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[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I have a sweater that my grandma got me when I was 7. It's purple with a handful of printed comic panels featuring Harry, a snow dog. It goes "Harry is a snow dog. Harry is a good dog." and you can see Harry doing snowboard and stuff.

I am 35 today. It's worn out a bit but still my dearest, most beloved pajama. It still fits, somehow

[–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 5 points 10 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 2 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

It was very baggy back then but today it fits perfectly. Great foresight on her part. Ah, grandmas...

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (2 children)

My mind is also reeling at the idea of something fitting you both at ages 7 and 35. I'm roughly 5/3 as tall as I was then and weigh about four times as much. Do you have a pituitary gland?

[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Do you have a pituitary gland?

It's in there somewhere, let me take another look

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Not quite that extreme but I'm older than they are and still have some clothes from when I was in 7th grade.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

It's more plausible that someone stopped growing around that grade.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)
[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

The rest depends on lifestyle and metabolism

[–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 2 points 6 hours ago