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A couple months ago, I ordered a pair of pants online. I picked them for several reasons, including the fact that they had pockets. I’ve been burned in the pocket department before, buying pants with fake pockets or unusably shallow pockets or no back pockets...I learned my lesson, always watch for pockets.
A few days later, the pair of pants (and a sweater...and boots...) arrived on my porch. Hurray! I love clothes shopping online! So I tried on the pants, they were AWESOME, perfect fit, right length, exactly as I’d hoped they’d be.
And then I went to test out the pockets.
And I died a little inside.
The pockets aren’t even deep enough to store my chapstick. I could barely hook my thumbs into them. Suffice it to say, I was devastated. All my pocket hopes, dashed yet again.
That same day, my husband bought a new winter coat and a nice Indiana Jones style hat. As he was showing them to me, I noticed something...pockets on the coat. I mean, you expect that, sure, but THIS coat had not just two, or four pockets- no no, there are pockets hidden all over this thing. I was feeling a little jealous at this point, but I contained it so he could show me his hat.
You will not believe this, because even I didn’t believe it when I was looking right at it- this hat? It has a pocket.
WHY?!
So! Fast forward to tonight, where I had mostly forgotten about the Pocket Incident. We were sitting here together, watching Cops, and the officer was searching this guy’s- you guessed it- pockets. He pulled out a bag of drugs, and something in me just...broke. I said,
“I can’t believe this! Dude is fortunate enough to have pockets and he’s abusing them! Improper use of a pocket!”
My husband looked at me like I was crazy- fair enough, I felt a bit on the crazy side. So I continued, “If women have to march for something, they ought to be marching for pockets on their clothes. Equal pocket rights!”
...and this is the story of why my husband had me committed...
Kidding! But seriously, how insanely frustrating is it that so many women’s clothes are simply not as functional as men’s? I don’t get it, and I’m tired of having to carry my purse around for just a few small items that COULD fit in my pocket...if I had one.
Ladies? Do you have this problem? If you don’t, where do you buy your pock- I mean clothes?
Guys? I hope you’re all properly grateful for your multitude of pockets.
A few days later, the pair of pants (and a sweater...and boots...) arrived on my porch. Hurray! I love clothes shopping online! So I tried on the pants, they were AWESOME, perfect fit, right length, exactly as I’d hoped they’d be.
And then I went to test out the pockets.
And I died a little inside.
The pockets aren’t even deep enough to store my chapstick. I could barely hook my thumbs into them. Suffice it to say, I was devastated. All my pocket hopes, dashed yet again.
That same day, my husband bought a new winter coat and a nice Indiana Jones style hat. As he was showing them to me, I noticed something...pockets on the coat. I mean, you expect that, sure, but THIS coat had not just two, or four pockets- no no, there are pockets hidden all over this thing. I was feeling a little jealous at this point, but I contained it so he could show me his hat.
You will not believe this, because even I didn’t believe it when I was looking right at it- this hat? It has a pocket.
WHY?!
So! Fast forward to tonight, where I had mostly forgotten about the Pocket Incident. We were sitting here together, watching Cops, and the officer was searching this guy’s- you guessed it- pockets. He pulled out a bag of drugs, and something in me just...broke. I said,
“I can’t believe this! Dude is fortunate enough to have pockets and he’s abusing them! Improper use of a pocket!”
My husband looked at me like I was crazy- fair enough, I felt a bit on the crazy side. So I continued, “If women have to march for something, they ought to be marching for pockets on their clothes. Equal pocket rights!”
...and this is the story of why my husband had me committed...
Kidding! But seriously, how insanely frustrating is it that so many women’s clothes are simply not as functional as men’s? I don’t get it, and I’m tired of having to carry my purse around for just a few small items that COULD fit in my pocket...if I had one.
Ladies? Do you have this problem? If you don’t, where do you buy your pock- I mean clothes?
Guys? I hope you’re all properly grateful for your multitude of pockets.