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Underwear and opaques

19 replies

Nortono · 05/02/2024 14:22

I’ve started going “sans culottes” , so to speak with tights

fells better. Smoother lines etc

am I the weirdo? It’s a game changer for me

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gawditswindy · 05/02/2024 14:28

I'd be worried about chafing. Tights material isn't great on bare (delicate) skin.

Glonty · 05/02/2024 14:30

A lot of tights have a cotton gusset anyway.....

For me tho, I change panties daily, but tights not always every day.....

Nortono · 07/02/2024 16:11

Really? Gosh I do.
jf I was a millionaire I’d never reuse

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IHaveNeverLivedintheCastle · 07/02/2024 17:53

Each to their own I suppose but my initial thought was "ugh"

Riapia · 07/02/2024 18:39

Stainless steel fanny.
😲😲😲

Googi · 07/02/2024 18:52

It sounds uncomfortable. Don’t you get a fanny wedgie?

I wear enormous comfy knickers, though, so what I do know?

Ilovemyshed · 07/02/2024 18:53

Glonty · 05/02/2024 14:30

A lot of tights have a cotton gusset anyway.....

For me tho, I change panties daily, but tights not always every day.....

🤢🤢🤢

JanefromLondon1 · 07/02/2024 18:59

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Nortono · 07/02/2024 19:05

lol at hoo ha
oh, I sound like some sort of weirdo, but I’m just wondering have I been wearing pants all this time and nobody else does

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IHaveNeverLivedintheCastle · 07/02/2024 19:26

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Do you mean you don't wear knickers under trousers?

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IHaveNeverLivedintheCastle · 07/02/2024 19:53

I suppose not wearing knickers explains MN's obsession with washing everything after one wear.

BlueBlueBerries · 07/02/2024 20:30

Hairy hands?

Nortono · 07/02/2024 20:34

BlueBlueBerries · 07/02/2024 20:30

Hairy hands?

No, but I see it looks like that.

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StarlightLady · 08/02/2024 10:52

Never knickers with tights But l always wear tights with a cotton gusset, not the supermarket cheapies. Only exception, the first day or so of a heavy period.

I wear Autograph seamless (no centre seam) 40 denier opaques, or the Autograph sheer tights. Both have a “practical sized” cotton gusset and stop in place far better without knickers. The top adheres to the body. Double layers cause slippage.

WhereAreWeNow · 08/02/2024 10:52

Glonty · 05/02/2024 14:30

A lot of tights have a cotton gusset anyway.....

For me tho, I change panties daily, but tights not always every day.....

I'm not sure how hygienic that is. Even if you're not a very sweaty person, something that close to your skin will be absorbing sweat, oil, dead skin cells and of course any bacteria etc. Especially given that tights are close to your vulva, bum and feet! I would worry that you could get fungal infections, thrush etc from regularly reusing tights. But maybe I'm over thinking it.

Glonty · 08/02/2024 13:03

Fungal infections after 1 day! I'm not particularly sweaty or smelly. And luckily not very infection-y, so it's never been an issue.

CointreauVersial · 08/02/2024 13:23

I can see this working if the tights are good and sturdy. And washed daily.

Of course, you could go the other way and be like my mum, who wears a pair of knickers under her tights, and a second pair over. To be honest, the very thought brings me out in a hot flush.

StarlightLady · 08/02/2024 13:42

CointreauVersial · 08/02/2024 13:23

I can see this working if the tights are good and sturdy. And washed daily.

Of course, you could go the other way and be like my mum, who wears a pair of knickers under her tights, and a second pair over. To be honest, the very thought brings me out in a hot flush.

Good quality tights with a cotton gusset are essential to go sans knix. It is far more comfy too, as l said upthread, they don’t slip down. I certainly would not wear them more than once without washing.

l couldn’t do what you mum does, what if you go for a wee and you forget you have a second pair on? 😳

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