AIBU to rage at knicker gussets - or is it me? (lighthearted!)

[littlebrownbag]

First off, by knicker gussets I mean the double fabric bit that covers your under-carriage. And I've always presumed it has the cottony bit to be kind to your delicate areas and catch the odd drop of fanny juice that may leak out.

Well, my anatomy seems to be that anything liquid that you'd want to be caught in your knickers winds its way through all my labia, to exit at the front. This means it misses the gusset and hits the flimsy fabric - so it's visible. Is that just me it happens to? Am I an outlier, or have all knicker manufacturers got womens' anatomy wrong for all this time?

While this has never been a significant problem up to now, aside from careful positioning of sanitary towels during periods, it's now an issue thanks to peri-menopoause causing my fanny to get quite runny. I really don't want to have to wear panty liners every single day (hot and itchy), but I do because otherwise I'll be washing knickers AND trousers every day and I generally get a 2-3 days wear out of my trousers.

Anyone else?

I have this problem.
I think its because my ample buttocks seem to pull knickers back, so they're really low in the front. If i soze up though, they tend to fall down, as i'm not that large all over.

Size up, i mean.

You are not the only one.

I have never been one for using anything like a thong for example, however i do prefer to wear boyshort variety knickers, and also wear men's boxer shorts. Not the loose cotton ones, but the stretchy cotton ones. They're bloody comfortable, and don't get stuck up me arse. Usually thicker material too.

i have to wear 2 pads during a period, bottom one really far back, then one on top really far front, with the gusset bit being where they overlap.
My bleeding always goes half really far back, half really far forward, that even a nightime/long pad, isnt enough on its own however i position it. And i cant find knickers or pads wide enough for the gushes that dont leak in the mid point from both sides! Needless to say i love my implant which has meant in the last 4 years across 2 of them i've had only 4 or 5 periods and much, much lighter that one pad could last all day if i needed it to.
Sadly i need to still wear a sanitary towel daily, because i get a lot of discharge and no liner is long enough to cover enough front and back for where it decides to go depending on how im sitting/lay down, or just how my inner labia has positioned itself.

OMG YES ME TOO! Pads with wings are useless because I have to wear the buggers so far up in order to catch anything at all.
And yes, yes, yes to weird fanjo-splat art up the front of my undies.
Also yes, rusty and bleached patches, too.

Undie designers do not design for me, and apparently all of you too!

You learn something new every day! I can't imagine how this would happen, clearly I have a Barbie fanjo

This thread is a revelation, I am no longer alone! I hereby name our 'condition' Funnel Fanjo

Three observations - I just wear cotton low cut shorts knickers so there isn't a "flimsy bit".

I think it would look really weird and ugly on if there was a thick gusset that showed at the front. Just stick your pads where you need to and don't wear daft flimsy pants on your period.

I like the Honour Your Flow panty liners. I prefer a different brand when on my period, but HYf are good for washable panty liners. Comfortable and thin.

Funnel fanny - yes.
Rusty gusset - yes.
Bleached gusset - yes.

Thank God for Mumsnet, I feel normal.

Here is my question - why bleached gusset with black knickers?? Surely what comes out isn’t Domestos? I have always wondered - solve the mystery for me please MN

What a great thread
I get all of this (front damp patch, wearing through, bleached/rusty knickers etc) Always accepted it as a minor annoyance but it's great to hear I'm not alone!

I am currently wearing disposable panty liners as am pregnant and a little more juicy than usual.

Love the idea of washable panty liners but just googled it and mainly got results for sanitary pads.
Any recommendations for thin cotton ones for everyday use?
Ta!

Ah, just seen your post Atlantic, managed to skip that one in the thread. Am off to look at HYF now...

Em, just checked what the pH of a healthy fanny should be (I know, bloody insomnia) and it should be between 3.8 and 4.5, hence acidic. For sciebtific reasons I have also checked the pH of Domestos and that is 13, hence alkaline. So, based on the science, we shouldn’t say bleached gusset but acidified gusset - although bleached gusset does sound better. Well, not BETTER but you know what I mean......

?? How tiny are your knickers? Or how large are your foofs? Juices run down, where the gusset is, not forwards where the lace is.

I didn’t have this problem until I had children and now I need the 2 pads end to end as half of it goes backwards and half far forwards. Thought it was just me! Diary doll type pants are a godsend.

How tiny are your knickers?

Standard size

Or how large are your foofs?

Again, pretty average.

Juices run down, where the gusset is, not forwards where the lace is.

And the point is that the gusset is not in the right place for many many women.

Minty, you are my kind of woman!

Cat and Lolita accusing us all of doing it wrong!

There is nothing flimsy or tiny about my knickers, we aren't just talking during periods, and do you really think we haven't tried out different styles? Talk about not listening...

weird fanjo-splat art

That has made my day Sister, I will never look at my knickers in the same way again. Hurray for Funnel Fanjo!

YANBU OP

I have 'big' knickers, average knickers and teeny tie side knickers. I've been overweight and skinny. I have a 'normal' body.

No matter what i wear or what weight i am over the last 30 years, around the middle of my cycle every day i get a big wet patch on my drawers way up higher than the area covered by any gusset.

A higher gusset at the front wouldn't be ugly, certainly no bloody uglier than the sticky wet patch/white splat over the 'pretty' lace.

I've never thought it was just me tbh. I've always imagined it was just another shite thing about design for the average woman. Why should we have to pay out for extra things to bung in our knickers so that they do what they're meant to do in the first place?

You don't see men having routinely buying things to go into their underwear so that they're functional on an average day, or having to get busy with a needle to make a hole for their knobs to get through for a wee because it's difficult to get ones which are right. Pants which were not right wouldn't survive on the shelves.

Why do we carry on accepting what doesn't work for us?

Minty

Good to know I have acidified gusset. Sounds so much better than rusty

OP you are not alone, same problem here.

I've never heard of or experienced this funnel fanny...I don't understand how your fanny crack can be so high up that it goes way over the gusset? I guess I'm lucky enough to have the standard vag that knickers are designed for I did actually see one that must be how you describe on Naked Attraction. Her fanny crack started waaaay high up and DH and I had to pause the programme to try and work it out 😂

Ansumpasty thanks for sneering at me and a threadful of women - and a particular thanks for sharing that you and your husband had to pause a programme and laugh at a woman's tuppence on tv.

You both sound delightful.

Like Toasty I always assumed it was my ample buttocks which were pulling my pants up at the back and down at the front, hence having to place liners so high up virtually up at the waistband.

But anyway. Has anyone found washable fabric liners any good for very mild bladder weakness? I'm not making sea levels rise exactly, it's just a few drops or maybe a teaspoon if I sneeze...?