Should my New Standards be this tight?

I got my size 30, black New Standards today. I tried them on, and I could just barely get them buttoned. I imagine it would be a physical impossibility to get a pair of 29's buttoned - thats how tight these things are. They are pretty uncomfortable.

I want them to still be pretty tight once stretched out and broken in. Not emo-status, Levi's-510-tight, but still pretty tight. I know APC's stretch a lot, and youre supposed to size down 2 sizes, but I think I may have sized down too much. For comparison, I have a pair of size 32 Corpus slim fits (Im pretty sure they are raw) that fit pretty much the way I want, but even these are a tad tighter in the waist than I would prefer, although Ive only worn them 3 times. I dont know how Corpus fits in comparison to APC.

Do you think I should just swap the APC's for a 31 or 32, or will they stretch out enough to be comfortable?

 

i wish i could ban you

 

From what I've heard, the fit is right if you can do everything but the top button.

 

if you can button them, they'll stretch a few inches from where they're at right now. keep 'em.

 

pictures woudl probably help

 

wear them hard for a week and see if they fit after that. sounds like they should

 

ill keep 'em then. preash.

 

you need >100 posts to post pictures. ridiculous rule, but oh wells.

 

wat

 

If you can barely button the top one, then you're good.

 

I dont have >100 posts, therefore, due to the post requirement on this board, I cant post pictures or links, or else I would have posted pictures of the fit.

 

yep, the top button requires some effort to get buttoned. guess im good, then.

 

youre fine.. i bought mine, and i could barely do the top button.. now they're too loose. I should have szed down 3

 

now im lookin forward to breakin these suckers in.