a topsheet;

a backsheet;

an absorbent core disposed between said topsheet and said backsheet, wherein a longitudinal center line extends through said topsheet, backsheet, and absorbent core, and wherein said topsheet and said backsheet define a front end edge and a back end edge through which said longitudinal centerline extends and a pair of side margins disposed on opposite sides of said core and extending between said end edges, wherein said topsheet, backsheet, and absorbent core, at least partly, form a central body; and

a pair of waist fastening portions disposed on opposite sides of said longitudinal centerline and in proximity with one of said side margins and attached to said central body in proximity to said side margins, each said waist fastening portion having a first side edge, a second side edge, and a fastening portion centerline extending between said side edges that corresponds with a machine direction of said fastening portion, each said fastening portion including a base layer, a top layer, and an elastic construction disposed between said top and base layers and spaced inwardly from each said side edge, said elastic construction including a plurality of spaced apart and disconnected elastic elements distributed in a direction between said side edges and oriented along a lateral direction intersecting said fastening portion centerline wherein each fastening portion further includes,

an elasticized region positioned between said first and second side edges, said elastic construction being disposed in said elasticized region,

a first non-elasticized region positioned between said first side edge and said elasticized region, and

a second non-elasticized region positioned between said second side edge and said elasticized region, and

wherein said elastic elements are spaced from said first side edge and from said central body and the first non-elasticized region is positioned between said elasticized region and said central body.