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what on god's earth are 'boy shorts'

48 replies

Cappucino · 24/04/2006 10:16

I am sick of reading in magazines about 'boy shorts'. I keep thinking about the baggy type of thing that boys wear, you know, as shorts, to do sports in, but no-one can be suggesting that I wear them under a floaty dress

help me

I am too young to lose touch completely

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thewomanwhothoughtshewasahat · 24/04/2006 10:34

need pulling up a bit for a flattering v-shape at the front but these are indeed \link{http://www.marksandspencer.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Merchant_Id=1&Section_Id=268&Product_Id=1573225\god's own pants}

cod · 24/04/2006 10:35

they haev th e air of prosthesis about them

Cappucino · 24/04/2006 10:35

oh hatlady noooo.... my stomach would come falling out of the top of those like something melting

Sad
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cupcakes · 24/04/2006 10:37

eeek - polyamide on your nethers!

Kelly1978 · 24/04/2006 10:37

not sure about gods own pants! I have the ceriso ones tho, they are nice.

thewomanwhothoughtshewasahat · 24/04/2006 10:38

Much as I would like to spend all morning discussing pants I am concerned that I might get cuaght browsing the internet for underwear, (need to click BACK very quickly when it comes to pure cotton value midis) and I probably have something I ought to be getting on with. toodlepip.

Enid · 24/04/2006 10:38

atm I am extrememly comfy in Matalan 5 for £3 size 16 big pants (mint green with pink spots and bow) Smile

Flamesparrow · 24/04/2006 10:38

Oooh I love them! They make my bum look good and I don't have a piece of cheesewire cutting my bum and girly bits in half Grin

thewomanwhothoughtshewasahat · 24/04/2006 10:39

one more post - I have my cerise ones on right now as it happens.

lou33 · 24/04/2006 10:41

i have boy shorts like the one in my link , and thongs, i like them both but i think i still prefer my thongs

Cappucino · 24/04/2006 10:44

maybe we should start another thread asking everyone about their knickers

today I will mostly be wearing \link{http://store.monsoon.co.uk/catalog/Welcome?pid=6981\this}

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Kelly1978 · 24/04/2006 10:49

lol, hat - jsut checke3d and I am too! Grin

lou33 · 24/04/2006 10:50

that's quite pretty

i have to have my undies matching or else i feel uncomfortable

today it is cream with pink and black flowers on my bra and matching thong

Enid · 24/04/2006 10:50

\link{http://www.slc.k12.ut.us/staff/marjon/images/photos/journal/jan/1.03BIGpants.jpg\these look comfy over the boy shorts}

Cappucino · 24/04/2006 10:51

arf

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Cappucino · 24/04/2006 10:53

hands up who's wearing these \link{http://www.lingerie-direct.com/briefs.asp?model=217&directory=crown&manufacturer=Crown\comfy numbers]

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Cappucino · 24/04/2006 10:54

I can do this honest

\link{http://www.lingerie-direct.com/briefs.asp?model=217&directory=crown&manufacturer=Crown\see?}

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Flamesparrow · 24/04/2006 11:07

Surely everyone wears em? Not lacey though - need nice thick thermal ones Grin

SoupDragon · 24/04/2006 11:39

IMO they make even long legs look short and stubby.

FinnyandZooey · 24/04/2006 11:46

I don't think they're new, just that the meeja won't stop going on about them as mentioned in the OP....I got a couple of pairs pre-ds (and they looked a lot better then, harrumph)

If they go up your crack then they are too large, IME. M + S have some lovely fitting ones with no VPL.

Cappucino · 24/04/2006 11:53

according to eve magazine you're supposed to wear them round the house at night under a floaty shirt and cami instead of a hoodie and joggers in order to keep your feminine allure

sounds a bit chilly to me though, wandering about the place in your pants

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cod · 24/04/2006 11:54

lol

FinnyandZooey · 24/04/2006 12:00

Ah, what's a little hypothermia when you can have feminine allure?

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