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You ain't living until you've bent over in pants just a tad too tight and split the ass out when you're at work.

Good times.

This might be hard to believe, but I have a really funny story about an event such as this. ;-)

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Lol got to love our guys here???? My sign was the blood pressure pills????

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Lol got to love our guys here???? My sign was the blood pressure pills????

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Mine too.. When i looked up and saw that I was taking 5 blood pressure pills a day & I wasn't even 40 yet.

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You ain't living until you've bent over in pants just a tad too tight and split the ass out when you're at work.

Good times.

I can't tell you how many times I blew the crotch out of my pants getting into my work van.

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I've never blown out my pants but I have worn away the thighs from chub rub or made a zipper give up the ghost.

My sign was when my Ortho said I would need both my knees replaced inside 10 years (I'm 36) and my tendonitis in my elbows took 2 years to heal because of using my arms to push me out of a sitting position.

HW 385 SW 359 CW 305 Sleeved 10/5/16

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Lol got to love our guys here My sign was the blood pressure pills

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Mine too.. When i looked up and saw that I was taking 5 blood pressure pills a day & I wasn't even 40 yet.

Exactly I'm 35.... I had to get a tooth pulled and they seen my bp I thought it would go down and it did then yesterday when I went to get my EGD it was up again. Now I'm taking a half a pill every other day I refuse to depend on pills!

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You ain't living until you've bent over in pants just a tad too tight and split the ass out when you're at work.

Good times.

I can't tell you how many times I blew the crotch out of my pants getting into my work van.

@

Yeah, when my hubby was 300 pounds (he had the bypass almost 11 years ago), I used to see his crotch ripped out of his pants all the time. I would be like "How are you DOING that?!"

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I've never blown out my pants but I have worn away the thighs from chub rub or made a zipper give up the ghost.

My sign was when my Ortho said I would need both my knees replaced inside 10 years (I'm 36) and my tendonitis in my elbows took 2 years to heal because of using my arms to push me out of a sitting position.

HW 385 SW 359 CW 305 Sleeved 10/5/16

..... ugh the 'chub rub' with the thighs! I just got a hole and had to throw away another pair of jeans last week. That leaves me with one pair of jeans that fit currently and I'm refusing to buy more in this size.

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Back in the bad old days, that would have been a sign of a different sort. And, I was an expert at one handed removal. But I have reformed since then. Just ask Mrs. LittleBill.

I am quite skilled in that area too :)

It's all fun and games until they turn the tables on you and wear one of those clasp-in-the-front bras!

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..... ugh the 'chub rub' with the thighs! I just got a hole and had to throw away another pair of jeans last week. That leaves me with one pair of jeans that fit currently and I'm refusing to buy more in this size.

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I just threw out my favorite pair of jeans that had worn at the things from the chub rub! For three months though, I wore black leggings under them (they were very dark blue) so that I didn't have to throw them away. I was in a restraint at work though, and they split while I was trying to get this teenager on the ground. Couldn't have split when I was still at home, noooo, why would it happen like that?!

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Back in the bad old days, that would have been a sign of a different sort. And, I was an expert at one handed removal. But I have reformed since then. Just ask Mrs. LittleBill.

I am quite skilled in that area too :)

It's all fun and games until they turn the tables on you and wear one of those clasp-in-the-front bras!

LOL... this is the exact style I had on when it broke.

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I've totally busted my ass out of my scrubs.so freaking embarrassing I had to put a hospital gown on and by pants at a store in town.I lived wayyyyyy to far to drive home and get another pair.

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It's all fun and games until they turn the tables on you and wear one of those clasp-in-the-front bras!

I have a story there, too! ;-)

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Mine came when I realized the woman who gave birth to me died (in her early 60s) and I found out I have the same things wrong with me that she had.

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My actual sign that I needed to do this was when I got too tired out to play with my grandchildren. I want to do a lot of things with them for a long time to come.

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