Oh My Gawd!!!! What was she thinking!!!

[lady_buttmunch]

Well, I finished passing out my last christmas gifts last night. My last stop was my MILs house. She is in Mexico and my SIL just came back from out of town so I went yesterday and dropped of their gifts. And picked up ours that my Dear MIL left for us. Well, we all got Pajamas, nice warm fluffy pajamas. My DH fit him perfect, and my daughters fit her perfect.... I opened mine up 3X. What? OMG!!! Does she really see me that big? In pajams, I usually fit into a 1X, especialy the stretchy kind. So I wanted to tell her if she can exchange them but then I tried them on and I loved them, the shirt actually fit like a dress and the pants I was able to pull them up over my chest so I was nice and warm and toasty last night. I may have not looked sexy in them but my DH loved the humor.

[Alexa]

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Oh no! I had he same thing with my MIL and pyjamas once. Bless them!

[adreliluc]

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Same to has happend to me, only with shirts..
This was after I lost 105 lbs and was in mediums, I got 2x's and I was like HELLO!
Oh well. lol.
I think MIL's are just clueless.

[mizski]

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I think it's hard to judge what will fit someone when the size is so much different than what you wear. My mom's clothes (size medium) looked like doll clothes to me and mine probably looked like slipcovers to her. My niece wears a size 0 or sometimes 2...those don't look like they would fit any adult!

[sham]

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She probably liked the pajamas and thought who cares how thay fit you just gotta wear them at night.

[Aways2Go]

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Maybe she shops the after christmas sales and bought them a long while back?

I rarely get clothes that fit except from my immediate family - I apparently never looked as big as I actually was, and usually got things about 2 sizes too small. I just smile and go on with it, then put them in a box for later (which fortunately, is NOW after an 80 pound loss) or give them to someone else.

And I agree about the tiny clothes for neices - I have two teenage neices, and the shirts I buy for them I think are smaller than some dishtowels in my kitchen drawer.

[Summerdressgirl]

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My mother in law has giving me the same presents every year! sweat pants to exercise and a book to lose weight..you think she was hinting at something? this year again working out clothes and the step up from sketchers..I may add I actually appreciated the gifts this year because the step ups has help me a lot and the exercise clothes were need it to start my gym

[Suzanne_H]

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My gift embarrassment always came when well-meaning family members would buy size L for my 2X or 3X frame. Pajamas would probably be fine... but the worst gifts were boots. I've never been slender enough to wear boots. No idea why my mother thought surely this time the pair will fit. Anyhow... today I have a plan of action to lose the weight and not worry about such things again.

And like you, I do love my jammies big and roomy!

[not2late]

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That's nothing! I got a skirt for Christmas from my cousin and his wife. It was a size 22 W: I'm currently a size 8.

It's not like they haven't seen me since I started Atkins----they see me twice a year, every year.

Anyhow, I'm kind of glad they gave me that huge skirt: there's enough material in it to make a dress for me. Shoot, there's probably enough to make 2 dresses for me!

It goes to show that sometimes fat googles are worn by people other than the person who lost the weight. (Or my cousin and his wife are just being mean...which they probably are.....)

[Summerdressgirl]

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That's nothing! I got a skirt for Christmas from my cousin and his wife. It was a size 22 W: I'm currently a size 8.

It's not like they haven't seen me since I started Atkins----they see me twice a year, every year.

Anyhow, I'm kind of glad they gave me that huge skirt: there's enough material in it to make a dress for me. Shoot, there's probably enough to make 2 dresses for me!

It goes to show that sometimes fat googles are worn by people other than the person who lost the weight. (Or my cousin and his wife are just being mean...which they probably are.....)

Do you have a photo of you on your size 8 here in the board? I am the height as you and would like to see what I would like at your current weight just for the heck of it

[Whatsername]

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That's nothing! I got a skirt for Christmas from my cousin and his wife. It was a size 22 W: I'm currently a size 8.

Oh my goodness..I am sorry but I actually burst out laughing at that. You should wear it and take a picture of you in it and send it to them with a thank you note.

[imagood1]

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Bless her heart she tried....I started telling people years ago not to try and buy me clothes of any kind....I don't know what I like so please don't impose what YOU think I would like upon me. Besides, with the way the clothing sizes run now you never know what size to buy from label to label.

As long as you like them, they keep you warm and your hubby has a sense of humor I say keep them, wear them, thank your MIL!!!

[d33na]

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My sense in clothes is a tad quirky so people think 'anything weird' is what i'd like...the thrift shop gets most of my presents

[Lisa]

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Well, she had good intentions---keeping you and your honey warm for Christmas..lol.

That's nothing! I got a skirt for Christmas from my cousin and his wife. It was a size 22 W: I'm currently a size 8.

It's not like they haven't seen me since I started Atkins----they see me twice a year, every year.

Anyhow, I'm kind of glad they gave me that huge skirt: there's enough material in it to make a dress for me. Shoot, there's probably enough to make 2 dresses for me!

It goes to show that sometimes fat googles are worn by people other than the person who lost the weight. (Or my cousin and his wife are just being mean...which they probably are.....)

Wow! That's bold of them. I'd say take a picture of the two dresses to send back to them as part of your Thank You card....



Too funny!

[not2late]

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I don't post pics of myself on the net----we've had too many instances of dishonest weight loss scams stealing pics from ADBB and using them on their web ads to promote their products (do a search of the threads in this forum to read Mitzi's ordeal with that.) When I started on ADBB, we had a case where someone's pics were stolen from here and used by a person to set up an account at another weight-loss board using a handle similar to the ADBB member. So my policy is "no pics, no way, no how."

RE: my cousin and wife....

Most of my extended family are overweight/obese: they aren't an exception. But they are among the most anti-Atkins relatives I have. I've heard it all from them: Atkins will kill you, you need carbs to live, you just can't eat meat all the time, blah blah blah blah blah. So this gift wasn't totally unexpected from them. Heck, I got a bucket of chocolate bars from another relative. I have an extended family that isn't too supportive of me for a variety of reasons---the primary one being that I was able to stick to a weight loss regimen whereas they can't.

Like I said, I'll probably cut it down into something I can wear. My sister suggested I make the skirt into a doggie coats for their dogs, but that's just going overboard, imo.