I have worn suspenders for the last 25 years. A few things I have learned while wearing them. 1. clip your shorts right along with your pants, because your shorts will go south long before you do. 2. Suspenders are hot to wear in the summertime, I wear bib-overalls then. 3. When you are working on a friends car, wearing a belt will destroy his paint job, you can wear suspenders under a T-shirt. 4. When you MD, use the carpenters heavy duty kind, clip 'em to your pouch and pants at same time, the clips are much more open. 5. Beware of smart-a**ed kids and spouses, they love the sound of you screaming in pain when they grab them from behind and run around the block before letting them loose. 6. Why I like suspenders over belts. As you get older you keep pulling your pants up higher and higher, only to have them get just past the middle age spread (even while wearing a belt) and this is why you see so many old farts wearing both (belt and suspenders) lose the bulge, then ya can wear a belt only. Believe me, all of this is very true. Also another bit of truth, when you get to be old like me, NEVER EVER trust a FART!..........NGE