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Well that's spoilt my fun, UBC. Sagging really started becoming popular about 20 years ago so I'm not surprised that there are a fair few guys closing in on 40 on this website. A lot of guys in their 30s and 40s are not ready for the M&S quite yet and wander around any town you will see them in Hollister, Superdry and other fashion brands that are perhaps aimed more at younger men. I think it depends on the person - some people look hot, others don't. For me, I've been busy enjoying life and time has just passed. In a way, I haven't even noticed that I'm now way past 25. Age has not changed me mentally and I am lucky that the physical changes have been slight too. I'm not desperate to hang onto my youth and I'm not wanting to hang out with youngsters in order to make me feel cool. However, I haven't the slightest intention of ever growing up.   I'm taking after my dad.

I'm in my mid-30s but I have been sagging since my early 20s. As a result, I feel like this is my style and why should I suddenly start dressing differently. That said, I don't sag as low in my home town as when I am at home or away. No one has ever said anything to me about it, apart from my other half, so I assume I don't look that much of a ****.  

Definitely too low. It just doesn't look right.

My point was that in order to get a six pack, it's very helpful to cut out alcohol and sugar from your diet. Excessive beer consumption will, over a period of time, give you manboobs and a big tyre around your middle. We all have six packs, it's just that they are hidden behind fat. You need to get rid of that fat to reveal it. Exercise alone won't do it. Diet is also really important.

Obviously, having the odd pint now and again isn't going to change drastically your overall shape, particularly if you are a young guy.

Alcohol is basically all sugar and so it makes you fat - especially as most people drink it at night and have no time to burn it off. Also beer increases oestrogen levels in men. Over time, lots of beer can give men the appearance of out of shape women.

If I get a six pack, I promise I'll post a pic for you.

My other half hates shopping for clothes. If he has to do it, he would rather be alone but even then it is a massive chore. For the most part, I am happy not to shop for clothes, or indeed to shop at all, but when the mood comes upon me, I do feel a bit sad that I always seem to do it alone. I like browsing around with others and getting a bit of feedback on what I should and should not try on. It makes it more fun and perhaps help to ensure I look good in what I buy. Am I the only one in this situation?

Yes I am. I have been a regular at the gym for some years but the only benefit seems to be that I don't get fat. I don't drink alcohol anyway and now I'm drastically cutting down on sugar intake. It is beginning to have an impact and I am even beginning to think it might be possible to have a six pack one day. Not that I'm getting too carried away with that idea. 

Unfortunately Ryan's re-appearance in Corrie has led me to cease watching the programme. This is after getting close to 30 years of devotion. Ever since the overblown tram crash, the scripts have become more and more desperate and contrived and I just can't bear watching it anymore. Ryan used to be quite a sweet kind gentle kid. Within 18 months, he has aged about 10 years and turned into some sex-mad lawless junkie, who is even prepared to sleep with the woman who stole his previous girlfriend. When Michelle said she no longer knew him, I screamed at the TV "that's because he clearly isn't your son" and switched off. Could someone please let me know when he has gone.

I agree that rugby is a proper man's game although, despite going to a number of games recently, the rules are a total mystery to me. Football is much easier to understand and in theory a better game - but it is somewhat ruined by the players. I think that a player that rolls around in absolute agony one minute and then runs the length of the field the next should simply be sent off. It would soon put a stop to the pathetic play-acting that seeks only to obtain tactical advantage. The players should take a lesson from snooker players - who, on the table, are generally an honest crowd and admit to fouls even when the referee misses them.

I used to do up my top button as a teenager and everyone used to think I was deeply uncool. So I'm in the undone category.

I wasn't keen on Sweden. A lot of people have commented on the UK having an old fashioned entry but I was dancing to stuff like Euphoria in gay nightclubs back in the mid-1990s. It seemed dated to me also - and really no better than the Norwegian dance track that came last.

People do not fall in love on the basis of these things. As to what determines size, surely it must be just the way you are made.

I have those jeans too. They really do not like being up at the waist and are forever testing how low they can go.

I saw a man in Exeter this morning wearing this - http://www.youngones.org.uk/The_Exeter_YoungOne/p1033892_4760112.aspx - the Exeter Onesie. I have sat back idly whilst the onesie has slowly grown in moderate popularity. First, it was one or two slightly odd sorts wearing them in the privacy of their own home and a small online thing. Then they started to appear in Republic. Then Ryan Thomas started wearing them - http://www.nowmagazine.co.uk/gallery/funnies/34749/2/5/new-pictures-of-one-direction-kick-off-trend-for-the-all-in-one-onesie-one-piece-jump-in-jumpsuit/1 . Now men are on the streets in Devon openly parading around in them. This is a serious threat to the art of sagging and we need to rise up and stop it before it gets out of hand. I simply will not bother to go into town if there is no possibility, or rather temptation, of seeing a sagger or two - and that is not good for the shops in these hard times. Please pull together, friends, and nip this nonsense in the bud. Yours with tongue firmly in cheek. Dan.

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But it looks like he is doing Riverdance.

Cheap Mondays are my favourites.

I wouldn't get one because they are a fashion item that I would be stuck with for the rest of my life - which seems a contradiction to me.

Visiting friends in central London at the weekend and hoping to sneak off for an hour or two around the shops. Does anyone know a great place to pick up some new sagger wear?