Shirt Shrinking Woes

This is for the other skinny guys like me who are tired of being built like their girlfriends.

I’m a 23 year old single guy, I’m no expert at laundry. I’m also no expert of weight lifting, although lately I’ve been working pretty hard on both. I’m sitting on the couch last night with a friend of mine, she squeezes my arm and says “Wow, you’re really starting to put on some weight.” But really it was just because I’d shrank that shirt since the last time she saw me wear it.

That made me sad.

Lift something heavy so you look built in something larger than a small.

hmm, so what you’re saying is that if I slowly but consistently shrink my shirts a little bit at a time, I can get hyoooooge without ever lifting weights??? BRILLIANT!

It’s a good strategy. My brother (who actually is semi-muscular) started buying SMALLER shirts when he gained weight just to show off.

But hey man, I’m working on it. I’m not going to post any before/after pics until I have some satisfactory afters, because who the hell wants to see the befores?

[quote]Melvin Smiley wrote:

But hey man, I’m working on it. I’m not going to post any before/after pics until I have some satisfactory afters, because who the hell wants to see the befores?[/quote]

Too bad more people who post in the Hot or Not… uh… um… the Physique and Performance Photos forum don’t have this attitude.

I’m bulking… all of my shirts are getting smaller.

Buy extra medium.

They’re form fitting but as your dimensions change, so does the shirts.

Yes, I’ll admit it. I’ve purchased some slightly too small shirts and washed my jeans in hot water to show off my new “Guns N Buns”. Human nature.

To the OP: I’ll bet your GF is too smart to fall for the shrinking shirt trick again. Get your training and nutrition in order and she’ll be giving you complements on how great you look NEKID! That’s where you want to be.

I’m sure you have the opposite problem as me. I wear some XL shirts, but mostly XXL to hide the bulk belly.:wink: Being 5’6.5", some of them look like dresses.

My g/f bought a brand new sweater, I think it was cashmere, and shrunk it so small it looked like it was for a toddler. I was laughing so hard, I was crying.

Genius! Thats it I’m going to shrink my undies so my junk looks hyoooge!

Genius! Thats it I’m going to shrink my undies so my junk looks hyoooge!

[quote]TheSicilian wrote:
My g/f bought a brand new sweater, I think it was cashmere, and shrunk it so small it looked like it was for a toddler. I was laughing so hard, I was crying.[/quote]

Thats hilarious, I bet she got mighty pissed off to, I love it when those occasions arise…

[quote]rsg wrote:
TheSicilian wrote:
My g/f bought a brand new sweater, I think it was cashmere, and shrunk it so small it looked like it was for a toddler. I was laughing so hard, I was crying.

Thats hilarious, I bet she got mighty pissed off to, I love it when those occasions arise…[/quote]

Yeah, she was pissed. Around here cashmere is pretty expensive and she LOVES the stuff. She found the sweater on clearance, her favorite color, and it fit her perfectly. (no easy feat because she is quite curvy) AND she proceeded to shrink it and possibly having worn it once, or even NOT at all.

You should’ve complimented her biceps, maybe that would’ve cheered her up.

I was walking home for lunch today, and I felt my phone vibrate in my pocket…

I’ve got no more story, the call was meaningless, but there was a time not very long ago that my legs were so thin I couldn’t feel my phone vibrate in my pocket. We’re getting somewhere now.

[quote]Melvin Smiley wrote:
I was walking home for lunch today, and I felt my phone vibrate in my pocket…

I’ve got no more story, the call was meaningless, but there was a time not very long ago that my legs were so thin I couldn’t feel my phone vibrate in my pocket. We’re getting somewhere now.[/quote]

nah you just forgot to set it to vibrate those other times!!

[quote]Melvin Smiley wrote:
there was a time not very long ago that my legs were so thin I couldn’t feel my phone vibrate in my pocket. [/quote]

You must have junk the size of a two year olds.

Haha, kidding man. Sweet job with putting weight on.

I went clothing shopping a few months ago. Spent top dollar on several really nice pairs of jeans. I’m struggling to get into them now. I hope I can make them last another month until I get some more.

[quote]Sliver wrote:
Spent top dollar on several really nice pairs of jeans. [/quote]

Well, theres your first mistake.

Hey, whatever floats your boat, if you like tight-fitting shirts, and it makes you look and feel good, then rock it. Don’t worry about what other people say, the only happiness is your happiness.

By the way, not trying to sound like a jerk, but what happened to your face? Did you get beat up?? No disrespect intended.