You're absolutely right that everyone has this problem. And no sympathy needed, I just wanted to bitch and vent because I just tried on several things that I loved that all had the same fit problem. It's just irksome that's it's just one thing, and it's always the same thing. :-P

And yeah, the retail sizing averages are averages that don't actually reflect any real person. Which is why so many sewists combine different sizes into one garment when they sew up patterns, which I think is pretty cool.

DEFINITELY want to make dresses from now on so I don't feel like I'm wearing the world's most useless corset all the time. :-P