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Is there anything more annoying than a grown woman walking around with words on her butt?
It’s bad enough that teenagers wear these ridiculous pants, but they’re teenagers, so we cut them some slack. If they didn’t make fashion mistakes, there would be something wrong with them.
But a 35-year-old woman whose beehonkus is, let’s just say, not her best asset, and who also has a visible granny panty line should not be wearing cheap sweat pants with the words “American Spirit” across her backside. Particularly at the gym on the elliptical, where her butt is eye-level and impossible to avoid. I really think she’d be mortified if she knew how many people are reading her rear end at the gym. The fact is, we can’t look away; our eyes are trained to seek out words and process them, no matter where they may be. If it weren’t for those words, I would never have noticed this woman or her ass, but since she wears those pants every damn day, her butt is as familiar as the face of the old woman walking on the track upstairs, or the girls in the nursery who play with Bruiser and Punky.
I’m not exactly a fashion expert myself; I tend to get overdressed for things, wearing a top to playgroup that would be more appropriate for a date night, or putting on full makeup and then deciding to go to the Y. There’s probably someone out there I’m driving crazy with my too-long hair and penchant for false eyelashes. But seriously. Is there anything worse than butt words?! They’re just. So. Irritating.
P.S. Speaking of butts, here’s an appropriate product review…
>Amen! The butt words vex me greatly. Vignette: The other day I was in Old Navy (boyfriend dragged me in) and a young man had an American Eagle shirt on. I told him he was not allowed in the store. He didn’t get it.Why some people will pay stores in order to be walking billboards (buttboards…can I get away with it?) is beyond my meager comprehension.
>Quite frankly, words on clothing *in general* irritate me. I cannot tolerate putting anything on my daughter that says, “Daddy’s Little Sweetheart” etc. Um, unless it’s really funny. Like the “I Survived Nipple Confusion” onesie I saw the other day … now that I would totally purchase.
>Lindsay…how ’bout the top of a thong coming out of the cheap sweatpants with butt words. That’s even worse! Liz Hansen
>Oh no you are a girly girl who wears make up to the gym. LOL I fully agree with you. If you are over the age of 21 you really should not have any writing on your butt. I really can not stand the ones that have ” juicy” going across their backside. Just plan gross!
>I’m embarrassed to admit that I had one of those with my sorority greek letter emblazoned across my tush back in college. Not hot.At least she didn’t have butt sweat.
>All I have to add:One day at my kids elementary school there was a woman wearing bright purple shorts that said “Bootylicious” – AND, there was plenty of room for that loooong word across her butt. And at school? So wrong.
>There’s something gross about advertising your ass as “Juicy”.
>I am SO with you. I was having a similar discussion with a girlfriend.I despise when teens & tweens wear them because a) its tacky and b) it gives old pervs another reason to stare at their asses.If I ever catch one of my stepdaughters wearing that shit so help me I’ll beat those pants off of them. Ok, well maybe I wouldn’t go that far. 😉
>I agree. I also can’t stand it on toddlers. Sorry but a 20 month old doesn’t need Juicy or whatever stamped on her teeny tiny butt.
>I’m guilty of owning a pair of Juicy sweats that say “JUICY” in green on the tush but a) I’m from Long Island & b) it was after baby #1 and I was feeling slim (she was 9lbs..me 120).I only wear them at home. Not even a quick scoot to 7-11. They are for home only.
>OH yes! That is one of my pet peeves! There is a mom at my son’s preschool who insist on wearing these. And if Juicy and Bootylicious weren’t enough, she has 3 more pants in her collection. (So Sexy, Back That Thing Up, Hot Hot Hot!) I cringe whenever I see her wearing them!
>Wow. I had no idea other people felt like me. A few years ago I was at a little Mexican restaurant in La Jolla, CA. There was an older woman in there with gray hair, with a sagging butt and the words “Juicy” across them. I truly wanted to vomit on her.
>I totally agree!! What is worse is seeing all these pants at places like Wal-Mart & Target for young girls with words across the ass! Just what you want…some person staring at your kids ass!!!!
>Not only do I dislike those pants, but the cheapy ones are the worst because when the words aren’t even in the right place it’s just weird. Like when pockets on a shirt don’t fall in the right place. That peeves me even more than the decision to have “HOT” emblazoned on your ass…can’t you even do it RIGHT??!But babe, I can top that. There’s this gorgeous trainer at my gym–tall, built (of course), wavy brown hair, late twenties. The other day he was working with a client who chose to wear a miniskirt and espadrilles. To work out. He put her on a bike right in front of a mirror, and I swear I <3 him even more now that I know he has a sense of humor.PS–You’d never catch me with a full face of makeup at the gym (of course, it’s hard to catch me made up anytime) but I’m guilty of really long hair and overdressing. We should totally be friends 🙂
>Oh, how timely this posting is. Just this past Sunday afternoon, Best Friend and I were sitting on a bench in the middle of the mall, participating in our favorite sport–PEOPLE WATCHING. Along came a real roly-poly teen, maybe about 16-17, bulging out of a bright orange tube top, and lime green butt-board pants, bearing the message “BANG THIS!” over a flat-as-a-board ass, with bulging hips and belly. Everything she owned was going “boom-shacka-lacka” with every step she took. We silently awarded her “best in show.”And all of this just backs up my theory that “Just because they MAKE it in that size does NOT mean you should wear it!!!”
>Let’s not forget that butt words make your ass look big. The last thing I want is people looking at my big ass.
>I am thinking of having some pants made had stiched on the ass cheeks, WHORE MOTHER just to get some attention.They are tacky.Kim 🙂
>it’s as if she’s trying to call attention to the fact that she’s on the elliptical machine b/c she’s knows her posterior isn’t ‘up’ 🙂 to par & she’s on a mission to reverse that…is she mad?about teenagers in these pants or shorts that shout ‘come grab my rump,’ as a mother i’d never purchase such articles for my daughter. if she bought them herself o well; i’ll let her feel embarassed in the future (or in the present) for prancing around awaiting eyeballs on her bulbous behind.
>A few years ago (before i was in my 30s) I bought a pair of shorts with “soccer” across the butt. I dug them out of the closet this weekend to wear running. My three year old saw them and said, “Mommy! You have your name on your bummies!). It was very cute. No, I don’t wear the shorts often (at least out of the house)
>Amen is right! That’s why I hate, hate, hate, all the stuff at Victoria Secret right now. What grown up self-respecting woman wants to walk around with “LOVE PINK” on their rearend. I mean really.
>Okaaaaayyyy…. I was wondering what your take was on words on the butt/crotch of underwear? I really like these boy short ones, but a lot of the time they say things like “Let’s French!” or “Restricted Zone” or “Is it ok if I tell my mum I’m staying at your place tonight?” on them. It’s just, the underwear fits well and lasts forever! And, it looks good (+/- the words) if I do say so myself.
>Kittywumpus- “best in show” I am totally stealing that!Ok, Lindsey, I too am guilty of the long hair and not leaving the house without make up. There are moms I know that have succumbed to the “mom haircut” and aren’t even 30 yet. UGH!!!Yea for long hair! I had a friend tell me he thought my hair was sexy the other day- his wife has the mom cut- I felt great for the compliment, but bad because I know he bugs her to grow hers out..
>Thank you for asking the question! Butt words completely befuddle me. I don’t want people reading my ass! Of course, you had no answer for this trend. Perhaps there is no answer because it makes no sense at all!
>a) Who thought this was a good marketing idea?b) Who thought this would be a good purchase?c) Why isn’t every women’s group on the planet crying out “STOP MAKING CLOTHES THAT CA– USE PEOPLE TO STARE AT OUR BEDONKEDONKS!”addendum- could we add just a little more material to the tops of blouses? I enjoy a little sneak peek on a date, at the club, etc., but in my office, at the grocery store, and at school, I should not have to look at your hoots, OK? (Nursing exemption applies, of course, Lindsay!)
>Does anyone else have to scroll halfway down the page to get to the latest post?
>Does this butt make my shorts look fat?
>I saw a great (well actually not so great) example of this yesterday at the pool, I’m not sure if it was a nutty mom or a (trying to act younger) grandmother.. A very bodacious bootie was squeezed into a pair of hot pink sweatpants with a billboard sized “JUICY” on the rear.. My son (now that he can read) wondered if she was working the concession stand… “Mommy, does that lady walk around and hand out juice, I’m thirsty!”
>I think you are my new mentor. I moved to nashville to become a singer/songwriter and have found myself (happily) living in the suburbs with a fiance and 2 little girls. We’re getting married in the fall. This is a bit different than the independent music life I was leading. Now I am little susie home-maker and more exhausted than ever. Thanks for your blog. you rock.
>So, you’re saying I shouldn’t wear my sweatpants that say, “Welcome to Nashville, Tennessee, USA, Home of Country Music”? to Chicago?
>Why does it seem like the women with the biggest rears choose to wear these things? I just saw one at the gym yesterday. So not cute.
>I hate butt words. It’s ridiculous. andThe RFS Blog Awards are back- go nominate!
>Totally agree! If I DID own a pair though, I think they’d have to say something like “Smell This” or “Finally Off My Ass”.
>Busy Mom, I prefer those pants you always wear on the soccer fields that say “Nashvegas, Baby!” on the butt.
>Phenomenal point! I’m returning my butt words sweats today. Just kidding. I’m keeping them 🙂
>I really do hate the butt print too. Why would anyone really invite people’s eyes to linger on their ass? Exactly why?
>Butt words might be a good place to advertise diet programs.
>Does anyone know where the idea came from? It came from a “pedophile” a kiddie pervert. In case you were wondering. I think it is sick and the parents that buy that crap for their little girls are asking grown men and women alike to look at “my kids’ butt” and in a sense promoting the perverts.
>Enabling pedophiles. Gee, what a great idea.