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Just been to the loo in my spanx and...

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Fillybuster · 22/06/2019 21:17

At a posh work do, in a very very tight fitting dress. After a few —many— glasses of fizzy stuff and wine, and a 3 course meal, I just popped to the Ladies and oh my god, had completely forgotten I was wearing M&S scary control underwear.
I could barely get it down! Thought I was going to have to ask a total stranger for help Blush And the pain, as it ripped out my skin...ouch!
Simply cannot face pulling it back up. I know this isn’t AIBU but WIBU to go commando the rest of the evening?
Am I alone in an underwear disaster? I’m meant to be on the dance floor not hiding in the loo contemplating the pants of doom...

OP posts:
Soontobe60 · 22/06/2019 21:19

Take your time and pull up those bad boys 😂😂🍾

Fillybuster · 22/06/2019 21:19

For clarity: I’ve checked label. M&S not Spanx

And I’ve got not idea why I’ve referred to my knickers in the singular rather than the plural above. Maybe the various glasses of wine?

OP posts:
greathat · 22/06/2019 21:19

I went shopping with a friend once and she tried on a control garment. She went in the curtained off change cubicle, I waited outside, a few minutes later she fell out through the curtain completely trapped in the thing and pissing herself laughing. She didn't buy it

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FadedRed · 22/06/2019 21:21

The pants of doom 😂🤣😂

FadedRed · 22/06/2019 21:23

And I’ve got not idea why I’ve referred to my knickers in the singular rather than the plural
Have you accidentally put both legs down one leg-hole, Op? That might account for you difficulty in pulling them up...

Cravingcake · 22/06/2019 21:24

Suck it in, pull em up (take your time to unroll them) and get on the dance floor. Next time try this trick - wear normal knickers/pants underneath and then after the first or 2nd loo visit you can remove the Spanx and put in handbag and carry on dancing safely knowing you won’t be flashing your bits on the dance floor.

The80sweregreat · 22/06/2019 21:25

Deep breaths! Good luck

MyNameIsCharlesII · 22/06/2019 21:26

There’s normally a hole to pee out of so you don’t have to take them off isn’t there?

HappyPeopleDay · 22/06/2019 21:26

Less worrying than your title suggests. You haven't been to the loo in your spanx, have you OP?!

OhTheRoses · 22/06/2019 21:27

If your frock's long enough, just take them off. Who will know?

AmericanLemonade · 22/06/2019 21:30

I did this at a wedding once, I did have normal knickers on underneath and threw the offensive Spanx in the bin in the loo.

awakeat3again · 22/06/2019 21:32

I once went to my ex husbands works Christmas do, I wore one of those spanx that start under the boob and go to the thigh -
Half way through the evening, I tried to go for a wee and rolled the thing down - it wouldn't roll back up!!!!

I tried and tried and tried - and had to ask for help from a fellow toilet user!!! She had to go to the bar and get a pair of scissors to cut me free.

Took the shine off the evening

Meline · 22/06/2019 21:32

Buy actual Spanx — they have a slit you can, with care, pee out of, if you sit very far forward on the loo.

DuchessSybilVimes · 22/06/2019 21:35

Oh I've done this!

My mate's passing out parade thingy from Sandhurst. Several glasses of champagne in, plus food, and I was in agony. Took them off to wee and that was that. Few drunken attempts to hoist the bastarding things back up in the confines of a tiny toilet cubicle but eventually decided that I wasn't going to risk falling over, splitting my head open and being the first recorded case of death by spanx. Couldn't fit them in my bag though so rolled them up and shoved them behind the loo Blush and spent the rest of the evening commando and comfortable!

Dooooo it, OP.

LittleMissEngineer · 22/06/2019 21:38

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QueenofallIsee · 22/06/2019 22:07

I broke my finger in a tiny loo cubicle, inebriated fighting with controlled underwear. Never ever again Blush

ChiaraRimini · 22/06/2019 22:34

People raved to me about Spanx 🙄 I spent £30 on a pair that turned out to have a seam down the middle which was visible under clothes, and rolled down. Absolute crap.
I now have a "wear your own bra" body from M&S which is much better. It stays up because of the shoulder straps and has poppers at the crotch. Recommended.

SenselessUbiquity · 22/06/2019 22:39
RosaWaiting · 22/06/2019 22:41

Why would they rip your skin?

I’ve not had a personal encounter with any of these garments. I’m picturing Ross trying to get his leather trousers on.

RosaWaiting · 22/06/2019 22:42

X post!

Duchess “being the first recorded case of death by spanx”
😂😂😂

ExsandOhOhOhs · 22/06/2019 22:44

Oh god, dont take them off.

You might be dancing the locomotion later and need a wee Shock

SenselessUbiquity · 22/06/2019 22:44

DO NOT REMOVE THE PANTS

I PROMISE you, there will be a terrible slippery dancefloor incident if you remove the pants.

They'll go back on. you just have to have strength of purpose.

Flowersmakemyday · 22/06/2019 22:48

OMG, my dd has just recommended these to her friend for under her wedding dress. I'm imagining all sorts of capers now.

RosaWaiting · 22/06/2019 22:49

senseless why would there be a slippery incident?,

Quintella · 22/06/2019 22:50

I once wore constrictive Spanx that had a wee hole. Not a small hole but a crotch hole to wee through. As I sat there weeing through the wee hole I thought to myself 'This will be our one and only outing, Spanx. This is not the sophisticated lifestyle I dreamt of'.

Now I just wear control knickers from Primark. They hold you in a but but are easy to whip up and down.

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