# Did someone go through my clothes? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 27, 2011, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-someone-go-through-my-clothes/590544 "2011-07-27T21:28:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MitchellOH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eada6e/32.png) [@MitchellOH](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MitchellOH)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-someone-go-through-my-clothes/590544/1 "2011-07-27T21:28:54Z")
I think someone might have been gong through my underwear. My room is kind of a mess, so I can’t be sure, but I think I noticed my drawer in a slightly different position than how I left it. Normally I might just think I was mistaken, except that I also noticed a pair of panties I wore a couple days ago that were on the top of my laundry basket. I THINK they should have been buried further down. Am I imagining things? Am I going crazy? I have my suspicion that it was my brother’s friend who was over at our house last weekend, but that’s just because he’s the only one I can think of who was here. Don’t know what to do. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-someone-go-through-my-clothes/590544/2 "2011-07-27T22:38:25Z")
Have you noticed anybody following you from room to room in the apartment upstairs? ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-someone-go-through-my-clothes/590544/3 "2011-07-27T22:51:26Z")
Lock your bedroom door. If you don’t have one, get a lockbox of some kind and put anything in it you want to protect - underwear (clean and dirty), documents, whatever, and keep the key on you at all times. And put a “I know you’re snooping, you perv!” note in your underwear drawer/laundry basket. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-someone-go-through-my-clothes/590544/4 "2011-07-27T22:59:14Z")
This sucks. I had a boyfriend who did that once. To catch him, I pulled out my top two dresser drawers and taped a piece of thread that was dark like the dresser UNDERNEATH each drawer, such that when you opened the drawer, the thread would drop down and remain hanging out, but likely the perp wouldn’t notice it. I DID catch him. He read my diary. Should have dumped him right then and there. Grrr. But I didn’t. My bad. Also, when you leave your bedroom, spread a towel on the floor just inside the door and sprinkle it with dusting powder. 🙂 Use the towel- otherwise you’ll have to vacuum. I also endorse getting a good, solid lock for your door. Put a “keep out” sign on the door. ---
**Author:** ![rhubarbarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-someone-go-through-my-clothes/590544/5 "2011-07-28T00:40:26Z")
People do this all the time. Men in particular are interested in dirty laundry, etc (eew). So I don’t think you’re crazy, though of course, you could be imagining things. Keep your door closed, locked if possible, put your things away, and set traps if you really want to… ---
**Author:** ![El\_Gui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@El\_Gui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Gui)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-someone-go-through-my-clothes/590544/6 "2011-07-28T00:52:38Z")
Take a big crap in one of them. (Actually, he might like that) ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-someone-go-through-my-clothes/590544/7 "2011-07-28T06:16:49Z")
> [@MitchellOH](#): > > I think someone might have been gong through my underwear. My room is kind of a mess, so I can’t be sure, but I think I noticed my drawer in a slightly different position than how I left it. Normally I might just think I was mistaken, except that I also noticed a pair of panties I wore a couple days ago that were on the top of my laundry basket. I THINK they should have been buried further down. > > Am I imagining things? Am I going crazy? I have my suspicion that it was my brother’s friend who was over at our house last weekend, but that’s just because he’s the only one I can think of who was here. > > Don’t know what to do. If its your brother’s friend who was over last weekend…3-4 days ago, then why would your panties that you wore a couple of days ago, now be appearing on the top of your laundry. Either you are a very poor detective, or you’re making up the OP. I’ll wager the latter. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-someone-go-through-my-clothes/590544/8 "2011-07-28T12:48:06Z")
> [@rhubarbarin](#): > > People do this all the time. Men in particular are interested in dirty laundry, etc (eew). :dubious: Do you mean that the majority of people who have a fetish for dirty laundry are male, or do you assume that the majority of all men have such an interest? ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-someone-go-through-my-clothes/590544/9 "2011-07-28T13:56:38Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > If its your brother’s friend who was over last weekend…3-4 days ago, then why would your panties that you wore a couple of days ago, now be appearing on the top of your laundry. Either you are a very poor detective, or you’re making up the OP. I’ll wager the latter. Good eye! Or… maybe it’s her brother who’s snooping. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-someone-go-through-my-clothes/590544/10 "2011-07-28T14:21:26Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > Good eye! Coming to CBS this Fall: “Panty Concentration”! “Nope, they don’t match. See? The edges have lace ruffles. So, player two…its You’re chance at the Jetski…” ---
**Author:** ![rhubarbarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-someone-go-through-my-clothes/590544/11 "2011-07-28T15:42:30Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > :dubious: > Do you mean that the majority of people who have a fetish for dirty laundry are male, or do you assume that the majority of all men have such an interest? Never heard of a female panty-sniffer. I’m sure it’s not any more common a sexual interest than say, feet. ---
**Author:** ![threemae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f9b8f/32.png) [@threemae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threemae)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-someone-go-through-my-clothes/590544/12 "2011-07-28T15:50:42Z")
Did someone go through your clothes? Clearly someone on the internet is qualified to answer this question. ---
**Author:** ![MichaelEmouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/michaelemouse/32/101_2.png) [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-someone-go-through-my-clothes/590544/13 "2011-07-28T16:16:45Z")
🙂 Whoever’s guilty of this will get his comeuppance because for once he’ll be the one getting… 🆒 sniffed out. YYYYEEAAAAHHHHH!!! ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-someone-go-through-my-clothes/590544/14 "2011-07-28T16:22:39Z")
> [@rhubarbarin](#): > > People do this all the time. Men in particular are interested in dirty laundry, etc (eew). So I don’t think you’re crazy, though of course, you could be imagining things. All the time? We don’t even know if anything’s happened. (And it’s not like we have any way of figuring it out so I’m not sure why the O even asked.) I don’t think it’s a good idea to feed into this person’s paranoia. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-someone-go-through-my-clothes/590544/15 "2011-07-28T16:39:16Z")
> [@rhubarbarin](#): > > Never heard of a female panty-sniffer. I’m sure it’s not any more common a sexual interest than say, feet. Ok, I grant you that, but your first post made me think of panty-sniffing as a common pastime of men, which is certainly not the case. ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-someone-go-through-my-clothes/590544/16 "2011-07-28T17:02:20Z")
I feel your pain. When our family cabin was broken into a few months ago, they creeps went through my underwear drawer. I’m not easily squicked out, but the idea of some meth-head handling my underwear made me throw them all out. [hijack] The assholes stole a fire safe from the bedroom closet (no, it wasn’t bolted down). Since it was a fire safe and contained no valuables, the combination to the safe was taped to the top of the safe and the key was in the lock. The meth-heads were caught down the road in someone’s driveway trying to break the safe open with a hammer. Driveway owner “thought that didn’t look right” and held a shotgun on them until the sheriff’s deputy arrived to take them into custody. Value of safe: $250. A misdemeanor. Damage done entering house: $850. 250 + 850 = 1100 = felony. Not only assholes, but stupid assholes. [/hijack]. ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-someone-go-through-my-clothes/590544/17 "2011-07-28T18:22:33Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > This sucks. I had a boyfriend who did that once. To catch him, I pulled out my top two dresser drawers and taped a piece of thread that was dark like the dresser UNDERNEATH each drawer, such that when you opened the drawer, the thread would drop down and remain hanging out, but likely the perp wouldn’t notice it. I DID catch him. He read my diary. Should have dumped him right then and there. Grrr. But I didn’t. My bad. > > Also, when you leave your bedroom, spread a towel on the floor just inside the door and sprinkle it with dusting powder. 🙂 Use the towel- otherwise you’ll have to vacuum. > > I also endorse getting a good, solid lock for your door. Put a “keep out” sign on the door. I’m curious about this. What was his defense? ---
**Author:** ![Katriona](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/katriona/32/113_2.png) [@Katriona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katriona)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-someone-go-through-my-clothes/590544/18 "2011-07-28T18:39:00Z")
Underpants Gnomes? Gnomes’ three phase business plan: 1.Collect Underpants 2. ? 3.Profit ---
**Author:** ![rhubarbarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-someone-go-through-my-clothes/590544/19 "2011-07-28T18:41:22Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Ok, I grant you that, but your first post made me think of panty-sniffing as a common pastime of men, which is certainly not the case. It’s pretty common, judging by the men I have known and what I’ve heard from other people (one of my friends worked for a packing and moving company for many years, and to hear her stories it seems most of the guys that worked with her went into that line of work simply to indulge their fetishes for sniffing, stealing and handling panties). But hardly universal! ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-someone-go-through-my-clothes/590544/20 "2011-07-28T19:30:56Z")
> [@Katriona](#): > > 1.Collect Underpants > 2. ? > 3.Profit 1.Collect Underpants 2. Sell them on the internet 3.Profit FTFY. 😉 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-someone-go-through-my-clothes/590544.md?page=2)