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million pieces (original poster member #27539) posted at 8:07 PM on Tuesday, September 3rd, 2013
Now that I'm working full time, I don't have the time to train like I used to. I have never had the need for spanx or a similar item but boy do I do now. Any tips? Where to buy? What to buy? I have a slinky dress that needs some tightening up for a wedding next weekend. 
Me - 52 D-Day 2/5/10, separated 3 wks later, Divorced 11/15/11!!!!
Amazonia ( member #32810) posted at 8:59 PM on Tuesday, September 3rd, 2013
I have always found the lingerie department at Macy's to be very helpful. They will even help you try them on. 
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InTheRabbitHole ( member #19319) posted at 10:02 PM on Tuesday, September 3rd, 2013
I second Macy's. You must get the correct size or forever be unrolling. 
stupidstupidme ( member #11888) posted at 3:58 PM on Wednesday, September 4th, 2013
I forget who posted this, but it still makes me laugh... Another member here decided to buy one small, thinking it would hold everything in tight and make her look even smaller.
She got all dressed up, felt and looked amazing, I think went to some type of formal thing... then sat down...
I quote "what happened next can only be described as a flabalanche"
I'm still laughing
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Pentup ( member #20563) posted at 6:19 PM on Wednesday, September 4th, 2013
T/j
SSM, I still laugh at that as well. Was it Unfound? I still use the term "flabalanche". Mostly during bathing suit season.
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painpaingoaway ( member #27196) posted at 8:52 PM on Wednesday, September 4th, 2013
I quote "what happened next can only be described as a flabalanche"
OMG I'm DYING!!!!! My first belly laugh of the day! Hilarious! Must know who that was!
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meaniemouse ( member #10798) posted at 9:01 PM on Wednesday, September 4th, 2013
When I first saw this post I thought--OMG--been there. Seriously--the first time I put on a spanx thingy I almost strangled myself trying to get in to it, then it sort of got stuck halfway on and thought I was going to have to call 911 to help me either get it off or on; I was worried I would cut off my oxygen before I could get to the phone. I could see the headlines; "Woman Killed by Spanx"--I swear it was like being in an SNL skit.
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MovingUpward ( member #14866) posted at 9:05 PM on Wednesday, September 4th, 2013
SSM, I still laugh at that as well. Was it Unfound? I still use the term "flabalanche". Mostly during bathing suit season.
I thought that was NoKidding's story
InnerLight ( member #19946) posted at 9:05 PM on Wednesday, September 4th, 2013
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unfound ( member #12802) posted at 9:23 PM on Wednesday, September 4th, 2013
I wish I could take credit for flabalanche, as it's probably one the most brilliant terms ever created . I think it was NoKidding as well.
Even in the best fitting spanx, I've never been able to wear them past the first time I had to use the potty with them on. They always end up stuffed in my purse after a sweaty, futile battle to pull them back on in a 2x2 bathroom stall. Maybe I'm just doing it wrong though....
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Rebreather ( member #30817) posted at 10:04 PM on Wednesday, September 4th, 2013
OMG. Flabalance. The brilliance.
My advice: try not to sweat in them.
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Newlease ( member #7767) posted at 10:11 PM on Wednesday, September 4th, 2013
My max time wearing spanx is about 6 hours. Then I just cannot take it anymore. I have pulled them off in a bathroom stall and stuffed them in my purse before.
They make you look amazing, but they tend to cut off circulation after some time.
The pure joy of letting everything go when you take them off just might offset the feeling of being stuffed in a sausage casing for hours.
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million pieces (original poster member #27539) posted at 1:55 AM on Thursday, September 5th, 2013
OMG, you guys have me worried. I'll be likely wearing this stuff for hours. The wedding starts at 3:30 pm and then the reception all night. I don't want to take the spanx off in the bathroom and not be able to fit back into the dress. Peeing!?!?! Never thought of that...why can't you pee in them. My bladder is the size of a goldfish!
Me - 52 D-Day 2/5/10, separated 3 wks later, Divorced 11/15/11!!!!
painpaingoaway ( member #27196) posted at 2:01 AM on Thursday, September 5th, 2013
Gawd, I'm still laughing!
D-Day June 2009
Watch my movie: "My wayward husband's adventures in STD land":
Episode 1: youtu.be/9Jv0-d_CdYc
Episode 2: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8Tz822H82Gk
TattoodChinaDoll ( member #34602) posted at 2:02 AM on Thursday, September 5th, 2013
I have one pair that I probably wore for a total of ten minutes. It didn't really smooth anything but pushed the fat to other locations. Mine, however, have an opening in the crotch. It's kinda like the pee hole opening on a pair of tighty whiteys. I'm not sure if they expect you to not wear underwear and open the hole up and pee out of there!!! It would be difficult and probably hilarious.
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unfound ( member #12802) posted at 2:04 AM on Thursday, September 5th, 2013
For me, they are hard to pull back up after going potty. Usually because I've gotten sweaty and they just won't go back (trying to put toothpaste back in the tube) or just don't have the room to maneuver in a stall that I do in the privacy of my own bedroom.
Wonder if they make ones with convenient potty portholes?
ka-mai
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Kids on the playground can be so cruel. “Get off the swings you’re like 50, and stop talking about Soundgarden, we don't even know what that is."
ExposedNiblet ( member #30803) posted at 2:04 AM on Thursday, September 5th, 2013
Griefstricken25 ( member #29183) posted at 6:31 AM on Thursday, September 5th, 2013
My favourite spanx story, which, sadly, hit kind of close to home.
http://crappypictures.com/i-tried-on-spanx-and-almost-called-911/
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UnexpectedSong ( member #21761) posted at 7:19 AM on Thursday, September 5th, 2013
Get a larger size than you think you need. You don't want to be squeezed, you just want to be smooth.
I hang out with dancers all the time. They have something like 5 layers of stuff on underneath those barely-there costumes. Spanx is good stuff. (I get the Target knock-offs.)
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million pieces (original poster member #27539) posted at 12:52 PM on Thursday, September 5th, 2013
It’s like I’m birthing myself through a Spanx® vagina.
Nice
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