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

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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?

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FKAT · 15/03/2026 21:31

Interesting thread.

Is it because Hollywood and TV has brainwashed us into thinking that boob nudity is more respectable than fanny nudity? You have actresses who have gone topless but going bottomless is for the absolutely depraved and also Kate Winslet. So we have to put knickers on first.

I do put my knickers on first in the pool changing room but that is so can sit down to do the rest. I don't want to be bending over without pants on.

ElizabethsTailor · 15/03/2026 21:33

BlakeCarrington · 15/03/2026 21:25

This is deeply suspicious behaviour

😅best compliment I’ve had all year 😘

kombuchabucha · 15/03/2026 21:33

I feel gross reading about the (what seem to me like) totally bizarre order some people put their clothes on. Always knickers first.

Love that you started a thread about this though!

Namingbaba · 15/03/2026 21:33

I also always do pants first. Interesting that people get dressed from top to bottom. That seemed like a good way to detect humans from aliens, but I guess we’ll need something else now.

Switcher · 15/03/2026 21:34

Well my bra is usually on the floor somewhere and my pants are in the drawer, so I do tend to grab my bra first if that's where I'm standing.

wishfulthinking25 · 15/03/2026 21:36

Bra first for me too

MNLurker1345 · 15/03/2026 21:37

Image! Knickers on, - nice ones mind - stroll around the bedroom, moisturise face, body, look at self in the mirror. Feel good!

Bra on, no knickers yet - moisturise face and body, stroll around in the bedroom, look at self in the mirror. Doesn’t work for me.

I do get that literally PPs are saying one after the other, but knickers on first offers a two level approach.

Knickers on first offers some level of practicality, weirdly, bra on first doesn’t.

binnibonnieboo · 15/03/2026 21:37

StormyLandCloud · 15/03/2026 21:11

Am I a dreadful person … I am a smorgasbord, I can literally put socks on first, sometimes bra/vest sometimes pants … or if I’m not wearing pants that day,(psoriasis so get sore in intimate places sometimes) my trousers!! … does that name a monster 😵‍💫😵🤣

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Yes, I'm very sorry, but you are a monster. How can you not have a natural order? Which is, knickers, bra, top, trousers, socks!

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tealandteal · 15/03/2026 21:39

I can almost understand those who have given their reasons for bra first, but to have no specific order! It’s knickers, bra, emotional support vest, deodorant. Then leg moisturiser, socks, trousers and then top/jumper. There is a specific order of when to do your teeth, apply skincare etc in there as well!

TamarindCottage · 15/03/2026 21:39

Knickers
Bra
Socks
Top
Trousers

I use my Oestrogel at night, inside thighs, with a nightie

MaryBeardsShoes · 15/03/2026 21:39

therewasafishinthepercolator · 15/03/2026 21:21

I don't know why but I love your use of "my downbelows". I think that's what I'll call them from now on.

Hah thanks, you’re welcome 🤣

Benshawsberries · 15/03/2026 21:40

I don’t wear them very often so bra first

GrumpyButOk · 15/03/2026 21:41

I'llBuyThatForADollar · 15/03/2026 19:56

I’d definitely do Brad first, after that anything goes!

😂😂😂

stickydough · 15/03/2026 21:41

Another monster here! I can’t tell you how much I love a thread like this, when you find out there are these ways of doing things going on for other people that you had no idea of. It’s never occurred to me for a second that there should be an order. Now youve said it; I probably put knickers on first more often, but definitely not all the time. Socks or bra may be closer to hand so they’d go on first. Nothing feeling weird about any of it!

SteveandLeanne · 15/03/2026 21:42

hazelberry · 15/03/2026 19:51

What kind of monster puts their bra on first?

Me and I’m not ashamed to admit it. I’m a sexual deviant really

Amwl · 15/03/2026 21:42

I know this isn't the objective, but are you reading A Family Matter by Claire Lynch and can I persuade you to turn this thread into a book club 🤣

Shodan · 15/03/2026 21:42

shallwethree · 15/03/2026 21:15

Focusing on socks (and shoes) now: which sock do you put on first? And which shoe?

Left sock, right sock, left shoe, right shoe.

I have a (male) friend who puts on left sock, left shoe, right sock, right shoe. I've known this man for over twenty years and never knew he was such a degenerate.

On the main topic, knickers go on first, obvs. Thereafter there might be a mix up, but always knickers first. Knickers before knockers.

pinkpony88 · 15/03/2026 21:43

I put knickers on first… unless it’s cold! Then bra and jumper before anything else! 😬

stickydough · 15/03/2026 21:43

tealandteal · 15/03/2026 21:39

I can almost understand those who have given their reasons for bra first, but to have no specific order! It’s knickers, bra, emotional support vest, deodorant. Then leg moisturiser, socks, trousers and then top/jumper. There is a specific order of when to do your teeth, apply skincare etc in there as well!

Jesus, a whole other area I am getting life wrong 😆. I have no order to skincare or bedtime rituals either!

GreenEyesIsBack · 15/03/2026 21:44

Always knickers first, it's like a weird instinct to cover up that part first.

stickydough · 15/03/2026 21:45

I have an order to put on makeup! Does that make me a functioning member of society in one respect at least? 😆

localnotail · 15/03/2026 21:45

Bra and top first, then knickers, then socks. Why is it even an issue?

OneFootAfterTheOther · 15/03/2026 21:45

Bra first for me - sorry

Tacohill · 15/03/2026 21:45

Mine is usually bra first.

I have big boobs and don’t like walking around being bra-less for too long.

I also typically dry from top to bottom.
So I’ll dry my shoulders and neck etc then wrap the towel around my chest for a while whilst i moisturise and get my outfit ready etc.

Them I’ll dry my boobs and back and put my bra on.
Then dry down the rest of my body and put my knickers on.
Then dry my feet and put my socks on.
Then the rest of my clothes.

binnibonnieboo · 15/03/2026 21:46

Amwl · 15/03/2026 21:42

I know this isn't the objective, but are you reading A Family Matter by Claire Lynch and can I persuade you to turn this thread into a book club 🤣

Yes!!! That's exactly what I'm reading. I'm not a book club type person, but was so struck by this I decided to post.

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