> JM :> > Hey buy the mens then.  They can't be a lot different
 > style
 > JM :> > wise.  Just have to
 > JM :> > find the right size equivalent.
...
 > Is there anything you don't know about (g)?!
 
Plenty of things.  But Richard (mine, that is) knows all of those. 
 
 
 > Is there anything you don't know about (g)?!  I have a couple
 > of pairs of men's workboots that I was able to find in a
 > size 6 (I take a women's 8), and they fit like a glove.
 >  However, you are totally correct about size 6's being impossible
 > to find.  These boots are actually hand-me-downs from my
 > 2 sons from when they were younger.  I've tried finding
 > sneakers in size 6, but no go.  Most men's shoes start at
 > 7 at the least, and some no smaller than 8.  Bummer!
 
Ah, Meg, then YOU are the person to ask the question that has been bothering 
me for years.
 
If nobody makes size 6 men's shoes, then what do boys do when they need at 
man's 6 shoe?
 
I know a growing kid goes through shoes fast -- my brother keeps telling me 
every time I call that my fifteen-year-old nephew wears a size 13 shoe -- but 
for the week or so that he would have been a size 6 
 , what was he supposed to do, go barefoot?  Why is there this 
huge gap in between the end of the kids' shoe sizes and the beginning of the 
grown-ups' sizes?
 
 >  I do buy men's jeans, t-shirts, etc.  I like being
 > able to select the waist size and leg length in the jeans.
 
I'm a big fan of Lee Jeans' Relaxed Rider cut, which has a rather fitted 
waist and flat rear end and tapered legs but is loose through the thighs.  
The only thing that would make them perfect is to be able to choose the 
inseam lenghts as in men's jeans.    They are made of 15 oz denim.  There's 
only one pair of jeans I've been able to find that fit better (from No 
Excuses, of all people).
 
But watch out, because men's clothing is slowly going the way women's 
clothing has -- with short, medium, and long inseams.  Grrrr.
 
 >  And the t-shirts seem to be cut a little broader across
 > the shoulder and are longer than most women's sizes.
 
Ditto. I have squarish shoulders and a lot of women's T-shirts are too short 
in the sleeves because of it.  And a lot of women's T-shirts are made to wear 
outside, not tuck in, and won't stay tucked in for anything.  I especially 
appreciate the long shirt-tails on guys' shirts. 
 And being able to choose the right sleeve length on shirts is great, 
too (I can wear some full-cut men's shirts).
 
Now everybody's going to start making 'butch women' jokes, but heck, who 
needs their clothes to fall apart after half a year!
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