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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?

OP posts:
pilates · 15/03/2026 21:47

Agree op

BlakeCarrington · 15/03/2026 21:47

It’s so strikingly wrong that another poster recognises the actual book! 😂

Amwl · 15/03/2026 21:48

binnibonnieboo · 15/03/2026 21:46

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.

I was struck by it too! Enjoy the book!

binnibonnieboo · 15/03/2026 21:49

localnotail · 15/03/2026 21:45

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

I mean, because objectively that's very very weird! :-)

OP posts:
hazelberry · 15/03/2026 21:49

I'm not sure I'd want to read such a depraved book,

GrumpyButOk · 15/03/2026 21:50

Shodan · 15/03/2026 21:42

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.

Sorry @Shodan but your friend needs help. There should be a register for people like that so that the rest of us are forewarned!

localnotail · 15/03/2026 21:50

binnibonnieboo · 15/03/2026 21:49

I mean, because objectively that's very very weird! :-)

My bum and other bits take longer to dry after the shower than the rest of me.

PersephoneParlormaid · 15/03/2026 21:51

Bra first as I want my HRT gel to soak in before I bend down to put my knickers on

JoeyJava · 15/03/2026 21:51

AWedgeOfLemonAndASmartAnswerForEverything · 15/03/2026 19:50

I agree OP. Was it written by a woman? Male writers are obsessed with tits.

Can't say I am.

DBSFstupid · 15/03/2026 21:53

AWedgeOfLemonAndASmartAnswerForEverything · 15/03/2026 19:50

I agree OP. Was it written by a woman? Male writers are obsessed with tits.

😂

MNLurker1345 · 15/03/2026 21:53

Hey @JoeyJava, (light hearted), what’s your order?

MolkosTeenageAngst · 15/03/2026 21:55

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 😵‍💫😵🤣

Edited

Me too!. I have no natural order for dressing and it just depends on the day what I’ll put on first. This is despite being autistic and I do have very rigid orders for many other things!

mumofb2 · 15/03/2026 21:56

Burn the novel haha. Knickers always first !

FourSevenTwo · 15/03/2026 21:57

I really don't understand trousers before socks. It sounds so impractical.

Another monster here.
I shower in the evening and put my pyjamas top on first, it feels warmer that way.
Than in the morning I'm changing from pyjamas, so I change one half and than the other.
If I'm dressing fully after being wet, I'd go from top, as I'd dry myself from top.
I suppose if I was dressing from being naked but not wet, I might start with knickers.

I'm used to leaving trousers last, especially if I'm putting on the outside trousers, as I don't want to sit in my public transport trousers in my bed.

Stepsisterfromhell · 15/03/2026 21:57

Bra first, of course.
Choose the bra for the outfit.
Then match the knickers to the bra.
It is the common sense way to do it, like jam before cream.

FlorenceLyons · 15/03/2026 21:58

Your order is almost right, OP. Objectively the correct order is pants, bra, trousers, (hiatus to dry hair and do make-up while deodorant dries), top, socks.

What about getting undressed? I’m slightly more relaxed about that, and have even been known to leave my bra til last if I’m not putting it in the laundry basket. That always feel slightly wrong, though, in a Winnie the Pooh-ish sort of way.

FairKoala · 15/03/2026 21:59

Don’t wear knickers. Wouldn’t wear a bra if I could get away with it.

JoeyJava · 15/03/2026 22:00

MNLurker1345 · 15/03/2026 21:53

Hey @JoeyJava, (light hearted), what’s your order?

I originally came to say something like "Heels always come first, darling, then knickers, and let the girls hang loose"... But now I just feel a bit broken.

Even more broken now, because when I was typing that, auto correct wouldn't stop suggesting "knockers" lmao 🤣

Beaniebobbins · 15/03/2026 22:00

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

Good point, but i couldn’t get any where quickly without my boobs under control 😂

ultracynic · 15/03/2026 22:02

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? 😆

I dare you to do one eye then everything else, then the other eye

ScarlettSunset · 15/03/2026 22:02

I usually put bra on first, followed by deodorant. That way the deodorant can be drying a bit while I put my knickers on, otherwise I have to wait around before I can put my top on

FloofBunny · 15/03/2026 22:04

ElizabethsTailor · 15/03/2026 20:23

Oh don’t be daft 🙄😂

It's not daft. Once I reported a post where the OP said they were fed up with women wearing short skirts and showing their vaginas! It was deleted. Then there was the post recently asking women about how their vaginas felt during their periods. I feel like women's nakedness and private parts is coming up too often here. If this goes on, more and more pervs will come and read.

Just be aware that there are quite possibly pervs reading all about how you put your bra and knickers on. If you're comfortable providing voyeurs with reading material, carry on!

BringBackTheLight · 15/03/2026 22:05

Socks
Knickers
Trousers
Bra
Top

GrumpyButOk · 15/03/2026 22:06

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.

That's made me realise that far from being scattered over the floor in a night before moment of passion, my clothes are now always in the laundry basket or neatly folded and put away. When did that creep in? I feel a bit depressed now!

Linenspots · 15/03/2026 22:07

Knickers over knockers most definitely.