An absorbent article for personal wear about a wearer's waist, the article having a transverse axis and a longitudinal centerline, the article comprising: a liquid permeable inner surface for facing the wearer; an outer surface for facing away from the wearer; an absorbent body disposed therebetween; a front waist region , a back waist region , and a crotch region extending longitudinally between and interconnecting the front and back waist regions; a front side panel attached to the front waist region and a back side panel attached to the back waist region , the front and back side panels being releasably attachable by an article fastening system to define a wear configuration of the absorbent article having a waist opening and a leg opening spaced from the waist opening, wherein the front and back side panels each extend from the waist opening to the leg opening; the article fastening system comprising a second article fastening component coupled to or integral with one of the front and back side panels adapted for refastenable engagement to a corresponding first article fastening component ; and a finger tab attached to said other one of the front and back side panels , characterised in that the finger tab extends transversely outward of said other one of the front and back side panels , wherein the tab includes a tab fastening component , and wherein the second article fastening component and the tab fastening component are generally colinear and are both generally equidistant from the longitudinal centerline when the article is in the wear configuration; wherein a portion of the tab fastening component overlies a portion of the second article fastening component in the wear configuration. a liquid permeable inner surface for facing the wearer; an outer surface for facing away from the wearer; an absorbent body disposed therebetween; a front waist region , a back waist region , and a crotch region extending longitudinally between and interconnecting the front and back waist regions; a front side panel attached to the front waist region and a back side panel attached to the back waist region , the front and back side panels being releasably attachable by an article fastening system to define a wear configuration of the absorbent article having a waist opening and a leg opening spaced from the waist opening, wherein the front and back side panels each extend from the waist opening to the leg opening; the article fastening system comprising a second article fastening component coupled to or integral with one of the front and back side panels adapted for refastenable engagement to a corresponding first article fastening component ; and a finger tab attached to said other one of the front and back side panels , characterised in that the finger tab extends transversely outward of said other one of the front and back side panels , wherein the tab includes a tab fastening component , and wherein the second article fastening component and the tab fastening component are generally colinear and are both generally equidistant from the longitudinal centerline when the article is in the wear configuration; wherein a portion of the tab fastening component overlies a portion of the second article fastening component in the wear configuration. <EOS>