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Can I just check that everyone puts their knickers on first?

436 replies

binnibonnieboo · 15/03/2026 19:49

Reading a novel, someone puts their bra on, then their knickers. This is so obviously wrong I'm not sure I can read any more. If they get this so wrong, then nothing in the novel is to be trusted! Nobody ever in the history of the universe has put on their bra before their knickers, surely?

OP posts:
Moveoverdarlin · 15/03/2026 22:51

I don’t know what I do really. Think I change it up.

Nothankyov · 15/03/2026 22:51

How weird! Why would you put your knockers on first!!

Littlejellyuk · 15/03/2026 22:54

BauhausOfEliott · 15/03/2026 22:23

Correct.

Similarly, I once had a conversation with friends about whether we wear knickers in bed (really covering all the pressing issues with that conversation, clearly) and I said ‘Well, I usually sleep naked but sometimes I need to wear a non-wired bra in bed for support, so on those nights I wear knickers’ and my friend said ‘Well, you don’t need to wear knickers just because you’ve got a bra on’. Er… YES I DO, because I’m not a fucking psychopath.

Because I'm not a fucking psychopath!!!
😆 🤣 😂 crying laughing here!

Turnups · 15/03/2026 22:55

Obviously it’s knickers first. Always. It’s crucial to the correct running of the world.

But my DH puts vest (in winter) and shirt and jumper on before his pants. I’ve told him many times this is Absolutely Wrong and disturbs me profoundly but he won’t listen.

Beaniebobbins · 15/03/2026 22:55

BauhausOfEliott · 15/03/2026 22:23

Correct.

Similarly, I once had a conversation with friends about whether we wear knickers in bed (really covering all the pressing issues with that conversation, clearly) and I said ‘Well, I usually sleep naked but sometimes I need to wear a non-wired bra in bed for support, so on those nights I wear knickers’ and my friend said ‘Well, you don’t need to wear knickers just because you’ve got a bra on’. Er… YES I DO, because I’m not a fucking psychopath.

I get this, I like to wear a non-wired bra for sleeping but would wear it with loose fitting pyjama shorts rather than knickers.

Damsonjam1 · 15/03/2026 22:56

After a shower it'll be knickers first. If I'm wearing PJs, it'll be bra, top, then knickers etc. If I'm wearing a dressing gown and or nightie it's knickers first. Getting undressed, knickers come off last regardless of what I'm changing into.

ElizabethsTailor · 15/03/2026 22:57

PublicHare · 15/03/2026 22:26

I put a vest on first and put my bra on top of that (so much warmer and more comfortable).

OMG genius!!!

mondaytosunday · 15/03/2026 22:57

Sorry it’s bra first for me too!

Morepositivemum · 15/03/2026 22:59

Sorry op- bra first. Actually socks then bra (I’m laughing as I type this because I know it’s weird😅)

BauhausOfEliott · 15/03/2026 23:02

Beaniebobbins · 15/03/2026 22:55

I get this, I like to wear a non-wired bra for sleeping but would wear it with loose fitting pyjama shorts rather than knickers.

Yes, pyjama shorts would also be acceptable. The key thing is not to be wearing a bra with nothing on your bottom half. [stamps papers with the word ‘APPROVED’]

If I had a bra on with a bare bottom half, I’d feel like some sort of weirdly sexualised Winnie-The-Pooh.

Denim4ever · 15/03/2026 23:02

Deodorant, knickers, bra, bottom half clothes, top, no socks unless I'm leaving the house

BauhausOfEliott · 15/03/2026 23:03

Nothankyov · 15/03/2026 22:51

How weird! Why would you put your knockers on first!!

My knockers aren’t something I have to ‘put on’ to be fair

Turnups · 15/03/2026 23:05

Just read through the replies.

Cant believe how many people don’t do knickers first. I’ve obviously led a sheltered life.

No wonder the world is in such a mess.

Anewerforest · 15/03/2026 23:05

binnibonnieboo · 15/03/2026 20:15

Well, this is the oddest response yet. Do you also have no side you sleep on in the bed??

Come on OP, don't exaggerate. Nobody in the history of sleeping ever changed their side of the bed!

Stepsisterfromhell · 15/03/2026 23:07

ItsNotYou852 · 15/03/2026 22:20

But surely you choose all the clothes first, lay them out on the bed bfore, then dress? You can't go drifting around the bedroom willy nilly choosing clothes as you go (and still knickerless) can you!

No, I’m definitely a drifter and choose willy nilly. 😝 I need inspiration.

I have been wondering though whether the bra-first gals are the ones with the big naturals and the knickers-first gals deprioritise getting the girls under control because they are AA cups? Maybe future posts can specify.

Me: bra first - C cups

Namechangeoften · 15/03/2026 23:11

showmethegin · 15/03/2026 19:55

If you do top half before bottom half surely you’re just standing there like Winnie the Pooh? Nuts

I don't know why this tickled me quite so much, but 😂

VimesandhisCardboardBoots · 15/03/2026 23:13

Male, so no bra involved, but I'll quite often go for the Donald Duck. T-shirt on first, then boxers afterwards.

I don't think I have a set order, I've been known to go socks first on occasion

inickedthisname · 15/03/2026 23:16

Maybe the character in your book is going to turn out to be batshit and this is your first clue!

Pushmepullu · 15/03/2026 23:17

itsgettingweird · 15/03/2026 19:53

I’d I’m naked - knickers first.

But if I’m in PJs then I’ll often do bra and then deodorant and top half before doing bottom half - especially if it’s cold!

Wait, you put your bra on before you put deodorant on? That is so wrong

Aintgointogoa · 15/03/2026 23:18

I put bra on first if I am going out, or expecting anyone. Knickers I am happy to leave off for as long as possible, literally 5 mins before I am out the door....I envy my friends who happily go 'commando' but I am don't want to feel undressed in public.... what if I got run over by a bus (as my mum used to warn me) ?!

WonderingWanda · 15/03/2026 23:20

Always knickers on first but bra always comes off first!

Lilactimes · 15/03/2026 23:22

For me - it depends on how I'm feeling... but more often likely to be pants first as more likely to change my bra to match my top later! 😅

blankcanvas3 · 15/03/2026 23:22

Knickers, trousers, bra, top, socks

SlightlyTerrifiedButPolite · 15/03/2026 23:28

I for some reason would feel like an exhibitionist to put my bra on first / knickers on second 🤣. Maybe I’m just a prude?

MyNiftySheep · 15/03/2026 23:32

I am wondering if there is a certain personality type that puts their bra on first?

Knickers first without a doubt.