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[jay-ell]

You can wash them inside-out, and yes, hanging things in the sun can have a bleaching effect on some dyes (and is also a great way to get some kinds of stains out of t-shirts), so hanging them inside-out couldn't hurt.

Inev, wear your jeans more between washings (wait until they are noticeably dirty/stinky) and then don't dry them all the way in the dryer. Take them out when they're still slightly damp and hang them over the shower rod and let them finish that way.

You can also take a new, cheap shaving razor and "shave" the fabric to remove the fuzz. This works with pilled sweaters (particularly wool) as well. It takes forever, but it might get you a few more months out of the clothes.

[theinevitable]

I am definitely washing them too much. I never realized how often I spill things on myself until I had these jeans... I guess because of the color?

[wombat]

WAIT a minute. Jeans are SUPPOSED to wear out!

[theinevitable]

I wear my jeans until they fall apart. I do not want my favorite pair of jeans to fall apart too fast. Why is that a problem. I have had them since January and they are already showing signs of wear.

[jaydub]

Maybe those pipe-cleaner legs on the trousers just strain the seams and wear faster.

[jay-ell]

My jeans rarely wear out because I've changed sizes so many times in the last ten years that they don't fit long enough to fall to pieces. I've been everything between an 8 and a 14 plus maternity sizes, it's kind of ridiculous.

[wombat]

Here, let me help you out here...you just need to recalibrate the way you're seeing this. Instead of feeling bad about how they're wearing out and no longer have that great look they had when you first pulled them on, enjoy the signs of wear, the stains, the changing in tone, tint and texture. Remember the good times you had with those bad boys, dawdle in memory over the events that led up to a riff or a blemish. Those are your fine #####, dude, savour the times you're having together.

This! See, this is the thing about jeans. They aren't like other clothes. They're like dogs. Or even people. They are different at all ages, but all ages are good.

[greenkoolayd]

Y'know, that's a really good point to bring up. Most all of my jeans are designed to leave me enough room to move my junk out of the way so I don't bash myself to jelly on a saddle or pinch something off while trying to squat around a job.

I may be talking oranges to hossapples here.

AFAIK, dudes that wear lady-jeans have comfort issues because theyre made for folks with internal plumbing.  i think skinny jeans that are made for dudes have junk-space cut into them.

[pmcd9]

I wear my jeans until they fall apart. I do not want my favorite pair of jeans to fall apart too fast. Why is that a problem. I have had them since January and they are already showing signs of wear.

Maybe they were just made shitty.  Sometimes it happens.

AFAIK, dudes that wear lady-jeans have comfort issues because theyre made for folks with internal plumbing.  i think skinny jeans that are made for dudes have junk-space cut into them.

Made me think of this.

[greenkoolayd]

that video is hella funny.

[Nabubrush]

I feel for inev here. Another pair of your favorite jeans isn't always like that pair of your favorite jeans.* I just lost a pair this last time home - now I'll be wearing them for all that Ash-type stuff. Which is fine, but I have lots of pairs of jeans for that.

*From discussions with my wife, I know that this happens to her a lot more than it happens to me. I think we've discussed this here before.

[theinevitable]

I think, really, what makes them my favorite ##### is that they are my only non-blue #####. And they look great with my only non-sneaker shoes.

...so, today I bought a pair of white jeans. Who knows where this will go.

[Nabubrush]

There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.


Seriously, where . . . why . . . never mind. Is this what happens when you're wife isn't around to keep an eye on you?

[jay-ell]

Was that...porn?

I guess it's like cake-sitting for neat freaks.

[pmcd9]

Here if we're lucky!

I had no idea.