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I'm off to buy a pair (but will my tits look even bigger?)

funny how the same thread can make one person buy them and another like me think sod that for a game of soldiers

Why would anyone wear these things? Really, WHY? they sound hideously uncomfortable and they cost far more than I would ever dream of paying for knickers. And I would imagine that regular wearers get regular bouts of thrush and cystitis as well.

madamez, I imagine you're pert of stomach and arse then?

im not but i wouldnt be wearing spanx they sound like a darn nuisance

use a miwi

or however you spell it

mp

Well, there's 10 minutes of unadulterated laughter (including choking on a mouthful of wine and spraying it all over the screen). Thank you.

I have some. I have the bra-to-thighs edition which I wear at Important Events when I need to look slightly less like a pregnant elephant (am not pregnant, and last I checked, don't have four knees so am not an elephant either IRL). I adopt RubyRioja's approach - wear them sneakily, then whip them off as soon as I get home...

And I can manage to wee without getting it all over them. So there.

You're welcome <curtseys>

OK, I was asked to share twice and that is enough for me, when vodka has been imbibed...I had cause to piss quite a few times throughout the spanx wearing day <<bladder like a peanut>> When I removed them for washing, the gusset edge was trimmed with stains . One can only assume that I was having some 'spotting' which never normally affects me. I was unsure when I studied them, whether the stains were fanjo or shit related...then I remembered that I was sober and put it down to spotting. I did wonder whether the special fabric was unusually absorbant?? That TMI for you???

Oh come on, Suwoo, we all know you must have sniffed.

Yes. I can see that would be a hazard.

Monkeybird, were you there? I even scratched with my fingernail. I had a proper bewildered look whilst I perused whether the gusset part could be some kind of special fabric not present in Asda knickers.

MB: Not in the least. 43 years old and size 16, but just not prepared to wear anything that uncomfortable (did wear various uncomfy things in younger days, can't even wear heels any more now).

They aren't uncomfortable though........

My MIL gave me something of a similar nature to try
I sewed up the legs and used them to store plastic bags in under the stairs for a while!

Nora, that's just a bit weird though.

What MIL of using them for plastic bags?

She got some cheap look-i-likes in Aldi or similar and thought of me when she was buying them for herslef! She is a lovely MIL apart from her oddness.

You can fill them up with a lot of bags.

the bags is weird. the MIL giving them to you is just offensive. How very dare she suggest you're fat!?

shewee may help

I don't care, she means well, as far as I can see on MN she is actually OK, I wouldn't swap her and her intention was to be kind, not offensive.

Where do you keep it, can you imagine cleaning it in the sink after using it in service station on the M6?

How odd

Have you seen the image on the how to page?

I can't believe that you don't get the fat at the knees bulging out...all the things that I've tried that stop above the knees do this, so how come these don't?!!! or do they

I wear the M&S trouser tights when wearing trousers for a rare night out and they are fab too! smoooothe lines.......

Think it's time to diet and lose some of this flab. I weigh the same, but I seem to be fatter. How does that work?!

this deserves a BUMP for the daytime people

and I'm shamelessly going to bump it again to cheer up all the striking teachers fed up with moaning parents.