In Austria we have different clothing sizes than in the US. It is part of the whole metrical system I think, which also makes us count kg and not lbs as well as km opposed to miles.
I'm a size 20/22 right now, which is 50/52 in our system.
Anyway - I went clothes shopping the other day - my mom gave me the money because she still "owed" me a birthday present AND my namesday is coming up too. My mother has never been obese in her life and she does not get how it is to struggle with weight. I was showing her the clothes I had my eye on on the internet and she actually doubted that they would fit me because they are not my size. She really thought I'm a size 60 - which I don't even know the American equivalent of. I got pretty upset and of course she did not understand why. I mean it is bad enough to feel like I'm constantly wearing military tents but then my own mother just adds 10 sizes to me. :(
When I was in the shop I grabbed some pants size 52 (22) and started to get in line to the changing room. Another woman half my size was around and she was looking for size 42 (12). This woman overheard me and the shopgirl talking about my pants size and she thought that I had taken size 42 (because she misheard it: 52 - 42). Then she asked me if I had got hold of the last 42 size. I answered like: Yeah, right, I'm size 42.
And here's the thing: She did not get my sarcasm at all! How could she have possibly thought that we are the same size??? So I told her that she was wrong, but how weird is that?
Have you ever had a strange experience with sizes?
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