The Underwear Generation Gap

Weez, you made me wake up my brother! And he is just back from the hospital! Was that nice? chortle giggle guffaw and all the other words

Sigh, I am newly validated. DD has some of those little imaginary undies, and I once let her talk me into trying on a pair. (I was smaller than her at the time.) They are really pricey, like I used to buy a business suit for less, and she promised to buy me some if I liked hers. Started out in Austin at her house, all in good faith. I was to wear a couple of pairs for a few days, then let her know which one I liked better. She assured me I wouldn't even notice them if I just quit thinking about it. Had to stop for gas in the car. That little instrument of torture did its best to turn me into a butterflied lady, like a shrimp. I wiggled around, feeling like I understood at last why guys do that disgusting seat grab thing. Changed my posture. Discreetly dropped my shorts waistband to ease the pressure. Went in to pay for the petrol, asked for "the key", and finished the drive home "la naturelle". Now, years later, she still insists "they are going to end up there anyway, and this just eliminates the bunching." Nope, I trek all over the great Lone Star state in search of Vanity Fair briefs, classic leg, lace insets, but I refuse to wear what ain't even there for all practical purposes. I did enjoy the Vanity Fair bikinis of the 70s, though, and my mother was horrified when she spied a pair of leopard prints with matching underwire in my suitcase. At least there was enough fabric that it could be identified, whereas the flossers could be a headband.

Ok Girls, how long has it been since you tried a underwire bra. I had not worn one in years, and my daughter suggested this one.I liked it and went back for more. My washing machine has a "hand washing cycle" I use that for my undies and don't put them in the dryer. Come on, I dare you to try one. I have laughed so hard reading this thread. you gotta keep it up.

LizH...If memory serves me correctly you are not as well endowed as some of us!!! Jo

It has only been a month since I tried on one of those torture chambers with the underwire. The lady kept thinking that she would sell one to me so she kept them coming and coming and coming. giggle. I tried and tried and tried them on but all of them were equally uncomfortable if I even tried to resemble my gardening self. I went back to my old style and I am reasonably comfortable with it. Now if I could only find the money tree to pay for the darned things since they cost me $75 apiece!!!! Gad I hate that. Highway robbery in cotton and lycra and lace. If I could make one that resembles it I would but with my luck it would break and let it all hang out right in the middle of an important meeting or something. That would NOT be pretty!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good Lord, Ponditis! $75 a piece! That's $37.50 per cup! That bra of yours must also be a printer/fax machine or something!

Aimee: Well, your daughter can't say you didn't try those thong underwear. You know they kind of remind me of sling shots... it's a wonder no one has thought of that on one of these survival programs.

I tried the underwire again just today, since I haven't had a chance to do laundry for awhile and that was all that was left in the drawer (uh, box I mean). Ugg! I endured it for about 4 hours, but with staining woodwork, and all the bending over, I couldn't take it. So, I took it off, and just wore my baggy sweatshirt, even though we did have a construction crew here. I tried to stay in another part of the house though. LOL!

I've learned to sit down after I try on a bra. Things tend to kinda splooge upward when a gal sits down. That upward pressure can be a killer, LOL!

Bra? Me? Get real! In the 70's when women burned their bra, I was just old enough to start wearing them. Torture devices invented by some man who wanted his women "perky". I never burned my bra (my old school uniform is another story), but seldom wore one. Thankfully I have never been large enough to need restraint. And all the skin diseases that they cause me makes me extra-glad I don't have to wear one, just sometimes a t-shirt under my blouse to hide behind.

Free! Yee-ha!

I am like lupinelover, free is better. I wear a v necked tee shirt under lots of things but the very best thing to wear in summer is tee shirts with 2 pockets or blouses with lots of bold colors. (No see throughs, thin fabrics or low necklines) I really pick my clothes according to whether I can wear them bra-less or not. I really need to find me some of those pasties the strippers wear. Without the tassles of course. LOL!

If I went free you would have to hospitalize me on IV drugs for the pain! My sister can go without, Mom can go without, but me NOT. They are jealous of me though. I am jealous of them most of the time. I agree with Lupinelover that they are devices for torture invented by a man.
Yes that is $37.50 a cup for my bras. BUT with these things I can horseback ride without a bounce and they are relatively comfortable compared to all the rest I have tried. I wish they were a printer/fax/answering machine because then I could be on the Letterman show demonstrating my stupid human tricks. That would be a sight though wouldn't it. Go into a store and go to the checkout and have a fax coming out of my chest. LOL Wait a minute sir, I have a message coming in.(said to the suprised clerk) FOFLMBO

My last thought on the THONG situation! LOL Jo

LOL that would be true for me, Jo. Thanks for the laugh!

Meee tooo!! LOL Thanks for the laugh Jo!

I think Shoe is going to start marketing a Gold plated Fig Leaf....maybe.....Jo

Awww I thought that we had decided on gunnera leaves. A fig leaf won't even cover my left side. I would have to have a whole tree of fig leaves to cover me!

gotta question for ya


bought a new bra.... fits great, underwires and all...

but lie on the bed? and bam..there gone!
now where in the heck did they go?
I checked under my arms...nope! not there
magic boobs!

Thats the "wonder bra " thing,the boyfriends "wonder" where they went!

The thing that ticks me off is bikini bathing suit tops,they are all underwire,which does make be look well endowed,until I start flinching from the underwire poking at me.They are too dang expensive to buy new ones,you'd think the manufactures would glue them in there to eliminate someone sueing them.......

We agree with you, crestedchick!! Jo

I found mine! They were hanging out with my kneecaps wondering if they should keep hanging or just go ahead and finish shriveling up.

ROTFL

LOL Oh Zany, you are so right.... LOLOLOL And The-Wonder-Down-Under, some of us don't disappear even laying down. LOL CC I have NEVER worn a bikini so I wouldn't know that one. Thanks all for the laughs about our body parts. Those formerly unmentionable parts of our anatomy. Why were they unmentionable? They DO exist and there is no denying them being there is there?

Not on me there isn't, Lani. There's no way you can miss a chest or butt the size of mine, much less deny it!

I wear bras.... yes I do, Ladies!!!!

In fact I've worn them since 3 years now, and it has kept my family happy, ever since my wife found one in the glove compartment in my car.

*blush*

Wintermoor

That is why I agreed with Zany, Linda. Mine are visiting with my knees also. I am always afraid of kneeling on them and with the metal knees that would REALLY hurt. oh my that would hurt. Sometimes I wish I had a way to unscrew them and get them gone for a few days and let my back see what life would be without them. I can put up with them most of the time but, I still would not want to wear floss on my bottom end.

*GUFFAW ~ SNORT!!* Barry!!!

And no kidding, Lani! I'd love to be able to unscrew whatever part is bothering me 'til it quit bothering me. I wonder if that works on husbands?

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ha ha ha ha HAAAAAAAA Linda. You are too much. Barry, your car might wear a bra but you wear a kilt. Get that straight. Car, bra. Kilt, Barry. And what do you wear under your kilt? Pray tell???

Yeah!! Here we are telling all about OUR underthings ~ your turn, Barry.

ROFL, Wintermoor. You are a smart man! If I ever found any womens' dainties in our car, Dennis had better be wearing them on a regular basis! Is this plagiarized from one of those jokes of yours? Hmmmmm? Well, any man that is doomed to wear an underwire bra to preserve his marriage deserves the pain! However, in order to keep the darned thing from riding up, I think you'll need to fashion some sort of garters to your underwear or socks! I'm glad to see that their are still a few gentlemen brave enough to step into this thread, since I'm sure the line of lurkers is pretty long!

Ladies, I have to confess that I no longer worry about sheer shirt fronts. Anything that might peek through is sadly looking down at my shoes! In my younger days, I was small enough to travel unfettered, but these days, I like to keep the chicks in the nest. I once took one of my underwire bras and placed one cup over my head... and it fit.... sorry, no pictures!

LOL Weezing!! My dh has always said if I sent him to the store to buy my bra that he would have to try it on his head first to see if it'd fit! He too has put mine on his head a many a times! LOL and here I thought my dh was the only crazy one that put bra's on his head! LOL

If you were to wear the other cup, Mollybee, you two would be conjoined twins!

LOL now I know what we can be for Halloween!
The bad thing about it is, he has a big ole head too! So you know what that means!! LOL

Seems to be a lot of facination with drawers here! Suppose as long as you change them everyday, it don't matter what ya wear!

"eyes"

Your sposed ta change em? What do ya wear whist your undies is a bein warshed?

Depends, I guess!

"eyes"

Good one, Eyes!

Oh eyes, you are good. LOL

HA! I knew them depends would surface! LOL

Ah, Depends... the first defense in Homeland Security!

*Giggle~snort~guffaw!*