# Ladies how long should I keep your panties in my home? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 25, 2002, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-long-should-i-keep-your-panties-in-my-home/129583 "2002-09-25T05:24:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![zen101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c68b51/32.png) [@zen101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zen101)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2002, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-long-should-i-keep-your-panties-in-my-home/129583/1 "2002-09-25T05:24:00Z")
Pretty indicative thread title the question revolves around this phenomenon: I have a lot of underwer that isn’t mine. Almost as much as my own personal underwear. For some reason women leave their underwear here a lot. I’d say one out of five guests deposits a pair in my underwear bank. I don’t request it, I don’t wash it, I don’t like to touch it (a whole issue all it’s own I’m sure). I just sort of kick it into the back of the closet where there is a pile of I guess a dozen pairs, plus or minus three pair. Obviously I don’t maintain contact with all of these visitors, but of the ones I do I can’t see myself asking them to dig through the panties to figure out which are theirs. So should I thrown them out? Find a pervert online and sell them? Do they make pretty colors when they burn? Can I make a douvet or a hammock? And more importantly why do I have all of these underwears? I never leavy my (well if I wore any) underwears when I go places. Sure women steal my t-shirts or my dress shirts, but thats not me leaving them. I’m confused by this. Someone tried to tell my that this was women unconciously “marking” me, this guy does not exactly get a lot of play so I’m credulous. Is this accurate, do I need to set my boundaries more firmly? ---
**Author:** ![EasyPhil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47c2d/32.png) [@EasyPhil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EasyPhil)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2002, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-long-should-i-keep-your-panties-in-my-home/129583/2 "2002-09-25T06:01:13Z")
Are you saying you haven’t gotten any action from the women that have left their panties? What’s up with that? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![hazel-rah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/73ab20/32.png) [@hazel-rah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hazel-rah)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2002, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-long-should-i-keep-your-panties-in-my-home/129583/3 "2002-09-25T06:30:10Z")
First, are you living at the laundromat? Because that isn’t your closet. ---
**Author:** ![zen101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c68b51/32.png) [@zen101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zen101)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2002, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-long-should-i-keep-your-panties-in-my-home/129583/4 "2002-09-25T07:33:12Z")
heh, no I live in my apartment. It’s my closet. And weather I do or don’t get any action isn’t important. I just want pany etiquitte and some reason why I’m left holding them. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2002, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-long-should-i-keep-your-panties-in-my-home/129583/5 "2002-09-25T10:06:23Z")
Damn according to the post I think **Zen’s** getting alot of action. lets see do the mathe here: 1 in 5 women leave their panties **Zen** said he has damn near as much panties that he does of his own underwear. so I’m gonna err on the side of caution and say that at the very _least_ he has 7 pairs of underwear. so… lets just say that he has 6 panties in his closet (since he stated that he almost had as many panties) 1 panty for every 5 women so… 5w x 6p = 30women Jeez! 30women You the man **Zen** 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2002, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-long-should-i-keep-your-panties-in-my-home/129583/6 "2002-09-25T11:39:50Z")
Find some especially colourful ones and wear them like bandannas. Grow your hair long and start listening to _Cream_ and _Buffalo Springfield_. Smoke a lot of weed. A recipe for success. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2002, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-long-should-i-keep-your-panties-in-my-home/129583/7 "2002-09-25T14:05:40Z")
If you’re concerned enough about hygiene issues that you don’t want to touch them, the women are probably concerned enough that they don’t want them either, now that they’ve been piled in a heap with a lot of other women’s underwear. Toss them. Wear gloves. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2002, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-long-should-i-keep-your-panties-in-my-home/129583/8 "2002-09-25T15:00:06Z")
I’m pretty sure it’s a marking thing. Buy a boat and run 'em all up the flagpole. ---
**Author:** ![miamouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@miamouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miamouse)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2002, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-long-should-i-keep-your-panties-in-my-home/129583/9 "2002-09-25T15:48:51Z")
Re: how long should I keep your panties in my home? Oh, THAT’S where the the other side of wormhole under the couch is. I’m looking for a bunch of argyle socks that I have the mate to. Have you seen them? (I’d say chuck 'em, what lieu said, it’s a marking thing. If you have a few FBs, and they are leaving stuff behind, they’re trying to ward away ‘trespassers’, or cause a fight between you and another FB) Guy de Maupassant wrote a good short story related to this too. I can’t remember the name though. Basically, a man had two lovers who would visit his house. One of them left behind a hairpin attached to the mirror. The other noticing that it wasn’t hers, replaced it with one of her own. Sooner or later the women decided to meet and expose him. (If anyone remembers the name of the story I’d appreciate it) ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2002, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-long-should-i-keep-your-panties-in-my-home/129583/10 "2002-09-25T15:55:34Z")
Make soup, **zen**. 😃 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Kiki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kiki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiki)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2002, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-long-should-i-keep-your-panties-in-my-home/129583/11 "2002-09-25T16:18:36Z")
Maybe they were in a hurry to get the hell outta there and just said “to hell” with the panties!?!? 😃 Just throw 'em away and fugedaboudit! ---
**Author:** ![EasyPhil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47c2d/32.png) [@EasyPhil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EasyPhil)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2002, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-long-should-i-keep-your-panties-in-my-home/129583/12 "2002-09-25T16:53:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SHAKES \* > \*\*Damn according to the post I think **Zen’s** getting alot of action. lets see do the mathe here: > > 1 in 5 women leave their panties > > **Zen** said he has damn near as much panties that he does of his own underwear. so I’m > gonna err on the side of caution and say that at the very _least_ he has 7 pairs of underwear. so… > > lets just say that he has 6 panties in his closet (since he stated that he almost had as many panties) > > 1 panty for every 5 women so… > > 5w x 6p = 30women > > Jeez! 30women You the man **Zen** 🆒 \*\* SHAKES, **Zen** said he had a dozen pair of panties plus or minus 3. Which means on the low side: 9 \* 5 = 45 Women On the high side: 15 \* 5 = 75 Women Which is more man that you think he is. I forgot to ask **Zen** , over what period of time did you acquire these panties? ---
**Author:** ![owlofcreamcheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@owlofcreamcheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlofcreamcheese)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2002, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-long-should-i-keep-your-panties-in-my-home/129583/13 "2002-09-25T17:06:24Z")
I like the idea that some of them are too nasty to even touch. why would you sleep with a girl who is so grubby that even their cloths are toxic? (answer: beer) ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2002, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-long-should-i-keep-your-panties-in-my-home/129583/14 "2002-09-25T17:25:16Z")
C’mon Zen, what the hell do you think refrigerator magnets are for? ---
**Author:** ![Belrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed655f/32.png) [@Belrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belrix)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2002, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-long-should-i-keep-your-panties-in-my-home/129583/15 "2002-09-25T17:32:08Z")
eBay? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2002, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-long-should-i-keep-your-panties-in-my-home/129583/16 "2002-09-25T17:45:17Z")
Are we to assume since the panties are all still intact that you got moth balls? ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2002, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-long-should-i-keep-your-panties-in-my-home/129583/17 "2002-09-25T20:28:21Z")
I believe you can go to a high school boys bathroom and charge a $5.00 viewing fee. Saw this in a movie once. More ideas: Tack them up so they display nicely in your car’s rear window. Give 'em to your dog (or the neighbor’s dog, won’t that cause quite a ruckus? :D) Display one on your car antenna. Rotate panties as needed. Guaranteed they’ll be stolen quite quickly in grocery store parking lots. Spray paint them black and give them out as Halloween masks at a H’ween party. ---
**Author:** ![zen101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c68b51/32.png) [@zen101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zen101)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2002, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-long-should-i-keep-your-panties-in-my-home/129583/18 "2002-09-26T05:22:58Z")
Lets see to answer a few questions: **Period of time accumulated:** Three years. **How many different women:** I’m sure that some of the pairs are from the same woman. I’m not the man just because I have sex with different women. I’m a lonely dysfunctional person who has an unusual career and fading good looks. Mainly I’m just screwed up which leads to clarification three… **Why sleep with women who’s panties you refuse to touch?:** I don’t sleep with dirty women (well not hygenically dirty). My issue with panties is psychological. I won’t touch socks either and bought bowling shoes before ever bowling as an adult. Strangely I will eat hamburgers which have been left out overnight. I think I will throw them all out tomorrow. I just don’t know how expensive they are and I hate throwing people’s stuff out. I even have a broken vacum cleaner my ex roomate left here two years back because he said he would pick it up. ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2002, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-long-should-i-keep-your-panties-in-my-home/129583/19 "2002-09-26T06:35:12Z")
Heh. Put all the underwear into the vacuum bag, then deliver it to your roommate, unzip the bag with a flourish and ask him “What in _the hell_ is going on here?!?!” ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2002, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-long-should-i-keep-your-panties-in-my-home/129583/20 "2002-09-26T16:01:55Z")
Or stuff the panties in the hose and reverse the blower. The first time his wife uses it, it’ll blow a dozen different sized panties out. Won’t they share a laugh about that? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-long-should-i-keep-your-panties-in-my-home/129583.md?page=2)