LDS Garments: Why I Want Out of This Club

[Pheidippides]

Yeah, I'm sure she's rocking the g's.

She and Amy Adams. I'm sure.

[Indy Coug]

She and Amy Adams. I'm sure.

Kinky

[ERCougar]

So women have it bad enough when it comes to garments, but it looks like it's getting worse. My wife just bought a few new sets and the bottoms have been extended a few inches HIGHER. Yes, higher. Like, old man/clown pants cover-your-xyphoid-process high. They look ridiculous.

I'm imagining some crotchety old woman on a crusade against low-rise jeans. If I were a woman, I'd go with a one-piece. Seriously.

[Moliere]

So women have it bad enough when it comes to garments, but it looks like it's getting worse. My wife just bought a few new sets and the bottoms have been extended a few inches HIGHER. Yes, higher. Like, old man/clown pants cover-your-xyphoid-process high. They look ridiculous.

I'm imagining some crotchety old woman on a crusade against low-rise jeans. If I were a woman, I'd go with a one-piece. Seriously.

They are already really high (like covering the belly button high) and now they are higher? I'd just make my own....if I were a woman.

[Omaha 680]

So women have it bad enough when it comes to garments, but it looks like it's getting worse. My wife just bought a few new sets and the bottoms have been extended a few inches HIGHER. Yes, higher. Like, old man/clown pants cover-your-xyphoid-process high. They look ridiculous.

I'm imagining some crotchety old woman on a crusade against low-rise jeans. If I were a woman, I'd go with a one-piece. Seriously.

My wife usually goes along with all things garments, but that's because she found a style she is comfortable with and can live with. Well, she is expecting our first child in July, so a couple weeks ago she went to get some larger sizes of the only style she wear to be more comfortable only to find they had significanlty altered the fit and length of them. She was pretty furious. I felt horrible for her.

[Donuthole]

So women have it bad enough when it comes to garments, but it looks like it's getting worse. My wife just bought a few new sets and the bottoms have been extended a few inches HIGHER. Yes, higher. Like, old man/clown pants cover-your-xyphoid-process high. They look ridiculous.

I'm imagining some crotchety old woman on a crusade against low-rise jeans. If I were a woman, I'd go with a one-piece. Seriously.

My wife got some new bottoms a couple months back and didn't notice this (and she would have noticed). I'm guessing your wife either got a bad batch (this happens--i once got a couple pair where the left leg was about 3 inches shorter than the right leg) or there is some new style/cut she's unaware of. What is her material of preference (if you don't mind me asking . . . .)?

[marsupial]

I always got petite in the smallest or second to the smallest size they made and they still went up to my armpits.

[FN Phat]

I don't know how the women do it. I shed my gs every chance I get. I still can't stand how it feels to sleep in a shirt.

[Y84it]

I don't know how the women do it. I shed my gs every chance I get. I still can't stand how it feels to sleep in a shirt.

How long have you been wearing G's? I use to be that way but now I can't sleep without them on. (Est. G wearer since 1997)

[Indy Coug]

I don't know how the women do it. I shed my gs every chance I get. I still can't stand how it feels to sleep in a shirt.

Not even when you live in a cold climate?

[Mrs. Funk]

I wear garments somewhat sporadically these days. They don't feel like a sacred reminder of covenants. They feel like a prison. I'm tired of looking weird under clothes that cover plenty of acreage. The Great Garment Shift that occurs no matter how many acres of clothing I wear is stupid. I'm happy for people who make it work, but I find them mostly unbearable these days.

[Pheidippides]

I wear garments somewhat sporadically these days. They don't feel like a sacred reminder of covenants. They feel like a prison. I'm tired of looking weird under clothes that cover plenty of acreage. The Great Garment Shift that occurs no matter how many acres of clothing I wear is stupid. I'm happy for people who make it work, but I find them mostly unbearable these days.

I think this is pretty standard practice with a lot of people nowadays, and maybe earlier. (Certainly JS was not a wearer all the time, as they seemed to serve a more ceremonial function by some reports and were only really necessary for actual temple service).

The quality of them is horrific. I have several different styles and they are all terrible. I wear them when it suits me, which is most of the time, but sometimes it doesn't, and that's fine too.

[Mrs. Funk]

I think this is pretty standard practice with a lot of people nowadays, and maybe earlier. (Certainly JS was not a wearer all the time, as they seemed to serve a more ceremonial function by some reports and were only really necessary for actual temple service).

The quality of them is horrific. I have several different styles and they are all terrible. I wear them when it suits me, which is most of the time, but sometimes it doesn't, and that's fine too.

I'd have no problem wearing them for temple service only, or for church and special worship only or some mandate significantly less than all day and all night. I'm mostly at peace with how often I wear them. Sometimes I wear just the tops with regular underwear since some top styles fit like a simple undershirt, but they ain't great either. If a modest outfit doesn't cover up garments without three more layers, I ditch the garments now.

I just can't believe that God wants me to feel so gross in my own skin because of a piece of fabric.

[ERCougar]

My wife got some new bottoms a couple months back and didn't notice this (and she would have noticed). I'm guessing your wife either got a bad batch (this happens--i once got a couple pair where the left leg was about 3 inches shorter than the right leg) or there is some new style/cut she's unaware of. What is her material of preference (if you don't mind me asking . . . .)?

are you asking about my wife's underwear?
'dri silque' (lol at the name)
she says she always gets the petite (shorter cut, I guess?) but that they seem to have changed all the sizes now and petite didn't seem to be an option, so maybe that's the difference. she's going to try again and see.
I once got the short cut garments and the lady selling them said (in a grouchy voice) 'you know' these are for short people, right?'

[Mrs. Funk]

are you asking about my wife's underwear?
'dri silque' (lol at the name)

My experience with "dri silque" is that it should be renamed "clammy shimmy fabric."