Dear arguseyed:

Your problem may have been solved: you can vent here, on this forum and on this very thread you started. Just like you did about the size of trousers. It was interesting for me to read your vent. So do vent again.

It is true that so often people don’t really listen. It is sad for me to know I didn’t listen to others in the past. People do “catch” only parts of what we say that they relate to at the moment and as they catch to this or that part they stop listening.

As I read your vent about the trousers size, I see your annoyance is about:
1. The fact that your country is limited with size and body type trousers for sale.
2. That your friend inaccurately projected herself into you, not acknowledging the very difference of size/ body type between the two of you and #1.

Till your next vent, if you’d like…

anita