So, I was out shopping today when I realised I was experiencing an unexpected perimenopausal "incident." I was wearing a light coloured dress so needed to deal with the situation quickly but also knew I would need a fresh pair of knickers. I was right next to TKMAXX so shuffled in and grabbed the first pair of reasonably sensible looking pants in my size before escaping to the conveniently located toilets next door. An embarrassing disaster was averted but when I was struggling into the fresh pants whilst wedged in the cubicle I realised they are made of ACRES of stretchy material! I am a wearer of pretty basic bikini style knickers and have never seen anything like this! They come up to just underneath my bra, encasing my entire torso. Not only that, but I realised there are actually three pairs - all carefully joined one behind the other, and therefore not visible until one starts to investigate further. Who actually wears these and why? Also, what am I going to do with 3 giant pairs of knickers?