Boy, I read another review that said these pants were tight to get on, but to give it a go as they'd relax. Well, I bought these in a ten, and while I could get them on, I would be in a pretty pickle to get these off in any kind of hurry if I needed to (potty). They are indeed very tight to get on. So, not wanting to wrestle into them or out of them, I returned and am ordering a size 12. I bought them to replace a size 12pair that I have that are just too big on me....so maybe these run small. They're very ice, a tad long in length-I'll have to get these hemmed and about 2inches taken off-I like a 30-31" inseam and these are about 34inches...but I'm buying them again. I'd say if your are curvey at all, maybe go up a size.