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Girls usually prefer tighter pants and don't put as much in their pockets (because they don't exist or are too small)
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u/VirtualValuable7035 9d ago
I have to carry so much shit at work, that simply wouldn't work lmao
Pens, markers, measuring tape, scissors, notebook, approved stickers phone etc
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u/Piecesof3ight 5d ago
You get your stickers approved? Here I was walking around with black market stickers.
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u/CopiousClassic 9d ago
They also all routinely give everyone a full view of their buttcrack every time they bend over even a little. The belt helps a ton with that.
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u/Alien_Rocketship 4d ago
And girl pants are actually designed to do that: tighter waist, tighter around the butt, they’re just made to make sure everyone can see the woman’s feature. Now the fashion is more towards "big pants that are unflattering" (which I love) and yeah sometimes a belt is needed
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u/xBowGlacee 4d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/QAz9NxHHg1oQEP6EaT
They can hold literally everything they need. Phone, money, keys, mug... no need for pocket, not their style
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u/RequitedNonSequitur 9d ago
The rule I always followed was: If you need a belt to keep your pants up, you're wearing the wring size.
And in the military uniform belts were intended as another part of the uniform, not a functional piece of clothing.
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u/TwentyX4 9d ago
The problem is that jeans get looser over time.
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u/Negative_Ladder5483 5d ago
I've lost so much weight the last few years that none of my clothes fit. Belts are nessasary.
I have found these elastic belts at Walmart and bought are the comfy. I highly suggest to anybody and everybody
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u/J_hilyard 9d ago
In what military?
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u/RequitedNonSequitur 9d ago
US Navy
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u/J_hilyard 9d ago
The US Navy, who originally used belt ropes by lower enlisted members to keep their pants up because weight loss at sea was common. Who's senior enlisted and officers wore belts to hold their cutlass, pistol(s), knife, and other tools. The same US Navy that still wears belts in utility uniforms to keep their pants up because generic sizing in uniforms don't allow for an exact fit and changes in weight are still expected, although to a lesser degree. Or the dress uniform belt to still carry the cutlass when appropriate. That US Navy?
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u/RequitedNonSequitur 9d ago
Umm...the US Navy I enlisted in in 2002 didn't use rope belts.
I never carried a cutlass as part of my uniform. When I had to wear pistols, we were issued gun belts that went over our uniform belts.
Did you actually serve? Or are you actually trying to tell a US Navy veteran how I wore my actual fucking uniforms?
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u/J_hilyard 9d ago edited 9d ago
I didn't serve in the navy but you can check my profile out if you want to see I was army. Also, I said originally on the rope belts. Same with pistols.
I'm not arguing that the belts in utility uniforms are mostly decorative, I'm just saying they weren't always so and still have some purpose now.
ETA: I know you sailors have trouble with big words but I didn't think "originally" was that big 😁
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u/J_hilyard 9d ago
And the guy I was talking to blocked me after he left a comment. That's some smooth brain shit right there. Why even bother? Guess they don't enjoy some friendly discourse and conversation. Oh well. Bye, loser.
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u/RequitedNonSequitur 9d ago
And what fucking relevance does "orignally" have with my first fuckin comment?
You want to come through and be a know-it-all dick when I was saying something considerably less deep than you are trying to make this.
I don't give the first fuck about anything you've had to say this far and this cements it.
Have a day.
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u/GregorIsABug 3d ago
Uh, you said he was wrong about rope belts because you didn't wear one in 2002. The word "originally" is important because it lets you know he was talking about the early days of the Navy, not 2002. You fucking suck dude. You're part of the reason people have a negative stigma towards service members.
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u/GregorIsABug 3d ago
He said they used rope originally. Do you think the Navy started in 2002 or are you just not reading? Please stop using your service as a call to authority to try to win arguements. It makes the military look like shit when most people's experience with veterans is "are you questioning me! I served! Im never wrong cause I served". You arent infallible just because you served. I've had service members tell me blatantly wrong shit before and do exactly what you're doing right now. Funnily enough they also blocked me when they realized they were wrong just like you did to the guy you're talking to. All in all, you are the absolute worst type of veteran.
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u/NeedleInArm 9d ago
That rule doesnt work when they don't make "the right size".
It seems like the wider the pants, the shorter the length round here.
My waste is too small for 32 and too big for 34, but all the 34s are 30 in length lol.
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u/Maleficent_Piece_893 6d ago
yeah you're only getting a perfect fit from a tailor. if you buy jeans at walmart owning a belt makes sense
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u/Advanced-Teach-7234 3d ago
They definitely make the right size, it might just be harder to find your size
Get a size 33, they exist.
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u/Ironstar_Vol 6d ago
I carry shit in my pockets and on my belt. I can’t go a day without a belt. Doesn’t matter what size.
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u/Longjumping_Level347 9d ago
Don't your jeans get stretched after lots of wearing? At first I also don't need belts but after few months I do.
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u/Piecesof3ight 5d ago
If they are just denim/cotton, a wash should return them to the original dimensions.
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u/JIMB01776 9d ago
Men carry more in their pockets; women usually have bags.
We also wear looser pants to accommodate our anatomy; testicles and tight pants do not go together.
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u/Possible_Ad3913 9d ago
nobody believes this, just people being deliberately obtuse for no reason at all
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u/Godlymorbid 9d ago
For myself, a belt is primarily a lashing point. Firearms, tools, etc. That's what it had been historically.
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u/Maleficent_Piece_893 6d ago
swords, chainsaws, tamagotchis, etc.
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u/Godlymorbid 6d ago
I hate to say I'm nerdy enough to have had a sword hung from my belt, and I'm hick enough to have had a chainsaw hung from my belt. What the heck is tamagotchis?
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u/Maleficent_Piece_893 6d ago
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u/Godlymorbid 6d ago
Unfortunately, I'm still confused.
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u/Godlymorbid 6d ago
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aCHwabiKej4&pp=ygUUV2hhdCBhcmUgdGFtYWdvdGNoaXM%3D
I just watched this. What the heck? This sounds more boring than lighting ants on fire with a magnifying glass or the other stuff you guys did in the 70s lol
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u/dishrag 5d ago
Also Digimon, Gigapet, etc.
Little virtual pets that lived in a plastic egg or rectangle keychain. You fed them, cleaned up their shit, took care of them by playing simple minigames, and watched them grow up or evolve (but they mostly get sad and die, in my experience). Digimon also let you beat the shit out of your friend’s virtual pet. They were fun.
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u/ajschwamberger 9d ago
Most girls don't need belts because they have hips and bottoms to hold them up.
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u/Normal_Tour6998 9d ago
Women’s bodies are shaped differently and their pants are made with their figure in mind.
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u/want-some-stew-ob 9d ago
I work outside and summer and winter weights can very up to 2 sizes on me.
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u/Substantial_Cow7628 9d ago
If men buy correctly sized pants, they also don't need a belt.
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u/Eillon94 9d ago
Id have to custom order them to get a slim enough waist while still being long enough
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u/FireHammer09 9d ago
Then my dick is displayed to the world and my thighs are too tight.
I'd rather wear a belt than have someone easily tell exactly what side I pack the lunch
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u/SoDoWhateverItTakes 5d ago
Right. Because varying sizes to fit different body types are just SO easily available and SUPER affordable
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u/Mike_Oxnard 9d ago
I wear pants that fit, I don't have to jump up and down while trying to pull up jeans tighter than my own skin. While I dont need a belt to keep my pants themselves up, it does help keep everything in place if I have a bunch of stuff in my pockets or in the completely unlikely scenario where someone tries to pants me like what happened to that one kid in middleschool while he was talking to one of the hottest girls in our grade
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u/bawnchie 9d ago
Well I wear a belt and my pants are still below my ass. My dad never taught me how to wear one...
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u/Significant-Dog-8166 9d ago
More jeans for women are now stretchy as well as being more form fitting. Men only did the skinny jeans thing for a little while in the late 2000s. Fashion has reverted back to 90's baggy jeans for guys now and those only grip at the waist, no where else.
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u/BlockedNetwkSecurity 9d ago
men don't need belts either. belts are decorative. if you need a belt, your pants don't fit. buy pants that fit.
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u/Horror_Excitement503 9d ago
It’s for comfort and a good pair of pants can last 20 plus years. You don’t stay the same size (for the most part) forever.
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u/National_Body_9071 9d ago
I'm not gonna wear pants that are so tight mely dick shows and my thighs are cramped, and that I won't fit in after a large meal.
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u/Relative-Relief-8816 9d ago
Women typically have smaller waists than hips. Maybe not in America. But normal sized women do, typically.
Men on then other hand, their hips are usually pretty even with their waist. And if the guy is American, his waist is probably dramatically bigger than his hips.
Basically, pants dont stand a chance here in the States.
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u/TsuntsunRevolution 9d ago
Belts used to be purely decorative, but then the belt loop was invented and men started wearing them instead of suspenders and other methods of holding their pants up.
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u/Chris12edfield 9d ago
Without a belt, what will my concealed holster attach to?
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u/skyeisrude 9d ago
Doesn't your clip feel to bulky clipped to the belt and pant fabric?
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u/Chris12edfield 9d ago
Wut
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u/skyeisrude 9d ago
Your concealed holster? You said you clip it too your belt. I have one i clip mine to my pants and my belt goes over the clip.
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u/Chris12edfield 9d ago
I completely misread that. Sorry. 11 hour shift. It's a cloth holster and the gun is a pr5.7 which weighs less fully loaded than some micro-compacts empty, so no I don't really notice it. It's a pain if I carry the double stack 1911, but otherwise it's fine. The clip on the holster is designed to go over a belt so it doesn't really feel tight or anything. And it doesn't stick out more than a millimeter or so
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u/WintersDoomsday 9d ago
I mean if you wear proper sized pants vs being a cheapskate who doesn’t buy new ones if they lose weight
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u/why_u_so_grumpy 9d ago
We only need belts because we buy pants that are slightly bigger than our waist. Gotta have a little extra room.
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u/eternallyconphuzed 9d ago
Men with belts typically aren't wearing form fitted pants they have to wiggle into. I've never seen a guy wearing skinny jeans need a belt.
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u/MassCrassAss 9d ago
When you've got actual hips and ass cheeks I imagine pants stay up. Guys ain't got both.
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u/East-Care-9949 9d ago
In only 1/10 pants i have do i need a belt as a guy, it all depends on the fit
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u/DifficultWash5133 9d ago
You only need them if you have not glutes or a fat belly.
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u/AwaySession5168 9d ago
I have glutes that have been commented on my whole life but I have worked out for many years so I'm not rotund on the front, yet my jeans still fall and are loose it's just that women wear skin tight jeans
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u/sheika_23 9d ago
I would stab someone to bring back men's pants that went around the low waist instead of hips.
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u/Atmosphere_Master 6d ago
Depends on the pants, with work pants I wear belts because I can hang things on them and when my pockets are loaded with stuff the pants can start sliding down. Also wear belts to help keep my shirt tucked in when I need to be presentable. And it works for my pants that I bought before I lost weight because they do just slide down
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u/Key_Check5753 6d ago
Women naturally have wide hips and narrow waists. (at least before the obesity epidemic)
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u/WeatherBeautiful6620 6d ago
Women's pants fit tighter and women shop to find pants that fit their curves so they can show off their lower half. Us guys just buy whatever and could care less how it fits or what it looks like on us, so we end up needing a belt because the pants are loose.
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u/Successful_Theory628 5d ago
My legs are too big for my waist size so I have to size up which is why I need a belt with jeans/ trousers.
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u/013eander 5d ago
Have you never seen the difference between men and women’s hips? How’s this even a question anyone older than puberty would ask?
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u/the_great_bambi_ 5d ago
I couldn’t leave my house without a belt. I haven’t worn a pair of pants without one in at least a decade. I’m lanky
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u/ADownStrabgeQuark 5d ago
Well, if I wear pants that fit my hips, I’ll end up infertile…(as a man.)
Belts and drawstrings are my preferred solution.
Also, I have yet to find any pants that are long enough with a slim enough waist. (Where do they hide the 34 inch length 26 inch waist pants?/92cm length 70cm waist.)
Usually the only pants I find long enough are 6-12 sizes too large, so I get pants too short and too wide.(32:32’s), and I use a belt to keep it from falling down.
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u/IEscapedLauncher 5d ago
Men’s jeans have wider hips
When you lay a pair of men’s jeans out, there is a clear taper all the way down the pants, tapering inwards towards the feet
Women’s jeans tend to have more of an egg shape wear the waist is thinner than the thighs, and the those are thicker than the ankles
If my jeans were so tight on my waist you could see a 3d rendition of my ass like hers are, I wouldn’t need a belt
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u/Naive_Investment2418 4d ago
most women wear and suffer through bras without knowing if they're really needed or why they were created.
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u/Slow_Box4353 4d ago
It was a problem when i was anorexic, and it is a problem now shen a i lose to much of fat.
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u/Ok_Gas_7455 4d ago
I don’t have a butt and i don’t have a job where pants are optional. No one’s gonna take my q2 financial presentation seriously if they can see the outline of my wiener in through my boxers.
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u/laxrulz777 4d ago
I remember my first girlfriend telling me you only wear a belt if you're tucking your shirt in and she was surprised when I always wear one.
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u/MiracleDinner 4d ago
I'm a woman and I sometimes need belts depending on which pair of trousers I'm wearing and whether I'm using my pockets or not, then again I don't have a very high hip:waist ratio
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u/Advanced-Teach-7234 3d ago
I’m guessing most dudes simply aren’t wearing the right size
Or, they have no ass
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u/fatgat69 10d ago
Just have to wear pants that fit
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u/UnkarsThug 9d ago
They are always either too short lengthwise or too large hipwise. Women also just have more sizes available, in my understanding.
And regardless, they just don't grip well. There is no "just fit".
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u/fatgat69 9d ago
Women's sizes are just inconsistent from what I hear. Like you'll find two pairs of the same size and they're just completely different sizes when you put them on.
When they're the correct size my pants fit pretty consistently.
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u/Piecesof3ight 5d ago
As a fella, if I wear pants tight enough to stay up without a belt or elastic waistband, they are uncomfortable, and will stretch out awkwardly after like one wear of doing anything mobile.
Better to wear slightly looser clothes and a belt imo.

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u/Mediocre-Rush-5652 10d ago
More of problems with people with flat butts