Mystified by tiny gussets. Is there - is there something wrong with my undercarriage?

[candycane222]

Never been able to understand how anyone could bear to wear thong-type pants. I've always just thought -surely they must ride up and get into - the bit you don't want interfered with by your clothing??? Never understood it.

Anyhow, I sent for some M&S pants. Look like normal pants. Nice soft fabric. Comfy. Put them on, head out for the day. And -- oh dear, turns out they have a mystifyingly narrow gusset with the consequences I would think were entirely predictable. Not comfy after all! Much hitching down required And there wasn't even a warning!!!

Just - why?

Have I got a weird-shaped fanny? Is it unusually lacking in firmness? Is it in the wrong place?? How does anyone wear these things??

I found these, though I've not tried them. Yet.

https://www.curvissa.co.uk/products/petite-fleur-pack-of-3-shorties//A-205449918?PFMrsn=browse&PFMMref=true&PFMpsp=own&PFMMpge=1&PFMlpn=11

https://www.curvissa.co.uk/products/pack-of-4-buttoned-shorts///A-96440414?PFMMrsn=browse&PFMref=true&PFMMpsp=own&PFMpge=1&PFMMlpn=2

God, women's shorts are the worst, it's as though men thought "women can't find out how comfy our pants really are, let's make them a version using less material and angle it so it all gets sucked up the front bum, while hanging down at the back like a baby's nappy". Bastards.

Go with Thunderpants - you won't look back www.thunderpants.co.nz/

Also (I didn't realise I had so many pant-related issues), the fucking material! I CANT WEAR NYLON PANTS BECAUSE THEY MAKE MY CHUFF SMELL.

Why can't someone make cotton pants using 5% elastic so they don't hang down like washing on a line? I don't want to wear lacy lady knickers, I just want a pair that will cover my bum, attempt to hold up the post C Section stomach and not give me a front bum wedgie.

Am I asking too much?

Simple answer - they're designed by blokes. Often by blokes with a limited understanding of female anatomy.

I have recently lost weight and am definitely less well-endowed in the 'flappage department' now.
(Now, that's a phrase I never thought I'd use.... )
Anyway.... I've found that with thongs, you do need to adjust a bit to get them in the right place.
On another note, gusset is indeed a fab word - I used to know a family who had allowed their little girl to name a dog Gusset!

Oh - and this thread has reminded me of one a long time ago where one of the posters had to get her BF to take a pair of scissors to her lacy knickers because part of one of her flaps had got stuck through a hole and swollen up.

To my old hat thinking there's women prioritising their comfort first and foremost and then there's the male gaze pleasing women who poo poo such inconveniences. Each to their own. Freedom = choice and all that.

@MilkTwoSugarsThanks

Tbh I have the opposite problem.

I mean, why the fuck are sanitary towels the width of the English Channel?

Glad it’s not just me. I’ve always wondered this. They’re way wider than my knickers

I’ve name changed - I got my flaps stuck to a pair of knickers once years ago, and ahem, needed a doctor to cut me free . Pain didn’t describe it . Doctor had never seen anything like it .

Since then - years ago! - I will only wear great big granny pants . Preferably supermarket brand . Never again am I risking that happening ...

MilkTwoSugarsThanks

"Tbh I have the opposite problem.

I mean, why the fuck are sanitary towels the width of the English Channel?"

Someone give this woman an award...I almost died 😂🤣😂🤣

@Beaverdam100

Did your inner flaps or outer flap get stuck?

The inner one 😣

I shouldn't ask this but how did they stick?

@Blondiney

Gusset is one of the greatest words in the English language. Fact.

😂😂😂

I agree!

I LOVE the word "gusset".

I added a gusset to my diary (not quite the same, I know) to hold receipts and things. It is a life-saver.

Oohhhh the pain must have been terrible. How did it stick? Was it a fancy kinky knicker?

Yeah, I wouldn't be answering Beaverdam's questions...

Boy shorts.

oooh i'm loving the look of those big bloomer knicks. Do they work under jeans, or is it for floatier garms only?

Er, yeah, don't go into too much graphic detail!!! Someone's enjoying it...

@Leimarel

Er, yeah, don't go into too much graphic detail!!! Someone's enjoying it...

Yes, I’m just realising that . Tired and wasn’t really thinking .

I bet you stay well away from those tyoe now then 😂.

Grow up, I'm not a pervert.

Sloggi was the answer for me. Hate VPL, bum crunchers and pootie pinchers. Nice wide russet and they do high leg and mid leg too.