A Long Family History of Underwear Turmoil

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This weekend, I found a plastic bag containing all of the dirty underwear I brought back from my ten-day Christmas trip to Ohio. They were all of my favourites, because of course I bring my most comfortable underwear on vacation with me. So I threw them into the wash last night with the rest of my clothes. You know, the clothes that hadn’t been festering in a plastic bag for two months.

. . . so there’s something you know about me that you can never unknow.

Relatedly, when my mom and dad went on their honeymoon to Niagara Falls, they realized when they came home that they’d left a duffel bag full of my dad’s dirty underwear behind in the hotel room. Pretty sweet tip for the cleaning lady, right? I’m mostly just impressed that my dad owned more than one pair of underwear in his 20s and that he classed it up by storing them in a duffel bag rather than a leftover grocery store sack.

8 Comments

  1. kimz says:

    Shut up, my parents went to Niagra Falls on their honeymoon, too. Our lives are eerily similar.

  2. kimz says:

    Who’s to say my parents were Americans?

  3. Dishy says:

    Hah! Reminds me of the post I wrote about my undies – Playing favorites.

    Also makes me think of my mom’s story about a former roommate who was not known for her hygiene. She used to wear her underwear, then turn them inside out so she could get some extra time before having to wash them. I do not know how many days she would wear each side (I was too afraid to ask).

  4. bluzdude says:

    Underwear has to be stored separately from your other dirty clothes? Good Lord, what on earth do you DO to them?

    On second thought… don’t answer that. It’s probably just “girl stuff” that I’d be better off not knowing.

  5. So…

    What does it say about me that I would not have thought that was gross until you said something?

    Do I want to know?

  6. Cristy says:

    Eh, that’s life. I would just make sure there’s a nice extra splash of detergent when washing them…. and maybe wash them on a hotter temperature. Okay, maybe I’m not so casual about it as I thought…

    Dishy – That is so grody! And, I liked your post – I’m totally that way, too. So funny how we all have these secret little areas of our lives we don’t talk about. :)

  7. caropal says:

    Yeah, I would have never washed them separately.