# Ladies, can we talk about panties? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 15, 2012, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-can-we-talk-about-panties/615906 "2012-03-15T22:49:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-can-we-talk-about-panties/615906/62 "2012-05-11T07:46:02Z")
> [@Abhutic](#): > > :(I love when you’re on your period. It’s lovely to want to cry wearing panties when you’re on your period. Which I love when you’re on your period, is that I love too see the waistband of your sexy panties and you see the waistband of my sexyboxer briefs. We can do cartwheels together, which you show your sexy panties and I show my sexy boxer briefs. Your sexy panties can rub onto my sexy boxer briefs. I don’t know what this is, but it’s awesome and I read it 5 times. I can’t stop laughing. We can do cartwheels together. Lol. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-can-we-talk-about-panties/615906/63 "2012-05-11T15:34:43Z")
> [@ladyfoxfyre](#): > > I don’t know what this is, but it’s awesome and I read it 5 times. I can’t stop laughing. We can do cartwheels together. Lol. It’s creepy, but so disconnected from reality it’s funny. (1. As stated before, I wear boy shorts, not panties. And the panties I do have are not sexy, unless your definition of sexy is ‘hey, there’s a butt in there’. 2. You can’t see my underwear pretty much ever. If you can, you can see all of it, not just the waistband. In that case, who are you and why are you in my house?!! 3. I can’t do cartwheels.) ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-can-we-talk-about-panties/615906/64 "2012-05-11T15:57:02Z")
> [@Silver\_Tyger](#): > > Well yeah, but don’t guys have the same problem? I just don’t wear those pants again that week. Generally it’s not as bad, because the crotch of the pants are rubbing there like the underwear does. (Obviously, ymmv) Last time I checked, guys don’t have a problem with [discharge emanating from their vaginas](http://www.pamf.org/teen/health/femalehealth/discharge.html). You go right ahead and go commando if you want to, but I plan to continue protecting my clothing from girly fluids. ---
**Author:** ![kmshrader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b782af/32.png) [@kmshrader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kmshrader)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-can-we-talk-about-panties/615906/65 "2012-05-11T16:27:41Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > I get mine from Soma these days - the cotton ones are very comfortable and good for you, and they have some “vanishing edge” ones that have amazing little “stick to you” bits - it’s a little hard to explain, but you don’t notice them once they’re on and they’re great for panty lines. I’d like to second (or third, I s’pose) Soma. I never used to spend money on panties, but they have a fairly regular 7-for-$35 sale, and while that’s not the cheapest you can get underwear for, I like theirs enough that I’ve taken them up on it twice. Honestly the only thongs I’ll wear for everyday underwear, and I got a free pair with “stick-to-you” bits with a bra order, and while it’s not my favorite, I can see where a couple pair would be useful for certain situations. The pairs I have, their “Laceable” series, are soft and comfortable and don’t ride and are lovely all-around. The liner is cotton, and the outside is a cotton/nylon/spandex blend. ---
**Author:** ![\_Olive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/4af34b/32.png) [@\_Olive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Olive)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-can-we-talk-about-panties/615906/68 "2012-09-26T08:33:14Z")
I don’t understand the need for undies. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-can-we-talk-about-panties/615906/69 "2012-09-26T11:29:15Z")
No matter how many times it’s explained to you? ---
**Author:** ![Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8c91f0/32.png) [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bam_Boo_Gut)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-can-we-talk-about-panties/615906/70 "2012-09-27T20:36:18Z")
> **[Knickers | M&S](https://www.marksandspencer.com/l/lingerie/knickers)** > > Stock up your top drawer with playful and practical pieces from our collection of knickers. Discover comfortable cotton and luxurious lace at M&S Well, I know you guys are in the US, but even with the shipping English knickers rule! ---
**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:** [September 27, 2012, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-can-we-talk-about-panties/615906/71 "2012-09-27T22:58:14Z")
I had a [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=613780)on this subject in June, 2011. I also asked about double-A batteries in the same thread which caused confusion. I wound up buying panties at Costco and really liked them. ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2012, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-can-we-talk-about-panties/615906/72 "2012-09-29T03:14:38Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I had a [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=613780)on this subject in June, 2011. I also asked about double-A batteries in the same thread which caused confusion. I wound up buying panties at Costco and really liked them. Are you talking about the bikini-cut ones that are in a plastic shell, 6 to a pack, and are packed into themed colors (black/white/heather grey, pink/green/light orange and then three corresponding prints of those colors, etc)? I loooooooooove those! They’re super super stretchy and amazingly soft. The few Hanes cotton bikini undies I had felt like sandpaper after I got these. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2012, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-can-we-talk-about-panties/615906/73 "2012-09-29T03:31:01Z")
I have been wearing Jockey’s for years. Go online and check out their Comfies cotton panties. No side seams! ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2012, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-can-we-talk-about-panties/615906/74 "2012-09-29T03:52:33Z")
I hate Walmart with a passion, but they’ve got some boyshorts type underwear that are just awesome, they’re briefs (hipster?) and made out of the most comfortable lycra. They never ride up (and I’m a “baby got back” kinda girl). I bought some about 6 months ago, and then couldn’t find them again, and then recently I went there for something else (rare occasion) and found the same ones! I bought 6 pair, I think I’ll go back and buy about a dozen more this weekend. They’re that good, and they’re less than 3 bucks a pair. I wish I knew the brand, but you can’t miss them, they’re usually brightly colored and they’re the only boyshorts type they have. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2013, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-can-we-talk-about-panties/615906/77 "2013-05-06T00:56:34Z")
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