# Going commando **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 10, 2004, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-commando/239321 "2004-04-10T14:54:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![alphaFemale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecb155/32.png) [@alphaFemale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaFemale)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2004, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-commando/239321/21 "2004-05-07T20:00:47Z")
i rarely wear undrwear; only when i’m wearing a skirt for fear of rogue winds and when it’s That Time. ---
**Author:** ![cowgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@cowgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cowgirl)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2004, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-commando/239321/22 "2004-05-07T20:43:09Z")
I don’t do it myself (something about the seam … although I’m inspired by **bella** ’s point … and also (since we’ve crossed the TMI line … haven’t we?) I haven’t resolevd the ‘snail trail’ issue) but the last few BFs I’ve had, including the one I married, do it and I think it’s terribly sexy. Or rather, I now think all kinds of men’s gitch is terribly _un_sexy. I’d probably go commando if I was a guy. ---
**Author:** ![RitzyRae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aca169/32.png) [@RitzyRae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitzyRae)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2004, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-commando/239321/23 "2004-05-07T20:51:34Z")
Undies with pants, just cuz I have seam issues as well, or I don’t want the seams to incite anything at the wrong time. :eek: Now skirts, of a descent length (in the summer) - no undies. Female parts were never meant to be smothered by pantyhose in 90 or 100 degree weather. And it is healthy for women to get some air down there. Just watch out for stiff winds! My husband and I carpool, and when I get in the car in the morning while wearing a skirt, he gives me a side-long glance and says, “Undies?” I reply, “Nope.” And he smiles. It’s a fun game. ---
**Author:** ![Cherry2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cherry2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cherry2000)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2004, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-commando/239321/24 "2004-05-07T21:53:13Z")
All commando, all the time. Only exception is if I go to the doctor. Don’t want to have my bare patootie hanging out of one of those hospital gowns if it doesn’t have to be. With work clothes, I always wear panty hose (with a skirt or pants…doesn’t matter). So everything is always “covered” when I am in a professional environment. As to the “why” I started going commando: I spent many years as a dancer/actress, and you simply cannot wear underwear with tights and costumes. It _always_ shows if you do, and tends to restrict your movement. Just kept the habit after work, and even after I changed careers. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2004, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-commando/239321/25 "2004-05-08T17:39:33Z")
> [@phall0106](#): > > Big Olaf, eh? > > How _you_ doin’? Just fine, darlin’. How _you_ doin’, **phall?** By the way, I have to wear underwear when I wear shorts to the gym. Otherwise Big Olaf peeks out when I do my stretches. It’s not safe for the other men to begin weeping when they’re lifting weights. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-commando/239321/26 "2004-05-09T01:53:24Z")
I almost alway go commando. Been doing it for years. I really only wear my boxer breifs with dressy sort of attire or workout clothes. With just my jeans on, I got just my jeans on. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-commando/239321/27 "2004-05-09T03:12:42Z")
I always go commando with the exception of wearing clothes that don’t belong to me which is rare, it’s happened twice I can remember. I’ve gone commando since I was 7 years old. I remember getting dressed for school and not having any underwear. It never occured to me to put on a dirty pair, thought that was gross, so I simply didn’t put any on. I didn’t feel so couped up that day so from then on, I just didn’t wear them. For a month or so my mom tried to get me to wear them, after a while she just gave up. I’m very careful with the zipper of my pants so I’ve never had a problem. The half mast thing has been a problem from time to time. I do have a solution but I’d rather not get into that unless you ask nicely. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-commando/239321/28 "2004-05-09T06:46:57Z")
Seinfeld: “there’s just one thin layer of gabardine between us and …” :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-commando/239321/31 "2011-01-05T21:41:53Z")
Beware of zombie commandos. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-commando/239321/32 "2011-01-05T21:54:27Z")
I’m wondering what **Correa** googled to get this thread. “How to be a Commando?” “Commando” the movie? A misspelling such as “Cobra Commando”? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-commando/239321/33 "2011-01-05T23:06:40Z")
I deleted two posts in this thread from **Correa** , who I guess signed up to share his thoughts about women going commando. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-commando/239321/34 "2011-01-06T04:24:35Z")
Zombie thread, closing at request of OP. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-commando/239321.md?page=1)