Hanging my knickers on the line

[Boysgrownbutstillathome]

When I was growing up all washing went on the line. I have carried this on - everything goes on the line, including undies. I can see three neighbours' gardens and washing lines from my bedroom window and they never hang their undies out. Is it now considered shameful? I am not embarrassed by my family's clean underpants. AIBU?

My neighbours hang out their washing too and I have never thought to check if they’re hanging out underwear

Not till now, anyway...

I use it for men's underwear but don't like it for women's underwear, for some reason.

I’ve never used the octopus on the washing line, just always assumed that it’d fall off in the slightest bit of wind but maybe that’s why it’s quite weighty, to prevent that happening?

I await the knicker inspector on the next sunny day. 😀

l hope l pass. Most are fairly new.

"Y fronts" are equally bad. My husband calls them skivvies, says that's what they were called at his school.

My daughters have knickers but they're not really pukka knickers, not in the true sense. They are, at best, lacey things that don't cover your bottom, or cheese cutter thongs. Unless it's shark week then M&S are to the fore.

My 14 year old son has a collection of 1950's union jack boxer shorts. He worries me sometimes.

There's no way i would notice what was or wasnt on next door washing line

"Y fronts" are equally bad. My husband calls them skivvies, says that's what they were called at his school.

I'm sure they were called 'Skiddies' / Skidz at our school. As in the sort of pant worn by a boy likely to sport skid marks. I'm trying to work out what the link to skivvies would be.

Someone has a lisp perhaps? 😀

I wonder if they lived next door to a friend of mine whose neighbour complained to friend's mother about the red and black undies she had on the line, her daughter's not her own?