Button Popping Stories

I noticed on another post that people were sharing "button popping stories" - times when the buttons popped right off their clothes because of their weight.  I thought it would be fun to have all of those stories in one place.

Here's mine:

Several years ago, I got into my car to run some errands.  It was cold, so I started up the engine to warm up the car while I got settled.  I turned around to put my purse in the back seat and heard two loud clicks from the front of the car.  I thought there was something wrong with the car...until I saw one of my coat buttons sitting on the dashboard and realized my coat was looser than it was before.  I had gotten too fat for my winter coat and 2 of the 3 buttons on the front had flown off and hit the windshield.

Who else would like to share? :)

Well, once upon a time, before I counted calories....

I was struggling to put on my favorite pair of jeans, which were tighter than normal, and I didn't think anything of it because I'd just retrieved them out of the dryer and thought it was normal for them to be tighter. So I struggled a little to put them on, and in doing so, my button went flying and hit the floor. I was in denial, so I blamed the quality of my jeans. But it was really me to blame.

I think that was ONE of the eye openers that made me want to lose weight.

I think zippers relate enough to buttons in order for this to still be relevant... 

Haha, in any case, I remember walking into a coffee shop to order and realizing that my winter coat's zipper had gone up but that the metal part to be zipped wouldn't stay together.  So basically I had a zipper randomly holding together just the part underneath the zipper itself and leaving the rest gaping open.  Then I couldn't get it unzipped and had to step outside because I heard people laughing and didn't want to wrestle my jacket in front of everyone else!  It's kind of funny in retrospect, but still not the greatest way to start your day :p 

Original Post by sweetjuney:

I think zippers relate enough to buttons in order for this to still be relevant... 

Haha, in any case, I remember walking into a coffee shop to order and realizing that my winter coat's zipper had gone up but that the metal part to be zipped wouldn't stay together.  So basically I had a zipper randomly holding together just the part underneath the zipper itself and leaving the rest gaping open.  Then I couldn't get it unzipped and had to step outside because I heard people laughing and didn't want to wrestle my jacket in front of everyone else!  It's kind of funny in retrospect, but still not the greatest way to start your day :p 

OH MY GOD. Don't get me started on zippers, they're the WORST.

Original Post by luhluhlovesongs:

Original Post by sweetjuney:

I think zippers relate enough to buttons in order for this to still be relevant... 

Haha, in any case, I remember walking into a coffee shop to order and realizing that my winter coat's zipper had gone up but that the metal part to be zipped wouldn't stay together.  So basically I had a zipper randomly holding together just the part underneath the zipper itself and leaving the rest gaping open.  Then I couldn't get it unzipped and had to step outside because I heard people laughing and didn't want to wrestle my jacket in front of everyone else!  It's kind of funny in retrospect, but still not the greatest way to start your day :p 

OH MY GOD. Don't get me started on zippers, they're the WORST.

No doubt!

lisarose, LOL ! im so sorry, and that is just too wonderfully painful. i like that it comes with sound effects. 

i'm in denial of button popping, zipper ripping, and seam splitting. not that it hasn't happened, im just in denial. then i buy bigger cloths. i must have all my events at home. well, now i buy smaller cloths! but until last january, they just kept getting bigger! 

thanks for the grins! 

the inner thigh seam on my pants just about ALWAYS is the first to go. my thighs are proportionally large to the rest of me so that part always wears thin and eventually gets holes/rips :( just yesterday i was biking and looked down to my surprise to find a giant hole on the fattest part of my inner thigh >O

Oh yeah, that dreaded hole from my thighs rubbing together disappoints me every time.

Original Post by darkylinky:

the inner thigh seam on my pants just about ALWAYS is the first to go. my thighs are proportionally large to the rest of me so that part always wears thin and eventually gets holes/rips :( just yesterday i was biking and looked down to my surprise to find a giant hole on the fattest part of my inner thigh >O

LOL. You're not alone. I've ruined two pairs of jeans that way. And in my denial, and my poverty as a student, I kept on trying to sew those seams together. They never stayed, though. 

I've always been a lean person, but I'd gradually put on about 15 lbs and I gained it all in my thighs and breasts.  I had a blouse that i'd only worn a few times before that I had bought when I was a cup size smaller and it had fit me just right, and I was out on a date at the time - I sat back, and the first three buttons on my blouse popped open. 

The guy I was out with didn't mind but, uh, I wasn't so terribly proud.

I'm glad to say I'm back to my original cup size.

Last Wednesday I decided to go on a run. First run EVER. I put on my loosest shorts and pop went the button. Given that they're my only pair of shorts (I'm on a bit of a trip/hiatus) I had no choice but to go running in them anyway.  I must say the fit MUCH better without a button! ;)

I read these stories and it makes me laugh, remind ing me of my own "button popping" experience. Just a few days ago I put on a pair of my favorite shorts which always were a bit snug. They are blue button fly denim shorts. Five sewn on buttons held that fly shut and, although they were snug when I wore them last year, they were extra snug when I put them on this time and tried to button them. I succeeded at buttoning the buttons, only to have the bottom three violently pop off when I went to sit in my car. I sewed them back on, only to have them pop off again! Getting on the scale revealed the reason for the ballistic buttons; I gained 8 pounds since last year!

When I first gained my weight, I went in a dressing room trying to put on a pair of pants that were WAY too small for me.  I was so frustrated and depressed that I just kept trying to put them on.  Not only did my skin get caught in the zipper, but the button went flying, bounced underneath the dressing room door, and into the next dressing room.