I hadn't thought about it quite this way, but yes - my personal pain point has always been my thick-relative-to-the-rest-of-me waistline and perimenopause is not making the situation any better *sigh*. When pants don't well in the waist, that gets me down on myself. If something doesn't fit well somewhere else, I'm unbothered entirely.

Thanks for raising this discussion as now I know to look at this 'automatic thought' with a sceptical eye rather than taking it as a reflection of fact!

Star, yes to just buying bigger pants! No big deal!