Would you buy used underwear for your dc?

[DaanSaaf]

There's a man on my local fb selling page advertising used girls underwear age 2-3 years.
I buy a lot of second hand clothes for my dc (and myself) but would never buy underwear and I'm wondering genuinely who would.

I actually felt a bit sick at the thought of who would be buying them and want to know if I'm being unreasonable.

Sorry just seen it had already been removed.
Thank Christ! People are odd.

No, but then second hand cloth nappies and reusable sanitary towels bring out the same irrational 'ikk'. Adult or child, underwear is a personal item, not for shared use.

On the other and, you're making far too much of the gender of the seller. Its discriminatory plus the massive leap from 'dad selling lots of family items ' to weirdo/dodgy/creep/paedo'

At age 2-3 people get them for potty training. There's a stage where you might have so much that they are hardly worn. Quite usual on second hand clothes sites.

I wouldn't personally but many people buy and sell used underwear, cloth nappies, training pants etc. Secondhand nappies sell for quite a lot on eco friendly FB groups, so do sets of used and faded organic cotton knickers (eg Maxomorra) that cost a fortune new.
I guess it's all part of the recycling/green movement? It wouldn't occur to me it's anything dodgy unless that's all he's selling!

Absolutley no way, and I'm beyond skint. I can get underwear for £1.50 in Asda.

Oh please, the headlines here 😐
People buy second hand nappies all the time, someone sells the next item which is ages 2-3 and goes exactly on the same place.

So the "man selling used child underwear" can be worded differently right?

Way to make a drama out of nothing

I’ve not bought second hand pants, but have happily accepted them in bags of hand me downs.
We also use cloth nappies and most of our collection was bought second hand. Cheaper, less wasteful and really not an issue.

For those saying I wouldn't say anything if it was a woman selling, read my posts back. I'm not suspecting the seller of anything, only the potential buyer. Anyway, the post has gone now so it doesn't matter.

I love hand me downs anyway, less waste, and nice to think of women helping other women. My younger dd has all the nice vest and pant sets from my older dd too. I buy good quality underwear as it lasts for years, and does for several children. When the elastic eventually gets tired I do bin or cut up for dusters/ shoe polish cloths.
I wear lots of vintage stuff though, so almost everything I own has been worn by someone else. On my Wedding day the only new thing on me was my perfume.

No problem with it.

Better for the environment for a start.

I’ve sold plenty of DD’s Boden underwear on selling pages.

I'd be surprised if they sold, but when I've sold/given away chidlren's clothes I've asked if the buyer would like a bunch of pants and socks too - some do, some don't.

Nursery and our primary school are always in need of spare pants and socks, too, so they get ours now. Throwing away wearable clothes is terrible.

If someone is selling lots of children's items, why on earth would you assume dodgy motives from some of it?

I wouldn't buy from someone I didn't know, but have given second hand undies to friend when their dc were toilet training (it was good quality underwear and clean) I asked if they wanted it first.
One of my friends little boy was thrilled with it - he kept shouting 'I'm wearing Kurrisboy's pants' to everyone

My sister and I have swapped all our kids clothes with each other - undies, - but then we swap undies with each other - if she's staying with me and runs out of knickers or bras she just helps herself to some of mine - and ditto when I am staying with her.

I don’t get the outrage, I wouldn’t sell or buy it but plenty of people sell/buy reusable nappies (I wouldn’t do this either) don’t see how this is any different tbh

I get the logic around potty training, I know I threw away a lot of pants, but there’s something about second hand pants and knickers that grossed me out.

I always included coats, pants and socks when I gave in bundles of old uniform to school. They get used for spares or are given to the kids that need it. Used second hand nappies happily and hate waste!

No but we did use second hand cloth nappies and sold them on again when finished. We had loads of knickers in size 2-3 because potty training, and handed them down to friends who were soon going to be in the same boat. It's really not that weird.

I bought some toddler girl clothes from a local seller. When I collected she offered me some pants which I thought a good idea. I always gave old ones to school or nursery for their spares box.

I don't see the problem with it. As long as they're washed properly it's no different to any other second-hand clothing item.

I'm not suspecting the seller of anything, only the potential buyer.

So you have no idea who the buyer - male or female - might be but you're happy to run with the speculation that they are weirdo/dodgy/creep/paedo

You know second hand shoes are a thing too

I’ve bought second hand nursing bras before because they’re expensive and only used for a few months. I’ve also bought (and sold) second hand reusable nappies before, no qualms about that. Something amiss about second hand undies though, I wouldn’t do it.

Having said that, my DD did come home with second hand knickers from school before after an accident. I suppose if they’ve been washed it’s really not a huge deal, does make me feel a bit icky though.

For those saying about the seller being a man. It's probably his wife selling on his fb because she doesn't have fb herself. I know loads of women that do this.

No but I have no problems accepting my niece's old knickers for my daughter!

Nope. Not when I can get a pack of five for £1.50 in primark.

Yes I get the environmental issue but we scal back on other things. New knickers aren't going to change the world.

I wouldn’t buy second hand underwear for myself so definitely wouldn’t for my children, especially from strangers that just seems odd!
We have some of dd1s pants (age 1-2) which we kept, and dd2 wears them over the top of her nappies to get used to the idea of putting pants on and off. I didn’t keep any other pants other than these because they weren’t used as actual pants, just ones over the top of nappies.