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Am I the only one who struggles with online shopping? Like with measurements for example, I don't know what there talking about or if the clothes will be the right size. How does everyone else get around this?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I do better shopping online. I am tallish and there's not much available locally, so much more available online.

Generally you can write to customer service for actual measurements, I have to do that sometimes. Reading reviews can help too, especially when people say their measurements and what size they got.

My kids (as I did when I was their age) do love shopping at the thrift store, trying things on.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It's really weird how the size label on clothes has no real meaning.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Yes it is. I've written this before but once, years ago I went to Target and came home with 4 bottoms, all the same size. One said 4, one said 9, one said 5, one said 7.