I was sitting in a restaurant once with my brother when this girl walked by. Her jeans were not only tight but drawn up so far between the cheeks that the seam had to be riding on her tailbone. It looked thoroughly uncomfortable. I registered it in astonishment then looked at my brother who was gazing at me in bemusement. I wondered what you would think, he said.

This was a good 20 years ago. Now, of course, the opposite gender is doing the opposite thing- their back seams are hanging down by their knees. The other day a friend told me that she watched this boy teen running ahead of her- with one hand in back of him holding up his jeans so he could run. People are the funniest thing around.