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To only where big pants from now on?

110 replies

DrSeuss · 31/05/2023 14:54

Fifty plus and overweight although trying to slim down. Bought some big M and S pants and am a complete convert! So comfortable. They look like granny pants but they don’t ride up, pinch or try to cut me in two. DH seems to still fancy me in them which is a bonus, I suppose.

please tell me I’m not the only elderly, fat saddo who only wants to wear giant Bridget knickers!

OP posts:
IamSlave · 31/05/2023 19:56

Who ever said men like skimpy pants anyway.

Ive worn large wince brought is me first c section. I think they are attractive...

Jk987 · 31/05/2023 19:58

I object to calling yourself elderly when you're only in your 50's!

BouleBaker · 31/05/2023 20:00

Big pants and non-underwired bras all the live long day here (and I'm a J cup!). Wonderfully comfortable and I am NEVER going back.

BMW6 · 31/05/2023 20:01

OP look at my field. See, it is barren.

It is where I grow my fucks.

Big pants rule.

NeverTrustAPoliceman · 31/05/2023 20:01

From my 20 my knickers got bigger every decade, going from bikini to shorts to midi (or were those last two the other way round?) and then to full. So comfy, I can't imagine skimpy ones now.

Mynotsoperfectlittlefamily · 31/05/2023 20:03

I'm in my 20's and converted a few years ago after my 2nd child 🤣🤣 headed to child 4 and my 30s are round the corner and have no intentions whatsoever of going back 😍

MyFaceIsAnAONB · 31/05/2023 20:08

God OP I’m 33 and never looked back after my c section pants! Love big pants so much.

wetpebbles · 31/05/2023 20:17

I bought some big maternity pants by accident but they are so comfy almost like a smoothing body suit under my trousers 🩲

MrsTerryPratchett · 31/05/2023 20:23

ColonelRhubarbBikini · 31/05/2023 18:49

I came out the womb wearing big pants practically Grin.

Have always loved them. My thong loving friends used to scoff at me but one by one they’ve come over to the comfy side.

They all look the same flung on the floor and DP says he only cares what’s under the wrapper so they’re not impinging on my sex life.

I had a big bonus at work recently and treated myself to some Stripe & Stare high waisted ones and god they’re good.

I've worn them forever, and never had any complaints. Like never. If they're more interested in underwear than you, throw them back.

ThisGirlCab · 31/05/2023 20:24

BMW6 · 31/05/2023 20:01

OP look at my field. See, it is barren.

It is where I grow my fucks.

Big pants rule.

Grin
pookiedoodlepuppy · 31/05/2023 20:37

FabFitFifties · 31/05/2023 18:31

Big knicker lover here too! Look much better under clothes and you forget you've got them on. The string wearing me of my 20's and 30's would be mortified, but I don't care. I converted about a year ago and I'm not going back.

Me too big knickers all the way now . What was I thinking all those years wearing teeny tiny knickers 😂

InSpainTheRain · 31/05/2023 20:41

Big pants are amazing - even better than M&S big pants get "chub rub preventer pants". Look at the Big Bloomers Company or Snag - both are awesome. They make walking so comfortable and honestly I've got more exercise since I got them!

WhatADrabCarpet · 31/05/2023 20:53

I'm in my late 50s and I've worn Sloggi maxi briefs since I can't even remember. Probably since my 20s.
I don't give a shit.
I told my husband to be that I didn't care what he thought of them so he just accepted it.
Nice and comfy, and holds a bit in.

ttcat37 · 31/05/2023 21:00

37 here and never worn a thong. I like my bum cheeks warm and don’t like having a wedgie. As far as I’m aware everyone who has seen the outline of my pants has so far survived it.

VickyEadieofThigh · 31/05/2023 21:02

afromom · 31/05/2023 15:00

I'm 42 and have been wearing granny pants since my mid thirties! I'm not making myself uncomfortable for anyone else's pleasure! When my DP commented years ago, I handed him a pair of my skimpy ones and told him to wear them for a day and get back to me. Needless to say he hasn't he hasn't mentioned it again

Yep, me too (wearing big pants since my 30s, not suggesting to this poster's husband that he wear my skimpy knickers).

Teddypops · 31/05/2023 21:03

I wear big firm control pants every day. I've recently lost 2 stone and can't give them up.

I can't sleep in them though as they are very uncomfortable.

alabamathunderpussy · 31/05/2023 21:08

Ive been wearing big pants for 20
Years. Recently treated myself to some sloggis and was massively disappointed! Sainsburys are way better and a FRACTION of the price

GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 31/05/2023 21:08

I wear high waisted INNERSY ones which are really comfy

QueefQueen80s · 31/05/2023 21:10

I've been wearing them since my 20s 😆 I thought why should I be uncomfortable when no-one sees them.
I put nice ones on for sex.

Askil · 31/05/2023 22:05

DH can tell when I’m wearing them because I’m more cheerful

Grin Grin

Tilllly · 31/05/2023 22:12

Chocchops72 · 31/05/2023 17:06

What about switching to comfortable sleeping type bras ? I’m 51 and getting close to ditching the underwires…

Ditch them!

I went into comfy yoga bras after surgery and have never gone back to underwires

WellTidy · 31/05/2023 22:14

I’ve been a size 6-14 and everything in between, and could never find pants that didn’t ride up my bottom, especially on my left side. Whether big or small, they always did.

Until someone on MN recommended the biggest and least flattering pants in the world. Wirapa, which look like mens y-fronts, but are ever so comfortable and stay put. They’re cotton, come right up to my belly button, and have never ever moved. I couldn’t be happier.

Summerhillsquare · 31/05/2023 22:17

I'm well into big pants, also wire free bras, cardigans, chunky cotton socks, and anoraks. Comfort rules.

Tilllly · 31/05/2023 22:17

I say I wear big knickers

DH says Scouts will nick them from the washing line to camp in 🤨
And uses 2 pegs to hang them out
Bastard 😂

fetchacloth · 31/05/2023 22:39

SaxSick · 31/05/2023 15:03

My absolute favourites and so comfy.

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