Uncomfortable Fridays

I think whoever it was in Corporate America who decided that wearing jeans on Friday would be some kind of privilege must have been wearing sweat pants at the time. Let’s get real, people - if you’re a woman who appreciates good, trendy denim, than you KNOW wearing jeans is not a blessing, it’s a curse.

Jeans are hands down the one clothing item that everyone hates, but yet why are they embraced at work as a symbol of relaxation? Today my company allowed us to wear jeans (I know, I know its Monday... how scandalous!) and let me tell you, I’m everything BUT relaxed. My “work” pants consist of wide legged, high wasted trousers that are far more comfortable than my tight butted, low rise jeans. As I sit here typing, I can feel my jeans digging into the stomach fat that I normally can tuck away in my normal work garb.

You ask, “if you are so confined by your trendy jeans, why don’t you buy more comfortable ones, Stejamoe?” Sure, I’ll wear comfortable Lee jeans with a high waste, wide butt and tapered leg and then you can call me “mom”. No thanks.

So here’s my dilemma - wear your corporate pants which are ultimately more comfortable five days a week and get seen as uptight, but wear jeans on casual Friday and truly be uptight because your pants are well... TIGHT.

When I think casual and comfortable, I think sweat pants – so what about making casual Fridays into sweat/stretch pant Friday? No? Then tell me what’s the difference between wearing something to work you’d normally wear to bed or for lounging and wearing an uncomfortable fabric that you’ll find in every hick bar across America? Personally, I think the former is not only more comfortable, but less tacky.

So sit on that casual thought for a while... and while you sit on it, I’ll be sitting at work pretending that I’m comfortable.