Well, basically ... the places that in previous years have been my saviour on finding shorts that fit have gone gung-ho into this 'bermuda short' style this year. Which ends up with either clinging to the lower thigh problems or huge back of the waist gaps (actually - the few I tried on had both). And the mall that's easiest for me to get to (as current job has the other half taking the car many of my days off) doesn't have much selection on plus sized stuff. The one store I went into traumetized me with these extra-flowy shorts ....

I dunno. Even the few good pairs of shorts I've got still tend to gap a little at the back of the waist. that's why drawstrings (without being flowy shorts) made these shorts sound even more tempting.