Jean therapy

Your favourite pair of jeans – the ones that made your bum look absolutely fabulous and fit perfectly in just the right spots – decided to fail you in life by ripping in the most awkward area. Not a ‘I’m so cool because I’m a hipster and don’t care if there’s a hole in my jeans’ kind of hole but the kind that makes them unwearable. Seriously, the jeans that you have depended on for the last few years have finally let you down. Now you have to spend the next month or so trying to find another pair that are equally as amazing so you can make them your go-to item of clothing. So you shop around and you quickly get frustrated because jeans are a staple in your wardrobe and you feel the need to fill the void. You keep trying on pairs but nothing fits quite right – some are too saggy around the bum, pulling around the thighs or just a few inches too short for you (I mean if you can’t wear heels with your jeans, then what’s the point?).

You finally end up taking home the first pair of jeans that kind of look okay and are on sale because, really, you need a pair of jeans in life. You start wearing the pair to break them in and immediately regret your decision. They just don’t quite fit right. I mean they do the job, I suppose, of what pants are suppose to do – keep you warm and make look good. But still, there’s something off about them. You wear them for a little awhile until you realize it’s just not working for you. Then you remember you didn’t actually throw your favourite pair of jeans away. You kept them in your closet...just in case. You take them out, put them on and remember all the good times you had in them. Suddenly, you see your old pair of jeans in a whole new light because in comparison, it seems to be the better choice. But can you really pull off wearing them again? Will your friends judge you for wearing a holey, torn pair of jeans. I mean, if you stitch it up just right then maybe, just maybe, you can make it work. Or should give these new pair of jeans a fair chance. Maybe if you wear them just a little longer, they'll begin to stretch out a bit and fit to the contours of your body like the other pair that you got so used to did.

Relationships are like a pair of jeans in that way. Good ones are hard to find. You can try hundreds of pairs and even then you often settle. But if you do find the perfect pair, give them a little TLC. Read the cleaning care/laundry labels and handle with care because when it's right, do your best to keep 'em intact.

By the way, random analogies - it's a thing. ^L