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“All the trimmings” - to find this quite vile?

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Penelopefly · 02/07/2026 20:58

I’m away with my boyfriend at the weekend. In the course of messaging about our respective days, I’ve mentioned I am starting to pack. He said ‘remember some nice lingerie with all the trimmings’. I queried what trimmings meant - he clarified stockings and suspenders.

I feel like a piece of meat!

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SweetnsourNZ · 04/07/2026 06:38

Rhaidimiddim · 02/07/2026 21:23

Text him to ask if he's had his crack sack and back done yet.

Edited

Love it.

CharityShopMensGlasses · 04/07/2026 06:32

I wouldn't be able to resist lying naked under the covers with Yorkshire puddings placed strategically 😅
Its really clumsy wording, but surely him being excited for a bit of dressing up on a weekend isnt an offence?
It is annoying that the standards for them are so different to ours though although I really really cant imagine getting excited about seeing a guy in any type of lace😅 men liking lingerie feels like a very standard preference not a porn thing so im interested in that perspective.
Its fair to say ah that gives me the ick. But If he understands and apologises I wouldn't punish him with a sex ban unless you dont want to be together.

DimwittedSkater · 04/07/2026 01:41

anon666 · 03/07/2026 22:12

The 1980s called. They want Bernard Manning back. 🤢

Where did you find this dinosaur? I presume he's over 50?

A lot of people have said suspenders and stockings are old-fashioned, but I thought men of all ages liked them. I don't wear them as I'm fat and would look stupid, but I'd wear them if I had the body for it and IF I wanted to. (I wouldn't be taking requests for it, though.)

For pure sexiness, I thought black lingerie including stockings and suspenders, or a basque and stockings, were a classic that people of all ages like. If I had the body and a boyfriend I fancied, that get-up would be my go-to. Am amazed to hear that people think they're old-fashioned.

DimwittedSkater · 04/07/2026 01:37

rolloverbeethoven · 03/07/2026 18:15

Oh it's just a man thing. It's fine - as long as he's happy to dress as a Viking or a Redcoat (or whatever floats your boat).

A Redcoat! 🤣🤣🤣

CookingFatCat · 04/07/2026 01:36

Your partner can’t wait to have sex with you. Enjoy.

JillyComeLately · 04/07/2026 01:01

JoaNiic · 04/07/2026 00:55

Why did you say saggy?

Some people, men AND women, do have saggy bodies.
Fact.

JoaNiic · 04/07/2026 00:55

aliceyyyy2654 · 03/07/2026 09:22

The women on here are insane tbh. I got called a whore for suggesting that some women like it and that it’s totally okay for people to have different sexual preferences. Makes me wonder if all these women hate their saggy bodies and their husbands never get anyway (unless they’re single ofc)

Seriously what is wrong with a woman wanting to impress her partner in bed??

Why did you say saggy?

Babyboomer50 · 04/07/2026 00:51

I personally wouldn't bad an eyelid . Where has sense of humor gone .No wonder so many marriages break up .

ImGoneUnderground · 04/07/2026 00:31

coronafiona · 02/07/2026 21:04

I dare you to pack Yorkshire puddings, roast potatoes and parsnips. Those are trimmings in my book!

Sorry, but this comment made me giggle - a 'Titanic painting' moment with couple of strategically placed Yorkshire puds & a parsnip for when he comes in 'brandishing the roses & champagne'..... have you been together long? If so, then just tell him how it made you feel - if not long, & you think he is worth it - again have that conversation - is he young or old enough to think that this was romantic / appropriate? (BTW - I have nothing against stockings etc, but wouldn't take kindly to being told to wear them).
Oooh, now I want to suggest those bandage type surgical stockings & Charlie Chaplin suspenders..... (& I also fancy some roast potatoes). Have a good weekend, however it works out, & please update?? x

Luvnhugs · 04/07/2026 00:10

TolpuddleFarter · 03/07/2026 23:38

I don't know what this says about me, but my partner saying this to me would probably get me going a bit!

Indeed 😂

Luvnhugs · 04/07/2026 00:08

I'm neutral on this one with no strong opinion. It did cross my mind if the OP would have felt better if he'd said bring your warm undies it's still cold at night 😂

outerspacepotato · 03/07/2026 23:39

Anna20MFG · 03/07/2026 23:17

Can I ask if this is a particularly British attitude to sex and lingerie? I am not British. I adore wearing lingerie that makes me look and feel wonderful and I know the sort of that thing that suits me and put time and effort into sourcing the right thing. My boyfriend is also not British. Maybe relevant as I am asking about cultural things that we are Latin American. His pleasure in my body/lingerie is lovely and definitely turns me on to see it, but he would love me in anything! He also loves the fact that I am an independent woman, have outspoken views, a high powered career etc I get that everyone is different and this request should be seen in the context of the whole relationship though.

I'm not British. But I don't appreciate a man telling me to wear something like he's ordering a damn burger with ketchup at MickeyDees.

TolpuddleFarter · 03/07/2026 23:38

I don't know what this says about me, but my partner saying this to me would probably get me going a bit!

HumberSquid · 03/07/2026 23:35

aliceyyyy2654 · 03/07/2026 23:25

No this is simply just a mumsnet view, no one I know in real life wouldn’t react this way including my 80yo grandmother

Honestly, this. It's like a parallel universe here sometimes.

JillyComeLately · 03/07/2026 23:35

Minime22 · 03/07/2026 20:32

I wore them in the 80s/90s and shock horror may have donned crotch less knickers too for added spice

Pass the smelling salts quick, this is Mumsnet FFS. 😬

ForeverTheOptomist · 03/07/2026 23:30

Yuck.

aliceyyyy2654 · 03/07/2026 23:25

Anna20MFG · 03/07/2026 23:17

Can I ask if this is a particularly British attitude to sex and lingerie? I am not British. I adore wearing lingerie that makes me look and feel wonderful and I know the sort of that thing that suits me and put time and effort into sourcing the right thing. My boyfriend is also not British. Maybe relevant as I am asking about cultural things that we are Latin American. His pleasure in my body/lingerie is lovely and definitely turns me on to see it, but he would love me in anything! He also loves the fact that I am an independent woman, have outspoken views, a high powered career etc I get that everyone is different and this request should be seen in the context of the whole relationship though.

No this is simply just a mumsnet view, no one I know in real life wouldn’t react this way including my 80yo grandmother

Papster · 03/07/2026 23:19

HumberSquid · 03/07/2026 22:58

I think a joint of meat would be more fun.

Portnoys liver?

Papster · 03/07/2026 23:18

Jane379 · 03/07/2026 18:41

Men talking about women as if they're food is deeply unsexy. Would you like to be talked about that way?
You rarely hear women talking about men in that way. (Or comparing them to cars, that's another of the worse comparisons I've come across)

Edited

It wouldn’t bother me in the slightest

Anna20MFG · 03/07/2026 23:17

Can I ask if this is a particularly British attitude to sex and lingerie? I am not British. I adore wearing lingerie that makes me look and feel wonderful and I know the sort of that thing that suits me and put time and effort into sourcing the right thing. My boyfriend is also not British. Maybe relevant as I am asking about cultural things that we are Latin American. His pleasure in my body/lingerie is lovely and definitely turns me on to see it, but he would love me in anything! He also loves the fact that I am an independent woman, have outspoken views, a high powered career etc I get that everyone is different and this request should be seen in the context of the whole relationship though.

HumberSquid · 03/07/2026 22:58

PhaedraTwo · 03/07/2026 12:31

It's nothing to do with liking or not liking sex-it's about being compared to a joint of meat.

Edited

I think a joint of meat would be more fun.

outerspacepotato · 03/07/2026 22:44

He just told you to bring lingerie, specifically with garter belt and stockings like you're his weekend gf order.

Want fries with that, asshole?

I wouldn't be going.

Coatsoff42 · 03/07/2026 22:30

UnemployedNotRetired · 03/07/2026 22:23

I think he's learning that quite quickly.

If someone gave me a shopping list of sexy stuff to bring without a reciprocal list of turn ons, Id be feeling like a mail order girlfriend. It would bring on a heave of ‘oh, now I have to go do this”. Fuck no, life’s too short.

Auroraloves · 03/07/2026 22:25

coronafiona · 02/07/2026 21:04

I dare you to pack Yorkshire puddings, roast potatoes and parsnips. Those are trimmings in my book!

Yes that’s where my mind went.

UnemployedNotRetired · 03/07/2026 22:23

HumberSquid · 03/07/2026 22:11

Your boyfriend sees you as a sexual being, poor you! Better get that notion crushed straight off.

I think he's learning that quite quickly.