Undershirt, Fabric Softener, or Pasties?

[Gut]

These new shirts are killing my nipples. What’s the best way to get some relief? I don’t like the idea of undershirts as I get pretty hot as it is. An undershirt is just going to make that worse. Currently I have liquid Tide with Febreeze as my laundry detergent and I use Bounce sheets in the dryer. Can adding fabric softener really make a difference? As for the pasties I suppose I could go to a strip club and ask a stripper where to buy them. Although the last time I was at a strip club had to be 10 years ago and they didn’t wear pasties.

The shirts are from Moore’s and are the no-iron and wrinkle resistant variety. They say 100% cotton on the tag. Can you help a guy out?

[twickster]

Have you washed the shirt at all yet? Just getting the sizing out may help, without adding any other crap.

[Gut]

They’ve only been through the wash twice. If it’s just a matter of a few more cycles in the machine that would be great.

[TheLoadedDog]

Americans: WTF are “pasties”? I’ve long wondered this.

Here, they’re something you eat (he says, leaving himself wide open to smartarsed responses).

TIA.

[Oakminster]

Pasties are nipple coverings, attached to same with adhesive, hence the name. They are used in some jurisdictions to avoid violating public nudity laws, or nudity/alcohol laws.

[sishoch]

You can also get nipple protectors at athletic stores and catalogs. They are used by long distance runners that tend to chafe their nipples. I tried some once. I suggest shaving around the nipple if it is hairy, as removal can be painful otherwise.

After a marathon, some men look like they are lactating blood.

[Cat_Whisperer]

After this thread, Gut, you realize that at the next Calgary Dopefest we’re all going to be staring at your chestal area, right?

[Tikki]

@Oakminster

Pasties are nipple coverings, attached to same with adhesive, hence the name. They are used in some jurisdictions to avoid violating public nudity laws, or nudity/alcohol laws.

Furthermore, they are pronounced passtees, whereas the delectible meat pies you are referring to are pronounced paystees. At least, they are here.

[Fiveyearlurker]

I have your solution. Go to a sporting goods store and buy body glide. No marathoner would be without it, as nipple chafing is an awful problem around mile 16 or so, but it should serve your purposes as well.

[corkboard]

@Tikki

Furthermore, they are pronounced passtees, whereas the delectible meat pies you are referring to are pronounced paystees. At least, they are here.

They are? And here I’ve been calling them “paste-ees” all my life. I’ll be darned.

[Johnny_L.A]

@Tikki

Furthermore, they are pronounced passtees, whereas the delectible meat pies you are referring to are pronounced paystees. At least, they are here.

I haven’t eaten any pasties or seen any pasties in Washington. But in SoCal a ‘pass-tee’ is a meat pie, and a ‘pay-stee’ is a nipple cover.

[TheLoadedDog]

A “pastie” or “Cornish pastie” here is pronounced “pahstie” but for some reason I read the nipple thing as “paystie”.

The edible version here is a triangular “pie” with vegetables in it. We eat the entire thing, but apparently the original version was made by coal miners’ wives in Cornwall, and designed for them to eat without having to wash their coal dust-covered hands first. The traditional outer pastry was hard and unpleasant to eat, and was just there to act as a kind of plate for the miners to bring to their lips to eat the contents.

[twickster]

@Tikki

Furthermore, they are pronounced passtees, whereas the delectible meat pies you are referring to are pronounced paystees. At least, they are here.

Vice-versa in this neck of the woods.

[Axxon2wire]

@TheLoadedDog

A “pastie” or “Cornish pastie” here is pronounced “pahstie” but for some reason I read the nipple thing as “paystie”.

The edible version here is a triangular “pie” with vegetables in it. We eat the entire thing, but apparently the original version was made by coal miners’ wives in Cornwall, and designed for them to eat without having to wash their coal dust-covered hands first. The traditional outer pastry was hard and unpleasant to eat, and was just there to act as a kind of plate for the miners to bring to their lips to eat the contents.

I eat them here.

http://www.cornishpastyco.com/

They’re pretty tasty but I don’t think they’d be too comfortable to wear.

[Annie-Xmas]

You might be adding too much to the laundry. Try washing it with just water and a cup of vinegar in the rinse water.

[CalMeacham]

Some women use big band-aids as “pasties”. Others think it’s insulting to use a bandage to cover a nipple.

By the way, some novelty and adult stores here sel pasties, and the adhesive they use is Liquiid Latex. Some folks are allergic to that.

[Gut]

@featherlou

After this thread, Gut, you realize that at the next Calgary Dopefest we’re all going to be staring at your chestal area, right?

Perhaps I’ll buy the kind with a tassel and work on my twirl

Thanks for the other suggestions as well folks. If another cycle through the wash doesn’t help I’ll look into the body glide and such.

And stop talking about food, you’re making me hungry!

[Anaamika]

@Oakminster

Pasties are nipple coverings, attached to same with adhesive, hence the name. They are used in some jurisdictions to avoid violating public nudity laws, or nudity/alcohol laws.

And I suppose you could eat them too.

[lieu]

You could get some scissors and cut out two nipple holes. Be sure though and put some trim or embroidery around the holes so the fabric doesn’t chaffe.

[DrDeth]

Are you a male?

I would hazard a guess that it’s allergens in your detergent or fabric softener sheets. Switch to “Free” versions of both and see how it goes. Febreeze irritates the hell out of my skin, note.