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That does sound a very legitimate underwear peeve. What are the manufacturers thinking of?

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Knickers which are really comfortable on first putting them on, but fifteen minutes after leaving the house shrink two sizes and work their way into every crevice. On the list.

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I am wearing a pair of those today! They are soft and great, but they do not stay in place.

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I always understood them to be a relic of the days when drawstrings, not elastic, were used. They have the advantage of making it quickly clear which is the front and which is the back.

So I'm not bothered; if any money was saved by dropping them, it would go into the manufacturer's pocket, not mine. And I'm the sort of person who notices when cheapskates cut down the number of olives.

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Ah, I see! That does make sense. I suppose I am the equivalent of someone not understanding why the save icon is a funny blue square.

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I'm indifferent to bows as bows, but I am highly anti bows that are symbolic, as they often are, of something that is going to be either itchy or visible through my outer clothes. I avoid both of these as much as possible.

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Ooh, good point. If it is a mere bow, that is one thing, if it is something that suggests decoration over substance, that is entirely another.

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I really like the look of boy-short pants, but they always have a seam right up the centre of the crotch and I cannot. I am quite picky about gusset width, it turns out, otherwise my pants are eaten by my enormous labia.

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ALSO while I am oversharing I will also say that I seem to have an unusually acidic downstairs area and a preference for black or dark-coloured pants and the combination of the two causes rapid discolouration that makes me sad. I am posting this in large part because I always thought I was ALONE in this and then I read a post about it on a forum and was SO RELIEVED that other vagina-owners experience the same thing.

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I also have a more general aversion to Things On Clothing That Look Like They Do A Thing But Don't. Like fake buttons that don't really undo, or remember a few years ago when you could buy things that were pre-layered, so it would look like a shirt over a t-shirt but it would actually be a single garment stitched together, or fake pockets.

Wow I have a lot of feels about this topic in general.

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I hate the prelayered stuff! But I do not so much mind a decorative button, though it is a poor subsitute for an actual opening button.

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Gussets have got so bloody narrow and so bloody short. This annoys me so much. Sloggi double tais are the only gussets that come close to what I want in a gusset. I sympathise on all and any gusset-related issues.

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SO NARROW. I think US pants might be more generous, I found some there that are properly covering. Unfortunately they are faulty in other areas, so I am not too sad that I only bought one.

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Well that's just wrong to lure you down the path of a proper gusset, only to disappoint you other wrongness.

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I just put on a pair of pants today that I thought were gusset-acceptable (and otherwise quite nice), only to find that what I'd thought was a decently wide gusset is actually about an inch of cotton with an inch of lace on either side. PANTS-DESIGNERS, HAVE YOU EVER EVEN LOOKED AT A VULVA.

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That is a highly pointless gusset. I share your disappointment and RAGE. THE PANTS DESIGNERS HAVE CLEARLY NEVER EVER SEEN A VULVA. I suspect the designers of being alien beetle/tentacle monsters who've never ever had to consider the convenience/desires of the vulva owner. Or men, which is pretty much the same thing.

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Whenever I do a poll I always have one box that I remember to extend, and then forget entirely about the more interesting ones. GUSSET WIDTH IS A REAL PROBLEM. So many pretty pants, so little desire to have them nestle actually in my vulva.

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ALSO YES SKULLS NOT BOWS

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Every time I do the laundry, I get grumpy about how feebly flimsy the fabric is on my basic cotton knickers compared to S's. And it's not like he's buying posh keks. (What is posh underwear for men? I have no idea.) And given I have a vagina that tends to exude stuff* on a regular basis, I want my knickers to be made of a robust fabric. I want my knickers to be able to stand up to the extra-strong adhesive they seem to be putting on my preferred choice of pad these days.**

I, too, seem to have lots of thoughts and RAGE about this.

* Normal vaginal stuff, not stuff that requires medical treatment.

** Natracare cotton. I do not want to while away the hours picking adhesive traces off my knickers after I've worn a nighttime pad.

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I used natracare pads recently and the adhesive is still on my pants despite multiple washings.

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Wow. I'm going to go out on a limb and say that is DEFINITELY too much adhesive.

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You have my sympathy. It took a lot of picking, before and after washing to rid my knickers of that adhesive.

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It's annoying because they are otherwise such good pads. I normally use cloth pads but sometimes have to use disposables. I have the rage/sadness because I had been an Always lady since the age of 13 and they were the perfect disposable - until somebody decided that my lady garden apparently smells and infected them all with that horrendous perfume that makes me want to gag.

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Ugh, whoever decided that pads should be saturated in that revolting perfume should be condemned to having said perfumed pads stuffed up their own nostrils.

I started reacting to other pads, and the Natracare ones seem to be the ones that cause the fewest problems, so I just fight on with the adhesive. I have used cloth pads, but they wore out and I haven't got round to replacing them.

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I made my own using this pattern - I rejigged it a little for the second and third batches I made to make them longer and more sturdy but the basic pattern is good and straightforward to make.

http://lunapads.com/blog/2009/04/diy-pads-for-you-or-others/

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that smell is pretty offputting. I had some in a bag and the whole bag ended up smelling of Always. I still buy them though so I haven't been totally put off I guess. I like the wings.

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Yes, they made my bag smell too! If you're in the UK I can recommend the Tesco own brand winged pads, they're pretty much identical to Always but without the smell.

http://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/details/?id=252769188

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I don't know what posh underwear for men would be. Individually sculpted to one's downstairs? Platinum mini cars, footballs and other such manly objects adorning the waistband?

Robust fabric yes! And too strong adhesive sounds v annoying.

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Presumably, somewhere, there is the equivalent of Rigby and Peller for men.

If it weren't for the fact that other pads are causing my vulva to react to them, I would give up with the Natracare ones. As it is, I just have to pick at adhesive. This is not the hobby I was looking for.

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I have a butt. I like to wear underwear that covers my butt. But I really dislike underwear that tries to crawl up my butt.
I also hate underwear with tags because those are uncomfortable and itchy. It is brilliant when underwear has tag info printed RIGHT on the fabric. I just don't want my underwear itchy or climbing up up my crevices.

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Oh god the tags - H&M is worst for this, abotu five tags all sewn together uncomfortably in a seam. Come to think of it, the last pants I bought from them also failed on both butt fronts.

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I HATE that about H&M. I bought one pair of underwear and the tag situation lost me. Which is a shame they have some really cute patterns. I like my underwear to have fun patterns. I like Uniqlo for their underwear. I used to like The Gap. And Target. Target had amazing cheap pants.

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In very slight defence of the bows, they are useful for helping you know instantly which way around the knickers go. When you get dressed in the dark (as I do most mornings because John is still asleep when I get up with kids) this is useful!

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