There is a strange phenomenon taking place in the college world today. I noticed a drastic difference between going to a community college which is populated mostly with returning, non-traditional students (over 25, married, children, etc) and going to a state university that is populated with kids straight out of high school.

I walk into my Spanish class at the university and sit down. I’m fairly surprised that there is one other person that is noticeably older than I am and delighted, too, because I didn’t want to feel like the old fogey.

While I’m sitting, waiting for the instructor, I notice a new trend that has been occurring while I’ve been sequestered in my lovely office.

It seems that young men are now wearing pants that don’t sag as much and are even wearing belts. They wear those big huge belts but they are wearing belts.

The disturbing trend, however, is that young women are now wearing the pants that hang below their hips (didn’t these used to be called hip-huggers in the 70s?). While those pants don’t normally bother me, what is alarming is that they are wearing them a size or two too large and they actually hang OFF their hips…showing the world their…BUTT CRACK.

Seriously. Girls now have Plumber’s Crack.

I don’t really want to see your raggy flowery underwear (or worse, the straps of your thong). Really…I don’t. It’s not attractive to me.

I don’t need to see the billows of your panties coming out from beneath your too large pants because you think that’s cool.

Call me old-fashioned but it’s really unattractive to see your panties poof up as you slide down into that chair.

Not to mention distracting.