NEVER Pull Up Your Pants! (Why Low-Rise Is Bad For 95%+ Of Men)

After getting seated for dinner, a party of one or two too many showed up to be seated at the bar. It appeared to be a lady's birthday celebration and the group was mostly female, so this gentleman kindly offered to be the one (or maybe one of two) forced to stand.

At first, there was nothing really notable - at least not that I immediately noticed. He showed up in a black button-up (tucked), a pair of jeans, a leather belt, and a pair of work boots.

Neither the boots nor the jeans were something I'd wear, but that's not the point. The jeans are a little too young for a man his age but that, also, isn't what caught my attention.

He was regularly moving around the group - drinking, talking, and laughing. What caught my eye was the fact that every time he stopped walking, he felt the need to pull up his pants.

And, as I watched, his shirt slowly came more and more untucked - until it was completely untucked. He tucked it back in a couple of times before giving up on it altogether.

I don't know why so many men have the desire to wear low-rise pants. If you don't have a six-pack, there's a 99% chance it makes you look worse instead of better - especially from behind.

Almost every time I see a man, from behind, wearing low-rise pants (even jeans) - it looks like some stage of this gentleman's outfit tonight. In a word, it looks unflattering...

So, here's my advice:

Start counting how many times a day you feel the need to pull up your pants - even if you don't actually pull them up.

If it's more than once every four hours, then you have a problem: your pants don't fit you properly.

If your hip measurement isn't significantly larger than your waist measurement, a belt is basically useless.

If you ever notice yourself pulling up your pants (which is usually the third or fourth time you've done it) - you should probably change something. It could be the size and fit of your pants, it could be switching to suspenders because a belt doesn't work for your body, or it could be switching to higher-rise pants that actually work with your body.

The bottom-line is that you really should never pull up your pants - because a proper fit means you never need to do so...

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