THE KEY TO A WOMAN'S HAPPINESS

Dress size.

This study clearly was not conducted among women shopping for bathing suits.

(Thanks to mark Schlesigner)

Comments

[Siouxie]

Butt...what if we wanna be a size 0 and MISERABLE?? hmm??

[Diva]

Ha! I always knew the really skinny ones were just as miserable as us supersized chicks. :) Nice to be vindicated. :)

[oldmanatee]

OK, the article says size 14s are happiest, but a side article states that women that are more fit have more and better orgasms.

Any wonder why men are confused? If you are fat, you are happy, if you are fit, we are happy.

[Cat R]

Special K sponsored this poll? I'd be snap, cracklin' and popping out if I tried to squeeze back into a 14.

Those were the good old days, though. Pretty hungry all the time, however.

Oprah said the other day that in order to be healthy at her age, she now needs to "embrace the hunger". That was the single most depressing thing I have heard thus far in 2009.

[Siouxie]

oldmanatee?? I believe that makes US extremely happy too ;-)

[oldmanatee]

I haven't been able to squeeze into a size 14 since my wife lost down to a 12.

[ron]

The really happy ones are the 16's that squeezed into a 14.

[Meanie the Blue]

I think two size 7's could make me at least as happy as one size 14.

What?

[Siouxie]

*SMACKS* Meanie! (for Mrs. the Blue)

[Annie Where-but-here]

*snork* @ Meanie! Cat, what Oprah said was awful.

To clarify, the article says the "tiny size six girls" came in fourth, NOT that they were anywhere near as miserable as the huge girls.

The only time I'm miserable is when a fat chick steps on my foot. Otherwise, pretty dang happy and thin.

[Diva]

Ah, Annie. I knew I could trust you to bash the "huge girls" once again. Thanks for being so consistent. ;)

[Diva]

For the record, we don't know how far up the sizing system they went. "Over 24" is the highest mentioned. In any event, I really DON'T think that size has that much to do with it. We THINK it does because we're TRAINED to think it does. To me, that's the central message of the article. :)

[oldmanatee]

The question that needs to be asked is how many size 14 gals are in India to be surveyed? I mean, you can't get a decent cheeseburger there to save your life.

[mudstuffin]

i'll never understand the way you wimmenfolk size your clothes. i got one daughter that is a 14 and she don't look nothing like the lady in the picture there, (meaning she looks a good deal slimmer) my other daughter is a size zero and she also looks fine. now there's about a ten inch difference in height between the two of them, so do y'all take that into consideration? are the short and skinny ones sadder or happier than the tall fat ones, and is the one just smack dab in the middle just as happy as a pig mud, and who gives good crap, and why don't y'all just drink a beer? you act like you ain't never read no dave barry sometimes.

[Siouxie, fat and happy as a pig in mud]

I'll drink to that, mud!

[Jeff Meyerson]

Didn't Dave do a column (or two) suggesting we simply re-label all women's clothing as size 6 (or whatever number he used; I can't be expected to remember all the details at my age!) and women would be happy, using Mrs. Blog as an example?

Anyone remember this? Bueller? Judi, help me out here.

Actually, it's true (ask my wife). Not only have women's sizes changed drastically over the years (what used to be a 16 is now a 12, maybe), but different designers size things however they choose.

Trust me, 25 years ago there was no such thing as a size 0.

[oldmanatee]

mud, being the veteran of one wife and 2 daughters (none of which I know the size of) there is a certain
amount of quantum physics involved in determining the size issue. I just stick with "That's about right".

That covers you if you are buying anything or answering questions.

[Annie Where-but-here]

Yup, mud - just pointing out what the article states - happiness doesn't follow size - it's all over the map. (btw - clothing manufacturers often size their clothes a bit on the big side so women will buy them - 'look - I'm wearing a size 6! - Dave wrote a column on it - IANMTU.)

Not bashing anybody, it's a shame anyone takes it that way, but my skin's pretty thick for a 'skinny' chick. Just point me towards the bacon and I'm fine. :)

[crossgirl]

someone say bacon!?!?

[Telecomdropout]

I'm with mud and Siouxie - BEER ME !!!

[Siouxie]

Bacon and beer. Two of the 4 most important food groups. The others are wine and chocolate.

[Telecomdropout]

I'm more of a salty gal, so the chocolate doesn't work that much for me, but a good cold, chardonnay, with some cheese and apples, or cold cuts - YUM !

[crossgirl]

waits patiently for telecom to pass me her share of the chocolate.

[Diva]

Cheese, man. It's ALL about the cheese. *passes cg all the chocolate cuz that just ain't my thing*

[WHITEschnauzer]

Aaarrrrgggghhhhh.....now I'm gonna obsess about my weight the rest of the day ....boogers. And woof. Pass the chocolates and the cheese and the bacon. And the beer, and the wine and....

[WHITEschnauzer]

Does it count if you're sometimes a 12 and sometimes a 10 and sometimes a 12 again, and then sometimes.....woof.

[jon]

It's not a wunder boner?!

[Telecomdropout]

**Passes ALL the chocolates from her stocking to cg**

Keeps the scotchmallows from See's, hoping cg won't notice them missing from the box ...

[Diva]

'schnauzer, don't you dare obsess! I don't care what you look like or what size you are. You are beautiful. Every one of us is, from the teeny little size 0 up to the housebound 6xs that are out there. Beauty is inside, and anyone who can't see that beauty is needs prayer. :)

[Margaritaville]

I just had bacon and eggs for lunch! Cooked in a nice tablespoon of butter! Now if that isn't a size happiness I don't know what is.

[Telecomdropout]

"Does it count if you're sometimes a 12 and sometimes a 10 and sometimes a 12 again, and then sometimes.....woof."

'schnauzer - way back in the day, that would happen to me every month without fail ! *giggle*

[NotSherly]

*rushes in from work*
I heard there was bacon!
Any chance for a big slice of bacon pizza?

[Cat R]

*opens new Christmas gift, tries it on -- it fits!*

Hey, look! I'm a size 6!

*does the happy dance*

*looks at label again*

*figures out that Mr. R has scratched out a digit in front of the 6*

*ain't sayin' what that digit is*

*remains happily married, in my little white picket fence house with a view of that river in Egypt*

[gjd]

Dang. I wish someone had told me this LAST year.

[Siouxie]

I'm a size a-whole-lotta-woman.

[OtheU(manity)]

So ... whut I think I've learnt here is that ... contrary to whut I seem to recall a lotta the gals hereabouts sayin' is the REAL truth ... that ... when one is dicussin' "size" ... bigger is NOT always "better" ... ? ? ?

(Shhhhh, Dd ... y'all KNOW I'm not talkin' about that part of the phrase ... )

[Cat R]

Let's put it this way.

If us gals can go through life pretending that this

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is 6 inches,

you fellas can pretend that our dress size 16 is a 6.

See? Win/win.

[Telecomdropout]

Here, here, Cat !!! *gives a standing ovation*

LOL !!!

[Siouxie]

That's six inches???

I've been jipped!

[OtheU(manity)]

WTG, Cat!

I can go thru life usin' that tradeoff ... safer that way, too ...

[Annie Where-but-here]

That's it, Cat. They need to think metric, and speak carefully.

[nursecindy]

I think Dave did an article once where he would have a woman's clothing store and everything would be labeled a size 3. Even if it was a size 43 it would be labeled a 3. That way you could always tell people you wear a 3. I still think it's a good idea.

[Diva]

I think the real deal here is that it's not the SIZE that makes you unhappy. Size is merely a byproduct. But then, you see that number grow, and that makes you unhappy, and then it grows and ... vicious little cycle.

Let's not forget metabolism in this, either. I can't put a morsel in my mouth without gaining weight. My friend, on the other hand, CAN'T GAIN WEIGHT no matter what she eats. She isn't a shy eater, she just DOESN'T gain.