July 24, 2002
Captain and Madame Underpants
Underwear is a personal thing. You know it. I know it. We all know it. Yet it becomes political fodder or a tool for assessing those you don't know. I mean, if you see someone wearing white pants and pair of polka dot undies.......you know a little something about them, don't you? You know they have no sense of style or selfworth! Either that or they really didn't give a shit and threw on the only clean clothes available. A political candidate's choice of boxers or briefs tells us if they are traditional or free-thinkers. Or something like that.
I'm not going to say much about underwear for men....mainly because I'm not a man. I will say that, from this female's perspective, some of the best underwear ever invented are those boxer briefs. Yow! I don't know why they appeal to me. But, they do. Visually, they combine the best of all worlds. You get something manly looking and you get snugness. Unbeatable in my book!
Now ladies have a much tougher time with undies. We must choose from a wide array of things. There are the full bottoms (granny pants or even just briefs with assorted degrees of cut), bikini cut (in a variety of cuts and fabrics), or the thong (available in a range of fabrics). We even have our own version of the boxer brief. There are panties that hold us in, give us padding where we're lacking, shape, smooth, lift, etc. We must choose between the healthy cotton crotch panties and the sexy ones. The sexiest undergarments in the world DO NOT HAVE COTTON CROTCHES! It's the truth. And, for women, putting on a little something sexy makes us feel sexier! So our dilemma begins.
A lot of thought goes into our choice of bum wear each time we don them. If we have a date or the possibility of meeting someone or seeing that special guy, we'll go for something a little sexier than our normal underwear. It matters not if they are comfortable because if we think we're getting naked later we just want to look GOOD. It also adds to that sense of adventure if we know someone's going to see us doffing our duds. Some of us gals will go for the sexy stuff every single time. Just because we like the vibe we get from them. Some of us never do.
Once you have made your choice of delicates, you throw the rest of your clothes on and go about your day. If you've chosen well you are never consciously aware of the undergarment. If you haven't chosen quite so well you're doomed to a day of shifting and twitching and discomfort. Underwear should not roll down nor should it creep up on you. Regular panties should stay where they are intended. Otherwise, you end up with a roller or a wedgie. A roller is what happens when the front of your pants rolls or slips down your belly and sits right over your bladder. Not a good thing. You don't even need to go to the bathroom to pee but it will still make you think of it and you'll go running for one anyway. A wedgie from regular panties will send you over the edge. I mean, who wants to spend a day pulling cloth from between their buttcheeks? It's a major irritation. And yet, many of us choose to wear a natural wedgie - the thong.
Funny, isn't it? We actually choose a wedgie! The difference between regular pants that creep up and thongs are that the extra fabric around the legs of the regular panties will pull and tug at your skin. The ride up the hide is aggrevation to the Nth degree. But, if you have pants CUT to do that, like thongs, you have a completely different sensation.
If you are a thong wearer you are more likely to feel comfortable in your own skin. Of course, it's a personal thing. But, from all accounts, most thong wearers do claim a sense of self-assurance and freedom. Once you have become accustomed to the feel of the thong you are loathe to suit up in the confining regular underwear again. Hey, it makes sense! If you like feeling like you're wearing next to nothing, it's tough to go back to full coverage. Kind of like going from a convertible in the summer to a full on closed-top sedan in the winter. It's not the same. It's not right.
Lo, the woman who has had to go back to the regular panty and live without the freedom of the thong. For whatever reason, it becomes more difficult, in the long run, to GO BACK TO THE THONG! I can't explain why that is, exactly. But my surveys have shown that 7 of 10 former satisfied thong wearers who've gone back to the briefs or bikinis have stated, "after a couple weeks of wearing regular underwear, you just don't feel right in a thong."
So what's a girl to do? We have times in our lives that require standard issue garments. We cannot eschew the things that scream, "Wear those real panties!" It's a fact of life. But, neither can we ignore the lure of the freedom we find in a thong. So, what's a girl to do?
Posted by DaGoddess at July 24, 2002 01:00 AM