One of the problems with being transgender is that I have a woman's mind with a male body. Most of the time, I have a nice combination of the two worlds, as I have insights into both male and female ways of life. This has allowed me to give good advice to TCL as she navigates the dating world and sees how flaky men can be when they have the upper hand. (The demographics of senior life can be a bitch when one looks for a partner.) But this combination gets in the way when I shop for clothes, as the lower half of my body prevents me from wearing many garments well. Jeans are among those types of garments.
Women have bigger hips than men. Any trouser like garments I want to wear from the women's side of the aisle must have stretch in them so that they fit on my masculine waist. This is why I tend to wear upper body garments that drape over the middle of my body - I need to hide my waist line (in part because I am fat), draping cloth over areas where my clothes don't fit that well.. This limits what kind of trouser like garments I can wear well, and when I can wear them.
Yet, there are certain situations where a jean like garment is useful - such as when one wants to dress very casually. And this is where I have problems. Women's trousers tend to hang in the wrong place and roll down at the waist. So I have avoided jeans for my wardrobe. But I have embraced leggings under tunics. So, I may consider jeggings in the future, as they look like jeans and fit like leggings. It's a compromise, but not the one I really want: a pair of women's jeans that also fit my body well (an oxymoron, at best).
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