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AIBU to wear secondhand knickers?

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RedVelvetGazpacho · 20/08/2024 15:12

Obviously only after washing them for a long time at a high temperature. They don't have any stains on them.

YABU - yes, that's disgusting, put them in textile recycling and go to M&S
YANBU - no, they're no different from any other secondhand clothes

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virgocatlover · 21/08/2024 19:58

Where would you even buy secondhand underwear, charity shops etc don't accept them do they?

Mandylovescandy · 21/08/2024 14:07

My DC do with stuff that is handed down to us and then between them. I always feel a bit weird when I offer to pass them on again in case people think second hand underwear is disgusting.

Normallynumb · 21/08/2024 13:59

I have actually bought second hand shoes( Ecco) and boots but they were clearly only tried on and bought in error

orangeleopard · 21/08/2024 10:48

Underwear, socks and shoes are the three clothing items I would not buy second hand. And before people come at me about shoes, shoes mould to our feet. If you buy a worn pair of shoes, it’ll likely cause discomfort or gait issues due to it being moulded to the way another persons feet sit and the way they walk.

roses2 · 21/08/2024 10:44

I've bought many used matching bra and pant sets on ebay - good brands that are £20+ just for the knickers. Nothing wrong as long as they are washed.

It's a shame charities don't accept as I have so many my kids outgrow which go in the bin.

ApplesinmyPocket · 21/08/2024 10:43

Mumsnet squeamishness is on another level!

What can possibly be so 'ick' about washed, dried, clean-smelling pants?

zingally · 21/08/2024 09:59

You raise perfectly valid points, but it would still be a massive nope from me.

Plus a new multipack of 5 pairs is what? £6? You wouldn't get them much cheaper in a chazzer surely??
Also, who is donating worn knickers anyway?? I can just about understand if perhaps you were clearing out and found an unopened brand new packet in a style you no longer liked/fitted into. But WORN???

velvetcoat · 21/08/2024 09:26

No, not in a million years. I draw the line at second hand underwear.

I'm not obsessed with germs or anything like that but the thought of it is just gross to me. You can get new underwear fairly cheaply online anyway.

00BonneMaman00 · 21/08/2024 09:26

Nope.

Claire903 · 21/08/2024 09:19

Couldn't do it, wouldn't do it

StoatofDisarray · 21/08/2024 09:19

YANBU - wouldn't bother me. But then I did grow up dirt poor in the 70s.

PaulaTrilloe · 21/08/2024 08:44

Ooh it would be like being in prison with communal clothes

Gives me the major ick!

@Mudflaps you might ahem be able to sell your nice sets there's probably a Pervy after market on eBay/ Gumtree

I managed to sell old worn (clean!) tights once.

anyolddinosaur · 21/08/2024 08:35

You are not being at all unreasonable, so I voted accordingly - but I wouldnt do it myself.

I dont like to think of the recycled water I drink ......

Beezknees · 21/08/2024 08:21

No.

I'm fairly frugal with clothing but knickers and socks are cheap enough to buy new so there's no reason to want to wear second hand (unless you are in dire poverty).

TotesDelulu · 21/08/2024 08:18

The whole thing about a pack of knickers being only a fiver or whatever is a bit grim too though really, when you think about it.

I mean, who is making them for that little money? What conditions are they working under?

gentileschi · 20/08/2024 21:27

I've donated extremely expensive sets and wondered about this. Bras weren't probably going to fit again (pregnancy) and I added in the matching pristine pants £300+ a set, I hope someone loved a divine bargain but I've never been sure.

Branleuse · 20/08/2024 21:12

I dont really care. Ive bought loads of second hand swimwear, and i am sure ive bought underwear sets second hand before.

ItsTheGAGGGGGGGG · 20/08/2024 21:08

A pack of knickers is like 8 quid

CableCar · 20/08/2024 19:59

Minority here, but yes! I bought preloved cloth nappies for my baby, which is no different (or worse arguably, as they get soiled?!) and since that went successfully with my DC, I now happily buy second hand swimwear. I don't think I've ever seen second hand knickers for sale, but I don't think anyone ibu to buy them if they want to!

Judellie · 20/08/2024 19:56

Only some of my mum's Sloggis after she died. I wouldn't wear anyone else's old knickers.

Blondeshavemorefun · 20/08/2024 19:49

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Blondeshavemorefun · 20/08/2024 19:49

DramaAlpaca · 20/08/2024 15:48

When I started secondary school about a hundred years ago, part of the uniform was regulation knickers in the school colour, a delightful bottle green.

My mother was given a load of second hand uniform for me by a friend, including a few pairs of these enormous green knickers. I didn't mind the shirts or skirts, but the knickers were a definite NO. Eeewww!!!

A few weeks into term, we first years realised that none of the older girls wore the regulation knickers anyway.

Same. Wasn't a school in a row E beginning with S ?

They were horrid. Think we had to wear them on pe days

TinkerTiger · 20/08/2024 19:47

Looking for stories about used knickers, OP?

Pastafortea · 20/08/2024 19:46

Why oh why would you do that?

I started a thread on recommended gym wear recently and several posters advised me to buy second hand and I would never do that either.

BeSpoonyAquaHare · 20/08/2024 19:43

I love second hand but it’s a hard no from me. It costs next to nothing to buy new and I don’t have to wonder whose vag sweat has been seeping into the fabric for the last couple of years.

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