Fellow Ladies, Ever Have Something Like This Happen to You?

[Scolar Visari]

But when would I find myself in such an environment? I am actually curious as to what specific scenarios would require such... restrictions. I ask because it is FAR easier to lower one's underwear than thread my python through, what is comparably, an eye of a needle. A situation where requiring the dexterity of the latter while preventing the former must be VERY specific indeed.

Alright, imagine this scenario... You're in a forest filled with all sorts of nasty predators and parasites and you need to pee really badly. You're also wearing two belts, suspenders and over one hundred pounds of equipment.

It might be uncomfortable, but being able to just undue a few buttons and reach in there to get what you need is really helpful when getting your pants off is infeasible.

I still need to be able to take my pants off in the first place, or at least lower them. If I can lower my pants then I can lower my underwear. If I can't lower my pants I can use the fly and still lower my underwear.

It requires TWO hands to comfortably thread a willy through a Y front, or one with a lot of uncomfortable tugging. To lower underwear requires just a thumb.

Y fronts are the most redundant type of underwear.

Like you said, a very specific scenario... I've taken to just not wearing anything but compression shorts underneath my pants now.

 

[Something Amyss]

It requires TWO hands to comfortably thread a willy through a Y front, or one with a lot of uncomfortable tugging.

I don't think that's really the case.

 

[RevRaptor]

But when would I find myself in such an environment? I am actually curious as to what specific scenarios would require such... restrictions. I ask because it is FAR easier to lower one's underwear than thread my python through, what is comparably, an eye of a needle. A situation where requiring the dexterity of the latter while preventing the former must be VERY specific indeed.

Alright, imagine this scenario... You're in a forest filled with all sorts of nasty predators and parasites and you need to pee really badly. You're also wearing two belts, suspenders and over one hundred pounds of equipment.

It might be uncomfortable, but being able to just undue a few buttons and reach in there to get what you need is really helpful when getting your pants off is infeasible.

I still need to be able to take my pants off in the first place, or at least lower them. If I can lower my pants then I can lower my underwear. If I can't lower my pants I can use the fly and still lower my underwear.

It requires TWO hands to comfortably thread a willy through a Y front, or one with a lot of uncomfortable tugging. To lower underwear requires just a thumb.

Y fronts are the most redundant type of underwear.

Like you said, a very specific scenario... I've taken to just not wearing anything but compression shorts underneath my pants now.

Well lets see 50 kg pack check, rifle check, webbing on, parka tucked into back of webbing, gloves on an two pairs of thermals (because its bloody cold in an alpine desert). An ya know what I can still pull me gruts down with out taking my pants off.
Just tuck ya thumb in through ya fly pull down, an there?s plenty of room for ya little general to make his escape

 

[Abomination]

It requires TWO hands to comfortably thread a willy through a Y front, or one with a lot of uncomfortable tugging.

I don't think that's really the case.

My understanding (from your previous posts) is that you are female, correct? Your profile doesn't specify and I apologise if I'm wrong.

Comfortably moving a penis through something that is held together with elastic requires one hand to open like the jaws of life, separating the elastic barrier and the other hand to grasp the member and guide it through the opening. Attempting to do it with one hand means you need to thread your hand through the elastic barrier, get a hold of your willy and thread it through.

I apologise for the graphical explanation but the former method is far more comfortable than the latter. Folks mileage may vary depending on length and girth of member.

 

[Hagi]

You are allowed to try on panties in the store? At my local mall they won't let you, if you don't know your size you are out of luck. For hygeiene resons I guess.

Hygiene is the reason I won't try on underwear in a store, though they allow it in most places around here.

What? Seriously!?

That's gross.

Around here all underwear is in sealed plastic bags and all the better for it.

 

[EeveeElectro]

I know that pain all too well.
The best thing to do is go to an underwear shop and get measured, they'll give you a bang on size. Wearing bras too small or too big will hurt you, so have a few minutes of embarrassment and get properly measured.
Online sites are crap, don't use them. I tried using one an they said I was 34B. I haven't been B cup since I was about 11. (I'm a 38DD it turns out) I was wearing an ill-fitting bra for a year and when I got a right one it felt so good.

I handwash my bras because it ruins them otherwise. My nice bra recently broke but that's because I had it for a while.
Look at the labels of your pants before you go out, it's usually best to get a size in between or get bigger. Say if you're size 8-10,get a 10 just to be safe. A lot of places do really stupidly small clothes :/

 

[Scolar Visari]

But when would I find myself in such an environment? I am actually curious as to what specific scenarios would require such... restrictions. I ask because it is FAR easier to lower one's underwear than thread my python through, what is comparably, an eye of a needle. A situation where requiring the dexterity of the latter while preventing the former must be VERY specific indeed.

Alright, imagine this scenario... You're in a forest filled with all sorts of nasty predators and parasites and you need to pee really badly. You're also wearing two belts, suspenders and over one hundred pounds of equipment.

It might be uncomfortable, but being able to just undue a few buttons and reach in there to get what you need is really helpful when getting your pants off is infeasible.

I still need to be able to take my pants off in the first place, or at least lower them. If I can lower my pants then I can lower my underwear. If I can't lower my pants I can use the fly and still lower my underwear.

It requires TWO hands to comfortably thread a willy through a Y front, or one with a lot of uncomfortable tugging. To lower underwear requires just a thumb.

Y fronts are the most redundant type of underwear.

Like you said, a very specific scenario... I've taken to just not wearing anything but compression shorts underneath my pants now.

Well lets see 50 kg pack check, rifle check, webbing on, parka tucked into back of webbing, gloves on an two pairs of thermals (because its bloody cold in an alpine desert). An ya know what I can still pull me gruts down with out taking my pants off.
Just tuck ya thumb in through ya fly pull down, an there?s plenty of room for ya little general to make his escape

I tend to hike my... "gruts" ... pretty high up so they act as a buffer, keeping my belt from rubbing me raw.

 

[Minjoltr]

I used to have problems with bras; the wires stabbed and pinched me under the arms, the band rode up and I had to tighten the straps as far as they would go to get the cups to stay up. I started wearing my mum's old nursing bras when I was 10 (I wouldn't look for my own because that was a thing for girls and when I was 10, I didn't want to be a girl) and between then and leaving university, I only went up one band size and one cup size. I hated bra shopping with a passion.
Then, (a couple of years later) on the recommendation of a friend to whom I voiced this dissatisfaction, I went for a proper bra fitting at Bravissimo, which everyone in the UK has probably heard heralded as the Holy Grail of DD+ underwear. My mum was dead-set against it because she's convinced that anyone above a C cup must have had surgery to get there and the idea that I might be bigger than the C I already wore did not go down well. She wanted me to just make do with what I had regardless of how uncomfortable it was.
I've also read a lot of bra blogs and I can recommend Fuller Figure, Fuller Bust [http://fullerfigurefullerbust.com/category/bra-fitting/] (which has already been mentioned), Invest in Your Chest [http://www.investinyourchest.co.uk/bra-fitting-and-lingerie-101] and the Basics of Bra Fitting on Venusian Glow [http://www.venusianglow.com/p/bra-matrix.html#basics]. They're all written primarily for DD+ people but the principles of bra fitting are pretty universal.
I went from wearing a 40C at 23 to wearing a 34FF now, at 26 and the difference is amazing. No more stabbing, no more slippage, boobs stay where I put them rather than trying to do their own thing and all of my clothes fit better.
They always say never to machine wash bras. I've got several with moulded cups and the heat of the wash has done them no favours.

As for underpants, I recently found some which fitted amazingly after years of ones which were too tight in some places and too loose in others. I now own 20 pairs of them and hope they will last me until I find more to replace them.

 

[IndomitableSam]

I'm sure everyone above has told you: Go for a fitting at a bra store. You're not obligated to buy, but you'll get the idea.

As for me - when I find a bra (and a style of underwear) that fits well, I buy a bunch of each. Right now I've got 3 of the same bras and about 10 pairs of the same undies that I wear and that's it. Undoubtedly they will stop making these styles just when they finally wear out and I'll have to begin the search anew, but I buy backups when I find some that fit, even if I'm always wearing the same thing. (Boy short undies are the best for fit/comfort/non riding, I find.)

Also, I have a garment bag I wash my bras in - it's just a mesh bag with a pull-tab to close it, so you throw your bras in the wash in that and they don't get as abused.

Also - if you find a bra with cups that fit well and the shoulder straps fit well, get a bra extender and use that if the band is too tight. I use extenders with the current bra I'm wearing because La Senza doesn't know what the fuck a 38 is supposed to be. But otherwise the bra is perfect, so I buy a package of extenders.

 

[busterkeatonrules]

As a guy I can't believe I read through all that and actually understood it.

My girlfriend doesn't have the same issues as you but that's because she has a little notebook she writes such things in - I think that might just be one of her quirks though.

Let me tell you about the time I went shopping for underwear.

I'm 5'7" so I'm not the largest of fellows, a little on the short side and I weigh in at 68kg which is supposedly 'average' for my height. So I bought some medium underwear - not Y fronts as I think the idea of being able to slip your willy out through a hole designed in underwear is completely stupid, if you can't pull them down to get your junk out then they're too small for you.

And they fit very well.

End of story.

OK, being male I have no idea what I initially figured I could contribute to this thread - but it just might interest you that the idea behind the Y-front is not what you (and in fact, most people) think. The Y-front design allows the garment to adjust itself according to the size of the package within, an effort to provide the same level of support to the vast majority of users.

Personally, though, I still find plain ol' briefs to be more comfortable.

 

[Charli]

...Not really, I'm fairly secure with myself and I'm more embarrassed by 300 pound people buying shopping trollies filled to the brim with junk food, any of that in the vicinity makes any of my awkward social graces melt away.

The closest I could even come to is when I forgot my purse at the cash register I guess, but even then it was a simple laugh off, they even held the items behind the register for an hour while I got it.


...Honestly that's nothing to be embarrassed about.

None of the shit in general stores ever fit me correctly, I have to go shoving my breasts at poor women in higher scale stores and go 'SIZE ME, WHAT FITS HERE?!'
Like some sort of Amazon.

 

[Abomination]

As a guy I can't believe I read through all that and actually understood it.

My girlfriend doesn't have the same issues as you but that's because she has a little notebook she writes such things in - I think that might just be one of her quirks though.

Let me tell you about the time I went shopping for underwear.

I'm 5'7" so I'm not the largest of fellows, a little on the short side and I weigh in at 68kg which is supposedly 'average' for my height. So I bought some medium underwear - not Y fronts as I think the idea of being able to slip your willy out through a hole designed in underwear is completely stupid, if you can't pull them down to get your junk out then they're too small for you.

And they fit very well.

End of story.

OK, being male I have no idea what I initially figured I could contribute to this thread - but it just might interest you that the idea behind the Y-front is not what you (and in fact, most people) think. The Y-front design allows the garment to adjust itself according to the size of the package within, an effort to provide the same level of support to the vast majority of users.

Personally, though, I still find plain ol' briefs to be more comfortable.

See, that sounds like a far more practical reason for Y fronts... but now we have good old fancy half-spandex-whatever-fabric that expands on its own, not needing the Y front design. I also find those far more comfortable. I used to wear briefs but I feel far more comfortable when my package is "supported" (sat down too fast once and one of me berries nearly brushed the outside of my thigh... yes, think about that).

 

[Chemical Alia]

When I shop for bras, I don't usually have too much trouble, but I always make sure to try them on first. I'm usually in the area of a 34-36 C or sometimes D, but it varies on the brand and the shape of the bra. I don't have to bother with the super support ones, but after being a 34 B for about ten years, I've found that comfort when wearing them is more important now than before.

What I really hate is buying jeans. I have a terrible figure, with no hips and no butt, but I'm 5'8" and a size 4-6. Usually the size 4 is way too short for my legs which are super long, and the size 6 is usually baggy and gross around my butt and thighs. I hate low rise jeans for that reason, and I know of only a few stores that sell anything that fits my "unfeminine" shape, especially in skinny jeans which I love (I wear boots a lot).

 

[kannibus]

Wow, being a woman sure is complicated. I'm glad I'm a guy, I wouldn't have the intelligence to be a woman.

I remember one time when I tried to find out what bra size my wife was. I was attempting to buy her some sexy lingerie but wanted to keep it a surprise. Eventually I ended up stealing one of her bras and panties and then went into Victoria's Secret and asked the girl there to find me these exact sizes. Only problem was, the ones that I had grabbed were an older pair that she had been attempting to throw out but had never gotten around to.

So now it's time for me to reveal to her the sexy new outfit and she takes one look at it and says "I grew out of that size years ago".

However, she misinterpreted my thought process and assumed that I believed she was still as slim as when we first got hitched. I have yet to correct her on her mistake.

 

[Aariana]

When I go to buy underwear, I have no problem. Just hop into a Walmart, grab one or two of those six-pack fruit of the looms or whatever, and off I go.

For bras, however, it's a different story. I have to go to a lingerie shop and try on about a bazillion different ones because they're cute and I can't decide. I usually go to a shop called Change Lingerie. I see there's quite a few in Europe, and one in Canada, but I don't see any in the States. I used to go to department stores to get my bras, but after finding this shop, I discovered my bra size was WAY off. I was wearing a 38D or something like that (it's been a long time since I wore it, so I don't remember), but as it turns out, I'm currently a 40H >.>

So yeah, I'd suggest finding a lingerie shop. Even if you don't want to (or can't afford to) buy bras there (mine run from 60 to a whopping 100 dollars CAD), you can at least get a measurement that's accurate. Those online bra sizing guides are all over the place and I seriously doubt you'd get an accurate result.

 

[solemnwar]

Wow, being a woman sure is complicated. I'm glad I'm a guy, I wouldn't have the intelligence to be a woman.

A lot of people make the mistake of thinking we ONLY need to worry about cupsize, which just isn't true. You also need to worry about band and strap size (although the latter is usually adjustable so it's not too much of an issue). If both of those are too tight or too loose, even if you have the proper cupsize, it's damn uncomfortable Of course, it doesn't help that a single bra is like, $30 for a decent one at MINIMUM. And those are just the plain, white/beige ugly ones. You want a sexy looking one? You're going to have to shell out WAY more. Luckily I'm socially awkward and probably never getting a boyfriend so I can make do with ugly white bra, awwwwyeah.

So you can understand our reluctance to move on to different bras and stay in steadfast denial that we've grown a cup ='D


As for not washing bras in the washing machine... do it all the time here, even my mum does, and she's big enough to require underwires. Maybe our washing machine isn't a beast. It would explain why I occassionally have to run the rinse cycle twice to get the detergent out properly.

 

[pffh]

Aren't there places you can go to to have your boobs fondled by ladies that will then tell you how big your breasts are?

 

[Uhura]

A lot of people make the mistake of thinking we ONLY need to worry about cupsize, which just isn't true.

Yeah, in casual breast size conversations the focus is always on the cup size when in reality the band size is just as important. This is why I never really get what people mean when they talk about their 'ideal breast size' and say "I prefer double Ds" etc. In the picture, both of the bras have DD cups.

 

[Palademon]

As a man I have a weird problem with trousers.

Despite not being incredibly lanky or fat, all supposedly normal jeans I can find to me might aswell be skinny jeans, and yet somehow if I try to get the length I want, requires a much wider waist. The hell is even happening. Also, why do they expect the distance from my waist to the end of my crotch to be an inch long?

Apart from that, as a man, I have trouble clothes shopping at all. I hate everything. I hate 'fashion'. I'm so glad that whatever other colour and style other people like wearing is what I have to decide on.
I'll go in needing things, declare everything as shite and leave.
Trends are ok in entertainment and media, NOT IN MY NECCESITIES.

 

[knight steel]

*snorts* At least you can find some in your size locally. I'm an "F" and any stores in my town don't go above a double or triple D. So I have to spend 40 plus dollars on 1 bra off a website where I can't even try them on to see if they're comfortable.

And at this point I have only one black bra which is quickly falling apart so there goes another forty dollars very soon...possibly more.

0_0 You wouldn't happen to look like this would you?

OP: All kidding aside while i have never had to shop for bras i have had to shop for other clothes with similar results to yours.