi, pants with an elastic waist are fine for casual wear – and probably difficult to find in men’s clothing. However, I have never seen a man’s suit with an elastic waist. Have you?
Good for you, ronrsr, you need not fear wardrobe malfunctions then.
@OP: For little boys, they make pants with buttonholes that match buttons set around the hem of the shirt. You could have your pants tailored to have buttonholes in the waistband lining, and then sew buttons correspondingly on your shirts.
But suspenders seem easiest, plus they are a fashion statement.
Shlishi, the idea is that it should not be noticed. In that case, I should mention not to get the one with blinking lights, as they might shine through the shirt.
Bein_Hasdorim, that P.S. was for me?
they have suspenders made especially for larger men wide and long to cover the stomach made of no metal so u sont have to loose ur pants by a mental detector (like the air port) i think it from the suspender store u can check on line
today many men wear suspenders not considered “nerdy”
minyan gal please dont psychoanalyze me thank you.
Could it be that Chein is staying away from his own thread due to the chilly climate…
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WIY – why would you want to do that?
Syag Lchochma
Its a funny thread.
Also, since obviously nobody could have forgotten about this wonderful topic, perhaps some of us came up with more ideas over the past two years.
Also Syag, it’s Adar.
And some people have more to think about in Adar than how they’re going to get the right little liqueur bottles to match their hamentashen, their baby’s headband, their goldfish, and their 4 year old’s fireman boots.
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