Aftah taking one of da dogs out dis morning, I was putting on my work clothes for da day until Da Wife says,

"That shirt looks like a dress on you."

Wassap Wit Dat!

Ok, well it did.      But you see, da people who make clothes don't make it for Hawai'i people, it's for mainland people.

Don't get your panties in a bunch! It's because people in Hawai'i tend to be - on average - on da smaller range of clothes sizings in both males and females with smaller meaning we're shorter of course.

Take for instance me. If you saw me you immediately would have "assumed" I wore a medium to a large.

Au contraire mon frere.

I wear x-large in most cases and depending on who makes da shirt sometimes, and I stress sometimes, a large. Da problem? XL on da mainland means you're generally at least 5'8" and about 200.

Well..... I got da "about 200" part.    

Everyone dat has bought me shirts are always surprised wen I tell them I had to return da shirt for a larger size. I tell them I have "deceiving shoulders". It's actually because I've been involved in sports and weight training most of my life (I know I know my body doesn't look like it now       ) but my upper body is bigger than most people my "size".

Leslie from Island Tails was sooo sweet - wen is she nevah? - and gave me an Island Tails custom embroidered shirt for Christmas..... in a medium. Unfortunately I had to return it back to her (since it was custom) asking if it was supposed to be a baby-tee or some new spandex polo design.       She said I was da same size as Uncle Rodney.... right?

Uh, no.     I also probably got at least 50 pounds on him too.    

I got a few oddah shirts from some generous posters like anklebiters (wea da heck is he btw?) and needless to say my uncle is happy his wardrobe has expanded. NKHEA was totally surprised wen I told him, uh, I wasn't going to fit da shirt he got me wen we first met.    

Even Da Wife, wen we first was dating and I suppose she nevah see me, uh, "in beach clothes" (G rated ya know),  nevah even suspect dat I wear XL shirts. Now she trips out - and laughs her okole off - wen I try and put on da spandex baby-tees.

But therein lies da problem. While I wear XL "on top", da lower half of da shirts are 98% of da time hellah long! Unless I get all my shirts custom tailored it'll tend to be on da longer side. And then of course wen I gotta wear da "nice" shirts, no can even tuck in cause why? Makes my PANTS all poofy and bulky looking.

Say it with me now.........

No can win....... Wassap Wit Dat!

No even get me started on my basketball shorts and jerseys. Da buggahs are like gangstah mu'umu'u's on me!    

Have you evah been "mistaken" for a size you're not? Biggah than you are? Smaller than you are? Do you have sizing issues? Don't you feel "weird" getting da wrong size? Don't you feel even "weirderrrr" giving da wrong size?

So wat? You "808 size" or "mainland size?"