Does anyone else do this?

I recently talked to another bilateral amputee about pants. He’s a vet and lost his 12yrs ago. When I asked him about pants, he just said “oh yeah pants, it’s a pain when you can’t flex your ankles”. I wanted to ask “don’t you just put them on the legs beforehand?” But I didn’t want to be rude. Am I odd for doing this or is it pretty common?