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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:
Aethelredtheunsteady · 15/03/2026 20:54

Depends what I find first in the underwear drawer...

Curlygirl06 · 15/03/2026 20:55

Walkinglikegroucho · 15/03/2026 20:48

I dont even know. I've never even thought about this. And now I am, I havent a clue which I do first. Genuinely. I think whatever comes to hand first.

My knickers and socks live in a different room to where I get dressed so that might affect the order as well if I have forgotten to go and get them before I start getting dressed.

I also wear pj's so im never really fully undressed except for bath time, which is at night.

Yes, me too! I'm trying to think what I do and for the life of me I can't think. If I've left my bra in the bathroom I put it in after my morning shower but if not I can't think what I do otherwise. I'll report back!

Prophecy · 15/03/2026 20:55

I have no order. Just whatever item I grab first when I'm half asleep and rushing in the morning.

CheeseWisely · 15/03/2026 20:56

Who in the Winnie the Pooh puts their bra on first?!? Confused

ChopstickNovice · 15/03/2026 20:56

Knickers first!!

Kevinbaconsrealwife · 15/03/2026 20:57

Yep Bridget knickers first then the boulder holder x

CountFucula · 15/03/2026 20:57

I like to mix it up.

MNLurker1345 · 15/03/2026 20:57

Don’t wear a bra, so knickers first and then camisole/vest/tee shirt.

Shitmonger · 15/03/2026 20:58

I’ve never paid attention tbh. I usually just put on whatever is at hand I guess? So if my bra is on top then I put that on first. If pants are on top then they’ll be first. Or sometimes pants, then trousers, then bra and top. Or whatever.

Apparently I just get dressed haphazardly but I hadn’t actually noticed or thought about having a set order of operations for dressing. 🤔😂

therewasafishinthepercolator · 15/03/2026 20:59

Pants first. Then bra. Then socks. I've tried in different orders but it felt odd and reckless.

I read on here that its easier to spin your bra round the right way after fastening over your big knickers than it is on your skin- especially after swimming / showering- and, I'll be honest, its been a game changer. 😁

OntheOtherFlipper · 15/03/2026 21:00

hazelberry · 15/03/2026 19:53

Knickers need to be on first in case there's a sudden emergency and I have to escape. I'd rather be braless than knickerless

This entirely. If I have to run out of house screaming then boobs exposed is the marginally better outcome. That’s why anxiety dreams involve being knickerless.

OneWarmHazelQuail · 15/03/2026 21:01

BookOfBritishBirds · 15/03/2026 19:51

Socks first if it is chilly

You're trolling us....right?

WhatAMarvelousTune · 15/03/2026 21:02

Depends. If I’ve showered, sat down in my towel to dry my hair, sometimes I’ll then stay seated, undo the towel, put my bra on before standing up to do knickers.

BookOfBritishBirds · 15/03/2026 21:02

OneWarmHazelQuail · 15/03/2026 21:01

You're trolling us....right?

How so?

We don’t have underfloor heating.

ParadisePhantom · 15/03/2026 21:03

Knickers first, then HRT and then Bra, Top, Socks etc whilst HRT is drying.

BettyBoh · 15/03/2026 21:03

It varies. I keep them in the same drawer so whichever my hand picks up first

cottingleyfairy · 15/03/2026 21:04

Bra first for me then top layers, while I’m waiting for testosterone cream to dry on bottom half.

OneWarmHazelQuail · 15/03/2026 21:04

BookOfBritishBirds · 15/03/2026 21:02

How so?

We don’t have underfloor heating.

I don't either but it just seems as ludicrous to me as putting a hat on first! I always do my socks last!

Raspberryberet67 · 15/03/2026 21:06

As long as they’re both on at some point it’s not a problem in which order??

Aluna · 15/03/2026 21:06

Pants first.

Was it written by a man OP? Or a deviant woman?

TheDogsMother · 15/03/2026 21:07

Knickers first. Anything else is plain weird.

Czerwonitz · 15/03/2026 21:07

I haven't bothered with pants since 2000 or so

Czerwonitz · 15/03/2026 21:07

*2020!

ForeverTheOptomist · 15/03/2026 21:07

Peculiar. Very very peculiar. Could try it upside down.

the80sweregreat · 15/03/2026 21:07

Knickers first every time!