JFF: Do You Wear Underwear?

Updated on September 13, 2011
E.J. asks from Lincoln, NE
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I have a friend who NEVER wears underwear! Even when it's that time of the month, she still doesn't wear any. (note to self, don't borrow her clothes! haha) I'm the opposite, I just can't imagine not wearing undies. Even though some that I own are barely underwear (thongs), they are still there. Especially in jeans, I think it'd be kind of uncomfortable. In a dress, I'd be worried everyone would receive a show in an gust of wind!

I guess to me, I don't get it and I don't think it'd be comfortable. Also, what about the occasional... uh... feminine discharge? I'm not bashing any of you ladies who don't do undies, I get different strokes for different folks. I guess I'm just curious.... do a lot of people do this? Am I the odd one? haha

So... do you wear undies? Why or why not? :-)

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G.T.

answers from Redding on

I dont wear underwear. I wear skirts almost every day while the weather is good and wear a slip. In winter, no undies under anything. I just dont like them. I did however wear them in the old days while on my period, and usually it was a thong.

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L.P.

answers from Pittsburgh on

Always.

And to my husband's dismay, I rarely even wear thongs, and I hate even sleeping without undies. I'm just. not. comfortable. (and it's not a self-conscious thing, I'm physically uncomfortable...)

I wish I liked thongs better, and I have a ton of them, all different fabrics, cuts, etc., and I just don't find them comfortable.

Oh well, I guess I'm doomed to be a granny-panty wearing old lady! LOL

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L.L.

answers from Rochester on

Yuck. I personally think it's pretty disgusting NOT to. :) I don't wear anything to bed, and my children don't wear underwear under their jammies...I got that from my mom. She always said it was healthy to let everything "air out"...hee hee...and I guess I've stuck with it.

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R.B.

answers from La Crosse on

once again Im the odd man... or woman out lol
I never wear them. I think they are uncomfortable. Even the non riding ones that are suppose to stay in place ride, then Im constantly picking them out of my butt. I'd rather be comfortable than always picking at my butt... that's just as gross. Plus that is more offensive in public than nobody not knowing I don't have any undies on. At times during my period I will with certain jeans because the jeans will catch and tug on the string. With some flowing dresses or skirts I will wear a thong... but really that doesn't cover any more than going commando does. yeah there is discharge but I don't wear jeans twice with out washing them first.

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B.C.

answers from Dallas on

Oh, I could never go without undies! That would be so uncomfortable! Especially at that time of the month! Yikes!

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J.L.

answers from San Diego on

Only when its that time of the month. Otherwise, no way: )

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K.L.

answers from Washington DC on

Too funny reading everyone's responses! I always put on clean underwear when I get out of the shower each morning. But at night, when I put on my yoga pants and t-shirt and get ready to read or watch TV, I take them off. I like wearing tight stretchy pants (in the privacy of my own home) without underwear! And yes, I own several pairs of yoga pants and wash them frequently. Wow, now we know a lot about each other :)

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J.I.

answers from San Antonio on

I wear them all the time. ALL the time. The only exception might be if I go to bed in a pair of shorts and just skip the underwear. I just don't feel comfortable w/o them, same reasons you said.

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P.H.

answers from Dallas on

I never wear them! I find them so uncomfortable. To each his own!

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A.C.

answers from Oklahoma City on

I sometimes go without or else I wear a thong. I HATE underwear! :o)

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J.C.

answers from Cleveland on

When they're clean! ; )

If I haven't done laundry and don't have clean ones, I'll go without. Not a big deal.

** Not quite sure what being or not being "effusive" has to do with it! ?? I don't think anyone goes around announcing it or being demonstrative about it in any way! **

To each her own!

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K.B.

answers from Cincinnati on

I wear them at ALL times. I think it feels gross to not wear them.

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D.B.

answers from Charlotte on

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E.B.

answers from Seattle on

I have to.

I have tried camando...but it feels awkward.

Kids will go either or...Sometimes they HAVE to wear it..and then other times they are like eh...I will go solo for the afternoon.

They are always so Bipolar on when they do or dont want underwear...and it is not something I truly care about...so they think they are being naughty free styling it in their shorts..but really I just let them have this one:)

I cant wear thongs anymore either(something about having a piece of string up my rear that turns me the wrong way now:))...So granny'in' it up...is what we do here:)

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J.S.

answers from Minneapolis on

Yes. Undies. Everyday.

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T.L.

answers from St. Louis on

I do every day, night time not all the time, but 25% of the time. I wear them for the same reasons you do.

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S.K.

answers from Dallas on

Always!!! I have NEVER stepped foot out of my house without them. I tried once when I had a date with my husband and it lasted all of about 2 minutes. I slipped some on before we left and just let him think I wasn't. Hee hee! :)

I am totally grossed out by your friend. Even THAT time of the month??? Ewww!

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A.M.

answers from San Francisco on

Ewww, yes. The why is obvious.

I guess some people below are less effusive than others.

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K.J.

answers from Chicago on

ALWAYS with jeans!
always when I am leaving the house
always with a skirt/dress
Rarely with yoga pants if I am just sitting around
ALWAYS with yoga pants if I am actually exercising
Rarely to sleep at night - usually wear cotton shorts or sweats

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R.J.

answers from Seattle on

ONLY if I'm wearing shorts or for sex. (It's cold and wet here at least 10mo a year... 11 months this year... aka a lot of pants, and pant with underarmour leggings. Sigh. I only got to take off my underarmor for 2 weeks this summer!).

They area RIDICULOUSLY uncomfy. Ick. Thwibbt. Can't stand the way they feel.

I started back in the military because we were in some very hot places. Come to find; it's a lot cooler going commando. And no more yeast infections. And it's sooooo much more comfy! Triple bonus.

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A.K.

answers from Houston on

eww, I knew a friend who did that too, and one day she came on her period while at college - no panties on, and the blood was running down her leg. She had panty hose on, and I remember trying to help her stuff a huge wad of toilet paper into her tights, as nobody had a tampon or anything.
At least with panties, you have a little barrier. Also, I am a fairly juicy person, it would be running down my legs if I had no panties on. So the girls who wear none, must be a bit on the dry side lol

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H.G.

answers from Dallas on

Always! I can't stand how it feels without them even though the majority of my undies are thongs I must have them! My husband would go butt naked 24/7 if he could though and he wears boxers :)

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S.H.

answers from Spokane on

Too funny ~ I have a good friend who never wears them either! I wear them during the day (variety of types from boy shorts to thongs to bikinis) but I go cammando at night under my jammies.

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C.N.

answers from Baton Rouge on

I always wear underpants, and whether they're bikinis, boy shorts, or a thong depends on what else I'm wearing. I wear pants or jeans a lot, and denim chafes my delicate bits.
I don't always wear a bra, however.

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E.D.

answers from Houston on

NEVER!!!! well only to sleep at night :)

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F.H.

answers from Phoenix on

Of course I wear underwear! I wear big old grannie panties and I LOVE them! If I were to wear a thong I would never find it again! LOL! But I sleep in the nude...always...so go figure! =)

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J.S.

answers from Jacksonville on

Yeah, underwear wearer here. I have on very rare occasion, like clothes that show severe panty lines, gone with out. Yeah, otherwise I would be very uncomfortable. I did have a boss one time tell me that if she was wearing panty hose she didn't wear undies, I guess that makes sense, but I still do.

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C.P.

answers from Columbia on

Absolutely I do.

I can't imagine not wearing anything at all. The idea grosses me out. Women have normal vaginal discharge. All the time. Also, what if I were in an accident or tore my clothes and needed to change? What if I decide to go clothes shopping on a whim?

I've gone commando a few times when wearing a dress that hugged every curve and showed every line underneath, but that's rare.

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E.S.

answers from Asheville on

I'm with you E., but I'm starting to think we are the minority. I cant stand NOT wearing them! I want that little secure feeling that there is some kind of barrier between my 'goods' and the rest of the world. I also like something to attach 'back up' protection in case the tampon fails. I'm not stuffy or stodgy. I do like to sleep in JUST undies, nothing else, but with kids that had ended. (The girls still see me change and like to peek in the shower to see what Mommy is doing though)
I even have a undie preferance- well more of a Must Have. They have to be Jockey brand and they have to be the high cut kind. (Thanks goodness for the outlet stores)

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