Five days a week I hate putting on pantyhose. I
don’t mind wearing them, but just hate getting
into them. If I accidentially put on a pair
with a run, I will change to wearing pants
rather than change the damn pantyhose?
Am I the only one?
I hate it too. Of course I’m a guy, and very rare is the occasion that I’m called upon to wear pantyhose, but still. They are a pain in the ass.
Does that mean you like it the other 2 days?
Argh, I hate it. I usually just wear pants with knee-highs. The worst is at the gym. You’re still slightly damp from the shower, no matter how much you try to dry off, so they stick to your skin. Plus, I have never found a way to start the second leg without looking totally awkward and ungraceful - I always wind up with my knee practically in my armpit or something, and hoping that no one glances at me until I’ve got them on!
Thank God half my working day involves shorts and a t-shirt (home office) and the other half involves jeans.
On the rare occasion that I wear a dress, I dread wearing panty hose. I would go without but for some reason I feel partially neked if I don’t wear panty hose.
I loathe pantyhose, they feel crappy. I also hate tights, They are stupid. Wish I didn’t have to wear 'em. Yucky itchy prickly feeling, ick.
Yes, yes, yes I hate them, and that’s why I don’t wear them anymore! WHY are you still struggling with them? If you must wear hosiery, use thigh highs. Or, with the longer skirts & dresses these days, NO STOCKINGS! When I first tried the thigh highs, I made the mistake of getting them according to the size chart on the package. They came to about mid-thigh and wouldn’t stay up (they’d roll down to the top of my knees). I bought the next size up, so they come all the way up my thighs, almost to the panty leg. However, with hot weather, I rarely wear them. I’ve been wearing long dresses, skirts, or slacks and NO stockings. (Also, the nice thing about the thigh highs is, if you get a run in one leg, you can still use the other if you have another pair in the same shade.)
I hate 'em! I have to pull 'em over my head, and my hair gets stuck in them. Then, when I’m running from the bank, I have to take 'em off quickly without pulling out most of my hair in the process. And they leave marks on my face sometimes that can be identified by a witness.
I tell ya, they’re a pain in the ass!
No, it means I only wear them five days a week to work.
And only because I have to.
I hate it too, but dammit, you do what you gotta do for a little love and affection.
I love a thread that almost makes those ugly mailman uniforms seem nice. I don’t wear pantyhose normally, but on the occasions that I have to dress, I hate em too. The worst was when I chaperoned my daughter’s class at the zoo in another town. I had a court appearance for my foster child on the same day, so I left the zoo early with clothes in the car. Got stuck in a traffic jam and lost my clothes changing time. Once the traffic got moving, I was flying down the highway at 70 mph changing clothes along the way. It was going rather smoothly till I got to the pantyhose part. I’m sure there are some truckers out there that are still laughing. Note to truckers… if a woman is putting on pantyhose while driving a vehicle, that air horn is only going to make the situation worse … mkay?
Ha, I used to work for the #1 hosiery company in the US. Their corporate offices now have a casual dress code, meaning hosiery is optional. But us reps had to wear them still! Even after 3.5 years of wearing them nearly every day, I still hated the feeling of pulling them on…yeesh.
Thigh highs/knee highs are great compared to full pantyhose, especially in July. I wore tights a lot too, as they hold up much better - I did a lot of travelling and snagged many a pair getting into or out of the car.
–tygre
If you don’t like 'em, don’t wear 'em. Why should you feel you have to wear P.H. anyway? I don’t think it’s anybody else’s doggone business what you put on your legs. Especially nowadays long skirts are everywhere. Personally, I love to see women in beautiful flowing long skirts. Away with those ridiculous dress for success suits.
Pantyhose, along with makeup are part of a plot to rob women of their time and money. I don’t wear them any more. I wear long flowing skirts with trouser socks and stretch pants under the skirts.
:;thinks about making a sarcastic comment::
Nah too easy.
Hate putting them on, hate wearing them. For some reason they make my tummy itch. But then my first pair of stockings included a garter belt, I hated those too. The little hooks dug into the back of your legs. I was in 5th grade and at school we had those hard wooden desks. Telling my age, huh? How about this…back then sanitary napkins didn’t have sticky stuff on them, you had to wear a belt too! That was disgusting also. No such thing as dry weave or wings in those days. They did have tampons but not the variety they have in those now either.
Needs2know
Hate putting em on, and for what reward? Ugly looking things - there’s that moment after you put them on and just before you put the skirt or whatever on top. Yup, that’s me at my absolutely most desirable. [/yuck factor off]
Charley.
That’s why I usually (not always - depends on the dress/skirt) where stockings.
Pantyhose are the invention of the devil. Satan, buddy, you’ve got a lot to answer for.
Why, in order to look “professional”, must I stuff my legs in nylon sausage casings? Why, why why? Especially the ones that are more or less the same color as my legs? Especially in summer? Makes NO sense. That’s why it’s tights, pants, or nothing for me, unless I’m going to some kind of formal black dress event and need the pantyhose that shrink my behind until circulation is cut off.
The last time I regularly wore them was when I was pregnant and had to look “professional” in a cold climate.
Imagine trying to put on a pair of support panty hose when:
- You can’t see your feet.
- You can hardly reach around your midsection.
- Lifting your leg higher than a few inches makes the ligaments in your hips feel like they are being removed from your body with a blunt ax.
Ow.
Unfortunately maternity pantsuits make me look like Barney the Dinosaur.