To wonder where the fudge my pantyliner is!?

[Livvylau]

Throwaway as it's embarrassing.

DH and I are staying at my parents for the past month while our house is having some work done. Last night I went to sleep wearing a pantyliner (it was a bit loose but I rearranged so I thought it sat better). Woke up this morning, fed DC, gave DC to DH to change nappy and went to the loo to discover my pantyliner was no longer there.

I didn't mention anything to DH but had a peek in the bed to see if it fell off in the bed, couldn't see it. Looked around the floor of the bed, not there.
Retraced my steps to the loo, not anywhere there.
I did sit in the living room while DH changed DC's nappy so I had a look there too, but it isn't there.

Where on earth is it!?

Also, highly likely it's just me that wears liners in this house. Do post-menopausal women need liners!? It's going to be so mortifying when it's found. It's obvious it's mine and also just plain disgusting 😭😭😭

Knickers is recent as the default polite word for lower undergarments. I know the word itself is old, but in the 50s/60s it was seen as slightly on the vulgar side, certainly by the middle classes. I think "navy blue knickers" as required by posher schools was one of the few contexts that you'd use it in. Knickers weren't something that you really wanted to be seen in, they were ny implication large, baggy, and unfashionable. Pants was probably more used than panties. There was also panty-hose.