a bit of a phenomenon

One of the first things that happens to many North American women who move to Madrid, aside from being ogled and perhaps robbed, is that they experience sudden and dramatic weight loss. There are several factors that contribute to this weight loss, including adjusting to Spanish food, adjusting to Spanish eating times, fatigue, and a shit load of walking. The second thing that happens is that these women wear their clothes and wash them and hang them up to dry and find that their clothes no longer fit. Not just because they've lost a lot of weight, but also because there is no electric dryer to shrink the clothes back up again after wearing and washing them. The result is Saggy Bottom Syndrome, a very serious condition wherein one's jeans tend to droop in the posterior and crotch areas, making it look as though our bottoms are flat and flabby and our crotches tent in a sort of mini-penis effect. The only remedy is to do as the Spanish women do: buy your jeans about two sizes too small and squeeze yourself into them anyway. This way, once you've worn and washed them a few times they'll look like they actually fit you instead of looking like they were made for someone twice your size.