To want to know how to put knickers on properly?

[HoneyDragon]

I'm FOREVER putting holes in mine when I put them on.

How do I not do this?

My knickers sometimes go at the seams, but never when new. With me it's from the times I'm having to get dressed lying down: when you're having to put your undies on like an anxious contortionist gerbil attempting to stealthily escape its cage the fabric can take a bit of a battering. And if someone else is putting them on you... all I can say is that it seems some nursing staff think they are judgey pants & they need hoiking as close to my armpits as they can get The Vampire Tumble Dryer has been known to chew up knickers & [partially] separate waist elastic from pant proper too.

However, I am no overthinking how I dress myself to a frankly quite ridiculous degree. As I suspect lots of other readers of this thread are too...

Don't start lying down to get dressed. That will exacerbate the problem. There you are. Am sure that was invaluable. Sadly I cannot advise on indestructiknickers as I still wear children's ones (well, clearly they are mine, but purchased from childrenswear departments) for tax reasons. And also decency reasons, yes.

I wonder if you could get free pants from people by volunteering to test them for durability & not-going-holey. Maybe you could send the Big Brands a link to this thread & see if they'd like to get on board?

3luckystars

Please say the poem is about knickers!

FYI Many incontinence pants have useful velcro

In my head now I just have visions of sticking knickers to pubes stop them falling down. Not sure that it would help with putting them on though.

HoneyDragon I have done this, thumb straight through the fabric. To 3 pairs of Sloggis. You are not alone. And neither am I, now, thank fuck. I thought I was foot-handed, but clearly it's a fault in the brief.

Yeah, MIl says sloggi quality has gone down

Are you having a crafty gusset typing session whilst dressing?

Looking at the reviews on Amazon, sloggies aint what they used to be.

Ok I think it's the sloggis. The quality is not what it was.

5 years ago post birth of my DC I bought sloggis which were indestructible. Last year I spend a small fortune replacing all my knickers with sloggis because I thought they were worth it and now I have holes everywhere!! They are all falling apart, just falling away from the elastic.

But I can't find other knickers with a gusset the width of sloggis and I have tried most of the high street and don't get me started on the supermarkets.

I do this too. And with jeans and alwayswith belt loops!!*

Lucked - yes, my Sloggis were several years old and only very gradually lost their shape and firmness a little. The new ones I bought are much thinner fabric and after a few wearings pull away from the elastic. Very disappointing.

I have to concede as superpowers go it has limited appeal and am not sure you'll be appearing in a Marvel Universe anytime soon HoneyDragon

I am clumsy but I've never ripped my pants.
Are you Edward Scissorhands?

Which washing powder do you use?

The enzymes in some just eat gussets

I promise you all I do not rough house my pants.

You OH must feel the fear every time you get a bit frisky at the idea of those destructive talons coming near his tackle.

HoneyDragon Quite clearly you do, or this wouldn't be happening.

Nails. I'm worse when I chop them off though

No penis's have been harmed by my hands. Or testes.

Jesus those nails are long.

They grow quick sorry

I haven't put holes in the side of knickers but have managed to pull the elastic away from the rest of the knicker and I did manage to destroy a pair of lacy brazilian style pants pulling the damn things out of my arse crack when finger and thumb went through the lace edge.

Also ruined a pair of work trousers by tugging them up using the belt loop. I think I'm too aggressive, but I find wedgies and slippy trousers bloody irritating.

Perhaps, you're a bit too assertive with them OP?

HoneyDragon those are talons of wickedness if ever I saw them, not surprised your pants have cowered at the sight of them. They probably committed some sort of ritualised pants death.

Not knickers, but I did the same to my jama pants...

Yup. My holes look like them HerRoyal.

Holes? In Knickers? Sheesh! I have knickers older than my kids (8.5 years and counting) that are entirely sans holes.

Either you buy crap underwear or you do something really bloody odd while dressing.