It seems that I may have developed over these months a skaters butt and thighs. I went with my family to the outlet malls today, I could not find one pair of pants to fit me well. If it fit my waist, it was too tight on my thighs. If it fit my thighs and hips, it was way too big on the waist. The only pants I bought was a pair of sweat pants. Frustrations.

I feel your frustration only my mom sews . so if I buy jeans that are good on the thighs my mom just takes in the waist and hems the legs of the pants .but my dad still complains my jeans are too tight
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Is there something WRONG with skater butts/thighs?

I can relate to what you're saying but then I'm that basic shape anyway (narrow waist, broader hips) so it's always been impossible for me to get clothes. I don't think that we can blame the skaters butt/thighs, at least we have a butt and it doesn't slide down the back of our legs as we get older

If only clothes manufacturers would wake up to the fact that real women have CURVES, it doesn't matter how big or small we are we DO tend to go in at the waist, we're not straight from the waist to the knee! Ok, so Supermodels may be shaped like adolescent males but it's the Supermodels that are different not us!

Have you tried getting a pair of knee boots recently? I've got size 4.5 feet with muscular (but not out of proportion) calves. I can't get a single pair of boots that isn't made for a 10 year old! They seem to think that size 4.5 = child with twiglet legs

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As a married skater I can tell you that my husband likes athletic legs and tush. =-) Being in good shape isn't a bad thing. Love your body, you couldn't skate without it!

Chico

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Yup, I've definitely had this happen to me. At one point I wouldn't wear anything but loose jeans and yoga pants since my butt/thighs were so big. Even now, my pants size is 6 sizes larger than my dress/top size. It's pretty ridiculous, LOL.

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I don't have any hips either, so it's even worse. I haven't been able to buy properly fitting pants since I was five...

I have always had muscular thighs and a butt; and then I took up fencing, which works both of those, and then I started skating.

So the butt is here to stay! Celebrate it! -- you don't have stick legs and a flat butt, and that's something to be proud of.

As far as pants, I always had the problem of my waist being a lot smaller (and I really don't have hips, just a butt). Plus, I'm short -- and so if I go up to a size six, I get too much pant leg!

With low-rise pants the problem is less severe; also the cut is important. Don't know how old you are, but the Limited has a couple of cuts that are curvy in the thigh (in a non-frumpy way); if you're a poor student like me, well, there are sales.

Skaters have good butts, and it's a sign of good health too!

Re finding pants that fit better, try Gloria Vanderbilt, and stick to stretch fabrics.

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I've simply given up finding pants off-the-rack that fit. I either order custom pants from Lands End, or I buy pants big enough to fit the booty and have the waist altered. Expensive, but worth it to have a Lucky Booty to die for!

Hahaha...well...I have to concur, but ask: who wouldn't?

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I've been skating my whole life, and have no complaints about my skater's body. I have the same problem with the waist-to-butt ratio when shopping for jeans. I've found that low-rise fit better, as someone else mentioned, and I've had a lot of luck with American Eagle jeans.

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i have it terrible... i had a big butt to begin with and ow i have a skating butt... i had big thighs and now they are bigger and i had big calves and now they are bigger... the calves from ballet...

I have to say it's mostly genetics at play here. Any sport that emphasizes leg strength may give you that great athletic butt and thighs! My daughter complains she has no butt......and she skated 15 hours a week for several years. She's right...I'd hate to think how flat her butt would be without skating.

Think of it this way.....some people are actually having their butts injected with extra fat So skating has given us a non-surgical Brazilian butt lift!

Yeah, if you get stretch fabrics and pants that are cut very low (like a 7.5" rise), the hip-to-waist ratio won't come into play so much. Also, I think places like the Gap have different cuts of jeans. "Relaxed fit" means roomier in the thighs.

I feel all of y'all's pain. Not only do i have a sk8r's butt and thighs, but im hispanic 2! whenever i buy jeans they absolutely have 2 b stretch. ive found that high waists make my butt look even bigger so i would stay away from them. extra low waists r sumwhat flattering but i find them uncomfortable. My faves r the super low rise stretch jeans from American Eagle and the stretch jeans from Glo by JLo.

happy jeans shopping!

Then you should know that Hispanic men like nice butts! My hubby is Cuban and I've never had any complaints in that department

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Haha girls well I have to join the complainers in this thread, even as a guy.

I have a few pairs of jeans but I don't wear jeans very often at all, and never since I started skating.

Well yesterday I go to put on a pair of jeans from my closet, and it was tough fitting into them because my thighs have gotten bigger and barely fit. But of course the waste wasn't tight, and had some spare room.

Meh. Well, at least all my others still fit okay (they're roomier), I think.

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Even before skating I had a bigger butt and calves (all thanks to my mom), and now my thighs/butt seem even bigger so I also have a problem with fit of jeans. My bust is slightly bigger-than-average, so I'm proportioned well I guess.

I'm not fond of super low cut pants because a lot of them look trashy. They also can make your legs appear shorter.

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I love the skater's butt on guys, they are so freakin hott!!!!!!!

Seconded, thirded, fourthed, and fifthed! Male skaters are quite delicious from behind - especially My Husband!!!!

Mind you, the amount of fat you carry does make a difference. My daughter, seeing me for the first time for a couple of months, was like, "Mummy, where's your bum gone?"

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Another male chiming in here.

Since I started skating, my thighs have gotten bigger and my waist smaller.

What my wife has to do is get me slacks that fit my thighs then bring in the waist which is 31. Unfortunately my butt is not that well padded which is obvious with the nice bruises I get from time to time.

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I've got skater foot! Since I started skating, my foot has gotten wider, making buying shoes for a foot already pretty wide near impossible.

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and sixthed, seventhed, eighthed and ninthed I have the best of both worlds because male horse riders have absolutely sublime thighs and bums too and they're encased in breeches .... heaven

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