by MIA FREEDMAN
I own too much underwear. This is the conclusion I reached recently, while spring cleaning my knicker drawer. So I decided the time was right to make some piles: keep, stash and bin (unlike my usual wardrobe purges, there is obviously no give-away pile when it comes to undies…. enough said).
You can gain many insights with a quick flick through your knickers. Here are some of mine:
1. SEX AND UNDIES ARE TIGHT
(Tight as it closely connected – not literally tight because that would be uncomfortable.)
When men become newly single, they often mark the occasion with a primal ‘get-blind-and-have-meaningless-sex-with-any-chick-who’ll-do-me’ ritual. It’s how they get back in the saddle, so to speak.
Women? We go knicker shopping. Or rather, lingerie shopping (if there’s ever a time your undies get a name upgrade to “lingerie”, it’s when you’re dating). While the female lingerie ritual is inevitably more expensive than blokes’ 24 beers and a post-shag cab ride home, there’s a far lower risk of STDs. Especially if you follow the fitting room signs and keep your own undies on during the trying-on process. In my nostalgic trip down the memory lane of my knicker drawer, I uncovered two matching lacy sets I’d bought when last newly single.
For some women, designer lingerie is a sickness on par with the more common designer shoe addiction but I’ve always been more superficial. I prefer to wear my expensive buys on the outside. Spending a fortune on a bra (let alone a g-string!) is not how I roll.
But even for those who love investing in a bra the same way the rest of us invest in a handbag, once you’re actually in a relationship – things change. Oh how they change. I think the amount of cash and thought you put into your underwear is inversely proportional to the length of the relationship. Things always start out promisingly with a tantalising display of saucy, sexy lingerie. By the time you move in together, all bets are off and comfort rules once again.
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I stick with t-shirt and sports bras for just about every day of the week. I have a few pretty and sexy bras on reserve for my boyfriend, which are like surprise treats to him lol... And just about all my undies are bonds or cotton on. Somewhere in my drawer is a g-string which is actually not that uncomfy, but it's probably seen the light of day twice since leaving its shop. I wear steel cap boots to work every day - I'm gonna keep my undies comfy!
One of the saddest posts I've ever read on Mamamia.