This might be TMI but here we go. When I had the vasectomy done the NHS guidance told me to wear supportive underwear to the operation to minimise stuff jiggling about afterwards, or words to that effect. I'm not a fan of restrictive pants so I had to buy some new ones and went for some very tight boxer shorts that are meant for sporting activities. The gentlemen's version of a sports bra. After the operation I gingerly pulled them up and made sure things were arranged neatly, but the surgeon told me they weren't supportive enough and only agreed to let me leave if I promised to buy even tighter underwear on the way home. Things were already too supported for my liking but picture me doing a John Wayne walk through Asda to buy some of their finest budgie smugglers The experience was only topped by having to have a checkup with a nurse a few days afterward when I had to whip out an impressively bruised package from my Asda own-brand Y-fronts like a budget Peter Stringfellow. Since then I have taken some impacts from the kids that would have negated the need for a vasectomy and I've started to appreciate the sports bra pants even more. They tend to tuck things up out of harm's way and when a small child loses their balance and grabs for a handful of something to stop them falling they generally grab just fabric.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
Bras are different though, they are one of the most uncomfortable things in the world (at least for someone small-breasted who doesn't need the support).
Bras are different though, they are one of the most uncomfortable things in the world (at least for someone small-breasted who doesn't need the support).
Yes, I wear bralettes quite often. A standard bra, bralette, or nothing, depending on my other clothes and the situation. Luckily, I don't need to look professional.
Donkey's years ago a friend was a couture seamstress working for Hardy Amis in London, a certain Lady of THE Household would often arrive for a fitting, my friend hated it when she arrived as she wasn't very 'fragrant'. This got to be too much and Mr Amis had to ask the Lady to put on underwear next time.
I was really shocked when my friend told me, hence it's still bobbing around in my psyche. She did tell me who it was, but as the name wasn't familiar I've forgotten who the name.... which is just as well.
@fire 😊 Builders used to wear overalls, bib & brace type, which kept things hoisted even when bending down … but by the time I married @WonkyWomble ‘s Papa they were considered old fashioned and he and his employees all wore jeans and teeshirts for work. For the slimmer ones that wasn’t too much of a problem but it does seem that those with a broader beam reveal more when they bend.
Now a lot of them go for stretch jogging bottoms which are even more revealing at times. I suppose they’re much easier and quicker to wash and drip dry, and as most couples are both working these days any time saved is a boon. Even our locksmith revealed more than I think he realised when squatted to pick up some dropped screws .., although his apprentice son did whisper ‘Dad!’ in an urgent tone and muttered to him, whereupon his dad hurriedly stood up and hitched up his clothing.
I think my response is, if you don’t like or are embarrassed by what you see, then ignore it … whether it be unfettered bosoms and nipples or ‘bicycle parks’ and jiggly testicular action.
People tend to wear what they feel comfortable with and the less time we spend making odd rules of clothing etiquette for other folks the better.
That way lies the rigidity of totalitarianism … there was a time not so long ago (in my lifetime) when it was immodest for a woman to go into a church without a hat, and disrespectful for a man to enter a church with his head covered 😵💫😨.
Back in the day when such things happened to me, if a man couldn’t keep his eyes off my cleavage I’d tell him loudly to ‘talk to my face not my chest.’
I think the same goes for women whose builders may be revealing too much … don’t look 😃
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I know this was originally addressed to men but I'm just going to put in a word in defence of bras. I'm middlingly well endowed and I find wearing a bra is a lot more comfortable than not wearing one. I feel better if my underwear is pretty, even if no one, except OH, will see it.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Are you sure they haven’t got underwear on, just rather low slung hence revealing the ‘builders bum’ look? They obviously haven’t gone for the alternative look, trousers almost at half mast with underpants on show?
Are you sure they haven’t got underwear on, just rather low slung hence revealing the ‘builders bum’ look? They obviously haven’t gone for the alternative look, trousers almost at half mast with underpants on show?
Don't encourage any closer scrutiny ... it could be described as 'sexual harassment'
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Donkey's years ago a friend was a couture seamstress working for Hardy Amis in London, a certain Lady of THE Household would often arrive for a fitting, my friend hated it when she arrived as she wasn't very 'fragrant'. This got to be too much and Mr Amis had to ask the Lady to put on underwear next time.
I was really shocked when my friend told me, hence it's still bobbing around in my psyche. She did tell me who it was, but as the name wasn't familiar I've forgotten who the name.... which is just as well.
Cambridgeshire/Norfolk border.
Now a lot of them go for stretch jogging bottoms which are even more revealing at times. I suppose they’re much easier and quicker to wash and drip dry, and as most couples are both working these days any time saved is a boon. Even our locksmith revealed more than I think he realised when squatted to pick up some dropped screws .., although his apprentice son did whisper ‘Dad!’ in an urgent tone and muttered to him, whereupon his dad hurriedly stood up and hitched up his clothing.
That way lies the rigidity of totalitarianism … there was a time not so long ago (in my lifetime) when it was immodest for a woman to go into a church without a hat, and disrespectful for a man to enter a church with his head covered 😵💫😨.
I think the same goes for women whose builders may be revealing too much … don’t look 😃
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.