I buy these in XL because they are styled for Junior's or Misses. Even when I was an adolescent and young teen, I was curvy so I don't know why these designations exist. Regardless, I'm about a 12-14 in women's sizes, and use the Soffee brand shorts as sleeping clothes. Yup, I sleep in a pair of Soffe shorts and a t-shirt every night. That's the only reason I buy these. They hold up really well and I find myself replacing my set of 7 each about every 2 years. Each pair gets washed in a machine 1x week. That's over 100 washes each. Really, the only reason I replace them is because I put them in the dryer each week. If I air dried them, they'd probably last 4 years.