# Women: What's a normal number of underwear to own at any given time? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 21, 2015, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-whats-a-normal-number-of-underwear-to-own-at-any-given-time/723100 "2015-06-21T22:30:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Saro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Saro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saro)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2015, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-whats-a-normal-number-of-underwear-to-own-at-any-given-time/723100/41 "2015-06-29T02:39:51Z")
I have about 5 pairs of daytime panties (seamless to try to avoid panty lines), 6 or so of nighttime panties (comfy), and 6 or 7 of ridiculous panties that I rarely wear. So I guess 11 to 18 or so. I want some more though. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2015, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-whats-a-normal-number-of-underwear-to-own-at-any-given-time/723100/42 "2015-06-29T09:47:09Z")
> [@overlyverbose](#): > > Where the heck do these undies get stored anyway? That seems ridiculous. I’ve got about 14-21 days of utilitarian, “every day” under wear and a few - maybe 7 or so - nicer pairs that I wear when I’m seducing my husband and even that is a pain in the butt (ha) to find room for. Huh? Neatly stacked they don’t take much space. Even when I had the most amount, they took less than half a drawer, folded and stacked. Now they take just one long row of a drawer. Bras take more space, but currently, stack and folded, about half a drawer. Yea, the rest of my house is a disaster, but my drawers are pretty well organized. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2015, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-whats-a-normal-number-of-underwear-to-own-at-any-given-time/723100/43 "2015-06-29T10:12:54Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > 1st: enough to be sure they won’t run out of clean underwear. The actual amount will depend on the washing pattern: “access to washing only once a forthnight”, better have enough for a month just in case the washing machine chooses that day to break; “there is washing 6 days a week but different things”, you can have less. Women don’t do the old, handwash a single piece in a sink and hang out to dry under a fan in summer, on the radiator in winter trick? That’s excellent for travelling especially when in a hotel you discover that your suitcase is packed in such a way that most of your underwear is at the bottom of the pile. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2015, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-whats-a-normal-number-of-underwear-to-own-at-any-given-time/723100/44 "2015-06-29T10:50:34Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > I just looked this up. The concept is just a joke, right? :eek: Not a joke, a troll. Started by 4channers. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2015, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-whats-a-normal-number-of-underwear-to-own-at-any-given-time/723100/45 "2015-06-29T11:04:35Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > Women don’t do the old, handwash a single piece in a sink and hang out to dry under a fan in summer, on the radiator in winter trick? > > That’s excellent for travelling especially when in a hotel you discover that your suitcase is packed in such a way that most of your underwear is at the bottom of the pile. My older female relatives do that, which is why they still have about 5 pieces each. Me? I only do a handwash prewash if it is too dirty and when it dries it gets tossed in the laundry. Again, I have plenty, and seldom go “OMG, I’ve run out of clean underwear!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-whats-a-normal-number-of-underwear-to-own-at-any-given-time/723100.md?page=2)