# A poll: Rewearing undies? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 23, 2003, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-rewearing-undies/190401 "2003-07-23T16:41:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![cheddarsnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@cheddarsnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheddarsnax)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2003, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-rewearing-undies/190401/41 "2003-07-26T01:55:01Z")
I should add that the above is true regardless of my current laundry situation. ---
**Author:** ![Tsubaki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@Tsubaki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tsubaki)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2003, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-rewearing-undies/190401/42 "2003-07-26T06:30:03Z")
To answer **X~Slayer(ALE)** 1. Very much TMI, but…As mentioned above, I need to wear underwear in order to keep my legs dry 2. I change daily because I put on a new pair after my daily shower. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2003, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-rewearing-undies/190401/43 "2003-07-26T15:09:05Z")
We used to discuss this same issue in college (shockingly enough). My opinion on the matter has always been the same: You don’t wear the same pair of underwear _again_. If you must, you can wear them _still_ (i.e. for more than a day in a row), but once they leave your body they don’t go back on again until they’ve been washed! ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2003, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-rewearing-undies/190401/44 "2003-07-26T18:51:19Z")
Well I’ve learned four things in this thread… 1. Kristiana Lokken was in Unhappily Ever After. 2. Feminine juices is not something only cannibals say. 3. Not to promise a list of four things when you can’t remember the fourth. 4. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Elvis_Rojo)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2003, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-rewearing-undies/190401/45 "2003-07-26T18:59:14Z")
**Dutchboy208** , did you forget about the “Hi Opal” rule? or has that been done away with on the boards? Anyway, personally, I don’t wear underwear. I’m hung like a Greek god, and anyone who’s intelligent to know what that means knows I’m no where near ready to start a porn carreer. but still, I just find them rather uncomfortable and require waaaayy too much adjusting. As long as you keep your ass clean, you’re fine. And it feels GREAT!!! I do, however, wear some when wearing nice clothes, like my suit or something. Mainly because, clothes like that are often really thin, so you need some control incase one gets a little…exciteable. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2003, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-rewearing-undies/190401/46 "2003-07-26T19:19:56Z")
I didn’t forget about it, no… I didn’t know it existed. Strictly, I didn’t pull an opal because I didn’t mention that as the fourth item… Would “hung like a Greek God” imply that it had fallen off, given the probable condition of your statues…? ---
**Author:** ![El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Elvis_Rojo)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2003, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-rewearing-undies/190401/47 "2003-07-26T21:47:24Z")
I was thinking more “painting” wise, not “statue” wise. Of course, my arms did fall off back in the 12th century, so… ---
**Author:** ![macabresoul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e68b1a/32.png) [@macabresoul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/macabresoul)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2003, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-rewearing-undies/190401/48 "2003-07-26T22:50:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ToffeeApple \* > \*\*Have I got it right that people put on fresh undies to got to bed? Why? This is an honest enquiry - I know the woman down the road from me always wore underwear under her nightie, and made her daughter do the same. I never understood why, but couldn’t quite bring myself to ask why. I never wear anything, but I can just about understand people wearing nighties or jammies, but underwear? So restricting… \*\* :dubious: And you would know this because…? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-rewearing-undies/190401/49 "2003-07-27T00:11:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Speaker for the Dead \* > **This is mostly for the guys, but you women can join in too if you like. Pretty much this is the question: let’s say you were too lazy to do your laundry and ran out of clean underwear. Would you rewear an old pair or quickly do a load of washing?** (Guy-type person here) I would do ©: wear a pair of my emergency back-up undies, the ones that I don’t wear regularly because they’re uncomfortable or old and raggedy. If I were away from home somewhere, I’d wash my undies if it were at all feasible and reasonably convenient. Otherwise I’d rewear a pair, but I’d feel a little self-conscious all day, kind of like if I’d forgotten to put on deodorant. ---
**Author:** ![IGJoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/igjoe/32/5420_2.png) [@IGJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IGJoe)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-rewearing-undies/190401/50 "2003-07-27T00:22:22Z")
I’d go without undies rather than re-wearing a pair. If I absolutely _had_ to, I could probably force myself to re-wear a pair of boxers… ---
**Author:** ![Pablito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@Pablito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pablito)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-rewearing-undies/190401/51 "2003-07-27T02:12:43Z")
For a ‘mostly for the guys’ thread, there sure are a lot of women chiming in, probably because women seem to care more about this issue. I wear a new pair of boxers every day, unless I’ve run out, in which case I wear the same pair again, or nothing. Personally, the re-use of underwear has never seemed like a big deal, but then things stay pretty dry down there for me so there’s no soiling going on. If I were someone who did happen to manufacture moisture in my undie area (i.e., virtually all women and some guys), then perhaps I’d feel the need to change. As it is, my used underwear is essential indistinguishable from my clean underwear, even after multiple wearings. ---
**Author:** ![soulmurk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@soulmurk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulmurk)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-rewearing-undies/190401/52 "2003-07-27T04:30:29Z")
When I fall into bed at night I tend to remove my pants and boxer-briefs in one quick pull and am guilty of hopping back into the same undies and pants in the morning until I shower (generally after 2 cups of coffee but sometimes longer), at which point I change into clean ones. Other than that I’ll go without rather than re-use. ---
**Author:** ![\_ceQueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/b9bd4f/32.png) [@\_ceQueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_ceQueen)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-rewearing-undies/190401/53 "2003-07-27T15:53:21Z")
I’d go and buy a new pair! ---
**Author:** ![emmaliminal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emmaliminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emmaliminal)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-rewearing-undies/190401/54 "2003-07-27T16:16:28Z")
**Pablito** sez “If I were someone who did happen to manufacture moisture in my undie area…” Two words: crotch sweat. Maybe this isn’t a problem for guys where some of y’all live, but in Texas, it’s a good enough reason for our dog to gnaw happily on any worn undies that don’t make it all the way into the deep laundry bag. Doesn’t stop my husband from leaving them lying around. We should buy stock in Hanes. ---
**Author:** ![emmaliminal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emmaliminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emmaliminal)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-rewearing-undies/190401/55 "2003-07-27T16:26:11Z")
My on-topic point being, if the dog thinks they smell tasty, do you really want to put them on? :eek: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-rewearing-undies/190401.md?page=2)