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I buy what fits me. If I remember the size, it's only so it's easier for me to find the same article of clothing (e.g. jeans, bra, etc) the next time I need to buy it. I start with some vague idea of the number that I think fits me, and then I go from there. Hell, my wedding dress was a 12 or 14 or something, because that's just how wedding dresses get sized (those breasts are always an issue, in those cases--hence why I have XL tops from some brands, and S from another).
I think it's asinine that girls would be so obsessed with their image (not that people can even see the sizes written on their labels, but whatever) as to refuse to go up a size. That's just lack of common sense, right there... and/or a glaring level of insecurity. As I've commented in other threads, I might know the mentality behind this kind of behavior, and understand it in its context--but once again, I don't condone it. I've never heard anyone that I know talk in that manner, but I wouldn't have been surprised to hear it from my 16-17 year old high school students, when I was teaching.
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And think not you can direct the course of Love;
for Love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.
--Khalil Gibran
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