# For the women - What kind of underwear do you wear? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 4, 2000, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-women-what-kind-of-underwear-do-you-wear/43946 "2000-12-04T14:49:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2000, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-women-what-kind-of-underwear-do-you-wear/43946/21 "2000-12-06T06:23:42Z")
Try wearing a thong backwards! You’ll never go back! ---
**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2000, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-women-what-kind-of-underwear-do-you-wear/43946/22 "2000-12-06T17:21:52Z")
I just want to let you know, after reading this thread I will have to stay at my desk for a while… ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2000, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-women-what-kind-of-underwear-do-you-wear/43946/23 "2000-12-06T17:31:41Z")
I had an old girlfriend that wore only granny panties during the time we dated. When I tried to persuade her to try something a bit sexier, she resisted – her grannies were very comfortable, thank you very much, and she wasn’t about to sacrifice comfort for tittilation. About a month after we broke up, I saw her in the local mall, carrying a Victoria’s Secret bag. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2000, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-women-what-kind-of-underwear-do-you-wear/43946/24 "2000-12-06T18:32:11Z")
You go commando, Snickers! Being Scottish, we call it going “regimental”, at least when the guys do it while wearing the kilt. I HAVE to wear underwear, it would freak me out not to. Besides, there is the chafing issue… I recently saw someone I hadn’t seen in years, and she told me that I was the first person she had ever seen wear a thong (changing clothes at the pool, perverts), and it was bright red! The things that stick in the mind! Of course, back in the day, me in a thong WOULD stick in the mind. It would still today, but… ---
**Author:** ![conway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@conway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/conway)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2000, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-women-what-kind-of-underwear-do-you-wear/43946/25 "2000-12-06T19:08:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by hypergirl \* > \*\*For the women \*\* Yeah right. ---
**Author:** ![Pammipoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/87869e/32.png) [@Pammipoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pammipoo)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2000, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-women-what-kind-of-underwear-do-you-wear/43946/26 "2000-12-06T20:32:21Z")
i have a collection of thongs for the no pantyline effect, and for when i’m dressing to impress. and then i have that collection of plain cotton haines or whatever, for when i could care less what i have on cuz there’s no chance anyone else is going to see them 🙂 and my bras, only the cute ones will do. you never can tell when you’ll be caught without a shirt on. (i change at work a lot of times, god only knows how many random people have walked in on me while buttoning my shirt!) ---
**Author:** ![BunnyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BunnyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyGirl)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2000, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-women-what-kind-of-underwear-do-you-wear/43946/27 "2000-12-06T20:53:58Z")
Bikinis from VS. Its the only credit card I’ve got and I use it. Have a few thongs but only wear them when it fits the outfit. Granny Panties: Ugh! Never, never, never, not when I’m old and gray, not ever, no way, no how. Talk about flashbacks to my mom. Gawd, those things are ugly. ---
**Author:** ![mega\_the\_roo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@mega\_the\_roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mega_the_roo)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-women-what-kind-of-underwear-do-you-wear/43946/28 "2000-12-07T02:40:56Z")
I’ve got it all from skimpy little thongs to big skin coloured granny underwear from my colourguard days. Currently I am wearing a cutesy pair of ‘Little Miss’ day of the week undies. Little Miss Shy, to be exact. How ironic. ---
**Author:** ![Nacho4Sara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Nacho4Sara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nacho4Sara)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-women-what-kind-of-underwear-do-you-wear/43946/29 "2000-12-07T04:48:01Z")
> [@](#): > > Currently I am wearing a cutesy pair of ‘Little Miss’ day of the week undies. Little Miss Shy, to be exact. How ironic. OH, I have those too!! Mine are rodeo themed, like “Siesta Sunday” and “Rodeo Wednesday.” They have little sparkly cowgirls on them and red trim. I think they’re pretty cute but my last boyfriend hated them. As for grannie panties - I have a pair of Hipster Briefs from VS’s, and they fit like grannies but are much cuter. It helps that the colors are sexy, too. Part of the Body by Victoria collection - the new colors are boring but I have red, purple, and french blue ones: [http://www2.victoriassecret.com/proddisplay/?prnbr=49-133252&cgname=OSPNTBOVZZZ](http://www2.victoriassecret.com/proddisplay/?prnbr=49-133252&cgname=OSPNTBOVZZZ) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-women-what-kind-of-underwear-do-you-wear/43946/30 "2000-12-07T05:24:37Z")
I dont care much for underwear, to be completely honest. It just never made sense to me. I mean, theres nothing dangling that really needs to be held in by anything, it seems like a wasted effort. However, Im still not the kind of person who can go without underwear if I might need to undress in front of anyone Im not comfortable with, or if Im wearing a skirt/dress… and of course, once a month I’ll wear underwear because, well. the truth is… even if you only use tampons… that string is annoying. For the underwear days… cotton hanes her ways hi-cut in the sporty colours with the white elastic band or comfy cotton boxers. I own -a- black lacy thong. I own a total of maybe 4 pairs of lacey underwear altogether. I always think it would sexy when I see it at the store… but the enthusiasm is gone by the time I get home. _shrug_ As for bras. My favorite one is just a sleek black satin bra… no frills, half cup (I dunno what its really called… but the cup doesnt go up all the way in the front) White cotton with the little lacey eyelets and maybe a bow or pink satin rose in the front are pretty cute too. If you’re feeling a little too “nice” for the whole black underthings look. ---
**Author:** ![DRY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DRY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRY)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-women-what-kind-of-underwear-do-you-wear/43946/31 "2000-12-07T07:52:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by EJsGirl \* > **Of course, back in the day, me in a thong WOULD stick in the mind. It would still today** So…are you going to be at the next LA doperfest? 😃 😃 ---
**Author:** ![hypergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/49beb7/32.png) [@hypergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hypergirl)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-women-what-kind-of-underwear-do-you-wear/43946/32 "2000-12-07T16:58:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Badtz Maru \* > \*\*Try wearing a thong backwards! You’ll never go back! \*\* I actually did that once. Please don’t ask why. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2000, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-women-what-kind-of-underwear-do-you-wear/43946/33 "2000-12-07T20:40:05Z")
nothing at all is preferable actually. but i’m only getting into that, so just normal most of the time. ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2000, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-women-what-kind-of-underwear-do-you-wear/43946/34 "2000-12-08T02:58:41Z")
I need to get some of [these](http://www2.victoriassecret.com/proddisplay/?prnbr=49-135416&cgname=OSPNTVSRZZZ) eventually. I have regulars from there also, I just want the stringy ones too. You know, for “special occasions” and stuff. Would someone like to help me pick out colours? ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2000, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-women-what-kind-of-underwear-do-you-wear/43946/35 "2000-12-08T05:17:57Z")
Well, in the last 3-pack of Hanes underpants that I got from the WalMart, one of the pairs had a leopard-skin print. Yeeeeah, that’s right! Ol’ Green Bean wears leopard-skin underpants! Are you guys drooling yet? Or, to put it another way: > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lolagranola \* > \*\*…my underwear doesn’t even sound vaguely attractive. \*\* ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2000, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-women-what-kind-of-underwear-do-you-wear/43946/36 "2000-12-08T05:56:24Z")
yep, bikini briefs for me, too. I have A thong which I will wear to nix the panty line issue, but…it’s just too close to a wedgie. And I have flashbacks to middle school. Not good. I AM fanatical about matching bras and panties. I buy two or three panties for every bra, for optimal matching. If I HAVE to wear all this extra gear (and while I know some women don’t, trust me, I do) I might as well feel girly. We should try and apply for a group Victoria’s Secret discount. “Um, we’re a multi-national organization of intellectuals who want cheaper underwear.” (sig line, anyone? 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2000, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-women-what-kind-of-underwear-do-you-wear/43946/37 "2000-12-08T06:44:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by EJsGirl \* > \*\*You should have seen the looks I got in Victoria’s Secret when I was pregnant- the women in the store looked horrified when I asked where the thongs were- Ditto, though I favor Frederick’s cotton thongs, they seem to dip in the front rather than go straight across. I, too, horrified a few people when I was pregnant. They DO make maternity thongs, but they’re horrible. They fit all the way over your belly…ick! Another thing that I did when preggers was eschew maternity pantyhose. I’ll never forget my husband’s reaction when he walked in on me while I was 7 months pregnant and getting dressed for a black-tie event. I was wearing a black lace push-up bra, black thong and lace top thigh-highs. I felt like a whale but he was very appreciative. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2000, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-women-what-kind-of-underwear-do-you-wear/43946/38 "2000-12-08T06:46:08Z")
I really didn’t mean to yell. ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2000, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-women-what-kind-of-underwear-do-you-wear/43946/39 "2000-12-08T14:26:47Z")
On behalf of all men, I would just like to thank you wonderful ladies for making the links in this thread… ::clicking on the other open window now:: ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2000, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-women-what-kind-of-underwear-do-you-wear/43946/40 "2000-12-08T14:31:06Z")
Bikinis, always cotton, usually black. White, in the summer. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-women-what-kind-of-underwear-do-you-wear/43946.md?page=1)