# I need some clean underwear **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 17, 2005, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-clean-underwear/336031 "2005-12-17T07:15:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Liz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/liz/32/17737_2.png) [@Liz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liz)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2005, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-clean-underwear/336031/21 "2005-12-18T12:43:39Z")
Definitely B. I can’t remember the last time I wore panties that weren’t… uh… for bedroom entertainment purposes. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2005, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-clean-underwear/336031/22 "2005-12-18T13:41:10Z")
20 pairs of underpants is a lot? I must have at least twice that in my closet. My wife keeps on buying me new ones in the vague hope I’ll throw some of my old pairs away. That aside, if by any chance I find myself without clean drawers I’d much rather go commando. It’s not as if I haven’t done that before (back in my army years I wouldn’t wear anything under my uniform from May to October), and there’s nothing I hate more than getting out of a nice shower and then having to put on a pair of soiled boxers. ---
**Author:** ![Cerri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3bc359/32.png) [@Cerri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerri)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2005, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-clean-underwear/336031/23 "2005-12-18T14:09:05Z")
> [@nyctea scandiaca](#): > > Ever since I started telecommuting from home nearly six months ago, I have stopped wearing underwear altogether. It started because I spent most of my time at home in loungewear - like nighties or boxers/PJ pants and a tank top. No need to wear underwear. Then I started to realize it was just more confortable that way. So whenever I would get dressed, I wouldn’t put them on. Not with shorts, jeans, sweatpants, nothing. Not only is it more comfortable, I’ve noticed I feel a lot _cleaner_ down there, probably because there’s more airflow (therefore not so much dampness - I’m a girl, by the way…) It also helps with the volume of laundry. I love it! Only time I ever wear underwear is in a miniskirt and even then, it’s a thong. I _hate_ underwear! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2005, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-clean-underwear/336031/24 "2005-12-18T17:03:04Z")
I remember watching a stand-up comedian explain how he was a bachelor and he only did laundry when he ran out of clean underwear. So he bought 180 pairs of underwear and only did laundry twice a year. And I was thinking a real bachelor would wear each pair a second day and only do laundry once a year. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2005, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-clean-underwear/336031/25 "2005-12-18T20:47:25Z")
> [@Cerri](#): > > Only time I ever wear underwear is in a miniskirt and even then, it’s a thong. I _hate_ underwear! Why, hello there! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-clean-underwear/336031/26 "2005-12-19T02:05:07Z")
I always grab a pair of clean underwear before I get in the shower, so I’d never get out and discover that I didn’t have one. If I was ready to take a shower and discovered that I had no clean underwear, I’d simply hold off on the shower for that day (I’m not one of those “I must take a shower every day or the world will come to an end” types, and I have a desk job so funk isn’t a real issue in one day) and I’d hie myself down to the store where I’d buy a pack or two of new underwear. I’ve got _oodles_ of underwear for just this reason. 🙂 Then I’d try to remember to do laundry before I ran out again and had to go buy _more_. So far I’ve never had to do that, so I guess I’m okay. ---
**Author:** ![Glassy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ea666f/32.png) [@Glassy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glassy)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-clean-underwear/336031/27 "2005-12-19T03:24:02Z")
Are you serious? Never never never never wear a pair of unwashed undies. Better far to do without. I feel the same way about socks. Put on dirty ones? Like, touching my skin? Eew! The idea is unthinkable. But maybe that’s just me. ---
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-clean-underwear/336031/28 "2005-12-19T15:11:53Z")
For the most part I have stopped supervising my sons’ bathtime/bedtime rituals, but the nine-year-old and I had to have a little talk the other day. After washing a week’s worth of his laundary I folded seven shirts, seven pairs of pants, seven pairs of socks - but only 2 pairs of underwear. _Every day_, son. Every day. On the other hand, the five-year-old’s hamper contained closer to 14 pairs of underwear. And at least 20 pairs of socks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-clean-underwear/336031.md?page=1)