Is your underwear older than your kids?

[fuzzybuddy]

Radrook's thread about winter clothes got me thinking about the last time I bought new clothes. For me, it was during the Jurassic Period. I don't know if it's a guy thing, but men tend to hang onto underwear. I know my ex had some ratty looking ones, too. Is your underwear older than your kids?

 

[dilettante]

Well I definitely have some old T shirts predating my kids, but those are mostly travel souvenirs or otherwise tied to some life event. Most have never been worn.

 

[Aunt Bea]

I get my money’s worth.

 

[timoc]

What is underwear?

 

[Murrmurr]

I tried to make them last that long but they refused.

 

[-Oy-]

Mrs Oy gets us all new once a year.

 

[Murrmurr]

Mrs Oy gets us all new once a year.

She's a dear. My wife does, too.

 

[OneEyedDiva]

Definitely not !

 

[jujube]

Uh, uh, of course not! And that's my story and I'm sticking with it. (Quickly hiding stuff in the back of the closet......)

 

[Beezer]

We all have that 'bullpen' pair of underwear that we use in a pinch...when the laundry is backed up. It sits at the back of the drawer.

For the ladies it's the pair with the broken elastic that you have to wrap a thousand times around your waist.

For men it has that missing button at the front and you keep playing an irritating game of peek-a-boo with your privates.

 

[That Lady in PA]

Nope. No clothing older than our kids. No reason for it.

 

[fuzzybuddy]

My kid would be 50ish, if I had one. Not sure if I have underwear that old. But I do know most of my underwear could vote.

 

[Pinky]

I have too much underwear, in all colours & designs .. but, that's a good thing - isn't it?

 

[hawkdon]

I just got in new V-neck white undershirts yesterday, will
order new boxers soon, i do that about every 2 years....

 

[jimintoronto]

Does underwear have a "best before " date ?

 

[mrstime]

I grew, so my undies had to grow too. That means I'm fat so the underwear had to grow too. So no my undies are not as old as my kids, because I was several sizes smaller when the kids were all home.

 

[Lavinia]

Interesting question. Do men see their underwear as purely functional or do they choose items for their look? Women tend to enjoy wearing pretty undies and will wear things which are uncomfortable but nice to look at. I have knickers which I never wear because they don't fit properly, but which I bought because I liked the pattern.

 

[Aunt Bea]

Interesting question. Do men see their underwear as purely functional or do they choose items for their look? Women tend to enjoy wearing pretty undies and will wear things which are uncomfortable but nice to look at. I have knickers which I never wear because they don't fit properly, but which I bought because I liked the pattern.

Sadly, nobody has expressed any interest in looking at my underwear in almost half a century.

 

[Born_To_Lose]

I change every year around June 1. I only wear t-shirts when I’m dressed for work in a suit. I must have 40 pairs of socks.

 

[chic]

Definitely not !

I'm with Diva. My undies and clothes are never old. I've taken my mom clothes shopping and she buys granny panties in an economy pack and argues with me when I buy lace bikini undies but I mean come on.

 

[CallMeKate]

I change every year around June 1.

I'm not even going to tell you what --- for just a few split seconds --- I thought you meant.

 

[Born_To_Lose]

I'm not even going to tell you what --- for just a few split seconds --- I thought you meant.

Yeah, I should have worded it differently.

I switch out the old for the new around June 1. Sounds better.

 

[Magna-Carta]

Interesting question. Do men see their underwear as purely functional or do they choose items for their look? Women tend to enjoy wearing pretty undies and will wear things which are uncomfortable but nice to look at. I have knickers which I never wear because they don't fit properly, but which I bought because I liked the pattern.

Tell me about it!

Discovered early one winter morning when putting underwear on in the dark, so as not to wake my GF at the time. It's easy to pull open the wrong draw in the dark!

 

[CallMeKate]

Yeah, I should have worded it differently.

Oh no, it was fine the way it came out! Things like this show my how strange my mind can be.

 

[Radrook]

My underwire are only several years old. My two daughters are in the late thirties and my son is starting to push the forties. Perhaps its because my underwires kept losing their waist and groin area elasticity, and I had to continuously replace them in order to keep the family jewels snuh hug. Numb sayin? Snuh hug.