to think 30 pairs of jeans is a bit much?

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Coffee with a couple of friends today, I have lost a bit of weight recently and was saying that my jeans don't fit me any more, so I was going to buy two new pairs. One friend pipes up "only two?" and I sad that yes, a couple of the not really fitting pairs are fine for round the house, and it's almost summer and that I have leggings, other trousers, dresses etc. And two pairs of jeans is plenty - one to wear, one in the wash.

Friend horrified. She has 30 pairs of jeans (at least) and can't understand why anyone wouldn't want multiples in every colour, every cut, regular jeans, going out jeans, posh jeans, cheap jeans.

Anyone want to admit to more than 30 pairs??

I dint think I own thirty pieces of clothing!

Does she only ever wear jeans? Coz maybe if that’s all you wear then you’d have loads.
I only wear dresses, all year round and have a couple hundred to cover autumn dresses, winter dresses and then spring and summer, and for during the day and night outs etc.

Crikey I definitely have more than 30 🙈 bar pregnancy and a year post birth I’ve been the same size since I was 17 and I’m 37 now, obviously I’ve not kept every pair but I don’t get rid of them if I don’t need to. Also doesn’t help if I like the fit I’ll buy in a few colours. At least when skinny jeans are fashionable again I won’t need to buy any more!

edit to say I pretty much live in jeans and T-shirts so I’m wearing them. Some styles which are looking dated get relegated to under bed storage but it all comes around again!

I have approx. five pairs of jeans. Two pairs are larger to allow for postpartum weight gain while I lose it.

Yes, I have at least 30 pairs, but I am considering a cull.

I’m shocked by these early responses. I have only 2 pairs I regularly wear and maybe a few more hiding in random corners with holes in. YANBU OP!

I haven’t counted them, I probably have around 25 pairs if not more as I put 12 pairs away today in my jeans cupboard. I do have a lot of clothes in general though.

I used to have 30 pairs then realised I only ever wear a few different styles so I now have 2 pairs.

I have 4, 30 seems such a lot to me if she’s wearing other clothes during the week too alot will barely get worn.

Does she only ever wear jeans? Coz maybe if that’s all you wear then you’d have loads.

No, she was wearing a dress when I saw her. I was just quite shocked because in a lot of ways she talks about being "eco" - has an electric car, veganuary, hand me downs for the kids etc. But doesn't see a disconnect between that and 30 pairs of jeans.

The fashion industry is so polluting, nobody needs 30 pairs of jeans or a couple of hundred dresses.

I've got around 15 pairs, but I can only get into about 6 pairs at the moment. The rest won't go over my stomach as I seem to have got wide round the middle since menopause. They still fit my arse and legs perfectly though. Which is annoying.

I had a cull recently but had around 30 pairs. Whittled it down to about half that. I don't live in jeans either but do like a variety of styles

I have more than 30 pairs. 4 in rotation now at my larger size...I will get back into the other pairs in my pre-pg size one day! I found 2 pairs wasn't enough to rotate as it takes 2 days to dry a pair without a tumble dryer, plus if they go in the laundry basket when it's not a coloured wash day then it could be a week before they're clean and dry.

I have about 15 pairs of jeans. Wear them most days.

Wow this is really surprising to me. I live in jeans and I've only got 4 pairs.

Easily 20 pairs here..

This is madness. I own three pairs but one of them doesn't fit. Hoping they will again one day!

I wear them pretty much every day too.

I don't care about the specifics though. As far as I'm concerned jeans are jeans. So different colours and styles there may be but they're all the same effect really. I don't care enough about what I perceive as miniscule differences to need more pairs.

I used to have about 50 pairs but I’m down to fewer than 20 now due to moving house. I’m a sucker for a new pair of jeans! I’m sure this isn’t unusual…

I have six pairs:

One mid-waist black skinny
One high-waist dark blue skinny
One high-waist ankle length mid-blue mom jeans with frayed hem
One high-waist full length mid-blue mom jeans with normal hem
One mid-waist faded wash slouchy wide leg
One faded wash mid-waist flare

I have 3 pairs but if I ever find one that fits perfectly I will buy loads

3 pairs and 2 are maternity ones so I don’t wear them. 30 pairs?? You all must live in massive houses. How do you even decide which ones you want to wear? It’s more choice than you’d get if you went out shopping.

3 pairs here, everyday type pair, summer pair with roll ups and an old pair for dirty jobs

30 seems a bit much. I had a good clear out when I got pregnant in the thinking that if a pair has been a bit tight pre-pregnancy there's absolutely no chance post-pregnancy.

I probably had a dozen pairs at most. I've now got two maternity pairs, and about 5 stored away for post pregnancy. I used to live in jeans but have switched to more dresses since lockdown.

See this is what I don't get. When you've already got 49 pairs of jeans and you're in the shop, see another pair and instead of thinking "You know what, I already have 49 pairs of jeans, however nice those are I really don't need them", buying them anyway.

Or having a one in, one out system. Buy a new pair when an old pair doesn't fit or gets a hole in the knee or something, or if you really must have that new pair, take one of hte older pairs to the charity shop.

But hoarding jeans so that you have 30+ pairs is a totally alien concept to me.

I’ve never had more than 4 pairs (that fit) at a time. I currently have one pair, couldn’t afford 30 pairs of jeans! Since I wear uniform to work 4 days week and probably only go anywhere I need to be vaguely presentable about once a week/fortnightly I can’t see me ever needing more than two pairs.