Yes, I hate it when you wear your UGLY, big, baggy sweats to class.

The title says it all.

But I will elaborate.

[I am not trying to be the fashion police here. I don't own a huge closet. I hardly even shop. Please read to the end of the post]

At my high school, many girls like to wear sweatpants. I’m actually okay with that, perfectly okay. I’m okay with pretty much any clothing choice as long as it doesn’t make you look like a) a slob or b) a slut. That being said, I absolutely cannot stand that style of big, baggy sweatpants that many, many like to wear. I cannot.

Sure, they’re warm, they’re comfy, etc. But really, are there no other “warm and comfy” pants to wear? And even if you really love the warm, comfy feel of sweatpants, there are straight cut ones that actually look like pants. The big, baggy sweats are unacceptable. You may have seen them - they’re generally grey and Roots is well known for making them. I wish I had a picture of someone wearing the ones I’m talking about. That’s okay though, because here’s how you know:

They make your butt and legs look like one giant balloon.

These pants are only good, I guess, for those that have really ugly legs and want to live off this trend so they can hide them. They basically kill any shape your legs had. To be honest, I’ve seen girls who show off their gorgeous long legs in the summer with shorts and at parties with good jeans - and wear these ugly sweats to school. How unfortunate for these mindless trend-followers.

I know that these pants are comfy and that they’re warm, and sometimes that matters more than what people like me think. School is a place to learn and shouldn’t be a place where one has to constantly be focused on what clothes are in/out. That being said, THESE PANTS ARE A TREND. Trends are when you and your friends are all wearing the EXACT same pants from the EXACT same store. I apologize in advance for the caps lock overload. Seriously though, if these people have the time and money to follow and buy the trends, they can buy a real pair of pants that at least show that the wearer has legs. I’m not saying it’s necessary to get all dressed up - these sweats just happen to look rather slobby (is that a word?).

It’s not like these pants are cheap either. There are probably cheaper ones that have a similar style, but the ones I see everyone wearing are about fifty dollars. Fifty dollars for these ugly things.

No, I don’t hate sweat pants. I have them too. I have big warm cheap sweat pants that I wear when I’m cold or I feel lazy, but only when I’m at home or getting the mail, with the rare exception to like when I’m making a midnight trip to Shoppers Drug Mart to go buy some Tylenol.

I’m not going to give the speech about dressing decently for class to show respect for teachers. I just think it’s common courtesy… something more decent. I will make exceptions, however, for the occasional days when people woke up a bit late, all other clothes were in the wash, or on that extremely cold day. It just annoys me when people wear them to class from September to June, whether it’s negative 25 or positive 25, and pretty much every other day!

I’ll just say it. I hate it when people wear big, baggy sweats to class.

(Too bad this is an all year thing, they just wear the cropped ones in the summer. I’ve always wondered though… aren’t the cropped versions made of the same warm material? Don’t these folks get hot?)