[Jeanna]

Wait til menopause when all the fat moves up to your midsection and your thighs and butt disappear?

[Kristen]

My dad isn’t very overweight and has this issue. When my mom buys him jeans, she immediately reinforces the knees and thighs with a denim patch on the inside.

Makes them last so much longer!

[Mary]

buy short leg girdle not a pantie style one. it saves the thighs rubbing together.

[Dawn]

Get some skimmies to wear under your dresses otherwise you’ll have sores in your inner thighs.

They are made of a very thin material.

They don’t write up and they protect your thighs.

[Karen]

I would try iron on interfacing on the inside of the area where it tends to wear out.

It is used to strengthen fabrics for many applications.

[Nola]

My daughter is skinny and has the same problem. Clothes just aren’t the same quality

[Chery]

When I was younger, my thighs rubbed together and I wore out my pants. Now that I am in my sixties, my legs are thinner overall.

No more rubbing.

[Diana]

If you’re experiencing inner thigh chafing, try Body Glide. It really helps

[Kayla]

I wear skirts and dresses a lot for this reason. I wear silky or spandex shorts underneath since my thighs rub together.

Or leggings or tights during the winter.

[PJ]

I’ve been like that since I could walk! my mom used to sew patches inside my pants! as an adult I don’t do that.

I just find another pair.

[Tish]

You could probably use iron on patches on the insides to make them last longer.

[Jennifer]

I had a similar experience with old navy jeans, the style I had worn for years suddenly started splitting in the crotch.

I bought 3 or 4 new pairs, all of them split in the same place.

The only solution was to switch styles/brand

[Nola]

My daughter is skinny and hers wear out there first too. I think they just make crappy clothes now…

[Michelle]

I saw some videos on you tube a while ago where some more fabric was sewn in using a zigzag stitch.

A lot of zigzagging though.

Maybe there’s more recommendations there.

[Valerie]

Yes, this happens to me all the time and it’s so frustrating! Non-denim pants don’t seem to do this, maybe look into different materials.

Patches don’t work for me because the seams rub and hurt.

[Falicia]

I thrift for good, thicker denim jeans and I get multiple pairs so I don’t wear the same pair as often.

It helps extend life of a single pair for me

[Cassie]

I think there’s clear patches that you can iron on. That might limit the friction there, especially if ironed onto the outside of the jeans.

[Natalie]

Yes!! Doesn’t matter what kind of jeans they are, or what weight I am (my thighs touch even when I’m skinny), they all do this.

Haven’t thought of anything I can do about it other than preemptively sewing patches on the inside, which would look ridiculous.

[Elizabeth]

I went through a stage way back in the 70’s where I wore high waisted flared trousers.

There was a particular brand I loved most. BeBe’s. The waist band was three inches.

They were a very fitted style at the top so the crutch always came apart at the seams.

I had these pants in lots of different colours and they all did the same.

I was an active teenager, loved dancing so I was forever repairing the split seams but the fabric wasn’t thick enough to add patches.

I tried all different threads hoping I’d find one that didn’t break.

It happened so often I just bought new pants even though these were quite expensive, especially for someone only in their teen years with part time work.

I wish they had the iron on interfacing strips back then.

I’m sure they would have held together.

As an adult I’ve worked it out they were just a bad cut and should have been made with a more generous crotch area.

At least they weren’t so tight as to give a camel toe.

[Gianna]

Iron on patches on the inside of the jeans has worked to extend the life of my jeans.

I usually don’t think about it until they start fraying but if you do them before it may work even better

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