Mind Of Man: What’s Wrong With The Word “Panties,” Anyway?
Posted by: John DeVore
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9:30AM, Wednesday July 8th 2009
It was a total misunderstanding that one time I bought a woman I was dating sexy lingerie, the slinky, lacy kind that looked like it was made out of the doilies that decorated my grandmother’s beloved sofa. She thought I was disingenuously buying her a gift that was really a gift for me. I protested, of course, because it was never my idea to veer into Victoria Secret’s during one of our weekend shopping excursions that were theoretically about her training me to be, if not fashion forward, then at least fashion neutral. A happy compromise, considering I, apparently, was clinging to late-‘90s fashion like a koala bear to the last eucalyptus tree on Earth. But, in fact, these sprees were about her dragging me by the throat to store after store.
I am not partial, nor do I demand, or even, frankly, fantasize, about women in garters, frilly underwear, or a bustier with as much architectural thought put into it as a Gothic church. Lingerie makes a woman feel sexy, and we respond accordingly. If a floral, polyester muumuu made you feel sexy, we’d respond accordingly to that.
Which was fine: she enjoyed it. I enjoyed her enjoyment. After all, she sat through horror movies and dutifully feigned interest in my, ahem, graphic novels. But Victoria’s Secret was a different labor unto itself. Next time you’re at a Victoria’s Secret, note that there are two types of men there. Those who pace around at the front of the store, playing with their phones, counting ceiling tiles, retreating to safe, internal worlds where Mack trucks fight hydras, each waiting patiently, happily even. And then there are those who follow their girlfriends or wives like ducklings, grim, waddling ducklings, making sure not to stare at other women, or the mannequins, nodding their heads approvingly at whatever is showcased, and I mean “whatever.”
The misunderstanding was simple. I thought she liked to wear expensive lingerie, because she sure as hell liked to browse, model, and buy it. She liked to wear it too, vamping out from the bathroom slowly, lighting a vanilla votive candle, a choir of cherubs humming “Super Freak,” crawling over to me. (Question: what is the deal with women and candles that smell like food?) I am not partial, nor do I demand, or even, frankly, fantasize, about women in garters, frilly underwear, or a bustier with as much architectural thought put into it as a Gothic church. Lingerie makes a woman feel sexy, and we respond accordingly. If a floral, polyester muumuu made you feel sexy, we’d respond accordingly to that. Keep wearing your lingerie of course. Just know that your naked body is all we want.
The first time I ever saw a woman in lingerie was a brief-ish fling I had when I had first moved to New York City to become a writer, or a drunk, or somewhere in between (success!). She was older, experienced, urbane, and, for some reason, seduced a boy who, a year or so prior, had been in Texas, eating cheese doodles and watching “Fight Club” on a continuous loop. She taught me a lot, like how to swirl my wine before sipping it, because it stirred up the tannins or flavor crystals or whatever. She introduced me to sushi, to New York magazine, and the reverse cowgirl. One night, before we made love, or to those of you who are romantically challenged, sauced the love taco, she revealed a perfect body sheathed in a purple lattice-work of silk. I was stunned. Her astoundingly beautiful badonkadonk was swaddled in gloriousness. It was like cake on top of cake. Christmas ass! Once I was able to very carefully peel off the lingerie, she used me like the plaything I had no idea I was.
But like Christmas, lingerie is only really necessary once a year. What really drove me nuts was when she’d walk out of the shower after a long day, wearing a t-shirt, a pair of panties peaking out from underneath as she’d crawl into bed. But the lingerie seemed to give her permission to go all sultry sex goddess jungle cat, so I never mentioned a preference. It made her feel sexy. Also, I think women, deep down, love making things pretty, especially packages. The older woman and I exchanged gifts once, I think the occasion was pure treacle, a three month anniversary or something. My gift looked like a Frankenstein’s monster of scotch tape and poorly cut out, uneven lengths of birthday and Valentine’s Day wrapping paper. Her’s was impeccable, seamless, as if it had been born that way.
Dudes will back me up on this, I am sure. We’d prefer you in a t-shirt and a pair of cute little panties over the latest Victoria’s Secret erotic sweatshop skivvies. I am a straight-up sucker for panties. Crumpled on the floor, peaking up from jeans, even panty lines. Sex with panties on, sex with panties on my head. That women seem to hate the word “panties,” only compels me to whisper the word. It’s naughty, perhaps condescending, but I can’t help it. What are we supposed to call them? Undergarments? That’s so… Amish.
Ultimately, whatever makes you feel the way we think about you every minute of the day is fine by us dudes. But cheap, plain, white cotton panties do the trick, too. Little hearts on them don’t hurt.
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miss game
wrote on July 8 2009 @ 09:51 am: [report]
a) I love the word panties!
b) omg I fell out of m chair laughing at “sauce the love taco” hahahaha
jojo32
wrote on July 8 2009 @ 09:58 am: [report]
Oooh this was sexy…me likey.
Adam(aka)AP
wrote on July 8 2009 @ 10:00 am: [report]
I agree totally. Nothing sexier than a t-shirt and a pair of panties.
Jessica Wakeman
wrote on July 8 2009 @ 10:04 am: [report]
It’s always so reassuring when men get really excited by a woman wearing sweatpants, a ponytail and no makeup. It reminds us that all they really care about is *you.*
GreenAura
wrote on July 8 2009 @ 10:09 am: [report]
I only use the word panties. Again, what are you supposed to call them? Anything else sounds like something my grandma would say.
silvergurl
wrote on July 8 2009 @ 10:21 am: [report]
i say “undies.”
*hides*
Queen Frostine
wrote on July 8 2009 @ 11:16 am: [report]
My husband vehemently hates the t-shirt and panties combo. He buys me loads of silky things with the request that I not wear my Bon Jovi 1987 concert t-shirt to bed anymore because it’s not sexy. He’s bought me slips, camisoles, garters, thongs, corsets and everything in between. It’s fun for a whole of five minutes but not every night. The moment I slip into something I can actually sleep in, he frowns. And one day, I know he’s going to set fire to my baggy flannel Green Day pajama pants. Maybe one of you t-shirt guys can stage an intervention…
bumbler
wrote on July 8 2009 @ 11:37 am: [report]
My husband seems to like my oversized men’s terrycloth robe. I love it because its huge and warm and comfy. He seems to like it because its so large its almost like a game of peekaboo. One minute too much leg will slip out the next minute it will slide off my shoulder. Its a fair compromise.
Mainer
wrote on July 8 2009 @ 11:49 am: [report]
Plain old boring panties are never better, especially if you are only use to seeing your girl in hot lingerie (particularly the boy shorts, whheww). But seeing them in just plain old panties is hot because it reveals the little voyeur in us - it’s like we are not suppose to be seeing you in your underwear if you are not seducing us while wearing two eye patches for a top and a thong made of marshmallow flavored edible string. It’s almost like we’re seeing something we shouldn’t, like you are letting us into your ordinary boring world of wearing Hanes 15 for $5 panties. And the funny thing is, or maybe for me anyway, it doesn’t work for your bra. Plain old boring bra is just that - boring. But I think there’s nothing sexier than a girl in cotton undies - but they need to be form fitting, none of that loose fitting stuff that sags in the ass.
sklut
wrote on July 8 2009 @ 11:53 am: [report]
I hate the word panties along with pot. I think they just sound stupid when people say them. My boyfriend is all about me in cute underwear and one of his T-shirts he says it turns him on to see me in his shirts. Whatever works for you men is fine with me. This was a great article by the way.
Lynn
wrote on July 8 2009 @ 12:11 pm: [report]
My BF definitely likes lingerie….which suits me just fine, because I do too. But I don’t know why everyone hates the word “panties” - it’s not like we have a better alternative to use, anyway. I like “knickers” but it just sounds like you’re trying to be British if you say it here!
ChoJinn
wrote on July 8 2009 @ 01:09 pm: [report]
Lingerie is awesome. Black bustier, garters, stockings, and I..will…do…anything. I had a copy of Hustler on the cover of which was a girl in just such an outfit, and I purposefully left it on my nightstand *just* within view to convey my appreciation for it, and sure enough the girl I was dating at the time showed up at my place with that under a knee-length sweater dress.
To this day the hottest things I have ever seen. #&@$% she looked good; I should probably give her a call.
Molly Jean
wrote on July 8 2009 @ 02:23 pm: [report]
What??? I can’t get on board with lingerie being necessary just once a year. Maybe once a month is better. I’m with ChoJinn on this one: lingerie IS awesome.
And I can’t speak for anyone else but I like pasty-smelling candles (a lot) because it’s like enjoying an entire chocolate cake without the calories. I have a CRAZY sweet tooth & if I ate sweets as much as I craved them I would weigh 900 lbs!
And yes, as a girl I love (LOVE LOVE) making things pretty.
writergirl
wrote on July 8 2009 @ 02:37 pm: [report]
Thank God. I often wondered if my husband thought he was missing something because I HATE lingerie. I have a tactile thing where I hate anything soft next to my skin. Silk satin—ewww. Don’t even get me started on lace. I *need* cotton.
So he has seen me in lingerie once—the night we got engaged.
I don’t think he enjoys what I wear to bed—pj bottoms two sizes too big with last year’s Target T-shirt on top. PRefers if I wear the cotton Pj sets which are tigher and cuter. And really prefers it when it is hot out and I come to bed in just a pair of panties. Which, by the way, is what they are. No need to try to call them anything else.
crimsonletter
wrote on July 8 2009 @ 04:03 pm: [report]
I adore lingerie. You’re right about the confidence it brings. That’s not to say a t-shirt can’t be sexy, but I disagree that men always prefer it. I love to wear lingerie, even if no one is going to see it. It makes me feel sexier. It’s about eroticism, not just sex.
“Panties” makes me think of the underwear I wore when I was 5, because that’s what everyone called kid underwear. I’m not 5 anymore, so I don’t like it. “Lingerie” is great, “underwear” is fine, “knickers” is the best word—something vaguely naughty in the sound.
bumbler
wrote on July 8 2009 @ 04:08 pm: [report]
When I was 5 it was underpants. Men wear underwear, kids wear underpants, women wear panties. Weird how we all have a slightly different spin on the meaning of words.
_jsw_
wrote on July 8 2009 @ 04:22 pm: [report]
When we see women in magazines, lingerie is great. It’s sexy. It’s erotic.
When the women we love wear lingerie, it’s great. It’s sexy. It’s erotic.
But when the women we love wear t-shirts and panties? It’s comfortable and snugglable and spoonable and lovable and makes us feel closer to them.
Lingerie implies sexy times and all, but in a more formal way. T-shirts and panties imply loving time, which might or might not be sexy time, but which will be more relaxing and fulfilling.
And t-shirts and panties are more comfortable for all involved, come off more easily when need be, can be moved around to access areas more easily when _that_ is better, and feel a lot better on the mouth and tongue when doing initial foreplay, er, “outercourse”.
eden
wrote on July 8 2009 @ 05:24 pm: [report]
I hate the word. I’m British, so we don’t really use it, but it sickens me. It sounds too cute and twee - reminds me of children and thus not a word I want to hear during sex.
@Queen Frostine: Your boyfriend sounds like a dick. Has he *tried* sleeping in a bra?!
Antiquity
wrote on July 8 2009 @ 07:13 pm: [report]
“I, apparently, was clinging to late-’90s fashion like a koala bear to the last eucalyptus tree on Earth.” Oh my god. So funny! I love your articles sir. Another brilliant one. Btw: Graphic novels
are the best.
Infamous
wrote on July 8 2009 @ 07:44 pm: [report]
What’s with the guy fascination with boy shorts?
_jsw_
wrote on July 8 2009 @ 08:08 pm: [report]
@Infamous: As always, it’s with what they cover. The style itself doesn’t _really_ matter.
Shasta
wrote on July 8 2009 @ 08:18 pm: [report]
Loved how you worked in “treacle.” Haven’t heard that one since I watched a Jamie Oliver cooking show.
Lingerie is such a personal preference.
For Christmas I put on a little red push up thing with matching lace underwear, stockings, garter belt the whole nine-yards. I thought the boyfriend would love it. Instead he said “Well. I appreciate the effort, but this reminds me of the trashy waitress chicks from Bridgeport who never went to college. There’s really no need to try so hard. Your nice everyday underwear is the only thing I need.”
Surprising. But really nice. And he meant it. He also didn’t like fake nails.
Shasta
wrote on July 8 2009 @ 08:22 pm: [report]
BTW. Mr. DeVore.
Victoria’s Secret Lingerie is for the masses. Kind of like fast food. If you WERE into expensive lingerie, I would direct you to LaPerla or Aubade. Those are the real deal.
@ChoJinn; @MollyJean; @CrimsonLetter - Do you agree?
_jsw_
wrote on July 8 2009 @ 08:31 pm: [report]
@Shasta: A friend of mine is partial to Agent Provocateur. I have to say, I do sort of like it.
mayorbubbles
wrote on July 8 2009 @ 09:12 pm: [report]
@silvergurl
I say undies too!
mlyway
wrote on July 8 2009 @ 09:19 pm: [report]
I like Victoria’s Secret. But my overall faves are definitely Agent Provocateur and LaPerla.
I don’t even own a pair of ‘panties’. Unless you count boyshorts. I have been wearing thongs since I was 13 or 14 and I honestly find them much more comfortable, not to mention sexier.
@CrimsonLetter-I completely agree that the term panties is for little kids.
roastchicken
wrote on July 9 2009 @ 12:18 am: [report]
I don’t mind the word panties at all, but I tend to use the word underwear. I hate absolutely HATE thongs. Yuck. I just don’t like the feeling of having ANYTHING in the crack of my ass. No thank you.
I’m a boyshorts kind of girl.
@_jsw_: I’m not so sure it isn’t the style. My boybriefs pretty much cover the same things, but he prefers the boyshorts. He thinks they’re seriously hot.
paul
wrote on July 9 2009 @ 01:37 am: [report]
Call them what you may, panties,undies,knickers,lingerie or even unmentionables, they are all a matter of choice.
Much sexier when viewed secretly. Prefer the ‘panties and t-shirt to total nudity. Also cotton far less slippery than satin and more natural to the touch
Molly Jean
wrote on July 9 2009 @ 07:15 am: [report]
oops, i meant “pastry”-smelling candles, not “pasty”...& _jsw_ great job of breaking it down (relaxing, snugglable, etc)...i never thought of it like that…
but here’s the thing…when i wear lingerie + high heels i feel like a pretty female super hero! plus all the bows to untie, buttons to unbutton, snaps to undo, etc = built in foreplay! & i’ve never purchased any lingerie without thinking specifically about the man i’m gonna wear it for & what would make him really really excited.
shasta: la perla is the hottest! but really, anything really pretty with a lot of pushup action or anything pink & black works for me usually!!!
pornqueen
wrote on July 9 2009 @ 07:36 am: [report]
OMG I’m such a lingerie junkie is not even funny. Seriously. I do it more for me than for the guy. And its true when JDV says that if we feel sexy then that transmits. Some guys do like the t-shirt and panties look. Mine likes that look but minus the bra, you know nipples showing. Here I am with tons of lingerie and they’ll rather go for the simple and practical thing. Don’t get me wrong they do enjoy the “icing on the cake” sometimes but most of the time they rather just go for the cake, no icing. Again this supports JDV’s previous post about men being simple, un-complex creatures.
GreenAura
wrote on July 9 2009 @ 07:53 am: [report]
@ Infamous: I think most ladies asses look good in boyshorts, thats why guys like them. I have the unfortunate “elongated back syndrome”, where my back pretty much just blends into my ass, but boyshorts even make my little booty look cute. My hubby loves it!
silvergurl
wrote on July 9 2009 @ 08:03 am: [report]
@mlyway
i only wear thongs too…unless i’m wearing boyshorts to sleep…or nothing (when it’s sexytime!).
but yeah, my umbrella term is “undies.” i need to get some sexy lingerie though, for the helluvit.
Steph
wrote on July 9 2009 @ 08:37 am: [report]
Depends what mood i’m in really, for comfortability panties and t-shirt wins everytime. My fella keeps telling me that i look good in a shirt, which is true. Personally thou i love buying and wearing sexy lingerie makes me feel great and my fella loves it.
onewriter
wrote on July 9 2009 @ 09:24 am: [report]
I’m not so much into lingerie, wouldn’t wear a thong unless he was desperate to see me in one….ugh, I spent my whole life vowing to stay aWAY from wedgies…why would I want one deliberately?? As to the article, fab as usual. Funny and thought provoking. It really does help me to see what a man thinks about stuff and see the responses. Being female, I don’t have a real clue why the guys like what they like or even sometimes what it might be. Just something soft and snuggly? That’s so sweet! I don’t actually like wearing ANYthing to bed though, as it’s annoying to turn over and twist up in your jammies or t-shirt. I’ve gone to bed with soft panties on though, yes, “panties” is a perfectly decent word. Would you rather I said “drawers”? oooo I sound 85! lol “sexytime” can be anytime though. Start caressing your partner slowly and localized on the chest or stomach while you cuddle, if the response is “more please” then you’re both on the same page. yummm Please keep these articles coming! You’re fab!!
Queen Frostine
wrote on July 9 2009 @ 09:51 am: [report]
@eden
It’s husband, not boyfriend. And he’s not a dick, thank you very much.
I guess when you’re married and you’ve been living with one another for so many years, you get tired of seeing t-shirts day after day. I guess from his perspective, he wants to spice things up, because t-shirts are mundane after nearly a decade. They don’t pack the same punch as they used.
Lynn
wrote on July 9 2009 @ 10:28 am: [report]
When I was little, “panties” was not even part of my vocabulary. I would die of embarrassment if I ever said that in front of my parents - it sounds too “naughty” IMO! Maybe it’s a regional thing? I didn’t know of anyone else who said “panties” for little girls’ underwear either, until I grew up.
I love lingerie - and like I said my BF does too - when we start getting frisky he’ll actually stop and tell me to go upstairs and get dressed up! I love it! It’s like a toybox!
@eden - ha, I actually find it maddening to try and sleep *without* a bra!
wonder_bread
wrote on July 9 2009 @ 12:55 pm: [report]
i love the word panties and will continue to use it.. my guy likes me in a t shirt and sweats.. more so just his t shirt. i don’t really need pants since his shirt is like a gown on me… i haven gotten far enough to wear any lingerie but when i do i think i’d still prefer my comfy close to the dress up..
ThUnDaCaT...2009
wrote on July 9 2009 @ 05:29 pm: [report]
there is nothing sexier to me than a female in a t-shirt and some panties. I mean, from time to time some lingerie is nice, you know special occasion maybe my birthday, but just layin around in the house in one of my button up shirts and some panties thats real beauty. The problem is females are in relationships with guys who cant appreciate them in that kind of get-up and they get all dolled up for them. Thats ridiculous. One thing i believe the more comfortable the two of us are the better the sex! and when u do dress up like that sex is expected, and things can get out of hand when sex is expected!
Jacqueline
wrote on July 10 2009 @ 12:33 pm: [report]
I find that cute undies do the job just as well as lingerie. My boyfriend went gaga the first time he saw me in my panties. I couldn’t believe it. He couldn’t take his eyes off of them. He really enjoys my underwear, but he’s never seen me in lingerie. He just likes my everyday undies.
I have trouble believing that men find panty lines attractive though. I don’t understand that at all.
bytwenty8
wrote on July 10 2009 @ 03:15 pm: [report]
definitely true >> i thought i was being avoidant by wearing spongebob undies…(don’t judge)
not so much.
landesign
wrote on July 10 2009 @ 05:31 pm: [report]
Nothing quite like coming home to your lady cooking dinner
(her turn) wearing a tight dancers knit v-neck top, a pair of heels and skimpy panties.
Dave The Rave
wrote on July 11 2009 @ 12:55 pm: [report]
As a guy, anytime I hear the word “panties” it’s all I can do to stop from laughing! It sounds like the girls are little kids. Of course, ‘underwear’ sounds better than “undies”. A friend of mine & I traded gifts eons ago and she gave me a pack of male G’s and had me model. Now, I still have “manly minimals” and they feel good beneath my jeans.
When I see a woman in tight attire and I can ‘tell’ she is wearing a ‘minimal’, it is a turn-on. However, I do agree with some women - us guys buy them the skimpiest items just so they TAKE THEM OFF to please us! “Then why bother buying them for me?!” is what I’m sure they hear.
But, the same is true for the one who bought me the G’s - she had me model and then wanted to see “all of me”, anyway. I teased her and in the end found myself over her lap in my full birthday suit for a spanking! We laughed and had fun, at my “bare” expense!
So, guys - know thy woman. Gals, know that us men do tend to buy with your best interest in mind, even though we do like what lies beneath them there “panties”. LOL
jenni-wren
wrote on July 11 2009 @ 03:25 pm: [report]
awesome article. I’m sure i’m pretty much repeating whats already been said but i thought i’d chime in…
i LOVE buying lingerie. I can’t help myself. I’m a corset and suspenders girl, it just makes me feel so ladylike.
My boyfriend however, bless his heart, doesn’t see the point at all. to quote him “the hotter it is, the quicker i want to take it off…”
he also loves me in his pj bottoms, which are definately the comfiest things to sleep in if not the sexiest.
and its knickers. I’m not sure if its a british thing but the word panties makes me feel uncomfortable, i agree that it sounds like you’re talking about little girls.
landesign
wrote on July 11 2009 @ 07:03 pm: [report]
I guess it’s an age thing. The first time I read the word
‘panties’ was in a James Bond novel, ‘The Spy Who Loved Me’. Involved sex in the movie theater.
Read a passage like that at the age of eleven, it kind of
stays with you.
@eden. The movie theater, or cinema, was in London, the young lady was being used by a cricket playing, MG driving, going on to Oxford jackass.
johns hopkins kranti
wrote on July 12 2009 @ 05:19 pm: [report]
Yeah, it’s definitely pretty. lol!
kybo61
wrote on July 13 2009 @ 12:40 am: [report]
Men love panties—lacy ones, crotchless ones, plain ones. They love to entertain themselves in the seduction of the woman wearing them. It’s a dance, a game. Women, play it with them and the man will be putty in your hands. Take it from me… I won’t represent myself as an expert but I’ve seen it work enough times to be sure of it.
kybo61
wrote on July 13 2009 @ 12:52 am: [report]
Additionally, there are a lot of guys who enjoy female lingerie or panties as a direct means of sexual arousal. I’m not trying to be gross here, but some gentlemen enjoy experiencing female panties which have been worn as a means of sexual gratification. It’s quite common. I personally don’t think it’s that awful, maybe a little kinky. I knew a gentleman in Vermont who collected women’s underwear, previously worn, that is. He found it rather erotic, and I don’t have a problem with that as long as the participants are consenting.
Sugarmandy
wrote on July 13 2009 @ 06:33 pm: [report]
I can’t even say the word panties without wanting to wash my mouth out with soap. I don’t know that’s a word i never ever use. I wear thongs or boy shots, guys were underwear. I like it that way. As for lingerie, it looks great on the mannequin, but it’s not worth the 20 minutes of buttoning, lacing, tying, and sucking it in for it to end up on the floor 5 minutes later. : (
MaeBelle
wrote on July 13 2009 @ 06:56 pm: [report]
I love the word…panties, panties, panties! Very feminine and sexy.
onewriter
wrote on July 13 2009 @ 09:59 pm: [report]
hahaha!!! maebelle you’re funny. There is nothing wrong with the word…it’s just a word after all. Why is everyone getting so hung up on it?? But as far as that goes…“boy shorts”?? gimme a break! I’ll take femininity over wanna-be-male any day.
wonderfultonight
wrote on July 13 2009 @ 11:23 pm: [report]
It’s what the panties cover that intrigues men so much. Very true, men love boobs, but they are pretty easy to see almost everywhere it seems. The panties cover the *honey pot* and the *forbidden fruit* if you go for that. And what is really the guy’s goal, after all? The idea of removing the packaging drives many guys wild as kybo61 put it so well. Panties and one of my love’s shirts - either t-shirt or button up,sans bra - are what he likes me to wear.
paul
wrote on July 14 2009 @ 04:06 am: [report]
@MaeBelle
Go girl you have what it takes to get me thinking
demi-angel
wrote on July 14 2009 @ 09:31 am: [report]
I agree with you guys. Lingerie is more for the woman them the man, it gives her confidence, men go wild because, hell, the sexiest woman is a confident one right?
panties remind me of a cute pair of boyshorts with maybe some lace (wich describes most of what i own), i don’t really have a problem with it… unless my BF says it over and over again to annoy me, which usually results us play fighting/westilining… which was probably his goal in the first place, lol.
Bitsy Ravenclaw
wrote on August 21 2009 @ 12:07 am: [report]
The words ‘panties’ and ‘undies’ are my faves depending on what I’m wearing. Panties are my nice Victoria’s Secret ones while the undies are my Hanes and Wal-Mart hipsters. I’ll say ‘underwear’ if I want my boyfriend to know that I’m being utterly serious. I’ve never tried lingerie, but mine loves me in one of his dress shirts (they swallow me) and my underwear. He’s partial to things like corsets, but those are put on for the sole purpose of taking off. Dress shirts and undergarments are what he loves me to hang around in regularly when I visit. Of course, he’d like it if I did away with everything but the shirt all together…
nom de guerre
wrote on September 10 2009 @ 11:45 pm: [report]
The word “underwear” is the most generic and least intrusive descriptor that can be used. It always sounds stupid when some news anchor says it on TV, usually while describing some criminal assault.
The t-shirt & underwear look has been a favorite ever since Sigourny(?) “Ripley” first appeared in the “Alien” flicks. WHOO YA!!